Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-17

Some Curious Stories Of Lucky FiH0y
III s :; e. ia e:
of this kind have come under my own
observaiAnA This is saidntape lga1
but it m q not whether lucl o.
science, Do Ihg as the ''fiHd, Is cd
one. In Eh cases it would 9eem t.
| it is ever Better to be borl 1ulky an
industri hs, Only last slim Cps
pectxr, A6tkenty milo frUlu lere, tea<
hunting many days for quartz ledge,
tired in his search, and threw down his
pick and shoY1 r. disgust, and took up
bis rife aad auDtered forth for game.
fortune favored him; his luck came
deer, which inwitAwdeath struggle fell
over the rocka "a rolled down the
mountain side when the hunter
tre6ched his garnehe foendit lying On
tttie outaE6p of al GhmensOgalenaQe dgf,
which The soon liter sdld for-A-g
round sum-fgu{s not stated '..''...-..
In the early days of California poor
prospector, sadly out of luck, was re-
Val laid bya viJio6s ddg!FHpki1gs
no weapon with which to stand off his
enemy, he felt around in the dark and
laid hold Of theefrst thing he could
catch which was hat rodk. Th dog
had slipped, OF Course, and the nan kept
the stone in his hand until he was safe
in his OWL, cabin. In the morning he
sswsQ meth ing bright on he missile of
tWats md on oder eaAmination II found
that the rock was full of gold. He re-
turned and foundsthe ledge fem which
the quartz bowld@ had R6ate& sold t.
for l. 0arge ~AInounk of money,
returned to the States, bought farm,
married, and raised a large family of
|'h asSss tapr Years ssa. 5oof but ihs
dustrious prospector IN this county had
the misfortune (or good fortune) to lose
his hone. 1t was an old by horse,
and life hisgnnsfTWsa WanaeHng
pfospeetor, only that he iprospectG kor
grass, while hisSmaster prospected for
quartz. This particular dsy the old bay
Tsnssss sa i s7s s th.nA WI ypsss. ito
was few and far between, At any rate,
but O0uld not do sd without thes assist
ance of his bay companion. He must
needs find him. He was at last, sudcess-
5ul, and While retuning with tke.tfuSnt
he noticed the head of mountain ram
sticking. in the rocks EStoppi4g Ito
1amile It, he saw n0b- ko1<nx &artzy
scattered about, and following It up, he
hit upon what lis now the noted
lRamshFn Mine 4tAal Longest snd richest
silver ledge that We Know of. The
district was named Bay Horse, as it
should Have beer, and Is the riehest
e e9Ssi quincy Y ME- e TT ffY Tfl
.hiining anaE 1rospectina fe3a period Of
forty years. He had been all through
California, Colorado and Montana, and
had prospected twenty year, in Georgia
before coming West. Hewasnot much
in digging deep holes, but he would 60
round hunting for shallow diggings so
long as the boys would stake him.
He was getting worn out prospecting
out Of luck, and when, on the 24th day
of July, 1864, he camped on a tributary
of rPricklys Pea. Greek, in Northern
Montana, he said to his three compan.
ions, ssLet's sink a hole on this bar; it's
the last chance; if we can't find it here \
don't know where next to prospect.
|
the hole to bed rock, the diggings were
later the old man threw away his tools ]
and went home to Georgia with a joyful
heart and $1O0, 900 in clean gold dust,
Ijbut not until be had seen the city OF
Helena the dmetrepolis ofrsMontana,T
spring up about him. ~ e. 6gssHohs 4
Only last August a prospector in the
Lower Wood River country met with an \
unexpected streak of luck that aston
ished, him. While on his way across !,
from Bellevue to Croy, Canon the pack
on the horse he was leading Became /
loose, and in order to adjust It he dis
mounted. while rearrahging It he saw
something 1t his feet that resembled
rich silver ssfloat." He traced it up to
the ledge, which was only short dis
lance away, and found that he had onesd
of the best s'prospects'' in Wood River.
Relocated the original and two exteh.
sions, and the best ore insthexein assays
up into the thousands. Recently he sold
onh5or ssnne - fenfaane uzzzznsxznssaszzz
On a mountain trail i4 California there
used toabaAA Mgs ~bow6eG&k Eur-
nished favorite resting-place for tired
Efootmen.V ThoasandsIofffdSnsha d sat ON
that stone and rested th8ir weary limbs
i In fact it was of 50 peculiar a shape that
it seemed to fit every one who tried it.
With long usage it had worn, as smooth
as ivory, and was greasy with frequent
contact with miners clothing - One day
an old .prospectOr squatted himself upon (
this favorite resting-stone, and while !
getting his wind he carelessly and un-
consciously pecked away ct the bewlder
with his pick. A piece of rock flew off
and revealed to him the surprising truth
thstlh he was sitting on ssrichl chunk Of
quartz. He at once proceeded up the
hill and found the ledge, and It was full
OF gold and brought him much wealth.
We are told that once upon time q
Iyoung man left the home Of his child