The news & observer., 1897-12-25


have any money about them. In ruder
times and more reckless camps raids
were often made by ruffians on their
cabins or their travelling gangs, but
never with any pecunary result This
condition, however, it seemed was des-
tined to change.
One Saturday See Yup walked into
Wells, Fargo and Company's express Of
fee with n package OF gold dust, which,
when duly weighed, was valued at $500.
1t was consigned to Il Chinese company
in San Francisco When the clerk hand
ed See Yup receipt, he remarked cas-
ually
Washing seems to pay, See Yup."
''Washce velly good pay. You wantee
washee, John?" said See Yup eagerly.
No, no., said The clerk with a laugh
Il was only thinking $500 would repre-
sent The wa%biHs OF good many
hrts"
40 loplcscnt wosbec shirts at all!
c2telce gold dust WHOM washcc tailing7
The d,ert did teaalbc." and lifted
his tyrroWe. The nest eaiugdoy See
up aWtUrd with al@ her PACKAGE
woffb Stout 81 400, dittccd 70 the sanF
cousignce.
aan ont qate 50 rich this
week, $4id tbe clerk en%ae.ugly.
No., returned See Aup inpasivcly;
"nczr time hr laycc more"
When thc third Saturday came wifi
'a aulcaGnce Of Sco Yup and $3.50
waGth Of gold dust, the cl~rk felt be-
was no .lon~c hound to keep the secret
/ 'c Communicated il 10 others, and IN
- hours thc Whole settlement knew that
/ Gee Nup's coQlje company were taking
ont au average of 500 per week from
! tIe rcfuse and tailinge OF the old abau-
! doped Paluetfo cla.mt
1uc astonishncat OF the settlement
was profound. In earlier days jealousy
and indignation Mt the success OF these
! degraded heatlens might have taken n
more active and aggressive shape ami
| it would have Jared III with See Yup
and his companions But the settlement
| had become more prosperous and law
abiding. There were one or two eastern
families and some foreign capital al
! ready there, and its jealousy and indig-
nation was restricted TO severe inyesti-
cation and legal criticism. Fortunately
| FOR See Yup, it was an oid-estabished
! mining law that IN abandoned claim
and its tailings because the property Of
! whoever chose to work It. But it was
/ alleged that the See Yup company had
in reality struck a lead discovered !
| hitherto unknown vein or original de-
! posit Of gold not worked by the preyi-
/ aus company-a and having failed legally
to declare it by preemption and public
I registry, in their foolish desire for Sc.
/ crpcy, had thus forfeited their right to
! the lIol crty. \ Surveillance OF their
!. Il 4
/ theory. The gold that See Yup had sen
away was Of the kind that might have
/ been found in the tailings overl0okc
1 by the late Palmetto owners. Yet ii
/ was a very large yield for mere refuse.
"TEcm Palmetto boys were mighty
! kc6rlcss after they'd made their big
1 stieke' and got to work on the vein
/ and / reckon they threw lot of goll
! away" said Cy Parker, who remem
i hered air larle-handed re kleSeness in
HE flush days" "Ony lhat we didn't
! think i WAS white mans work to rake
! o1er another nan's Ieaytn's we might
! hey HAD what then derned Chinamcn
hey dropped into Ten ye what, boys
+ we've keen Il little too high and mighty
aId Wen hey to climb down.
/ AT last the excitement reached it's
4 climax. and dlaoWary was employed
10 effect what hetlier Intimidation nor
espionage could SECURE. Under the pre-
tcncr OF desiriHg to buy ont See Gup's
I .cmnpauy, a Sp,cct committee of the
miners we're permitted 70 examine the
+ prgseyty and rs Workings. They fonnd
f the, grgat. bank of stones and gravel,
reTressnting tie caSt-out debris OF The
old claim, occupied by See Yup and
four or five pl0d]ing automatic coolies,
/ At the end Of two hours the COMMITTEES
returned 10 the saloon bursting with
/ excitement. They spoke, under theig
/ breath but enough was gathered to
sGtisfy the curious crowd that See YuD's
Z pile of taiiRgs was rich beyond their
eXpecta ti0ns. The committee had seen
with their own eyes gold taken out of
the sand and gravel to the amount II
$50 in the two short hours of their TX
animation. Aud the work had been per-
formed in the stupdest clbmsiest, yet
patient Chinese way. What might not
/ white men do with better appointed ma
/ cninery! A syndicate was at once
form See Yup was offered $4,000 dol
lars if he would sell out and put she
syndicate in possession of the claim in
- bours. The Chinainan received the
offer stolidly. As he seemed inclined
to hesitate. ! am grieved to say that It
was int;mated to him that # he declined
| he might be subject to embarrassing
and expensive legal prosecutions to
prove his property, and that companies
! would be formed ito prospect the
ground on either side of his heap of tail
ings. See Yup at last consented, with
the proviso that the money should he
paid in gold into the hands of a Chinese
agent in San Fran isco on the day of
the delivery Of the claim. The syndi-
cate made no opposition 10 this character
;etic trecaut,on' of the Chinaman. 1t was
like them not to travel with money. and
the implied uucompimentary suspicion
Of danger from the community was over
looked. See Nup de9rted the day Tint
the syndicate took possession. He came
to see me before he went. ] congratr-
lated him upon his good fortune: at the
sane time I was embarrassed by th4
conviction that he was unfairly forced
intQea sale fof his property at a figure
far below its real value.
i think differently now.
At the end of the week it was said
that 4he new company cleared up about
$500 This was not as much as the com
munity had expected, but the syndicate
was apparently satisfied and the neWi
machinery was put up, At the end hfI
tie next week the %yudicate was silantI
o.. ~ thoii, phftfs.r t1Ia ~ fhay1 mazda