The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25

the case against the essate Of William Hille,
Dutchman from Pennsylvania. He came TO
California in the ftties. He was poor in
purse of a few hundred dollars TO heln him tn
California. where he was to try his luck in the
HiIiesas vent to what is now Oakland. sGaat.
ted on land. AID became a small merchant
among the settlers in Oakland. He grew to
be h rich landowner and died wealthy at about
1854. The Pennsylvania cousins came on 10
California. and. Hnder the rruertake law.
= share Of the estate: They alleged that they
in reality grubstaked William Hilleras when
a young man. and that while he did nor ac-
had provided him. they were entitled 70 grub
stskers' shares IN all that he made with their
Some singular decisions Of the law of grub
stakes have been made l. California and the
iHat1 OF the b}s NiehoIa. nine sHs i! IA ina ,d'H1 soun Is
ty in this State. George. W. Field and Henry
Potter were working in the GoIer placer mines
over across the Moiaye desert some ten years
ago. They used TO spend their holidays in
amateur prospecting amouE the foothills Of
t plaeer te miner. Bea W T;sine SS one IAN mS 5at wv! Wen 3
Field and Potter had gone on E long u~rospect-
ing tour they went 10 see Wilson al his shake
with. him, for lie hal not seen a white man in
miners went sear"Ling over the hills every day.
looking or s.E.s of PRECIOUS mineral. After
q two weeks stay at wilson : ca ON. tleld
We've had a good time" Wilson after
yard swore that Potter said as he was cinCh-
well have 10 mud s gold mine for you."
Thai agreeable. brotherly remark cost Field
and Potter several hundred thousand dollars.
The following moath The two nrosDectors went
forty miles beyond Wilson's ca Din and located
TIE NichO!a. gold nine, When a rear la,es
tun1sIs: Wilson came over o see them,
u 800 ,,irN T Nat a. 49, - - ~
10 The happy and enthusiastic Field and Potter
the second day afr lie had arrived upon The
s sssss, CO eom m," IN ih GPf fsfs S.cholss T m'ss ~ IN
Your INTEREST,"" said Potter. Gu.Ezically-
Yes. my interest" returned wilson. Didn't
not 81 e but that Wilson was Joking. :.
Why. when you two fellows came and lived
on my grub al my csbin. and took my mule TO
paid me a dime for that bo-rd and lodging and
what | call a grubstake. Moreover. Potter
promised 10 pay, me with nine"
Ii deyeloped that Wilson WAS very much in
earnest. Field and Potter offered to ray sew
eraI hundred dollars each for the hospitality
brought suit through one Of the most famous san
Francis 20 Ia ayers for o third in:eres: in the
Nicholas mine. Field and otter began a de-
compromised with Wilson. by giving, him a
fourth interest in the mine, instead OF the
third TO which he made Slain under the law Of
Cru bstakes. The mine has paid. first 10 last.
0ome S230. 900. and several years ago lie value
New Orleans last summer ~ very rich man.
A word OF romance surrounds the history
Of g:ubstakes in the West. One hears some
most ~enticinE stories in every gold and silver
mining region OF how this or that person be-
came Il millionaire from merely grubstaSinS
q discouraged. poyerty-stricSen prospe st0r al
the very moment when his fortunes seemed al
lowest ehh., That some Very large FORTUNES
in the West have come from small !nvestmeat ats
| in yrubsrlkes l. founded on fact The RppTRT
estate Of Arizona and St-Louis came from
GrubstakinG a prospector. James peuchler. a
a small merchandise store at Yuma, .AriZ. He
had grubstaked a dozen .p:ospectors for some
years. and had never had even a fair prospect
found for him. He resolved never 10 be teased
into PARTING With another dollar 70, grub,
stakes, One day a German came along and
the Brea Mountains. between Prescott and
Phoenix. The allurenent of grubstaking a
MAJ is as potent as a taste 70: gambling. Bon.
ner agreed 10 take one more flyer in Grub
stakes. hC; the German. peuchler. was so sure
OF his find that he made Bonner pay well for
IN. Grub-take. The investment cost some $500.
The ledge where tae mining town OF Coz gree:
Is now looming, was found. and the Chance
some 500. 900 from the property. and sold II
10 an English syndicate about 1890 for over
4 dentist. DR.. Raymond f. Fulton of Sar
Diego. Eruhstaked Hiram Westcott among The
desolaie mountains on the edge Of the Colo
RADIO desert in san Bernardino county, nov
known as Calico: from the peculiarly coloret
formation OF rocks there. for four years AT Slf
a month, He vas about to abandon his grub
stake and tell Westcott that he had no more
money for him.. But the possibility of stumh
ling on a fortune was so snticing that hc &c
cidei on grubstakiug for the prospector an
other three. months. In that Tins Yves cot
found the yellow Rem and the Raymond mines
from which ore TO the value OF SIS. 900 r nloutl
has several times been taken. ur. Fulton /:
a magnate in San Francisco now. and West
colt died and LETT his family rich in Los An
geles two years ago.
Probably the largest fortune that ever cam,
from "A very small grubstake wss that =
the Tombstone mines, when Richard Girt
got some $1,000, 200 from a Grnhsta&e OF a few
hundred dollars and some scientific work. II
1875. Grid, who had been yainly scekin.
riches iii mines for a dozen years in Soutl
America and all over the PACIFIC coast. "yn
down TO southwest Arizona. The .Amche,
were raidlne and m%rdering at that time. ant
tie Territory VAS deserted by white settlers
Lird Sas tod that he would get a tombstone
Tombstone for the mines. He found no trac,
of nay ore whore he expected II. and va
about 10 come Lack 10 southern California
one evening he fell In witt ZONE prosnectors
iieyed they had found rich ore. but they wante,
70 have II assayed before they would risk thei
lives IN that Apache country digging for som.
thing that would not pay Them. Grid was M
assayer. lie agreed - do the assaytng at Tue
son Tor the brothers free. and Ia give severa
hundred dollars worth Of food AM clothin.
in. the diRgingS, for "A third interest in tn
mines. providing the assay proved what he he
NJ. Gird SOLD his third interest In the Tomb
stone mines in the following October. after tn,
memorable sta. pede there Of 10000 miner
from all ARTS OF the Union, for S&.l+O. 900
That is why Richard Grid has been CRU nstak
Ing deserving proSpectOrs ever since. He 1
known all over California as the uncle" o
mining prospectors.