The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-06

all human comprehension, and the in
terest taken in my affairs by nocturnal
visitors, 1 should certainly today be
one of the richest men in Nevada L
owned a quartz lead in the mountains
about 40 miles from Virginia City,
out of which I took $1,000 in gold in
less than IL hours. and there were mil
lions in sight. I had worked in some
Of the richest mines in California and
had recently been in the employ of the
famous yellow Jacket on the Com
stock lode in q capacity that enabled
me to acquire valuable knowledge as
to the ores of Nevada Before l ever
struck a lick on the Clean Shirt, as
had named the lead, I was offered
500, 900 for my claim with all its dips,
spurs and angles. I knew that it was
worth more dollars than a man could
count in life time and hired half
dozen experienced miners. purchased
supplies and went straight to Camp
Clean Shirt, feeling just as sure that
in less than q month l would be re-
garded as one Of the richest men in Ne
Vada as l was that a silver moon sailed
above me in a sky that had never with
in the memory of man been obScured
by clouds, I knew the road pretty well,
for l had been there just once before
and spent about two hours in knocking
off and gathering a few specimens of
quartz in which L could see plenty of
gold with the naked eye. l had seen
a great many other things that amazed
me, but nothing that suggested that
nocturnal visitors would in any way
dispute my claim or interrupt me in
the pursuit of honest labor On my
first visit | reached the mine just about
| midday and easily found the quartz
by the aid Of a rough sketch that had
! been given to me by old Captain Lynch,
who was the original owner of the rich
deposit 1t was in lone mountain that
rose up to an altitude of 500 or 600 feet
! above the desert and stood mile or
more away from the Whitehead range
| 1 no sooner picked uD a piece of the
quartz and looked at it, realizing that
| it was very rich. than l said TO myself:
What on earth caused Captain Lynch
! and his people to abandon this won
! dePful miner" As l gaZed about me,
dazed with the wealth that vas at my
! feet, and whistling to myself, "A for
| tune-an immense fortune at last. |
/ felt transf1Xed to the spot and found
| that / was no tenderfoot- [ knew at
a glance that every carload of such ore
would yield at least $1,000, and when L
! looked along the side of the mountain
and saw the white vein of quartz crop
| ping out for hundreds of feet on either
1 side of me, l knew that l would soon
be able to send back to old MISSOURI
gold enough to build my old father and
! mother a palace and make every rela-
tive / had on earth rich Again the
reflection forced itself on my mind,
Why did those people abandon II
| Rusty picks. shoveis. wheelbarroWs and
H.. he al
while hundreds of tons OF ore in rotten
sacks were lying near the chute.
Captain Lynch had simply told me
that the Indians had run them away.
He said that he had never seen the
mine i'm his life. He knew very little
abo1it it-jus,t enough to know thai ne
had invested some $4,000 In it. not one
cent OF which ever came back to Slrn
He held an important Office under the
state government Of California at the
time the lead was discovered by a man
named Mann, with whom he had had
one or more profitable deals, in mining
/ operations in early TIMES. Lynch had
more gold than he kleeW what TO dc
With at the time, and he furnished
Mann the money to purchase quartz
mill of FIVE stamps, that cost $4,000. and
honored his drafts for $4,000 more TOT
tools, supplies and transportation. MIR
Mann. SO CAPTAIN Lynch told me, was
an energetic, honest man, and not one
at all likely to make any bargains with
the devil. He Transported the mil
across the desert and set il up, ana
went to crushing ore at once. dotns
everything In a business like manner
He wrote one letter, and that was GER
tainly a very interesting one. Here i
is:
Monte Christie. NeY" Dec. 20, 1876
We got to work this morning a11c
crushed a ton OF ore. It went a little
more than 81, 900, which. [ send you pei
messenger. as a Christmas present
How do you like the name have gIver
the new camp? | can think of nothing
we need except a chunk Of 'po5Sufn FOL
a fiddle bow. A cool million in sight
Yours truly, a-bustin' with prosperity
His
BILL x MANN. of Pike.
Mark.
witness: John Alexander. Chas
King"
Mr.. Mann was evidertly under TIT
, impression that paper touching any
thing connected With a mine of 6uci
! fabulous wealth should be executed il
proper legal form.
. The messenger reached Mr., Lynch a
. his home in San Francisco. but he dix
not have the sack Of gold. On the con
trary, he had q story to relate after tn
manner of the messengers who Dor
such bad news to the man Of TRY: "Be
: hold while some were digging and 9th
ers crushing ore in the mill. and tn.
servant and the man Mann we're re
: joicing and preparing to bring unto the
gold even by pe11nyweights D .cusan'
dollars. the first fruits of thy servant
| labors. the Pi Utes fell upon us an
slew thy servants with arrows an
: swords. and I alone am escaped to tie,
3 thee"
This bad news did not trouble Cap
| tain Lynch a great deal, for at tina
? time he was very rich man. Man
wears afterwards. in that land 0
: changes. he lost ell his property an
? was in great distress. A son-in-laW i
Arizona wrote him to come out TIER
and make his home with him in his Of
:, age The fine old gentleman starte
2 from Sacramento With an emigran
!. train. in company With people whom h
had known at q time when forum
treated him as faYorite. This trail
I, canned at the BoraX flats on the sin
i, | of the Carson. where I was existing i
O. little cabin, fighting the firm c
, Eothschilds In London. and workin
very hard with pick and SHOVEL max
ing en- honest effort to corner one bora
market of the whole earth. The houS
4 Of Rothschilds entertained ideas ON tn
! subject OF buEax that we're not in &c
: cord with the views efethe boTax nninel
: OF Nevada. These people suddenly dis
E covered that they needed all the bora
E in che world in their business. an
. when the., found that we would No
: turn over to their agents borax mimi
: worth millions for few hundred do
{ lars, a sleight of hand performance
some kind occurred IN the borax ma
: kets Of the world and the price Of 10