The Clifton clarion., 1888-03-07
LUCK AND PEECA.
HO.V Wealthy Miners Have IInde
 Their Money.

Senator Hearst, of California, Is beyond doubt the best miner in America. Originally from Mis- souri, he began in the mountains as day laborer. He steadily as cended as foreman, superinten- dent and owner. He is to-day the richest man in the United States. There is not a mining State or Territory in which he is not own ing and working some mining property. He has 5000 men in his employ in this country. He stated to me recently that he hadn't lost dollar in mining for twenty years past. Have heard him say that he would much rather be in his mines than in Washington. His wife's social aspirations led him to accept official position.
 Jim Witchlatch was formerly owner of the Witchlatch Un1on mine, near Unionyille, Mont. He sold his mine for S1,S00,000 in gold. He lost this stake on Wall street, went back to Leadville, and in six months made Sl20,000, and lost every nickle of it in 1883 by the failure of Grant & Wards bank. Nothing daunted by bis recent collapse, Witchlatch turned up at Kingston. N. M. Last spring he got bonded lease on a piece of property, opened it out a little, and sold to St. Louis parties so as to place 6 bank account of S150,000 to his credit. At the present time this lucky child of fortune is in Brooklyn nursing 6 broken leg.
 The Mary Murphy mine was sold by the discoverer six years ago for S1O,OG0. St. Louis peo- pie bought it. For three years past the Mary Murphy mine has been paying a dividend on $3,000,- GOO.
 Tom Bowen went to Colorado from Arkansas ten years ago. He was broken in health, and, being member of the Masonic fraternity, they paid his board the first win ter. One night Bowen won SlO0 at poker, gave it to prospector for a grub-stake, and gained the Little Annie and Golconda as the result of his venture. These two mines have paid as high as $10,- GOO day in hard cash. A con- servative estimate places the ore in sight at $2,500,OO0. To-day Tom Bowen is a United States Senator and the most popular man in the State of Colorado.
 The reward of perseverance,. Joe Stanley, one of the wealthiest men of Denver, and Vice President of the Denver City National Bank, had a prospect ten years ago in Gilpin county. His wife took in washing to buy four and bacon while Joe dug his way 700 feet through barren rock. He had no capital and couldn't hire assist ance. At the end of TOO feet he struck pay ore and named it the California mine. A party of Englishmen on a tour through the State gave him S1,O00,000 in cash for the mine. It has paid them over S5, 5,OUO,OO0 1n dividends, ana is still being worked.
 Gov. Tabor is supposed to have made more money out of mines in ten years than any other man in Colorado. Outside of S1,000,00O that he has invested in Denver real estate, his fortune is all in- vested in mining property. At the same time the Governor is She heaviest borrower in the State.
 Diamond Joe Reynolds income from mines lie owns in Colorado is over S500,00O year. His in vestments in the Centennial State were mainly made through an Irishman that worked on one oi Reynolds steamboats on the Mis- souri river. Diamond used to say that he hadn's much education himself, and Ee wanted partner