Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-25
NOW LONGS SYNDICATE.
The Adventures of Bin Nye and n Junta
of Journalists in 3 Mine.
From az Roston GIole.

IRON ne Boston GkO0e.
Receiving another notice of assessmen {
on my stock in the Aladdin mine the other
day reminded me that / was still inter-
ested in bottomless hole that was sup
posed at one time to yield funds, Instead
OF absorbing them. The Aladdin claim
was located in the spring of rs by y syn
dicate of Journalists, none of whom had
ever been openly accused OF wealth.
II we had been we could have prAEed an
alibi.
We secured a gang OF miners TO sink on
the discovery, consisting OF a Chinaman
named How Long. How Long spoke he
Chinese language with great fluency. Be
ing perfectly familiar with that language,
and little musty in the Missouri
English, he w0uld converse with us in
his own language, sometimes by the hour,
courteously overlooking the fact that we
did not reply to him in the same tongue.
he would converse in this way till he ran
down, generally, and then he would re-
frain for while.
Finally, How Long signified that he
would like to draw his salary. OF course,
he was ignorant of our ways, and as in
nocent Of any knowledge of the intricate
details peculiar to mining syndicate as
the child unborn, So he had gone to the
president of our syndicate, and had been
referred to the superintendent, and he
had sent How Long TO the auditor, and
the auditor had told him to go 10 the
gang-bOss and get his time, and then pro
ceed IN the proper manner, after which, If
his claim turned out to be all right, we
would call meeting of the syndicate and
take early action in relation to it.. BY this
the reader will readily see that, although
we were not wealthy, we knew how to do
business just the same as though we had
been wealthy corporation.
How Long attended one of our meetings
and at the close Of the session made a few
remarks. As near as | am able to re
call his language it was very much as fol-
lows.
"China boy no sabbee you dam slyndi-
dictate. You alice same foOlee me too
muchee. How Long no chopee big holein
the glound allie day for health. You Nell
can boy Laddee silver mine all same fun
ny business. Me no likee syndicate. SYM
dictate heap gone all same woodbine. You
sabbee me? How Long make EN- slyndi-
cate pay tention. You April f0olee me.
You makee me tired. You puttee me too
much on EN- slate. Syndicate no good.
Alice time stanemoff China boy. You al
lee time chin chin. Dividends allie time
heap gone"
Owing to strike which then took place
complete our assessment work we must
get in another crew or do the job our
selves. Owing to scarcity Of help and a
feeling OF antagonism on the part of the
laboring classes toward our giant enter
prise, feeling of hostility which natur-
ally exists between labor and capital, we
had to 90 out to the mine ourselves. We
had heard of other men who had shOveled
in their own mines, aud were afterWard
worth millions of dollars, so we took some
bacon and other delicacies and bied us to
the Aladdin.
Buck, our mining expert, went down
first. Then he requested us to hoist him
out again. We did so. have forgotten
what his first remark was when he got
out Of the bucket, for l wouldn't care to
use it here anyway.
1t seems that How Long, owing to his
heathenish ignorance OF our customs and
the unavoidable delay in adjusting his
claim for work, labor and services, had
allowed his temper to get the better OF
him, and he had planted colony of
American skunks in the shaft OF the
Aladdin.
1t is not very good mine if man
wants 1t as a source Of revenue, but it
makes mighty good well. The water is
cold and clear as crystal. II it stood in
Boston, instead of out here in northern
California, where you can't get at it
more than three months In the year. it
would be worth $150. The great fault of
the Aladdin mine is its poverty as a mine
and its isolation as well.