Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-15

Lucky Mrs. Swickhelmer.
small store, and the proposition to dl-
vide share and share alike enlisted his
aid, Rations tools. etc, were furnished
and the grubstukers proceeded at once
TO the apex Of Fryer Hin. at that time
an unpromising locality, and began
digging
1t was simply blind chance, for the
deposits were thicltly overlaid with
porphyry and soil, Digging for the vein
was laborlous work. but Rlsche and
partner persevered until their supplies
We're exhausted They returned to Ia
bor'e store. reported progress, asked
for more and We're accommodated.
This easy-goining generosity made
Tabor Millionaire aud brought him
almost uneNampled renown. 1t exalted
him TO the leadership OF men and af-
fairs In Colorado, caused him to be cho-
sen MISUNDERSTANDING the same year
and sent him to the senate of the
United States all within two or three
years.
About May !, at n depth Of twenty
six feet, Rlsohe opened the Little Pitts
burg mine, and with 1t fortunes for all
concerned. The vein soon gaze evil
dence Of being remarkable for the eN-
tent and value Of It's ores, the return
during the last half OF July following
the discovery being estimated at the
AAA' VI gown. per week. me lllAI WnNOn
load sold the smeters Melted them oyer
5000. With abundant means at com
mh1d the deposit was thoroughly OPEN
ed aud was soon producing from 70 to
100 tons weekly
This surprising revelation caused
prodlglous activity In prospecting ard
mining throughout the neighborhood
and Tabor began to,absorb contiguotIs
claims, In September one of the three
partners sold hls interest to Tabor and
Hllsche for $685. and a short tIme
afterwnrd Rlsche sold his half for s26g.-
900, In November 1873, the owners Of
the Little Pittsburg took In several
9ther holdings aud formed the Little
Pittsburg Consolidated company. Tho
Little Pttsburg had previously return
ed S3I5.0OO and the Winnemuc. one of
the new claims, Sl53,00O The latter
amount was extracted in forty-nine
days, netting the owners $4,000
In the following spring the CONSOLE
dated company was organized In New
York with a capital OF $40 900 900 The
production OF these mines from the
spring Of 1873 to April 1880 nmouptnd
TO s2.6s7,63i.9l for receipts for ore sold
and N246,239.sl actual yield, and divi.
dends OF 100000 n month We're paid
Tabor sold his interest to Chaffee ana
the Crysolite. ~
hhpiu Nise 10 wealth.
Marshall Field OF Chicago, became In
terested with him, and the pair made
millions no easily and rapidly as 10 day-
sle all beholders, Tho Crysollte proved
richer than the Little Pittsburg, and in
less than six months, while the COM
pany was putting the mine In shane
Tor future production, paid 81 .OOO. 900 in
ulNluehds, and the total yield for eleven
months was over SS,000.000, In 1881 Ia
~ furtn a.. ~.
Ysee bonanza, which yielded 10000 Ia
au0OO ounces OF silver per ton. and
coined millions for its owners. IN sem
TENDER 1879, Tabor bought the Match
less FOR $4,000 withou. any prospect
OF getting bonanza, or. as he exs
pressed Il, Just TO own something In
which there were no shares that will
furnish me suit OF clothes once I'm n
While, n hat now and then and occa-
slonNllN bottle OF wine" The Mofrb.
less paid $1,000 day and ran as high as
$4,000 month.
WIN this enormous revenue the little
trader was nonplussed. He never
dreamel OF such vast sums aud ne,,e,
acquired the art OF spending. In this al.
ienima he floated down to Denver ana
TOOK counsel with his friends, who nd'
Nised hin TO put his wealth into real 80
tate THIS took the fancy OF the nan
from the mountains, and In course az
80 NV NttN NlttN'N with Two worry
me buildings, known as the rahcr
block at the corner OF Sixteenth ana
l.afimet streets, ana the Tabor Grand
opera house AZ the corner OF curtis
street, a few blocks further upto,yn
Inc cost OF these structures wns saiJ
70 be IN the neighborhood cf s., 1000 0e6
The opera house. the old mans nrj6s
ana Ms single ambition In the wav nc
perpetuating his name, was a perfect
voioonda, netting $4,000 TO Si61 066 y
year. Amusement managers ma a.
come 10 his terms. !"
eventually an English builder han.
pened along with superb ifisulaf inls.
pendence and erected stone h5y
which he graNeiy declared was an ~.
act reproduction Of La Scala. II wss
q good enough theRtcr to break Taho,'s
monopoly, and finally he bought tha
RIVAL house, turning {, over To vaude-
willie company At popular prices. which
TOOK II out of competition. Then M
liher English company erected ~.
hroadway thcater uptown, and Taho,
felt that Denver was erowinF ont ~
leading strings ana getting beyond ~
Ills sun v1r setting swiftly and "a,
oster after disartsc overlook him. ny,
great Nulture mine in southanster,s
Arizona. was drowned uut by ~