The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-01-15
THE DAILY BULLETIN.
Sailing A NINE.
Lcadvillc, COL, Chronicle,

II uuln mean trlCkanl no mistake but
don't know as you'll blame me when
! tell you the facts. lie was rich, and
], Ike many poor prospcctOr, what's
worked and worked and never gifts
any ahead, seed my title clear to u
cool forty thousand, and just took the
bull by the horns and said 'gee-up y"
Tim gave another ChucRlc rs he
thought over the past, and finally
commenced
ME and my partner had been pros
pcctin' on the head waters Of the Ar
kansas and just made up our minds
we'd strike it or bust. Everybody
else around us was gcttin' rich hand
over fist, and thar was no particular
reason why we shouldn't, we thought.
LGadyIlc was just rising into motor
icty and every inch q ground for
miles around had been stpkcd out in
claims, 50 that when Bill and me
Bill was my partner--linally came TO
the conclusion that we'd 90 to minin',
too, thar was no rOOmior us anywhere
except to do the next best thing and
strike the Arkansas. We dug an in
cline into Il hill, and at the end Of the
first week we'd run a hole eleven feet
deep. The indications were just tip
top, and when we packed our Burner
on Saturday afternoon, our pockets
filled with specimens that beat any
thing the Robert L. Lee ever turned
out all hollow for look, we was just
about the two happiesC mortals that
ever went to an assay shop.
"WciI, the assay panned out eleven
ounces, which was Il sort OF dampcr
OH our lcelin's, Of course, but conclud-
in that By next Saturday we'd run it
up to fifty or Il hundred, we went
back 10 our claim and pitched in again
for all twas cut. Next Saturday we
went back 10 town to have another
assay made, and it was 'leyen ounces
again.
I'VE felt mad when the assayer told
us made up our minds he was no
good on earth at his trade, and sun
day we pcggei back to our claim, de-
tcrmlucI to 90 to Il man what UNDER
stood his business next time we want
"a an assay male.
"}Nc did try another the followil'
saturday, but it was no use. 1t was
'lcyrn ounce, just the same.
I'VE kept workiu' like good fellows
two weeks more, and had cot the hole
all of sixty feet into the hill, when
we left for town and just let the
prospect hole 20 to thunder.
eleven ounces was no showing 40
all. and rather than work another
week with never ANY better indica-
ton, deyeIopm., we lust madcup our
minds to starye to death, Tor in the
end il was all the same ANYHOW.
"a, usual. | stoned in at the hotel
Sunday afternoon, aud While lookin'
over tie payer, i'm the rcudiu'-room [
heard TWO men ta,klu' together back
OF me about mines, AMI a, how one o
them would like to gil hold of an ill.,
terc,t in GOOD payiu' lode for some
eastern CAPITALISTS.
ii don't know what gave me the
ileE, bat il came all ola suddln like;
and iiSiu' the mans face on my mind
pa,,..l out of the room and took
walk up Fryer hill 10 think The mat
ter over.
"Nhal | had concluded to do WAS
this: Salt the mine, take that fellow
I'D TO ii and sell it to him, make or
break.
II made bee line for the Little
Chief mine and filed NV pockets with
ore TAKING all couli iug of. The
ore looked for All the world like the
ar, in our mine and ON arrivinr there
lat once set Ia work sticking piece,
INFO cryyices and patcAin' up the wall,
OF Inc tunnel uiiiI lhe hole looked
far All fine wnrIi Fix, fine best payn'
lead IN the s,qro. TaruI returned.
NIX ro1up, / rsurrd carry to
fine uulel and ip,ro need ul,seii TO
Mr.. Hlllcr. Told him nau struck
i;,.irn and woulI sell ont for 100000.
| finally ipdnrrJ linn 70 visit the
m,nc
"Ue sot to WORK sprooJin, nows.
manor an thn prounl omJ Lrgan IN
XIX XIX; whore I tGII HIM iTo fo7Jn1 II
carefully mn and wc roJo b,ck to
town whore we had an ASSAY male #
oovo 300 ounccs. which set him villa
Win 5alioht
.sFrom ,hat moment Won ucycr seed
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