The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-07-12

Hayes of the Harbor Police goes for
naught never again VIII that little
Englishy town be accused of passiveness
and OF drowslness beyond the awakening
of the most energetic mind.
Sergeant Hayes, as has already been re-
lated, found gold in the bed of the creek
running at the rear of his residence in
Hurricane Gulch. He not only saw gold
and obtained by skillful grading nugget
or two, put he saw what is still better-in-
dications that a vast amount OF the pre-
cious metal lies hidden under the gravel
of the creek.
Sergeant Hayes does not intend to let
this discovery remain undeYeloped. He
already has mapped out a scheme TO form
a mining company, the members of which
own property along the banks OF the
stream.
~ &c not want to be a hog, and
/ am willing to give my neighbors
chance. said he emphatically yesterday,
the fire OF positive assurance and enthusi-
asm shining In his eyes. 81 am con-
WINGED that enough gold lies in that creek
to make every resident in Hurricane
Gulch comfortable for the remainder of
their days.
There are about twenty people living
along the creek, and propose TO start a
company to develop the wealth of this
mine l have found. The creek from where
it leaves the wall of the hill to the bay is
about 1000 yards in length. / was told to-
day by an old resident of Sausalito that
some twelve years ago great deal of gold
was taken from the hill just above, but for
some reason or other the enterprise fell
through and the thing was abandoned.
II know that | am the first man who
has prospected on this creek l believe
that for uncreds of years the water which
flows with terrific force off the hill in the
rainy seasons has washed quartz into this
creek until If has been filled to its present
level. have mined great deal around
this State, and know something of where
gold may be expected TO be found. l am
firmly convinced that gold lies here in
almost inexhaustible quantities.
Ihls IS not quartz mine where expen-
siye machinery is required, but placer
mine OF the most approved pattern. Only
few picks and shovels and cradles are
necessary to get the yellow metal
of i can form a company of my neighbors.
each man putting up so much, and when
the mine has been thoroughly worked each
man taking MS dividend, minus the ex-
pense, which I do not believe will agpre
gate more than $500, l tell you, sir, each
man of that twenty will not be OBLIGED
to work any more far living.
II mean business, and l shall endeavor
to prove this to my neighbors. | do not
think that shall encounter any difficulty
in starting this thing.
miller, now since the story of the gold
find has been published, IS not inclined TO
sell me the triangular-shaped lot in the
eulch adjoining mine. But / shall see
Mr. Miller tonight and make a fair promo
sition TO him. l was the first to discover
gold on the property, therefore | believe
/ have miners lien on it. In Leadville
a man discovered gold in the middle of
the street. in the best location in the city,
vet none of the Iandholders in the vicinity
were able to get the land away from him,
and the mine is being worked to this day.
Sunday will fully investigate whether
my belief is we'll founded or not, and after
that | shall be better prepared to formu-
late plans for a stock company. No, as |
said before, I have no desire whatever to
take everything. [ want my neighbors to
enjoy little, too"
Sergeant Hayes lives in one of the most
charming retreats in Sausalito. The house
he lives in is famous tbereubouts for being
The house of the bay-windows. 1t was
originally owned by a man named Gri3-
void, carpenter, who, being somewhat
reduced in circumstances, yet possessing
withal an esthetic eye, first erected on his
plat of ground a high two-story bay-win-
dow house.
This, of course, aroused the curiosity OF
his neighbors, and when foreign ships
came into the harbor some one versed in
the lore of the villa would point out t is
singular, tower-like structure, saying.
There is the house of the bay-windows."
AS time went by Griswold added little