The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-23
LUCK M THE DIGGINoS.
Popped the Question and Found . For
tune Mt the Same Time.

vile, Cal, one bright June morning OF
prospecting tour up the Yuba river
It was no trick TO make money thcs
Days Everyone had saclfu or 81
of gold dust lying around somewhere
Burglars and thieves and road agent,
were not heard of at that time in thoss
parts, and an unused candle box mads
q pretty good safe. We left our sacks il
John C.. FAILS store at Msrysvine AMI
struck out Up the river. We packed ou
blankets, picks, pans and shovels. {,
rocker. little grub. coffee pot art
frying pan on mule ard struck out fo
a fortune of hundred thousand dollar
each.
"Just above Longs bar we located
claims on virgin ground and went ts
work. We worked just an hour by the
watch. The cleanup weighed fouI
ounces of clean river geld. That wal
an ounce apiece, or at the rate of ter
ounces each for full days work. VT
held a consultation. We were out fol-
a hundred Thousand dollars before tn,
rainy season set in. Word had com,
down from Downeyville that men wen
making a thousand dollars each III
there. Ten ounces, or s1eo, a "a,
Wouldn't do. A little Touring showed
us that. We struck camp and left. 4
party of Wisconsin boys took possession
lof the ground, and next day they cleared
lup $500, 900 and went back to the states
They were smart. Wewere continental
fools.
''We had fortune in our hands ant
let it CO." sighed the old man. But we
were boys, and didn't know better. We
were mining on Gold hill in-AS54 Gold
Ihin is ~ miles from CcjoA wher
gold was first discovered in California
Three young men from Missouri cam,
lup to our ground sluice.
Cant. you fellows ten Us where W,
can wash out a few dollars?' inquired
one of them.
Eyes with pleasure answered
Shorty Tyler. buy . few inches OF
'vster'-waher was dollar an inch
and start in over there pointing TO &
slight depression on the side Of neal
hill. The boys did as directed and tcok
out $1,000 apiece in about three
months. They returned to Pike county,
while we continued working our eight.
dollar-a-day dlggings What do you
call that-Nrcf or foresight?
LELAND Stanford keep q small gro
Gerry store in Cold Springs, Eldorade
county, in the early SOS. Our mez
bought many q pound of bacon and
beans from him. Ee little thought he
would become nn3u-millionaire, gov
ernor Of the state and United States
senator. He looked and acted theplain,
coumonsense business man he was
Wen, he went to Sacramento, got 3
corner on something, made few thou.
sand dollars, and along with George
and Charles Croker and C. P. Hunt
iington obtained the Central Pacific
franchise through the favorable report
of Coz. Judah, who surveyed the route
over the Sierra Nevada on muleback
and came out of the job with millions
for fhe few thousands invested; but
he showed good deal of mighty cuta
headwork." added the pessinlistic old.
that deal. Fortune favored him, and il
helped mighty good man.
why, ! know a man who, with his
two boys. took out $4,000 through 9
dream of his little daughter. It hap
pened in 1889. Tho father and his boys
had been mining for some time, with in.
different SUCCESS. One morning his
daughter said to him: Papa, I have
dreamed three nights in succession that
there Is large amount Of gold right
around that big tree down tho gulch.'
The old men set his sluices down Ihere
the next day and wished out so, 900.
I know this TO DO q fact. ! married that
girl but she never had another such
dream.
"A big dance and blowout vere given
at Logtown, near Mud springs, in 1856.
A young fellow and his girl took
breath of fresh air on big bowlder
near 6he pavilion between dancers He
popped the question. She said Yes
In his cagerncss 20 seal the compact
with q lsiss be partly sid from the rock,
looeenang pisco of It He picked n up
ss q mc1nento Of tho happy moment
and put Il in his pocket. A glance at II
the next day revealed free gold. Hc
had found q Win and a fortune 1T the
sazne time. Was that luck or fore
Eisht7
Coming nearer hons and Down to
the present limo we SEQ instanfPs where
6clde fortune has made several good
end as many mighty mean men rich and
famous IN mining: but there are thou
sands Of good, honest, industrious, 60
Der men who have courtsd the way-
ward goddess for yeass and never 70. q
smile. How do you socouns for that?
Don't You think quite C. many men
bsre gained wealth in mining by
stroke Of good fortune or luck or chance
IS By s.edy aad psrseverancs9 map
be pesSiHixfic. for sss~e v,or.ked a.
hard and tnteihsensy and a. long o.
most mining men tor a pie (hut bsss
TAILED 20 find il II ! had my HE 70 I've
over again wrnA Do pm what Ibavs
6one, for I am hrginaans TO believe
that !. Is foreorduined that some men
win always have MONEY 70 throw 1t tne
birds, while tia great mejaTity viii
Bhufae through the world uix.a ShciS
toes and eIbu<s sticking cot Thsy
may eot have nrsh here- They win
get their divvy on the oshey ode Of the
range-"-Rztte fafont. Iurer Mountain.
TENAYSON'S WOMEN.
They Are Some of the rairest EsRiaiss
Cy&aaaug In Ro>rxy.