The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-06-24
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IS III NJ
! mounts dc log.
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Lemme see. Long bout fifty-two, not
berry great while arter dey struck dem
ppw'ful rich diggins on Scotchman'g
crick by de Souf Yuba, went up dar
from Yankee Jim's. got wuck right
away wifi Cunnel Brookshire, a man
from the souf an a rale gent'lum. Lord,
Lord, de money we tuck outen dat
mans claim! Oar was one time mem
bers wen de cunnel tuck forty pound
OBJ clean gold on his back, an he climb
de big mountain, bout mile straight
up, to de town Of Alter (Alpha). leabbin
me to wuck Ge claim. In tree days do
Cunnel he come down de mountain. He
amt slept any an he amt got er cent
all de gold gone ut pOkah. He take .
nap, eat er mou'ful an den say to ma.
''Jerry, boy, han me out de SACK AN
he climb dat mountain ag'in. OATS do
way It go all de time. De cunnel he wur
Il rale gent'luIn from de souf.
But let dat all go. Well, dar wur
many big rich ravines comm into de
Scotchman from de east-f'om de Omega
side. wanted fur to git claim OBJ my
own, 60 on Sundays, wen we keep do
Sabbaf, ulster go prospectin up dem air
big canyons.
One desc times goes up wat dey call
de Ioway ravine-a awful canyon.
goes clare away to'ards de head Of de
ravine whar dar amt anybody been.
Yousee, bout two mile up de ravine dar
sat in de awfules' canyon in all dem
parts. On boff sides dar wur mons'us
great cliffs. De cliff stan moas' straight
rs de walls of er brick house. Desc walls
amt only bout forty to fifty foot apart,
an betwixt dem de watah Of de crick
dash an roar along like de tailrace of or
mill. So de men OBJ de Scotchman crick
dey all say wen dey came up dat fur,
faint no use lookin in dar fur gold.
All de gold been swept outen de trcff OBJ
dat canyon same as VIII u broom"
Well, de miners OBJ Scotchman dey all
gives up an turns back wen dey strikes
dem big rocky walls. So on de sly
tackles. dat big canyon. l goes mp froo
it mo dan 9 mile. Lots OBJ places dar
kain't be fcun path dat's ober u foot
wide--not room to turn roun--den for
good piece dar tol'ble wide kline oh shelf.
At las wucks my way clean above
all de rocks, an den comes to some nice
hars an fats Oh de crick. l finds some
nions'us rich diggins. say muffin TO no
body. De mex Sunday goes up dar wit
Ratchet to blaze out my claim an put
my location notice on her.
gifts up froo dc canyon all right. l
sees no kline obvarmint 'cept a lot er big
boot owls. PLACES my claim on de
trees, cdts an drives big stakes, den puts
up de location notice. make all plain
an strong, kaiss wants no 'sputes about
her.
Dis job done all safe an sure, starts
home down 10 canyon. I creeps along
de little narrer shelves, sometimes fifty
an oder times hundred foot hove dc
roariE watah, an dem walls may be still
mo- dan dat high 'bove my head. All
dat time ! amt t'inkin OBJ no bar. l
sometimes looks cross to de oder wall
an sees de big hoot owls. Dey settin
a-winkin an blinkin in dc aize OBJ dc dark
holes an cabberns oh de wall.
Well, while wur a-wuckin my way
down the canyon-gometimes hangin on
to dc bushes an rocks-I happens to look
way ahead. Oar, a-slouchin roun o
pint of de wall at or bend, sees er big
cinnamon bar 1t wur ober tree hum
bred yard away an a-comin bout Oh
jebel wifi de shelf l am on. He don't
see me yit, and de mex mint he swing
roun de pint an go out oh sight. But ]
know he is comin-comin a-slouchin
right along.
Idon't feel oberly contented. Once
t'ink I'll turn an go back. Den l say,
Watts de use:" know dat de bar win
obertake me. Mex look ut the wall.
1t is straight up. Jis' by whar l stan,
on little patch Of sile, dar stan four or
tive spruce trees, but all too big to cline.
Ihain't got no gun, no pistOl-nuftin but
or jackknife an de Ratchet in my belt,
] don't want no close Eghtin in SIGH
place like dat. One lick of dat bars
paw will send me down a hundred foot
inter de- roaain millrace.
Outen de little bunch OBJ spruce trees
one has got bowed down. lays right
cross de canyon. De top end RESI- on a
fiat ledge oh rock dat stick out ob do
oder wall like er shelf. Dat log makes