The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-12
SHE JUMPED 4 souAW oULcH CLAIM
story OF Mrs. Abelirs and Husband OF the
Cripple Creek Gold Camp.

When the people Of Cripple Creek are ask ed
about the women who have made successes 10
the gold camp they toll tho brief story OF Mrs
Anna Abellah and her husband" Mr.. Abellah
Is n pretty good follow. but Mrs. Ahellah Is a
better one On tho 7th Of last March Mrs
Anna Abellah and her husband came into
Sauaw Gulch and camped there. having in
view the one object common to mining camr
people. 1t was q pretty cold season and snow
abounded on all sides OF the mountains. but
Mrs Abellah did not mind that so long as there
was u prospect Of q fortune. and bright and
early on the morning OF the 9Th she was out
on the mountain sido TO SEQ what could be
found there. Mrs. Abellah was not much Of a
minor. but she was n good enough mining
lawyer Tor practical purposes. and 80 struck
it rich INN led lately.
claims prospector who thinks he has found
lode must erect u stake and write on 1t n
plot 30Oxl.5Oo feet, and describe the lay OF his
claim by points OF tho compass with his stake
as a starting, point and then sign and date
sixty days from that date he must sink shaft
not not less than ten feet deep and of sufficient
done any one may take up and relocate tho
claim ut the end of sixty days. When Mrs.
AbslIah went PROSPECTING she had this law IN
not travelled far before she saw a stake the
that is. on March i. TRereat Mrs A6eiah
and her husband allowed their tent to remain
pitched whore 1t was until March 10. when she
arose very early in the morning and going to
the stake wrote relocation notice BY which
the right to dig loot shaft there and
organize a company and sell treasury stock
and develop the property and got rich. as she
supposed. became vested in her
Nevertheless. such is the influence OF mining
camp life: she had forgotten n very important
point in he legal combinations likely to arise
on Jumping claim. The day was sunday.
and thu location OF claim when people ought
kind Of religious exercises is by no means
encouraged by the law. Her relocation was
not valid Luckily for hor. she was in no wise
secre'ivc as to what she had done. She was
indeed, boustiul AMI told u ncighhoring camper
all about it. whcrrat the noighhor laughed
and said it was lust like IA woman"
took tumble 10 myself, she said whom
she had recovered from her. vcxation. Early
next dry the. neighbor went ur on the claim
with her. and pointed out surface marks which
INDICATED that the original location was not
we'll on tho lode ANYHOW. so shc planted an
other stake and made n new claim.
Meantime however. ono Charles Powers
had looked upon the expiring claim with long
ing eyes. and on March To- two days before
stake in his own name. He thought he was
justified in so doing because no one was like
~ to sink tcn-foot shaft in tho two days re-
naming.
Abellah and Powers went before tho Arbitra-
ton Committee OF the district. a committee
chosen by the miners and proSpectors to save
lawsuit expenses;-iMessrs.J Il. Clark: George
Powers was a sooner. 4 RELOCATION made
before the legal expiration Of an original
clni can never be Valid
The romance Will be complete when Mrs.
Abe lab sells iher claim for u hundred thou
sand or more as sho expects to do.