Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-01-05

enough for me at present III. w.
know it, too. II they make . r Nc msn
and bring up double the ouar.;t -,.' .s. ne
get laid of for week and No NJ, eHey
want that money left down j. ~ pay.
You can't burn it and YOU cam ~ s, sal'n !.
when It's there" ''eai =
'"The other mines On thew. d,a.-
entl The Portland took Nm = ;, nm, ulneL-
a week-yes, $1,000 600 IN a a.is ID
week. That was the wesl 81. sO,u n a
sinking their shaft. To 90, III, %ele
down they had 10 d.splaes r, - snall
Of pure gold. But they needed If tC Tss
Portland is company. You know u uae
pesky stocks and buys I'd and ana s i1os
all sorts Of worr,some things Tbsy D ao's
to get out Their gold as fasf ss ~ 49, -eeu
But the little Independents isn ,' an an;
way" 'na'
Here | could see that Mr. s,-,.+on
was getting tired. for he works -, ri '.s,yn
I'm told, and sleeps day times and a. ne -,
shook hands good-by with him 4U We
We drove back to the town for :.
near noon, and the miners were co ., @as
home to dinner Cr.pnls crool, -, - IS
near the gold mines that mine o W ~
can easily go TO his mine from his homo
as business man goes daiIv - ~,
office. This is mining upon ne ,D
scale, and is so enjoyable that tho ma,
working in the lots around have die
covered nearly fifty new mines inside
month, all worth at least $40 to a ton
of ore. But this ls small = -"
ON A GOLD STRNET
You're riding upon gold s4,o,.
now" grinned the guide as The null.
pulled us along. ''S
"a gold WHAT" exclaimed forga,,
Ing my manners.
"A gold street This street s navod
with nuggets. You don't believe ~
Well, We can.
When we frs found gold we had n
have a smooth pavement ter cart The
ore over. We hadn't contracts for .nv
building stone out here. and we dan.
know what TO do. We need gold smelt-
ing works here more than we need
gold. The ore lies in piles waiting 70
be worked One Of the mines had been
shafting that day and the ore didn't
come up we'll. Ii had only s25 worth ~
gold to the ton. That don't paw for tha
smelling here now.
These nuggets Is as hard as iron
said the owner. FIJI up the street with
them. An III take my pay in hayin'
the street smooth, II ye won't ask me
ter do any work on IT,.
We took him up on mis- offer and
flied up for a mile with gold ore. When
the COLDS all gone from here. # II ever
is, | reckon this pavement might sell
for a dollar an inch dug up.
We'll, now I'll leave you" said he
pulling up at the door OF the saloon
back Of which is the 'bes. hotel in the
place And II you want 10 admire M.
csenery back of yer wlnder. We better
do It this morning. Il won't be there TO-
morrow.
What do mean?" he asked, laugh
ing at my surprise. Il mean Gods
gospel truth. We're Shipping the
scenery back OF yer winder. We better
there IS to be leve.ed this afternoon.
and sent down to the works. We scrap
ed it yesterday and found gold at the
rate Of 800 ton. But that is noth,n'.
when the Independence gets gold
thousand dollars to the ton in some
spots.
AN, by the way, II You ever say
anything about Stratton put It strong
for him. He's the squarest man to be
found IN these parts. He's the back
bone of Cripple Creek, money fool as he,
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