The silver lance., 1898-02-18
OUR SALTED PLACER,
Washed From the Rich Deposits on The Lance
Exchange Table.

Washed From the Rich Deposits on The Lance
Exchange Table.
The sense OF humor possessed by some
Congressman belongs to the variety that
prompts bull pup to yank piece of
mans leg in order to add to the hilarity.
Wild West.
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The Denver dailies ought to explain to
their country readers if the department
stores have ceased the outrageous prac-
tices in vogue during the late boycott on
the newspapers. Their silence is posi-
lively disgusting.-Gunnison Tribune.
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The increasing prices Of iron and steel
wire and nails is due to the newly organ
lied wire trust, which is made possible
by the tariff. 1t was a great mistake
that the clause was stricken from the
tariff law giving the President the power
to suspend the tariff on any article when
ever trust was formed to swindle the
people, through the power tc do SO given
by the tariff.-.SaH Lake Tribune.
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Long visits, long stories, long essays,
long exhortations and long prayer seldom
profit those who have to do with them
Life il short. Moments are precious.
Learn to condense, abridge and intensity,
We can bear things that are dull if
they are only short. We can endure
many an ache and ill il it is over soon;
while even pleasure grows insiped, and
pain intolerable, if they are continued
beyond the limits of reason and conven-
ience. Learn to be short. Lop off the
branches; stick to main facts in point
II you pray, ask for what you believe you
will receive and get through; if you
speak tell your message and hold your
peace; if you write, boil down two SEN
tences into one and three words into two
I-Petahlma Argus.
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mo, l am not going to the Klondike,"
said a well known miner of this city
Yesterday, "but 1 am thinking pretty
seriously Of putting in the summer in
searching for rich lead which exists
over in the Rock Creek country. 1t was
found once by prospector, but circum-
stances prevented his returning to the
spot before his death and the outcrop
has nevea been rediscovered. l may not
be successful, but l think the prospects
are as good as in Alaska" The rich lead
spoken of by the miner was located in
1883 by a man named Hopkins. who
was also the locator Of the Smuggler
mine While over in the Rock Creek
country he contracted a severe cold and
came back here to doctor himself. The
cold proved serious and he went to Den
yer for treatment, where death ensued so
suddenly he had no time to settle up his
affairs. Luther c. Wellman, who died
in this city about year ago, had made
one trip with Hopkins into the unknown
country and after the locater's death
made several fruitless attempts to find
the Lead. He found Hopkins cabin and
plenty of rich float running several hun
dred ounces in silver and high in copper,
but Mr.. Wellman being more familiar
with placer than with lode mining was
all at sea. What he knew Of the circum-
stances of the discovery by Hopkins he
told to others, among them the man who
announced his intention OF trying his
lucg in searching for the elusive Lead
Aspen Tribune.
We have experienced an unusually
hard winter for Colorado; not such
weather however, as has been felt in the
Eastern states. We seldom have any
blizzards and binding snow storms, and
when we do, they are OF short duration.
Snow melts in two or three days, for it
will be remembered.thatt the sun shines
| in Colorado nearly all the time, and that
any ordinary light snow, such as we
usually have, cannot remain long upon
the ground. The weather for the most
part, since the beginning of February,
has been like spring go genial that we
seldom think Of an overcoat when upon
the street. Think of the difference be-
tween this climate in that portion of
Alaska where the gold fields are located!
In fact, the mildest weather in Alaska,
| in mid summer, is about as cold as the
ordinary winter in Colorado. And yet
thousands are focking to that distant
region in search of gold! We have that
precious metal in abundance so far as
indications and developments show than
in any other portion Of the known world,
living almost at our very doors, and yet
some of us want to try Alaska. 1t is the
newness of the gold fields that attracts
the crowds. New strikes" will fetch
them every time. 1t was the new strike
that located and built up Leadviile; IL