The Irish standard., 1896-09-05
THAT ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
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ton. In reading it, however, old sterr.tt
m:stook the figures for IS instead Of 80
cents. sTtat ism t at all bad" said he and
he went on mining. AT last, however, he
came to the end Of his 'grub,'' and he
walked off to his home, thirty miles away,
to work at his trade as carpenter for
week or so in order to save enough money
to 90 on with his m:ne. While he was
away the owners Of one Of the stamp mills
examined the mine, and when he came
back They offered him dollar a ton for
ali the rock on the surface of his claim for
a distance Of 100 feet in depth. This Ster
rift accepted, and he was soon making from
$40 to Is a day In the meantime specu-
lator jumped his mine, and he had to fight
for it in the courts.
The other miners, however, saw the in
Justice of the jumpers claim and they
burned him in efflgy aud scared him so
that he did not dare to appear at the trial.
While the suit was pending Sterr:tt shipped
more than $12, 600 worth Of precious rock,
and when he was offered $4,000 for his
mine he took 1t and LETT for mis- old home
in Indiana During the same year that he
sold 1t the Deer Horn shipped $126,000
worth of ore. Within the past few months
1t has been resold, and it is now to be oper-
ated in connection with the Summit mine,
which adjoins it on the north. Its new
owners intend to put in the finest of ma
ch.nery, and they claim that the mine con-
tairs a fortune n it's immense bodies o. low
grade ORE
1t is sad to know that those who do the
most for the world often reap the least re-
ward. Marshall, who discovered gold in
California, died a pauper. The man who
laid bare the riches of the oil fields of
Pennsylvania was in his last days depend
emit ON charity, ant Bob Womack, the pros
pector who first showed up the riches of
this Cripple Creek gold camp, is now living
In little log cabin in sight of mines worth
millions, and struggling hard to get more
than living. His story is that Of many
miners. For twenty years he has been
prospecting, and now, at forty three, hav-
ing found millions, he is worth nothing.
He came to this region ten years in ad-
number Of claims, among others what is
now known as the FL Paso mine. which is
said to be worth half million. He owned
this prospect for some time, but could not
get others to believe in it's riches. He
had no money to develop it and he finally
sold it for $500. A few months after he
made the sale, one-thirk Of the Ell Paso was
sold for s35, 200, and it is now considered
very valuable property. 1t was Womack
who first had faith in the Cripple Creek
god region. He held the 81 Paso for
long time before he sold it and he worked
on the cattle farm OF Bennett & Meyers,
upon which have since been located some
of the best Cripple Creek mines, in order
to get money to continue his prospecting.
He dug holes all over this farm in his
seach for gold. The owners Of the farm
laughed at him and told him that he must
cover UP his holes. as their cattle fell into
them. He did this and went on. From
time. to time he took rock down to Denver
to be assayed, and he found that it ran as
high as $500 per ton. After the miners
began to come to Cripple Creek he gave
away a number Of claims which he had on
Gold Hill, and some Of these claims within
year afterward sold for 100000 BY the
time the camp was in full blast he found
himself worth nothing, and now he says of
himself that his old friends pass him by
with a sneer, and those who have the most
of the wealth which he has discovered do
not even say "Have cigar, Bobt' a..