National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-08

delicstely quoried your correspondent, to
change the subject.
Fl" Sometimes; but as rule they're
darn sight moro honest nor mine owners.
Sometimes fellow mixes rich ore with
his ore dump, or builds up good ore in
the heart an blows IL out with stick OF
giant, but now this takes In no ono but
tenderfoot. Sometimes fellow starts in
prospecting without ever seeing mine
or knowing what ORC Is, and can't tell
good thing when he has 1t. Did ye ever
hear Of the original discoverer OF tho
Toughnut mine at Tombstone"
Universal ignorance having been ex-
pressed, he continued:
"Weli, he was n regular tenderfoot from
way back, and was workin' with two
pards on the claim, an one day ho came
up from the bottom Of the shaft an says
he, Boys said he, I'm played out,
amt got no more heart In this racket.
allow as long as was striking anything
like orc I'd stand IL out here, may yo
spit on my grave If amt working bees.
wax an he showed his pards piece of
rock thickly covered with brown sub
stance as did look uncommon like wax.
will We take $500 for your sharoP said
one Of his pards, Bot yer sweet life
will and so the stuff was handed over,
tho quite claim deed made ohs an the
tenderfoot lost q fortune. The thing he
| took for beeswax was chloride of siver an
tho rock went $4,000 to the ton. Tell
ye stranger, II amt evory mans judge
| OF rock"
"why," observed tho barkeeper,
| "indin' good claims is more luck than
anything else, and the more a man knows
of regular formations an all the stuff OF
tho mining schools the poorer prospector
he makes. Tho true prospector has only
one rule, an that is that gold and silver
are lust where ye find them, an not
where the books an colleges say they
should be. Why, one Of your so-called
exports could have gone over Leadville
for years an never found nothin'. Tho
\ old location notices didn't recognize such
a thing as q deposit. 1t was always n
lead. lode, or vein. Now it's lead, lode,
vein, or deposit. The men who make the
hits amt tho mon as studies books, but
them a. studies nature. Thoro was
Paddy Casey up in Colorado. He made
over $4,000, 900, an didn't know more
about geology nor blind pup does o
astronomy.
ayes, he was n character" struck ir
tho honest miner" "They had play
on tho stage up in Denver, In which h,
was represented standin' over q shaft ant
hailing the mon at the bottom. How
many of yoes are belowT' he yells out
'rhree,' cries voice from the shaft
We'll, let half of ye come up an hav'
yees whisky He wasn't nobody's foo
for all that"
mot much" resumed the bsrkeepeI
"Evor hear of how he got even with tn
shark Alecks down in ChicagoW
How was thst?"
ut came about in this wise: Padd
thought no would have good time, on
he lit out for Chicago. He put up at tn
Palmer house, and nothing would do hir
but the bridal chamber. While stayin
at the Palmer some sharp grain operator
got hold of him an induced him to pu
$5O00 into wheat, which he lost in n
time, as it was intended he should. II
knew we'll he'd been 'cinched,' but Paid
never 'squealed, but took his medicin
like o little man. He wrote off to h
! manager in Leadville to send him dis
patch that q body Of ore Of immense rich
, ness had been struck in one Of his mine
and to come back at once. The telegraI
was to be directed care of the grain firm
Paddy believed them rascals enoug
to open 1t, an he wasn't disappointed.
was opened sure enough an never deliy
cred, but next day long came the SMART,
!, an offered him $500, 900 for the mine. II
, wouldn't take less nor million an
half. They see-sawed round for tw
days, an then with the help of SON
bankers paid the money an made IL
sale. When they sent out their exper
to look at the mine there wasn't 5000
in sightp
"Those were the good old days." So
the ancient miner, with sigh, as
. shouldered his pack of blankets. II mu
be startin'. Brace your stomachs at Il
bar" We "braced," and as the old pro
= pector disappeared on the main street v
|, Rugged the stove little closer and gaze
on the drizzling rain without.