The sun., 1897-02-28
GOLD MINERS STORIES.
PURE DOC LUCK ILLUsTRATED BY
Personal EXPERIENCE.
Eiohed rnts Fortune BY n muic--wnrfchea ~
Chiid's Drcam-t Wine Discovered q
Farewell walk for FUN over the Hills
Leland stnnrord's Dried Apples and n sruie.

Leland stanford's Dried Apples and y srule.
!'oMoSA, Cal. Feb. 2l.--Tho big back room at
Tygns's C'a6 Royal IN tho new mining town OF
II ndsburg, on tho western edge Of the Mojavo
% ,ert, Is filled every evening with tho old.timo
miners OF tho camp. Tho Catc Royal was built
~ four days OF pine scnntlnFs and rough red
wood boards. II has shake roof and canvas
lni titlons. Three barrels OF whiskey and
~ ndy. n fow kegs OF beer, several thousand
tig ,rs, besides pipes and tobacco, comprise tho
to,, stock Of refreshments there. Higgins has
80 n In several mining camps. and so his saloon
~ ne popular sitting place for the old.timers in
RI idsburg, while tho teuderfcet who arc get
upf thsir first experience In gold mining town
rpI the young b!oods from Los Angeles, San
II. notsco. md Portland, who would be tho
INC Tern nll-round tough men OF these diggings,
w.ider about among tho thirty-two saloons,
sn'hbling places. and dance halls OF tho mush-
irom city.
1T Higginss there gather overy evening griz.
~, Veterans who have followed tho deusive
TO, konngs Of fortune to every mining town
irOin the Rio Grando to British Columbia, and
from the Missouri TO the Pacific. Some Of them
came as youths to California in tho ffies to
saah gold in pans from the gravel beds along
tho TUBA and tho stanislsus; q fcw Of them
we're with tho bonanza mining kings, Mackay,
Fair, Flood, and OBricn, when they were all
pour. hopeful young men together In Nevada;
In"hy oI .non nave nnao fortunes oi S."'vV
S'V'oVV III m'nihs' anu nave ioss
.no 'an'o n'oio Su'oH' 'u"n 'no' iaAoe 'no"'
"''l uoNo" VI mem ."'e wv" -. 'Vn'o '''i'e
"'r'" eo'o'' "u""e" '"o"e"." 'oi"''' "'o
nono OF them rich now, and have como to
RnndsburR to seek Investments while two or
three are experts In gold mining and represent
es'orn o"p''""e'' "ho si"syo sot uus'"orthy
:" o''n"'ion ., " po''''au ~. investments ioin
r"y .'" ni'''ns ''"p, ino s'otios '"A' .n''o
u'oh 'c,i VI '"f'ou eNperieneeo VA 'ceAms r'chos
U'"usn " eoner"'oh anu ahu'r ai manner oi
- e.'','.' "io ~h'oie''"s' ~ i'"'A !" so'u
ns " 'op'v MINING '".,',
pcm NAnoo'pn. mno so'u h''no IN eh'er'oh,
w. H. ~. ~ Fooo eo'no "eny yoars
al o. mas oeon III VERY s'ah,peue 70 now mining
'', ".''' . .o.oo '',oo , '.nu 20 now
'.s ploNo' nus ah eAr"'ru,n.'y s.ooN ol ren,',
'oono' VI ni,''"s u',' i,o 'o'u '"'' ''of' oho
,n, nDyI' wv aso'
nv ~, ,n" = ''e, A"0" !" "ny u's'
sn1 se ""' n.' nav N', wao o"iio ou' ,ro,h ,
."e' .'o"s III "oo,'s io'o "' poor ns oopS
'"A"y. any nun "ilhou. ms luck "oula nave
.." n'.hou p,uiio ih,o Aihsuo'n oolho inS'o7o
tno ta.los, uiSE,nsS uoWh IN 'ho lorri'oros'
' was 'iNo th's. ni,, was nauiihe iroish' IRON
.u.oo" o'or u" 'no h'''o s'i'or "nu so,u camps
:" '.o EoHV.a i"'so, "nu 'o 'o,o'"ofeu n'inSoh
i''oo"' no was aoou' q" oiu'ns' w .hey mako
.'an' a,ia never n,s"o Trip w"hout Doing
@''Aou "it,o"' VI tf"u"e" on u! MS "atn' nut
80 ""o 81 o".'"ou Poo, .l'' "o ""u W manu- "'i
nm. .o VI uio VI D'a, a, Na'ion'
oho ,hu,e III the string oiu sam W" regu.
hr devil; tho brute knew that Tom was afraid
Of him, and never missed a chance 70 bite or
tick nj him. Ono sav pilI started from rrcson
with heavy load. bound for John smith 8 camp,
eighty miles OFF. Part OF the way the road was
hardly moro than trail along tho sldo of tho
mountains. Half dozen good teamsters had
refused tho contract but BIZ took II because the
price oHered was moro 'hah uoupie what no
oould obtain on any other route Bets were
nado mn. n,n mat tho ou,nt would go over the grade
.n gu. a nn, ou" 'r,,s,, N sI,s over say miles o.
tho Porcupine, a narrow ridge along which tho
,n.d r,n "a =, oo.,, .,aa So. a. ~
place % is t tho ' roaa more @ than a''s aoupe s0o Of
fsct wider than wagon and tho grado is very
heavy. Half way across something started Old
Sam, the mulo, and he began to kick.
"Bill whippcd and swore. but Sam only mnds
his heels hy faster, and at last managed to get
outside OF the traces. Then. as II satisfied with
~ ,,o raoa ND donod NM. ror -, ,n' 'n''e
y, '"o io". "''" u'"'u pm o'',y ehor' 10 Ret
nnS M ,hoy along
=, ,h.,, ,,.,h.ro5 , ,, ., H. -. 49,, il, 4.
- W '' n'"'' "''u P'''" ~
close TO the mules headquarters and set II on fire.
II took Sam about two seconds to change his
nosi,ion and land bI. hc.,s ~, nurs s,n,nanh
po'!''on """ i'''" "'' n'oS o'' pihS sIoinnch
with force which scnt him over the edge OF tho
road and down the bank. IIo dropped twenty.
a. ~ ,ht,,,, ,.o, -, ,L. III, 4, ~, ,.','
a., ,ru, m S noM 'nv % sue n ,he oun,an
Da,ht of %'a n,. ~" nhu ~, On tne Gage oi mo
payntMh,, ~ & W eouIs9' 9 imo Mcxivhns. IN pulling
rya,,aa .ip n n" .on twp Sn'iis W aar,h that
enough to Keen lis ind socro and wrote o 10 is
cnoia nrd VI 90; To,, ~ saIur up az tho easn no
~ N" r, mu ~, 'o, w hIihpha hs rom hs posel,
IT,, ~, lmo mrs. ,n,,,E wo knew IN In'son ma
~, ,h mnt , s,hH W. hnh ~, WoIo at Work dexciop,
ns wy Dny nknt Inihc iho property pAld "; ;ooo
lno a,h,nst , iro,, iho start MI along about
aa No mn", , I s"i III, VIZ % Town Nv su ioot u paid
xo,oy, x,, u niVn.n mn uieu IN EUROPE zen years
hsS' sS'Iy mn9'r n1 niarriea m @ ftvhon womhn ana no
,mnia. W." 's 81 ", ohy ~, W. my mi pc.ains OF lho
,huot why, YOU can nol ,hal Blil never forgot
nat & goa., itG ponght ng ,he iines tenhcro pasture
% ,nIn. no ,,oar vca'H mm "o"n IN 'ho Sonora Noun.
'n h,.I .ia. % ,.a'tn = hous', Quiz r,hns lot
@ an 'p uo "o"p ~, u, ~. niHh', una pa,n mo Mefi'
SSn s, s"is ,ohe' ,ht, VIZ sum h''sr whhtoun u