Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-19
nisIR's oooD FORTUNE
oaes Der iAbossr. New - wealthy

once n Dsy t.abossr. New u wealthy
After years OF patient waiting Tom
Gil, n miner, we'll known In Helena,
sees his ambition realized sage the
Independent Of that city. From tue
positlon Of miner wofhlng for 81 a day
ho has stepped into the place oi lessee
anu manager Of u property on which
he bias cast longing glaboei more than
twelve ysats.
MI. Ullit good fortune makes an
interesting " rs. Years before Clancy
VS. ever thought VI ~ town, OF aven
before railroad Iasod through tue
site Of tbs ptstsDt thriving camp, a
mining location called the Overman
was made within n lew hundred yards
Of where now STANDS the Montana
Central depot. II save promise from
the first OF being fich properly, ana
II fliltd tho premise. a company
COMPOSED OF eastern men started ia 10
Develop the mine mud ior timo were
succ, p,fui. In spite OF adverse cir
cumsth noes the mine made money,
until Ia an unlueky day there NJ 40
aiafonsiont among the owners. The
reiult was that tho property became
involved In II igAlion anu all work was
stopped Tor many Yeas.
In those days, ~ up to week ago,
Tom Gill was y miner working for a
days. wages. Hc was In the employ
o. the company Operating the Oyetmap
aud hen the mine was closed down
nc was the last man TO leave II. He
was thoroughly familiar with tho
workings. lie knew where there was
q Rich body Of ore In the mine that
had not been touched. rhihgs went
from baj 10 w0ne aud the mine DO.
came closet Indefinitely. Year after
year went by aud s,ill work was not
resumed on the ovtrmAp. The knowl.
edge OF the Tiph body Of ore 10 tho
mlne haunted Gil VINO finally began
10 think that some time he might pos.
albly get control OF tue property.
Seine time ago he went 10 John 3,
Miller and explained the hltuAtion 10
him. MT. Miller thought II was some
fairy tale at frsi, but finally bteamo
convinced that there was = metning
In n. lie made q number OF trips back
East, with the result that tho Merrill.
Miller company Obtained control OF the
property. ON was working tor A. NJ.
Esler. seven miles beyond Rimlni
when hr. Miller wrote him that lac
was ready TO enter into q lease for the
property. GIL was handed the letter
while eating supper. He opened II
and without waiting u finish his meal,
be Lett Tor Helena, arriving there late
the came night Next day ths
lease was signed. Gil without q mo-
menps delay, proceeded TO Clancy.
lie put In = whip and Ia n few days
had all the water out OF the mine.
Then ho began TO look Tor that body
OF ore that he had seen 30 many yeafa
before. He found 10 with even less
trouble than hs had anticipated. A
lew strokes u pick disclosed n body
OF bri. Int silver lead orc twelve Inches
through. The vein seemed 10 be- clean
aud uniform. Pieces we're taken out
and hssayed, and then there was gen.
eral rejoicing by MIR. GIL, for the sani.
pies averaged $50 ounces Of silver TO
the ton.
shes got a fortune" said one OF
Gill's friends. "He'll make 500, 900
from IT," MIR. Gill thinks that that IL
not too high an estimate. "At any
rate" he said yesterday. an never
have TO work f5r day wages sgain"