The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-07-21
THE LOST PINE NINE.
Memories That Caused an Army
Offlcer to Invest In It.

a month--twenty shares OF the Lone |
Pine Mining Company-Limitcd.'
Mines are risky investments at best. |
Millions are made in them every year.
but more lost. have never yet been
ON the winning side Before writing
BUY" shall reflect.
what says the prospectus?
Heavy silver bearing lode--surface
exposure, one hundred feet by twelve
vertical. developing side pockets
numerous branches"
Where is the phenomenon?
santa Catalina mountains, Pima
county, Arizona Agent, u. n. Tue
SON."
A familiar locality! I'll bet that
agent hat can give him points on
the Lost Pine mine" Haven't ]
trailed that country from Dan to Beer
sheba in the days gone by?
Hows Where? When?
In the days of my first service-four
years between the ella and the north
ern Mexican border knew every wa
ter hole and every patch Of bunch grass
between Nogales and the ella range.
1t was in the beginning-in the days of
IrcAn cOlDIDtIttlltlltN- tidb ih0hS tht
acquaintance of that mine. 1t is the
same--the Lost Pine mine" 1t never
had name until the day we met BY
me it began to wear the dignity of q
name by it ! began to get knowl-
edge and understanding of mines. We
are old friends. To-day it Is a certainty
of the business world. Surely out Of
the beginning groweth the end. That
mine has prospercd from the start.
And this is the history of the begin
ming.
Less than a year previously had
run the gauntlet Of the terribly learned
medical examining board of the army
and had been admitted to the rank and
dignity of first lieutenant and assistant
surgeon. When placed my first order
for uniforms with Hatfield, and ran up
n bill for trimmings with Eidabock, ]
felt more valuable than ton of twenty
four-carat gold and more digniiied than
iIindoo god with a diamond eye.
MY irst orders lifted me away from
scenes of intellectual triumphs and
dropped me into those of physical fail
ures-with cavalry battalion in Tive
cactus beds near the Mexican line,
somewhere south of Tombstone. The
drop was fattenng. From Central
park. silk hat, tan kids and white
CATERS. to the heart Of an alkali desert
the back of a qua-termaster's mule ant
the nightly shelter of a saddle blanket
A month before I would have tainted
at the sight of myself. Trousers
mounted. made heavy-boots heavy
hand-sewed-hat. campaign, drab, wa
the description the salient points OF m,
field uniform bore on the quartermas
tcr's returns. The ensuing grief shoo'
the scales from my eyes.
I. was necessary for me to learI
something without delay, and in Ari
IONA information is not acquired with
out poverty and earnest purpose. tw
things l knew not of. Urged by tn
sustaining spur of good resolutions
rose betmcs. and cinching my mule b
the light of the morning sun. rode fort
into the chapparal to slay bush rabbit
with my six shooter and Natter tn
vanity Of the ranchmen by asking quc'
tions They taught me to follow
moccasin trail. throw a lasso. and max
the diamond hitch over the back OF
fractions mule. There was little
could teach them. for the sturdy fe
lows rarely fell i'll with more serior
ailmcnt than delirium trcmens.
The novelty of their habits and maj
ners and desire To acquire the my
terics Of plainscraft were the attra
tions " hch drew me to them at firs
but as their better acquaintance wit
me rendered them more approachable
discovered a rugged honesty and sii
ccrc hospitality. which. added 10 the
reckless bravado, gave their ways an
resistiblc charm. l sought their frien
ship, and went among them whcnev'
it MAS possible to leave camp.
II happened that during the annu
beef roundup" rode over and pass
the night with my acquaintances. III
following morning there occurred
camp what the New York lIera
would feadline as Murder Delhi,
ate Assassination-Th Shooting of
Mexican by Cow boys" The Tomhsto
Blade referred accidentally to the affs
as q heated alteration betwe
Mcssrs. q. and r.. Of the N-Bar Cat
company. and n Mexican named Ma
rico. which resulted fatally to the II
ter"
Being law-abiding citizens. Mess
@. and r. delivered themselves over
the sheriff for trial. WINS named a
witness for the defense and served W
summons to appear in court the folio
ing day to give my testimony.
The accused. the other witnesses
the defense there were none for
prosecution and myself rode o.
next morning, reaching the low ado
building which served as county no
about noon. We found the jus
seated behind his pine slab table in
shirt sleeves. with his feet on a copy
Walkers American Law" engaged
target practice. the bulrs-eyc bcinl
retired herring box partially filed v
sawdust that stood in one corner
the room. After several minutes
silent rumination he would launch
results with unerring certainty at
herring box. The aim of life in .
iona is to hit something.
The clerk Of the court was there. I