Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-08

side Of tho moon. but Hank had check and
an oily tongue that's how he got Tim Foley
TO grub stake him. Hank told mo Afterwards
That he expected to so into the hills and stay
as long az tho provcuder held out We'll
gentlemen. Hank Morgan Numbered into the
mountains not knowing whore he was going
and not caring blank olthor, When over Ia
tho Gunniaon foothills, he stumbled on n
hole whore someone bad been az work before.
As thnt WIS a. good place TO stop as any,
he cleaned out the hole, went down little
deeper not moron foot, and by the jumping
iingol he struck II He came back, located
his claim, and sold out within month for
100000, VIII any man have tho bra2on au-
daolty to tell me that was the result Of fore
thought or bminsf No, gentlemen, Il was
pure, unauthorized luck, and Hank Morgan
himself when he got TO wearing gold cable
for watch chain and driving a pair OF tho
iastcst horses In the mountains, was man
enough TO acknowledge H.
Having had no experience In prospecting,
! asked what tho modas opTandi was aud
this Information was volunteered;
Every spring hundreds Of prospectors
along tho Rockies aud Storms plunge Into
tho Wilderness to search tor gold or silver.
The well-to-do, TINT ia the mon who can pur-
chase theif own outfit, lay In supplies for a
few months, and hayo mule or a horse 10
carry their camping and prospecting outfit,
consisting Of a bag Of flour, 90 no bacon,
coffee and sugar. Apick, spade and pan are
fastened to the puck, and the prospcctor
usually carries Ratchet at his bolt and
rife on his shoulder. A majority OF the
prospectorH are rub-stakod," that Il, some
merchant or man with means furnishes them
with supplies, the conditions being that In
the event OF success tho CANCEL" 10 use u
theatrical term, divides with them. These
men keep clear OF tho beaten trails, and they
know moro In the aggregate about the geog-
raphy Of the North American continent than
al the engineer outhts combined An sutferi
many OF them dies more OF tiem, and often
tho beat and tho brightest, peraistently fail;
and tho few, through dumb luck strike Il
rich. But 4 Is much like blind man shoot
Ing ut target after he has been told the
direction. The chnnces are he will miss, but
II he makes bulls eyo only fool would
attribute 1t to his Workmanship.
"They say, said another, that about
every ten years there Is business panic IN
tho East but I've boen out here a leetle over
thirty year. and know for fact that every
ten years thofo Is . mining erze-gomo now
outeFop OF diggings have been discovered,
and there Is a rush and boom. In 40 The
world was running TO California. In 30 The
the country was crazy over Pixies Peak. In
90 tho silver discoveries Of Virginia City
wero making mllllonairee by tho score. IN
~ there came tho LeadyllIe rush. and Il was
u dandy In 80 tho Cmnr dc Aleno country
wEs opened up. and 80 Il goes. But while
ute discovery Of mines Is largely matter Of
chance, and tho management Of them IL too
often q swindla and gamble. where II - fol-
lowed honestly and pofslstently ns a bnsi-
ness enterprise, II Is sure 10 pay 10 tho end.
Why, right hore In Denver there are mere
mon worth s50000 than IN any city IN the
country except Now York aud Philadelphia,
And nine-tonths Of them made their money
out Of mining. And, lot me say. the wealth
Is By no means all discovered yet; We have
only skinned tho surface"
Others nt once became reminiscent and |
without exception all were disciples OF the |
doctrine o. luck.
''Why," continued another. "thcre was old
Cruise. he went to Montana whom It was
bowling Wilderness In 'Gg. with seaip-seeking
Sioux 90 ovory hard. For twenty years he
plodded and starved, and lived tho life Of a
hermit IN shAdowy guieh near where Butte
City now stands. Why, he got so poor that
no couldn't got crcdit for sack Of -four,
but he had dumb faith that there was gold
In the earth near by, and ho hung on. He
believed there was money In hia claim, and
after q time be got otliofs 70 believe the
famo and 80 there canie q day WHEN he sold
out part OF his interest 70 an English syn
dictate Tor about s2,OoO,0O0 Ho q a wiieless,
childlcsz old man, who does not know what
TO do with his money"
eyes, Joined in q third party. when cid