The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-16
THE LOST SILVER VEIN.

! From the Washington Post
The Lost Vein of Colorado still eludes
the eager prospector. Behind il range
the incidents of one of the most touch
/ ing love stories ever written. In the
early sixties Amos Albright went To
| Colorado to seek his fortune, leaving
his wife and children on an Illinois
/ farm. His health began to fail soon
after his arrival in Colorado. and, to
make matters worse. came distressing
news from home, for to make the jour
ney to the gold fields he had borrowed
money from a rich neighbor. in former
days an unsuccessful sutton for his
wife's hand. and the wife wrote that
their creditor now threatened to fore
close his loan and drive her and her
children from their home. The news
made Albright desperate: he sold por.
ton of his scanty belongings. exchanged
the money for provisions and set out
alone for the mountains. He was sick
unto death, but desperation nerved him
on. He reached the mountains. turned
from the trail and began prospecting on
unbrolen ground. but day after day
disappointment alone attended his ef-
forts. In fortnight his provisions We're
gone. and he now saw that only star
walton or retreat lay before him. Ore
weary day shutdown found him sitting
on heap of drift at the base of great
rock. He was fearfuIly hungry, and
WEAKNESS and the cold winds of the
mountains bitterly oppressed him.
Then came a discovery such as is sell
dom heard of outside the pages of old
romance. What was IL that he saw in
the rock upon which he was sitting?
Silver. Not quartz nor glance. but
virgin ore. The vein was as broad as
his hand in the middle and dwindled
away in wavering lines u yard in
length.
Albright sprang MP and set 20 work
with feveriSh energy and the unim-
paired strength of giant. II was
bright moonlight night and he iahored
without pause until sunrise. When
morning came he had mined more than
he could carry away with him. lie
saw clearly that the vein he had Dis
covered was true one, and probably
extended great distance. Within his
grasp lay q fortune Of millions. He
made a careful reckoning of his bear
ings. staked his claim. concealed all
traces Of his Ia Dor, and. collecting a.
much Of the ore as he could carry
away with him. set out for Denver.
which city ne reached late that night.
Next morning h purchased an outfit,
an abundance Of provisions. and
4 -. a. les
Within a month ne had mined enough
silver 20 load a train. Moreover. be
had traced the assure 20 H. orr rim ia
tho hills. and satisfied him>cl 4 that he
was the owner II one Of the richest
claims in Colorado Then hemor-
rhage struck MN down and il was b.
q miracle that. blind and staggering,
he reached Denver alive. A. soon as
be had gained sufficient strength he
- out FOR his home IN Illinois A.
yet. though eagerly importuued % DO
-. he had revealed 20 10 one the loca-
ton % his claim lie reached home
only % ind that his wife and children
had been driven from their home hv
his creditor. and 70 die IN his vv.fe'>
arms. The money he had brought
with him from Colorado served 20 re-
cover the home from which hi- family I
had been driven. bu. the secret q the j
Lost Vein died with him No one OF 4
the hundreds Who have since attempt /
q % search has bern able 70 End o. Z
Western mining h-sto-v contains no f.
more pathetic story than that which .
relates - Amos klbrigat and the Lot .