The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-03
JOHN PIERCE's LUCK.
Picked Up a Stone to Throw at q
Cow, and Now He Has S25O.OOO In
CoId e

Nnhs anu NOW ne mas T@fsptuVV IN
Gold. G
From the San Francisco Examiner.
John Pierce is a Tombstone. Arizona.
miner, who up to a year and a half ago
had difficult work 70 provide the necessa-
ries Of life for himself and family. He IS
now in this city with S2500O0 IN sold coin
to his credit 1t is another story of a lucky
find Of rich gold and silver bearing quartz.
Pierce is the name of the new camp.
JUS coming into prominence, about thirty
miles northeast of Tombstone. II is made
more conspicuous because i'm addition TO
IT'S great ore richness Il is about the only
gold camp in the territory. Already there
.1Ic Vg people there, ana empty houses
from Tombstone are being taken there
bodily. An English syndicate has secured
the Pierce ledge, and has organized with
a rnilli0n anc a half OF dollars, and 10 said
tnat there is prospect OF the new camp
rlNallins Cripple Creek, in Colorado.
Pierce was seen at his hotel soon after
ms arrival Few days ago He tells an in
tereStlng story Of his discovery and of his
sudden cnange in position from man
without a dollar TO one who can be CON
sldered fairly wealthy He is a Cornish
man, about 50 years of age, with little or
no education, and who appears totally I'M
aware. as yet, of what his fortune can do
Tor him.
About four years ago." said he. u took
up a claim about thirty miles northeast
or tombstone. There was "a water hole
80 N4.. -AAbAAA AtAAArf NNA 4 AhNh NLlt lIAte
in order 10 get the water, so ] could raise
a Few head OF stock. There Was not much
TO be made from ii, aud as I was broken
down from hard work with "a pick. INV
folks had TO help out In the living. one
Gay ABOUT eighteen months ago. / was
driving the cows home at night. and was
upward OF four miles away from my
ranch, when, in crossing a little ledge
Where there was an outcropping OF rock 1
stopped down and picked up a piece OF
stone TO throw at one of the cows, when
noticed how heavy II was.
Upon closer examination ! saw what
looked like a good quartz, and I took
nome several pieces Of the rock and horned
1t out The result showed considerable
gold. I went back and got more rock ana
TOOK II into Tombstone the next day, and
an assay showed me that j had found a
tiicn nine Inc ledge where ! picked Up
Iht rock was not over 400 feet from a
road that had been travelled for years. II
was just luck / found It,"
Pierce went on TO state that as he had
no money himself he had to do all the
developing work on a small scale. lie
managed 70 take out several tons Of ore
and ship it away. The result from this
Shipment was over $1,000. With this
amount of money he sunk a shaft and
opened his claim so that II was possible
TO ascertain the extent % the ledge. After
parties from Silver CITY, r. NJ. came
along and bonded the property for S250000
on years time. Before the year had
expired they sold the bond to the English
syndicate for an advance Of 100000. and
when the year was up. which occurred
last week, MT. Pierce got draft on San
Francisco, and he at once came to the
city to get his coin.
Prior to two years ago Pierce was a
brokendOwn miner a man who had never
had to exceed $40 at time and who was
having hard struggle to make both ends
meet. Now he has a quarter OF a mill
lion dollars ali in gold coin, and Ike most
men in similar circumstances, does not
know how to spend his money. His wife,
before making the strike, had to go to
Tombstone and help out the family ex-
chequer by doing such odd jobs of house
cleaning as she could find, while the son,
a young man, now 90 herded cattle on
the ranges. Besides one son, he has a
daughter who was given the advantage
Of the public shoots Of Tombstone. His
entire family accompany him to this city.
and as 1t is their first visit away from
home, they are enjoying themselves.
Money talks" SAID Senator sor-
ghum, with oracular emphasis
"Thet's So" said the old-fashioned man,
but I don't sees il orter hev mo-
nopoly on the argument in a campaign. -
Washington Star.