The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-02-13

No 90
ing sharp. i"afcsd of iakis 4 r.y Wi,
lo' TINS r''a, ~ % eomtbIdy eise, az
I've 30 dtnid y.u'u Gpd many v &,
viii be M h"ee~s ~i.b yom ~ / inteb,
to be, snd have yopr e,e asssyed. TEX,
some of 'his d-st ~i,h ,eu aud .ce il j
BE- like YOU ms.'
'Bn' We can iny biz iniue f5r o, 3,
$4,000 tie f,ri aIe.Eer sail.
III yon e"n ipd n.ine ~bne tl,,
oae il ell like that sail, III God M.
who will give son $4,000, 600 for IL
that isn't true sI'eimrp, and ,iesii..-,
'sn't irae; CoLnpds. I's ricL 6nd
ffom some "ii n,ne 10 Mexi@,.'
"Tbsy lacked rather glnm, and ~eai
Out. renlly piiied item. Tie nex'
day tho Western uan came Ia 70 srr
me. ! gave it TO him hot.
1o9k here said. .Wsse l,oa
Just about enough 81 such fellows =,
yo'' are around here. When yoa c5me
on here to sell mine don; t,y TO p,'m
OF Mexican ore for Colorado ore. Tske
my advice and don't show tba. IAN. 81
any miner, heran~s he'll kpow j. IL :.
minute. Nov skip
81 have se,n The old gentlemen
since. l guess they f,apd roa.el,pdy
who 'oll them the ,nih. - iii.
"rbe other chap ~ sb7.r, ,Ia,npy
fellow. lie wanted 10 have viking
very secret H. bad pircr Of ore that
! knew was Msxic,n, and IL waa long
time before | could e.; anything ont of
him. At length he sail I'm 4 c1m-
mercisl traveller, aud while | was in
Mexico this Summer, | struck au oil
trail over the mo"ntains tba', / ihpughG
would take the Wy short cut to where
| wanted to 80. | took il, bat !. .vas
the ronshe.t ground I ever struck
About mon | ~ss almost overcome and
dropped II hy mula near Aha1y
place 70 catch nap ani rest BY mule
that "sS wandering about, awoke rns
after awhile by nearly stepping on ne.
10 pulling my blanket tG The hump
that had served ~ "a p How I noticed
that the rock aparklsd IL struck me
ell at once thA. il was silver, AMI |
lookel around 10 sne II thero we're any
other rocks like that. / don't know
whether you'll believe il, bat a short
distance eff the usil the ground was
covered with them. ! picked up about
twenty pounds and packed them on nv
mule and started for the nearest settle
ment. / didn't cay anything to any
body in that neighbOI hood, and didn'l
dare TO have the ore assayed until got
TO Ell Pasc. But Inquired atoLt The
price Of land and found ] could buy tha,
piece Of ground for about $4,000
I've come on here to raise that and tbea
start a mine. What do you think tbs
ore is worth 90
81 tosk the fellow ali in and said :
Did you pick this of the ground ?'
Certainly, no replied.
"'Was il in this condition 2
"'Of course be answered, although
be was beginning 70 be frightened.
''Then you are the biggest liar
have ever seem" said very decidedly
"The fellow WINGED, and continued
you don't know anything about ore
and you don't know anything abOu
Mexican land. This ore came fren
some mine more than twenty feet IN
dergrouud, and it isn't necessary to bu,
Mexican land before starting q mine
You tell your story well, but youl
have hard work to find anybody VIII
will give you $4,000 to pay for Mex
can land. Gst out
There's a great difference, you know
in the appearance of ore that has lai
on the surface any length OF time an
that of ore just dug from underground
The latter is moro crystallized, for on
particular. The surface pickings ar
what We call the result of a blowout
Two drifts, coming together pcak.shape
are gradually projected out by tn
washing away Of the earth. Wate
gets in the crevices, and after awhil
the peak breaks into pieces, which ar
scattered over the surface. If that cha
had had surfacs ore he might hsv
been believed, except that part abou
the land, which was way of"
New Whatcomb, w. 7. is soon to be al
flicted by tho arrival of Ex.Mayor Kalloc