The sun., 1884-10-12
DEAD IN THE GRLrk HE Dt0.
old Jim Beatsy's Melancholy rspcrirnce 10
% Mining hett cmcrt.

EAGLE CITY, Idaho, Oct 2-Old jim
Beatty cnme In hore with the big rush last
spring. IIo was out OF money when he cot
into camp. and as he could not pick up gold in
tho streets. he went crazy. His insanity was OF
the harmless kind. 1lc was quiet, and ncycr
troublesome. Sometimes he seemed 10 forget
to eat. All the other unfortunntes wore al
ways hungry. Whether honr was $lO or 400
barrel made no difference. They had TO DO fed
Old Jim would 60 around looking pale and
weak. with his joints working loosely and his
clothes daily growing too big for him. bu, ho
mover asked for anything. 1t was known that
no had nothing. and that he was not right in
the hend. but everybody took It for granted that
somebody else.was feeding him.
One day several Of tho men were discussing
tho best means Of Kidding the cnnp OF tho beats
when bystander said they had bottcr not
touch old Jim. He did no harm. aud he never
asked for grub. 1t was agreed that hs should
not be molested Then somebody expressed
curiosity to know how and whore be got his
meals No one In the crowd know anything
about him. Ono OF the mon said no would
make 1t a point to nnd out. Perhaps the old
along. along walking issGly, and looking weary and
haGgard. Ono of ths boys asked him n he was
story about a discovery that he had made, Tho
boys gathered around him and listened. plying
MN Sn ssS,i'hs hs ssa I've got claim up
the creek here ways that will make us AL
Tncd ysh sS1 s"a nh + a" il for
came 70 mo !Hst a, plain as anything. khow
to hss %o snfne e With ana fn %vao
There's 4 mountain qi Il with Just er9e, OF
crust cPus Il that Is ali want. I'm run tuSnsis ali
through It and YOU can help yourselves
Touched said one OF tile boys. pointing 70
h n III IL.
-" Tye located It all" said old jim slowly.
bIt can't seem to do much work On a, y Fin
The old man appeared to be nlmost gong. and
one Of the men handed him f'ask OF iiInor:
offered somo bread. und lie devourod 1t with
wo!nsh avidity. NJ,
s,arve in that s"H way observed b. M Young and .tai-
.:;rt prosrector. Let's iill him vp."
gave gave him more TO cat. Then they told hin, to
come there, when lie was hungry nnd they
a'er party oi o them n % went with him to his
mountain, ~ he called It. II was Just IKE
in its compositiop than Of dlamond,. Bui Ihey
humored him with his noti"p. I'll They fed hin
away. avn They would ISin him after Whle. "
Every day tho old man would set out TO Lis
TorG WIN tSs soms os eeey re" nr xo S nan a"s
would reveal it. Then he began TO bring home
handfus of earth and rock and gravel 10 be eI-
lucu. ITO pDSb rpohS' nj NV btull Snlty
ho grew discouraged aud said they would have
to help him. He know It was there. but he
fenred he could not reach 1t. day was set on
ace what he had accomplished. This satisfied
him. and he started out happy. That night he
without him. and the men began 10 wonder
where he wac. On tho third day two Of them
found the place at last where he had been dg :.
ging. A cave In had oceurred. and Old Jim Was
in there beyond a doubt. They got others TO
they came upon the old fellows body. He had
been killed in his nrst drift.
Funerals nre expensive in this country. and
none too elegant at best. II WAS agreed trat
q funeral would do him no good. They left
him in the hole he hRd dug. covering ii up
once more. and on big stone which was ro He'd
IN place on the mountain side they scratched
the inscriptiOn: "Old Jim Beattys mine