Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-31
BIG LUMPS OF GOLD
Wonderful Strike Made at
Cripple Greek
CRazsS THE ENTIRE CAMP
Nuggets OF Gold Dig "a Hsn's Egss
Found IA the Eclipse Nine Untold
Riches UneoseGed.

DESVsa. Get 30.--A four foot vein
Of snlts tale. carrying free gold IA
huge cabes, was uncovered IN the
kciipss nine At Cripple Greek yestsf-
day. The town mas gone Wild over the
wondsrful strike.
Miners Who have predicted that
Crpple Greek was the creates. gold
camp the world has ever known. point
"a this strike a. hearing out their state
mSnt. Nothing like lt has ever been
known 10 the history of mining Bets
are being freely made. without the
possibility OF decision that the land of
Ophfr mentioned n the Bible Was the
cripple Greek country.
The strike was made in the Eclipse
mme yesterday just as the night shift
was going 10 work. Al depth of
ninety i've feet vein of white tale, =
cFystalhed quartz. was encountered IN
the VEN. heing apparently about four
feet vide. The ore was full of rusty
gold. some OF it being huge cubes. The
day crew uttered yells OF delight and
Piled their picks with the energy II
madmen. A the soft tale and quartz
erumhled under their freuzied blows
the vein wIdened and the precious vel
low metal fell IN Jumps. ranging in
size from a hens egg to a football. on
the tiOor.
BoaIdsr- OF Cold.
Each stroke of the picks brought un-
Dreamed OF wealth To view. The
miners would cease work for an iu-
slant. clasp a lump Of the metal in
their hands. cover II With kisses, call 10
by endeartng terms; then thrusting 1t
m the breasts of their flannel shirts be-
gn work again like demons.
CTle q night sniff becoming worried
tnat no attention was paid To the sig
nal 90 take the cage, prepared TO de-
scend into the shaft. fearing an acci-
dent had occurred. Not = miner
m the swsyIng iron bucket
for an instant thought OF the real
cause of the delay. There was nothing
to indicate that a strike had been made
None OF the rock showed any signs OF
vein or pocket.
For the past two months the Eclipse
had averaged a car load each week.
The returns from these shipments have
averaged over 800 n ton. This ore
certainly gave no indications of sudden
wealth.
The cage reached the bottom of the
shaft M a few seconds and the anxious
men hurried into the tunnel, expect
ing every instant To stumble over the
mangied eorpses of their mates. Twist
ing and turning the Lights from the
Dsvsv lamps casting fantastic shad lows.
the miners hurried ON. Suddenly they
saw the blg white vein with its huge
flecks OF yellow metal. aud the day
.hfff tvark,pv Ia maniacs
Crss~d By tn. News.
With veil Of Joy the nightshift
rushed forward and. pushing aside the
Overstrung miners. attacked the white
and gold mass. The thirst and fever
% gold was on them.
A. soon a. the news OF the strike was
known the widest excitement pre-
vailed IN the camp, and when the mug
gets were hoIsted out of the shaft men
went crazy. Today every camp IN the
country knows OF thestrike and miners,
prO-pectOrs and gamblers are moving
on Cripple Greek In swarms. anxious TO
participate IN the spending of the gold
The Eclipse mine IL located IN Equa
tiulch and - one of over thirty ship
ping mines which have been opened
since the camp was struck last summer.
The railroad a pushing to the camp "a
fast "a possible and with It's advent new
mining property will be operated.
There a no doubt IN the minds Of
old miners but whata blanket vein has
been struck. winch will surpass TN Z
famous Basslck vein at luerida.