Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-11-04
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look come over his face as If he ha,
suddenly dropped on something, o
had himself had some kind of vision
just before he jumped up from th
table"
The chances are that in case any
thing is found be intends coming il
for half OF the prize" said |.
When we had finished breakfast
we went to our mine, distance about
half a mile from our cabin. TIL,
old tunnel on Missouri Ravine lay
in the same direction and about
three hundred yards below the
mine.
When we reached the mine we heard
a sort of war-whoop and looking
down toward the .ravine saw our
partners just starting up the hill,
Jim held something aloft for a mo-
ment and | said: "Well l guess
Jim has really found his nugget.
Now he will be worse than ever
with lis dreams
When the pair came up they
triumphantly displayed nugget
that weighed a little over four
pounds, and which when freed from
quartz and melted yielded As ounces
of gold.
"Well, Jim," said I, "you made
close guess when you said the
nugget you saw in your dream
would weigh about four pounds"
Didn't | hit it!' said Jim-'I
told you | could see it as plainly as
il it were lying before me on the
table"
eyes, and he went right mp to
where it lay under fiat rock and
picked it up" said Bill.
"Well, yes, of course" said Jim.
"for | had seen the flat rock in my
dream"
"Hereafter." said Bill, "all my
money goes on Jim's dreams-that
is when he has 'em fight"
About week later my brother
said: "Bill has been going for the
tiger pretty heavy of late; guess
ho must have made Jim divide on
the nugget"
That is sure" said /, "for he
was dead broke before"
All went on as usual for two or
three weeks wneu German gold
buyer of the town one day re-
marked to me: "You are getting
some nice nuggets out OF your mine
these times, oh ?"
"We have not cleaned up for over
two months" said |, ''and / don't
know what we are getting. Mug
gets in the ground sluices and about
the head OF the boxes are fewer than
usual"
"Well, how is it that your part
ners, Bill and jim, have nuggets
and handfuls of course gold TO sell2"
"Do they?" | asked.
"Why, yes, every few days they
are here with something"
II guess they are doing little
creviclng at extra times" said but
my eyes had at least been opened.
Going to three other places where
gold was brought heard about the
same story. got statements from
all the buyers of the amounts they
had purchased of my partners.
A day or two later my brother
and l surprised our partners by
asking them to make give or
take" offer for half OF the claim.
The pair looked at each other and
both changed color. At last Bill
asked. whats up? Are you boys
of leaving the campp'
"Not at all" said |, 1--WE shall
remain here"
"Then why do you make the pro-
position you do?" asked Bill.
: "Well," said |, at was bsd enough
when Jim had his dream of the big
nugget, but when you both get to
dreaming about all the little mug
gets and even the chispas, it is
little too much Tor as"
"Whst do you mean? "cried Bill
,rying 10 look ugly. Jim was hang
ng his head and leaving all the
.alking to his partner.
Look at these state ments," said
handing over the documents, "snd
make your offer as low as possible.
You know about what you ought
o knock off. Be as decent as you
AN about this business and we
will make you no trouble-other-
wise look for war in about sixteen
different shapes"
The pair asked to be allowed to
70 out side of tho cabin to consult
lpon the matter. In about five
minutes they came back and named ,
sum that was perfectly satisfactory
We paid over the money and Jim
md Bill struck for another camp.
Bill was the bigger rascal OF the ,
pair. He had rightly interpreted
Inns dreams before the latter had {