The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
HER VISION OF A MINE.
Saw the Shaft in Dreams, and the
Gold Is There.
From the New York Sun

When she lies down to sleep at night and
her soul leaves her body. as some dream
theorists declare that souls have a way of
doing, 1t does not go chasing around after
other intangible souls. 1t apparently has
business OF more practical nature to at
tend to, and it disposes of it well. 1t was
in the course of such business that Mrs.
Law was made cognizant of the richest
gold mines in all Cripple Creek. Here is
the story which began in dream and end
ed in reality:
Mrs. Law is the wife of a real estate
broker in Kansas City. One night last win
ter she dreamed of a gold mine near Grip
pie Creek In her sleep she saw a spot be-
tween two mountains, where ravines form
ed a triangle, enclosing hard bed of sand.
She stood upon this spot and scooped up
handful after handful of the sand, glitter
ing with gold. The dream made a deep
impression on her, perhaps because she
recalled every detail so wildly, and she
repeated ii to her husband at breakfast.
He laughed at her. She went to bed a few
nights afterward and saw exactly the same
scene in her sleep, even more vtvidly than
before. Every outline of the country was
distinct in her mind. Three more times
the dream came to her, and each time with
increased distinctness. In one of her last
dreams she decided to sink shaft, and To-
Gated one near an old stump in the bed OF
the sand. Her husband still laughed when
she told him of her dreams She urged him
to take her TO Cripple Creek, and he jeered
at the suggestion.
AT about this time Mrs. Laws best friend,
Mrs. Harvey Rhoades, moved to Cripple
Creek. The two, of course, corresponded,
and soon Mrs. Rhoades convinced Mrs.
Law that she would find the mine of her
dreams there. After her fifth dream,
which came in August, Mrs. Law could
stand it no longer, and set out ostensiby
to visit Mrs. Rhoades. Early in Septem-
Der she drove into the old part of the town.
Everything looked perfectly strange to
her, and she did the WUmanly thng-she
had a good cry over her disappointment.
That night, however, consolation came in
the sixth dream, and again the towns
outlines were strongly impressed on her
mind. The next morning she drove to her
friends home on the hill, and from the
front porch she looked out on the new
Cripple Creek, the city of her dreams. Both
women were beside themselves with excite
ment. With two companions they set out
in a light trap to look for the triangle and
the bed of sand. Something, they knew
Noot what, led them across the hills to the
top of Grouse mountain, then down to-
ward the ravine which separates it from
Beacon hill. Mrs. Law rushed ahead
breathlessly. Down the hill she flew, and
there she found the gulch, the ravine, the
triangle, the bed of sand, even the stump,
as she had dreamed of them so often. mo
going halves she called out merrily, as
she drove her stake and claimed the min
ing rights. 1T is mine, mine, all NINE"
Some placer miners happened to be near,
and they told her that gold was in that
vicinity. They were looking for water
NTH win nd ~
party walked over the ground. 1t turned
again where gold was known to be. The
happy womans dream came true.
Although Mrs. Law cried mo going
halves when she first located her mine,
she thought better of her impulse, and
proposed to establish a woman's company.
This was done as soon as she found that
she could get control of the property, and
the corporation is known as the Dream
Lode Mining Company. The mine has
| been christened The Dream. Mrs Law is
president and treasurer; Mrs. Harvey
Rhoades, who owns fourth interest, vice
president; Miss Frances Carr is the Kan
! sas City secretary, and Miss Naomi Gran
ger is the Cripple Creek secretary The
Cripple Creek Office of the company IS at
the home Of Mrs. Rhoades and there is
| also an Office in Kansas City. The COM
! pany is capitalized with 100000 shares, of
! which 10000 are treasury stock, the pro-
| ceeds from the sale of which will be ap-
| piled exclusively to the sinking of tile
shaft. This has been located just beside
| the old stump, as Mrs. Laws dream di-
rected. Mrs. Laws lease takes in the
| whole of the triangle of her visions and
! much valuable territory is covered by 1t.
| She was much disappointed at Intellectual
| attempts to secure a lease on two other
| adjoining areas, but in another dream
| she learned that they were valueless and
! explorations since have proven that she
| was right The lease is for four years.
The Dream is situated in one of the
richest localities in the Cripple Greek dis
| trict About 200 feet distant is the Prince
| Albert mine, from which ore averaging
! SIS ton Is taken at the rate Of 81, 900 every
week Just little further on lies the
| famous old Dollar mine, and w. S. STRAIT
/ lords celebrated Independence mine is
| only a mile and a half away. 1t is said
that the same lode on which it is located
extends to Grouse mountain, and that
these other mines tap it. The richness of
! the ore thereabout is proverbial and placer
! mining has been followed profitably. Mrs.
/ Law has the ore in abundance. and she
already has an official certificate showing
that the surface ore runs $5.S5 to the ton.
! This is said ia be one of the richest sur
| face assays ever made In the Cripple
! Creek district.
Operations are being pushed with priv
ate means. A force Of men is at work.
and 5000 shares Of stock have been sold.
A preacher was one of the first lnvstors,
taking 1000 at cents, the figure at which
il was quoted at first.
Letters pour into the Office of the com
pany from persons in all parts Of the
country asking for stock in the new mine
Mrs. Law sold 800 shares in a cable car
recently. People stop her in the street,
| in the stores, in church, TO ask for allot-
ments, and she has an avalanche OF mall
daily. Mr.. Law has come to believe firm
| ly in the bonanza so strangely acquired,
| and is giving It close personal attention.
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His Typical Kentucky Welcome.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.