Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-26

ton, ne was surprised by the sudden ap-
pearance OF a brother miner With the
inbred fear OF the miser Larry concluded
/ 1t would no longer be safe. his secret being
I thus discovered. to carry so large an amount
/ upon his person and proceeded to hide the
| bills In place where the chance OF dis
/ covery would be reduced to a minimum.
( Whether, having found a place suitable for
/ the purpose and cached his wealth he was
aftcrward unable to find the spot again. or
whether he purposely allowed the money to
! remain In It's secret hiding place until with
I the lapse OF time and falling memory, ne
/ forgot where Ii was hidden, will now never
be known. but somewhere In those noun
tains OF wealth the misers treasure still
I lies concealed. II may be that finding him
/ self unable as he grew older to make the
arduous trip to his strange bank. the old
man could not bring himself to impart the
secret Of his life to others and so run the
/ risk painful to the miser, OF his money
( enriching anybody else.
| CATTLE THIEF RENDEZVOUS.
! J. NJ. Carey q Bro. have recovered over
/ 500 head Of their cattle driven from Ma
/ trona county into the Red Wall or Hole-in-
} the-Wal country. in johnson county, this
! fall saws the Denver News The last trip
/ their foreman, Bob Divine, brought down
| forty-two branded f. They we're found in
: the Hole-in-theWall corrals and when
/ brought to Casper three OF them owned
! their mothers, which mothers in turn
/ owned the calves. One hundred and TWEEN
! ty-seven COWS without calves were brought
/ down on a drive week before. When the
roundup approached the Hole-in-th eWall
I they were met by eight well known cattle
/ rustlers, all armed with siN-shooters and
/ Winchesters. II was a practical hold-up
! and the roundup boys were boldly asked
/ to make known their wants before pass
! ing. Three or four days later, when the
I roundup boys were REINFORCED and re-
| turned, they found the thieves had flown,
! fper mott tim httt oh
! thieves, in driving a bunch OF calves over
! the mountain to escape pursuit, drove nine
! calves to death and they were found along
! the route by Mr.. Divine's posse. Governor
/ Richards foreman gave the roundup men
| valuable assistance, for which he incurred
! the everlasting enmity Of the bold gang of
! thieves. Threats Of death have repeatedly
| been made against the honest cattle men
/ who would dare to venture within the Red
| Wall and not two weeks ago a thief by the
general manager and roundup foreman
| with several thousand Winchester cart
ridges entering the Hole-in-the-Wall.
COOKS INLET ALL RIGHT.
Cooks Inlet, Alaska, has at last found a
| champion. His name is Gus Cling. says
| Seattle special to the San Francisco Chron-
| icle. and in a letter addressed to the Post
| Intelligencer, under date of October o. from
| Juneau. he says in a pointed way that II
| the so-called prospectors did more hunting
for gold and kept out of the saloons they
might succeed. His letter, in part is as
| follows:
THE miners and prospectors that returned
| from Cooks Inlet with discouraging reports
| have only themselves to blame. Most OF
! them were sailors. who knew more about
| splicing ropes than prospecting, and who
| spent more time In saloons than in trying
! to learn how to prospect. There is gold in
! Cooks Inlet. / opened my claim, and made
| So day all summer. l intend to take out
| $4,000 next year. / am satisfied with the
country, and feel sure 1t will be a big
mining camp. The climate is similar to
! southeastern Alaska. 1t is true that our
| last season late.
THE Yukoners are coming out with good
news. | believe the interior is better than
| the west or Cooks Inlet. All the miners
| speak well OF Forty Mile diggings Miners
! have come by the Dyea and Dalton trails
with from $4,000 to 900 in gold dust
| and nuggets. The lates reports OF Hootalin-
| qua district tell of $50 diggings where
| George Scott prospected last year 1t is
certain that there have been no failures in
| the Yukon or Hootalinqua districts this
| year. Times in Juneau and on Douglas is
| land are better than ever for this time OF
| the year. Everybody is at work. and there
| is not a man in either town TO DO odd jobs
Cling then tells Of how miners and wood
| choppers are in demand. Continuing he
says: THE Alaska Treadwell Mining com
pany wanted men, but could not get them.
| They are advertising for woodehoppers and
pay Sc a cord delivered. Robert l.. Purvis
wants 300 loggers, and will pay Sc a thou
1 sand, delivered He also wants 200 men to
work for day wages. The Alaska Mexican
| Mining company wants 100 miners. and the
| Ready Balling company wants miners, la
| bOrers and woOdchOppers.
| with all this work, Cooks Inlet pIGs-
pectors tell discouraging stories and give the
country black eye. Every man that asked
| for work got 1t. The smallest wages in
! logging camps is $3.50 a day and board.
| Miners get "a and 1t is hard to get them.
| Next year Alaska will haves bigger boom
! that ever. New mines are being discovered
every day. and all assay WE'LL
MAMMOTH LEDGE OF GOLD QUARTZ.
Probably the most remarkable tale of a
| continuous quartz ledge discovery yet
! brought to Spokane is brought in By II. S.
| Back, an old-time Occur dAlene proprietor.
| lately operating in the district beyond Hope.
| Idaho, says the Spokane Chronicle.
Mr.. Back says he has located quartz vein
about sixty miles east of Spokane. and nine
miles from ClarlI's Fork station. on the
| Northern Pacific road, that he has followed
| for more than twelve miles. The ledge
| starts In nine miles from the station named
| and extends 10 Copper Camp. Idaho. More
! than forty full legal claims have been
| staked out by Mr.. Back on the one ledge.
| Beginning at one end OF the ledge the ore
| is free milling. and at the other end the
| ledge finished with base copper ore From
q number OF assays taken from ore at vari-
GUS points along the ledge an average assay
of Sl0.SO in gold and copper has been taken.
Mr. Back is beginning to perfect arrange
| ments for developing the properties al
! though nothing has been done on them as
yet While in this city he and
G.. p. Mulcahy organized com
pany which will probably be supported
by Harris McRaff & Company OF Wall
street, New York, famous large scale min
ing developers. That he had made a re-
markable discovery Mr.. Black was confident
SEINE time ago. but except for negotiating
with his associates he kept his discovery to
himself The ledge is said to be within
eight miles OF the Northern Pacific track.
THREE WHITE CROWS.
There Is a saying las scarce as hens
| teeth or white crow" Evidently hens
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