The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-06

had a fairly-good claim: nothing Of the
bonanza in Us nature. Just q good.
honest ounccanda.half OF two-ounce
proposition that beat day wages by q
Shade only There Is one thing about
farnccmb llill that Is. lbs uncnetaln.
~. You never know what the next
wallop with the pick or the next shot
with q cartridge VIII uncover South
or was down In the hole aud ] was on
the .wlndlass holsling the buckets be-
filled with ore. We had soft thing,
~ far as labor was concerned. and
could almost shovel the ore up. II was
a soft tale. cross heteen chalk nnl
putty ! got bucket M hst-nlone
about 40 the afternoon that weiEhe1
like q ton. ! could scarcely lit H. /
dumped H. and almost dropped dead.
The ore was so rich IN gold could see
II shine | examined tho bucket and
found little strings Of wire gold hang
Ing Ia 10. Jim had struck one NJ those
celebrated Fnrncumb freaks. ana u
was so dark down there that he had
not noticed the alteration IN the char
actrr ~ the stun he was sending up
DO you recall that hne.twisicd gold
Wirr exhibited at the worlds tnirf
Much ~ that was what Souiher nud ]
took oui ~ that shaft. ! calltd To llin
10 stand from under. for J aimed %
come down aud see him q w1ile. J
broke the news 10 him. and "a we
began 10 figure out how We stood. "
nearly ~ We rould decide. we Fad .
pocket or chamber " This stun ea!end'
ing into the side NJ the shaft npoui
eight feet We could reach Ia and get
ont hundfulls Of lire spun gold tnt
looked like % came from under q rel
headed girls hat llui We cuuldn f.
stand in the shaft and admire 10 ai.
day. There wns ~ least $1,000 worth
of the stun The metal that was not
free could easily De- srpam'h from
the rest of the ore. n was ch'lo.ed ln
drcomposcd quartz. and required moth
INK hui rubbing between the fingers a.
got IT, We decided 90 raise Il all that
might that ~. unless Il turned ont a
bigger ind flnn We thought We ig.
urnd lt best not 90 gu nhuui beating thc
drum 10 advertise our strike. hui hoist
the orc aud do our talking later
"iim stayed ln the mine aud went
back 10 the winch Then my Tempe.
tiou came 10 me There was a good.
hi. pir-r of money ihrra Tor onc man,
aul inst half A. much each for two. !
have read somwchrrc that every man
has his price. u yul keep on bidding
you run reach him sure go some spot
Since that day l'mNc shnddcrcd "a
think how vhap ! am. 4 measly SIS.
wn in ore came near getting me. u
an came 10 me as " &c wcc printed 10
hIg letters and held hcfor my face
could call to Jim and get him out oI
the drift into the bottom uf the shaft
and lct go the windlass There woul,
not Doe kick lcft in man who hat
hrcu smashed uu thr head with u Soy
vnty.hNcpuund bucket with ~
porrds NJ orc ln IT, after e hfty-foo
fam
The drsi time CALLED couldn'
raise my voice over q whisper u rc
minded mc NJ thc time had the pneu
mcull. my first year in the mountains
aud Jim uurscd me oui ~ o. ~,
walked twenty miles over the hills "
n SNOW storm Co got medicine Cor me
and lbs the surrst thing in The world
Wuuldu'r have hcpu hoistiur pure sol,
ow of famcumh IAN shaft u Jim
SOuiher hadn't sat up with mc day aut
nGnt Tor week four years before.
Thought of Hll this while was umhcr
lng up my voice for the srcund try a
calling him That time ! did o..
What Il n. Rlllyf be- boilers hack
could scr hls randlc hitker rs
booked down jhr SHAFT ready tu lei g,
the winch when I had him place,
right What's eating ~ you uuWy b,
kpuus On We aln't got uuy time fo
WVrrHmaking or visiting IL We get thi
Spending money out to-day hr says
Make yur ialk quick. BIll.'
Il bad to icy thpr times again De-
fore | could make q Noise shake
bush. says Jim. " you cant sprak'
I want you Ia cOme up and wotl
the winch" | wells hack I don't liki
to Boz so Ear away fwm the stun
"'All right" be- boilers up. ~ yol
prefer Il. Hut you know You eau
stand u down here NJ well a. ! can
aud I'm somr afraid you'n get th
worst 1T &C.,
so Jim came up aud took hl
placc When ! was golnr down ih
SHAFT DE- says
Nun luok ilko yen Ind -een a deaf
friend, alll ! think another sirik
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