The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-20

npNvER, Col, July 19.-Through the
.,ar.blIpg footsteps of a burro Nicholas
= crsede was elevated to prosperity
,d notorlety. lie had never aspired
:, ssythIng further than the daily fare
=, = mountaineer and prospector. He
',smed to have no ambition higher
.,,n ,be food for the morrow, and lived
ma that was impenetrable to even the
nw lntlmates who gained an insight In
10 his confidence.
nj, strike at the site OF what after
u,rj was called the camp of Creole.
~. simply a case OF luck. creede was
An, on one of his daily prospecting
,,rrs Like all Others OF his class, he
"a. accompanied by a burro for facil-
ey IN carrying tools and specimens The
snrble quadruped, whose name is syn
o,vmous for safety and surefootedness
a climbing a hill, missed his footing,
and ia the strusgle TO regain his bal
.r,s dug his hoofs deep In the hillside.
The effort tore hole in the surface, A
hinge piece of rock was dragged from Its
mornings, and as It received the full
r,vs Of the sun a metallic glitter caught
ma eve OF Creole. II was silver OF such
,Irb quality that he at once realized
me-, hls fortune was assured II he trac-
"a me lode and succeeded In making a
,S,atIon. This was not difficult, owing
y, M fact chat he was without any I'll
,,,ts in that district. In fact, there was
,ot another pYospector anywhere With
~ adv miles, for the territory was al
led TO be barren, and prospectors
/ ',ssred for more prosperous fields,
,l,Is work opened up what was decided
~ the richest body Of ore that had ever
| b,an discovered since the great nnus or
| rnrbonates at Leadville.
rreede was born In Fort Wayne, Ind,
4, lSi6. aud was taken to what was then
,bs Territory of Iowa, by his parents,
vben hut four years OF age. Hostile In
dams still roamed the plains west OF
he Mississippi. and the boy was
Sr5ught up amid surroundings which
srcsptuated the daring and intrepidity
which afterward characterized his life
as scout and frontiersman.
Daring Exploits.
In 1889 the scouts were ordered TO Da-
s5,,. This was the turning point of
r,,sde's life. 1t was while on this ex-
edition he first saw the Rockies. The
,,n1n was nearing the Big Horn range,
and the sight OF snow In August was
s,rethiag the Indiana boy could not
/ understand. For nearly a week the
room camped In sight of the snow line,
| losth 10 leave the beautiful sight A
! Isw years after. when Creede was mus
/ tered out OF service, and had gone home
] Ia Iowa he remembered the mountains,
and. firing OF the moaotonops plains Of
iowa. once more set his face toward the
setting sun, this time to go farther than
he mad vet gone and TO realize fortune
of greatness he could not then have
believed had he been told. For dozen
years he had slept wherever camp was
made. and though II might be thought
he would be ready by this to settle
down, 1t must be remembered the true
rover never settles down; and OF the
royers OF the mountains and plains
"Nlck" Creole was one OF the truest
type. He was now to become n pros
pector and to tramp the mountains at
the heels OF a train OF burros instead OF
securing the plains mounted on a feet,
sure footed pony. as he had done for
years.
The 'Hoiy Moses"
In 1886 Creole and his partner, George
Ia Smith, went to the head of West
Willow Creek and began to prospect.
The result of their work was the Holy
Moses mine. the first In the now ia
nous camp. Creole found the vein
alone, his partner having gone In an
other direction that day. Having driv-
en- stake, Creole sat down TO think OF
a name. He never professed to be a
Bible student, but he thought of Holy
Moses" and dubbed his find after the
man who struck terror to the Egypt
1 fans. The story OF the rich strike spread
like wlldfre, and among others whom
/ II Interested was ID. II. Moffat. Of Den
yer. who is probably the largest owner
Of mines in Colorado. He and several
other gentlemen visited the spot, and
we're 80 much interested In II as to take
a bond and lease on ft-that Is, they
voun lease the property for certain
time and II they cared to buy II at the
end OF that time would pay for II at
price stipulated at the time the lease
was made. a lease was made. with the
bond Mt $4,000, and from that day the
financial troubles OF n. C. Creede were
over
So implicit was the faith OF the inves-
tors In the good Judgment OF Creede
that hs was hired as a prospeotor at a
salary and with the stipulation he
would hold one third OF the properties
discovered by him. The first place to
attract him was Bachelor Mountain.
near the Holy Moses mine, and not far
from whore the town OF Creole now Is.
While t0lllng about the mountain his
/ little burro stumbled and displaced a
! large piece Of rock. As Creole turned
away from Il the sun caught II full and
5h0wed It's glittering under surface, now
turned for the first time IN ages. IL was
rich with indication, and at once Crcede
aihked the claim, which he called the
| Amethyst, and which made not only
him but number OF others Rich. The
Amethyst Mining Company was form
ed In 1909. and out OF 1t Creole took over
a million dollars as his share OF the
mining operations.
The Woman In tina Case.
Creole was never free from the at'
fractions Of the fair sex. After ne made
hIS"pIe"he was the object Of numerou,
onsets from the army OF ndventuresse,
who swarm about mining camps but
n" WIS never successfully made a VIC
I'm Part ~ this may be due to The
'att that mic" Ind protector In
me pcr'on NJ a woman Of whose name
0nd antccedonta hardly any one II "a
nNlllr- the woman he married Crccdr
was yofy M az one time, and the wo'