The morning call., 1894-06-10
HE CAN SORT ORE.
Talent Displayed by a
BurrO.
THE OWNER PROUD OF HIM.
He Does the Work as Well as
Any of the Men in the
Mine.
THE OWNER PROUD OF HIM.

Frank Arlington, who owns fair
sized gold mine. near Jackson. in Amador
County, also owns a burrO that is a won
der in his class. In TACT, it is very likely
that he is a class all to himself. Mr..
Arlington is very proud of his long-eared
friend, and the miners in the neighbOrhOOd
think the burro is the smartest animal in
the world.
The burro's name is Jack, and he has
but one accomplishment. However, he
devotes all his time to that, and does it in
the best possible manner.
When he was young and first went to
work in the mine, Jack did nothing but
haul ore in car from Que place to another :;
but he now has the job of "sorter," and
there is no telling where his accomplish
ments will stop.
Mr. Armington's mine is not very we'll
worked as yet, and he has not felt WAT
ranted in putting in a mill. The ore is
also very uneven In quality, so that some
of IL would not pay to work at all, some
of 1t will paw when there is mill near by,
and some of it is very high grade and
would pan out well il shipped a thousand
miles, even a Southern Pacific rates. To
sort the ore into three piles OF The different
grades has always been a work that Mr..
Arlington used TO do himself. IT. re-
CURED great deal of skill TO tell from the
outside appearance of a piece Of rock just
how it would assay. and the owner did not
care TO trust it to a labOrer.
While Mr.. ATmingtOn was engaged in
the work Jack would stand near by httched
to the car and appear TO go to sleep. lie
never looked as If he took particle of in
terest in the work; but he did. he was
studying the entire operation.
Ono q hnr Nad In a
usual place and Mr.. Arlington started to
work, but in few minutes was called to
attend to something he knew would take
him several hours. Not wishing 10 com
pei Jack 10 stand in one place all the time
he was unhitched and allowed to roam at
will.
When Mr. Arlington returned to the
ore pile. after finishing his work. he was
surprised to find IL In three heaps instead
Of one. He examined them and found the
work of sorting was done in the most
excellent manner But who did il? No
body had been up there as far as he knew.
Jack stood near DIV with his eyes half
closed.
After this Mr.. Arlington found his ore
sorted on several occasions and began TO
think he must have some good fairy who
did the Ork for him until one day ne
caught Jack in the act A pile of ore had
been hauled TO the dump one evening, too
late to work on. and the next evening
when Mr. Armington went to attend to it
he had his breath almost taken away.
There was Jack absorbed in his work.
He would reach out his fOreleg and with
his hoof pull lump of ore from the large
pile. Then he would turn it over several
| times TO ascertain its quality aud when he
was satisfied roll ii to its proper pile.
Jack was not interrupted in his work, but
when he had finished one carload of ore
another was obtained for him. He was
tested several times by Mr.. Arlington and
found to always do the work in good
shape if left alone.
Another burro was obtained whose
ability did not extend beyond the work of
hauling the car, and Jack was consider cd