Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-22
GOLD CAMP SERMON.
An Unique Dissertation at the Hope
well Gold Camp on the Origin
of the Yellow Metal.

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HoPEwELL, N. M, August II Yes
terday, the final deal OF the ssCinna-
BARI mine was concluded, by the pur-
chase of ID E Newcomb's one-fourth
interest. The consideration is sad to
be SIS, 900. Messrs. Baker u Blake
are now the sole owners of this rich
property, and work on an extensive
scale will begin at once
Mr.. Newcomo is interested with Mr..
Harvey, of Lsadville, in the recent
purchase OF the s'Freeport'' mine from
j. P. Rinker, and will leave, Wednes.
day, for that city to confer with his
partner about working the property on
a large scale.
Mr.. Harvey recently sold his control
ling interest in the s'Little Johnnie
mine at Leadvllle for 100000. Six
or eve moneyed mining men of the
big carbonate camp will accompany
Mr.. Newcomb on his return, with a
view to investing here.
Several good strikes have been
made within the past few days, among
the most important of which is a fit
teen Inch streak of high-grade gold
rock on the "Mineral Point" lode,
owned by E. q. Sterling, of Durango,
Colo, and j. +. Rinker.
A LIVELY GOLD SERMON.
Yesterday, Sunday. in the absence of
religious services, a group of happy
prospectors assembled at .Hotel de
Winn," and after the opening invoca-
ton by Brother Joe Scott, Prof. Chas.
Belleville, of California. delivered an
unique dissertationon "Geology, and So
Forth"-principally the SO forth-from
which the following extract was jotted
down by The OPTIc man.:
'In the beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth. He decorated
the heavens with stars of gold. He
constructed the earth of rocks and what
is known to some MEN as water; and
He called one land and the other ocean.
Now it came to pass that after He had
finished creation, He had a large guam
tity of gold left over. He looked about
him to see where He could use it.
lie sayeth unto Himself, sthe
rocks are rough and homely and only
fit for under-pinning and to throw at
our %neighbors' dogs, therefore, / will
decorate the ocean, So He east the
surplus gold into the waters which be-
came exceedingly proud and straight
way began making sheeps-eyes at the
sun, but when his solar majesty smiled
ON her, she was meek and harmless as
a dove. But whenever the sun was
cslled away on business, or "stepped
out to see a man." she became peevish
and restless and would fly ia a rage
and lash the rocks with fury.
SHOW the rocks became tired Of
such usage, so they called q meeting
to devise ways and means to bring
Miss Ocean to time and il possible
bring her down q peg or two. Mr..
Gneiss was elected president, Mr..
secretary and Mr.. Quartz,
treasurer. Now Miss Ocean was near
by, listening, and when the PROPOSE
tion was made to rob her Of her beauty,
she kicked like a Mulllngar heifer and
whenever n Of the rocks opened bis
mouth, she Immediately sst down on
him. Finally, the rocks made it hot
for her and Missed her out 10 such q
hurry that she left most of her gold be.
hind, which the treasurer pocketed for
safe keeping. Now the rocks saw that
had struck a lead, as it were, SO
kept nippIng away at her bottom