The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-11-19

Tight of his 0sSaSSinS Tho sBlue Mass MINI
ing Company" remained in undisturbed and
actual possession of tho mine, and reigned in
their stead.
But tho spirit of the murdered Concho
would not down any more than that Of the
Danquo, ind SO wrought, no doubt,
in quiet, Concho-liko way, sore trouble with
tho "Dluo Mass Company" For great capt.
talist and master Of uvaricc calao down
to tho naino and found it fair, and taking one
Of tho company aside, offered to lend his
name and u certain amount of coin for q con-
trolling interest, accompanying tho generous
offer with Suggestion, that if it wcro not |
to he would le compelled to buy up |
various Mexican mines and food tho market |
with quicksilver tn the great dctrirlcnt Of tho |
"Bluc Mass Company" which thoughtful sug- |
gcstion, offered by man frequently alluded |
to rs one Ut "CaIifnrnia's great mining |
princes" aud MS ono who had "done much to |
develop tho resources of the state" was not |
to lp lightly considered; and SO, after a cau-
tions non consultation with the company, and
a consrlendablc secrecy, the stakeholder sold
out. Whercat it was speedily spread abroad
that the Great Capitalist had taken hold Of
''Tslne Mass" and the stock went up and the |
other stockholders mjoicetl until the Great
Capitalist found It was necessary to put up
expensive mills, tn employ a high salaried
uperintendent-in fact, to develop tho mine
by spending Ut its earnings, so that the stock
qnotel Mt liz was finally saadlea with IN as
s,ssment Of $50 rer share. Another assess
ucnt Of $50 to enable tho superintendent to
proceed to Russia and Spain and examine in
to tho workings Of tho quicksilver mines
there, and also general commission to the
gifted and scientific Pillagcman to examine
intoth various component parts Of quick
silver, and report If it could not be manufac-
t,red from ordinary sandstone by steam or
electricity, speedily brought tho other stock
holders to their senses. It was ut this time
the good fellow "Tom," the serious-minded
"Dick" and the speculative but fortunate
"Harry," brokers of tho Great Capitalist,
found it convenient to buy up, for the Great
Capitalist aforesaid, tho various other shares
at great sacrifice.
Ifear that havo bored my readers in thus
giving tho tiresomo details Of that ingenious
American pastime which my countrymen dis
miss in their cpigramn1atic way as the ''freez-
ing out process" And lest any reader should
question the ethics of tho proceeding, beg
him to remember that one gentleman accom-
plished in this art was always sincere and
direct opponent of the late Mr. John Oak
hurst, gambler.
But for once the Great Master Of Avarice
had not taken into sufficient account the av-
arico of others, and was suddenly and virtu-
ously shocked to learn that an application for
patent for certain lands, known as tho "Red-
Rock Rancho" was about to bo offered be-
foro tho United States land commission.
This claim covered his mining property. But
the information came quietly and secretly, as
oil of tho Great Masters information was OBJ
tanned, and he took tho opportunity to sell out
his clouded title and his proprictorship to
tho only remaining member of the original
"Bluo Mass company young fellow of pith,
before many tongucd rumor had voiced the
news far and wide. Tho blow was a heavy
ono to tho party left in possession. Saddled
| by tho enormous debts and expenses of the
Great Capitalist, with credit further injured
by tho detection of this lucky magnate, who
was admired for his skill in anticipating q
loss, and whose REIMBURSEMENT of any project
meant ruin to it, the single handed, impover-
ishcd possessor Of the mine, whose title was
contested and whose reputation was yet to be
made-poor Biggs, first secretary and only
remaining officer of the "Blue Mass com.
pany," looked ruefully over his books and
his last transfer, and sighed. Eut havc be
foro intinlatetl that he was built Of good stuff
and that he believed in his work-which wa.
well-and in himself, which was better; and
90, having faith even as y grain of mustard
seed, I doubt not that he would have beer
ablo to remove that mountain of quicksilve,
beyond tho overlapping of fraudulent grants
And, again, Providence disposed o.
these several scamps-raised up to him
friend. But that friend is Of sufficient i'm
portance to this veracious history to deserv,
paragraph to himself.
The Pylades of this Orestes was known O
ordinary mortals as Royal Thatcher. Hi
genealogy, birth and education are, take it