Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-09
LICK ys.sKlLLIA MINING.
4 Remark able Stseak OF Luck
wn,.n M.ne a Famous Man.

| a Remark able streak Of Luck
which Msds . Famous Ms"'
During a recent visit to the noun
tains o reporter quietly ltstensd I'd
discussion going on bstween several
IN liners, regarding luck as specially
applicable TO, and associated WIN, min-
ing ventures. The participants were
about equally divided In opieion as To
whether luck or shrew1 lu igman. WAS
paramount az an actuating motive IN the
generality Of mining operations. 40.
peal WAS finally made 10 an Old Can
fornia miner, rho had hithart) lSen NJ
part In the conversation ,and hs resp md
ed az follows
| "Itmay MT be business to say 80
but during mary years OF expa"iehf,
have noticed that the prospectors wnoI
believed firmly in luck, and wno nv
1.-The n, Dat notions ami supsr5dtiDns
always got on 70 the best ground. the!
lid less work aud and less tramp!ng'
but their luck always brought them
more cash to spend In the rainy sea
SOD"
"Can you tell us soms 'n's'nce
where nothing but luck broughta Tor
tune to feliow?" asked QUO OF the
party.
l ~ 6OI'Y, l. COu,u bfth Va oNSoA'ShS"S
Of this kind all night, mt there - On.
t case that WAS running in my mind all
l the time this coufaO naa teau goi"s %
4 only the chap was not particularly al
miner, but carpenter who did J)b'iu
the mines when work was slack in The
towns"
Il "Ob, never mind that, but tell
J us about him." said several voices 81
? once.
al "All right, you discover anything
but Niger luck In the Story atop
III ne without csremo my. 'Spose yoi've
n heard Of Lucky Bid win over GA the
" COAST"
N "Of course we have" said every
70 body.
s. "Well, he's the chap. Did You ever
i" know Why we dubbed him Lucay Bald
io VIM"
ne mo" WAS the general response
in We'll, shove the cigars this way and
I'm tell you about hun.
IL Lighting cigar deliberately with thu
m Jpuffinc method reculiar to one most ia
r !; niiar with wheezy pipe, the OH mar
TO finally said:
in Times had got little dull and
ne stocks were low, and 30 baldwin, VIM
va WAS always studying up soma ",i'
at scheme or other to make money conclu
,r.t I'D 10 go 10 Cnina on tomo raGket, AIN
er az he happened to have 900 shares o
lCross Point, which had cott him 81 I
M lshare, he was mighty anxious TO rea'iz
% on them. The price bsing OH sevnra
, poiuts, ha ra!sed the VIVID some otae
a. way, and feeling that the time woul
a, come when he could get even on al
H. stock, he left II with friend OF his I
' sell when the price rose to S3 sDai'
W md of he went TO China. soon stts
hi departure the Comstock got into mol
"a, and prices began to fly up. bali
10Y .in's friend, who BY the way, WIS
loarpenter also, watched the mark
ind closely and when his s. limit ";
md reached he rushed down to broker ar
ng. told him 10 sell 200 shares OF Crow
ing Point a. 81.
er's "'Where's your stock p asked Il
me broker. Here 1t is sad the carns
the ser. The broker examined 1t ara th'
OF said Have you power OF attorney
sign Bald wins name p Not po~e
the replied the carpenter. We'll, thei
our said the broker, Il can't sell this stoc
me nor will any one else You SEQ Bal
diss win, in accordance with his customa
She cAralessness, or rather Ignorance
get business methods, had gone of witho
You Transferring or endorsing the sto
u ISIS m ade ont III his name. OF cours",
business trip TO China was failure,
ould were all his deliberately plsnnef ent
leve prises, ana M arriVtu III Sau is
p strapped, but soon found that instead
"I HAVING $1,000 waiting Ter him 1t
COY .iswelled to an even million Of dollar
and. mo wonder they called him l.uc
nitai Balwiu," said Chicago tenderioot.
iavel "Hold moment, pardner," remarl
the old Californian, nobody thorl
M, lof giving him that name ihen for
nAe little lucky thing like that. W
yIu until get little farther along "
I'm Wa. my story, and you'll see better T, u
80 for the name"
Der "Is there more c)minG? CT
'nas Scott! Wasn't ono million CROUCH
'Ao such scratch"
"We didn't give names those Ct
'ow- in California unless men carried thet
who YOU can bet Your bottom dollar on Il
II OF Baldwin cashed in lis stock, and rs
got was considered rather FRESH, the b
ndlg put up o job TO divide the mil
nee' amonR the Gang. Jim heene was ID
IN wins broker, ami he and the rest 9
cluded that they would saddle
one block OF Ophir on Baldwin at from
or OIL to Sl5 per share, which they
vi to ceedsd to do, thus mapping him
3 au. more than half his pile. No 900
the had Bal Twin got this bundle OF Oi
Her Into his possession than the big
lnapzs WAS struck In Consolidated
# and ginia and California. adjoining
mouth o phir and THAT sock doubled up
re In lrympathy."
# His :" Rah for Baldwin," cried the
|. law, cago ,enderfoot.
mus, Keep cool, pard, that was only
coal, nary luck" growied the Old Cal
MAN.
, "Thunder and Mars another mil
~ ,SSa and yen say only ordinary luck?'
~ Wy. "Tbat's what sai1. Ophir
,'a;nt right on doubling nn 80 fast that
shs gang wanted 70 get Baiwin's stock,
:, ahe no they put up another lpb OH
~ o You STE, the Bank of California
WV most of the balance ct Ophir sock,
so Ralston sent for Keene and -
antry. him up to vote B1ldwin's stock nj
you 30 annual election, 20 that the bank W
Id him have control Of Tho mine. keene,
ns re- s,lll AGENT for Baldwin, poGkete
should inv, and atood IN With the bank
n th2t fit, an d went sqnnre back on Bald
Lord, but wasr't Baldwin mad.
D, what "The stock kept Goiog up, and
Of bus win knowing that tho Old asse'e
n agan: dodge would be p'ayed en- him, sh
Tim II jhis stock on the market, just exac'
i-pers, she couspira.orB expected and "
might he would, until no hadn't a share
obtaining tho highest prices, which
'front.'" from $3.50 to $500 per share. No AZ
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