The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-02
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Tho Fate of HagOn-Traln Of Nitro
Gl!Ccrinr Revealed.
. The following strange storywas told n
News reporter yesterday by an old
miner just from tho hills:
"Would You like to hear of a strange
thing that happened to me last week p"
or course the reply was in the ailirma-
tive; so, seating ourselves in the Office of
the 81, James, and fitting our chars at
the proper angle, he said: "Somo voars
ago, while prospecting near Idaho
Springs, | came upon n rich lead. The
rock, however, was hard and had to be
drilled, and necessarily required two
men TO do tho work. While | was still
in quandary as TO who could get, "A
stranger came up to whore was Mt work
and asked me /. knew whore he could
get employment. | euquired whether
he knew anything of mining and could
hold and strike drill.
ole assured me that he had worked
in mines in California and Nevada for
years, and thought he understood It..
something In the manner and CONVERSE
ton OF the man made me tako "a strou !
and sudden fancy to him, end | never
had cause to DO sorry for IL. He gave
his name rs Robert Williams, and had "A
melancholy that seemed TO bo tho To-
suit of years OF habit. As II is not Gus
tomary tn this country, especially IN a
mining district, To inquire particularly
INTO mans anteCedcntS, I at once made
proposition to Williams to Join mo
and work tho now prospect on shares.
lie accepted the utiOr, md, ~ said be-
! fore, never had occasion tp regret tho
: transaction, Always quiet, sober aud
industrious, he became a iayorite with
everyone, tho only remarkable thing
about him being he never once in any
way referred 20 his carly life. our
mine turned ont pretty vol, aud Will
4 liams and continued partners IN work
ing that and OthOr claims over since
until last week, when he died after a
very short Illness from pneumonia. On
the last day, whom lac felt that no could
not live, he called me to his bedside ana
told me wonderful story. lie said:
Twas born in Pittshurg, Pennsylvania.
My father was large iron nlanutar-
turer, and gave me all the honettS of y
good education, and INDUCED mo in
everything that money could buy.
When became of age | was admitted
tn the firm. shortly afterward, owing
TO fluctuations in the iron market, our
firm WAS forced to suspend. Tho blow
was a particularly severe one to me, us
I was'cngaged TO one of the most beauti-
ful as well as wealthy ladies in the Iron
city. At this time stories were rife of
the immense riches of Colorado, and the
Pixies peak and other oNcitements were
drawing to that favored country large
number ofthe young men OF the East,
With bright visions of the
future and of the fortune that /
would make TO replace that which had
lost, | started west. Upon arriving at
st. Joe | found u number oftrains fitting
Out Tor the promised land. While
. seeking to make some arrange
Fheuts TO cross tho plains, | was ac-
ccostod one day bya maa who asked me
u was going 20 Colorado. Upon being
told mat that was my intention, he said;
~ em about sending wagon loaded
with nilroYlycerine or blasting oil, as il
called, to the Colorado mines. and as the
trip IS attended with some danger find
u difficult to rot anyone to take the risk.
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