The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-23

working some of them stii. person
ally superintendent my works there up
natn my election 10 the United States
senate
Senator you have made an enormous
amount OF money in mines. How do YOU
do it, and what do you do with all tina
money!
Those are rather leading questions"
replied Senator Jones. "Stin, | can tell
you one thing. / have never boarded
money. I have given away a great deal.
and have made and last half a dozen
fortunes. ] believe that money was made
10 use, and | think tho man who pilCs
IT No and win not let It go until he has
s. security for every one ha puts ont
IS nothing more than Il pawnhroker on 4
big scale. IS 70 how 10 succeed in min
ing. | don't think any one can tell. The
judging a mine Is TO a large extent Il
matter OF intuition and experience. You
learn after "a time 20 know Il good thing
when you see it. ard SIN there is a great
deal Of gussswosk about II. after ALL A
fer me l have never been afraid 10 back
my judgment, and though / have made
some mistakes. | have been. On the whole
right successful. I believe you know. In
plenty Of money. l balieve that a large
circulating medium brings good times.
and that the more you restrict the cur
reucy tbs greater the distress among
both capitalists and laborers.
stratton and Tabor.
II am told here that Siratton. the car
pcnier Of Colorado Springs. who struck Il
rich at Cripple Creek. Is making Other
good hits right along. For twenty-five
years luck went against him Now ho
don't seem able e. make q mistake His
big minc. the Independence. continues 10
grow richer. M one hut Strttton knows
what It's output is. but the general belief
IS that the mine produces sornew here. b.
tween sisH 90 and SEQ eaa worth az gold n
year. For a time lac took cut 81 esq q DAY.
and I am told that The rnihe Is growing
better as il goes further down. Slratto,
has refused s. @sleo4 for 1he. property. and
h sticks 10 hls old idfa Jhat the gold Is
better where II Is than in hla pockets.
lie says thar Mother Earth is the best
banker BE knows. the gold ia there. AMI
that h. can set 4 oui when he wants Il.
You may have heard thai stratton re-
gently gave Tabor $i5e0 and told him ~
get oua into the mountains and see II he
could not strike another fortune. Nen
that statement seems 10 boz true. Tabor
hee left II uVer. and is ncyv nrosrsotlrsg-
IN tie Rockies. As far as ! can learn
the sum WIS "a straieheoGt Eift from
Stratton. and IL WIS ruurle3 with 40 PRO-
vision that Il Tabor struck g, rich H. was
10 divide wiki stratton.
VIII Tnbor'S Iuck Tnrn.
IT NAY be shat tha 8av VIII come v,hen
Talsa~ VIII again be rich and S;ratt0n
again be poor TAh3v's lack runs IN
sfreaks Like SlraNer. she first part az
his life was unsuecc~sft1 Then Dame
Fortune smiled. ard pare i4ck made him
rirh beyond the dreams of avayfce Tah,~
did not Eef naUch gray matter by inhers-
tance iiiS brains aye tnrarer He half
starved in Maine. ana wheg he first came
% Colorado and opened h-s little store
near she present site OF iea8v!3e hls
wife bad to wash for sEe miners and take
Noariers - fr.Ehtsu fh. T.olf from ths.
6cer The1 soE1e miners whom he had
gFwhsfaksd struck the Ittt,e p{ttsAa~r.
which WaE soon yielding s. tss} q day.
Tailor ard others Eot pN3S S~lea ~ the
rnsae. TEE stock @0ou sold So theg thN
ralae was wO.,a SEES sN. aad Tabor IN
fo,sr nsanths jumped from q cs srker pess-
der 70 "a u1 -EcnAire III mae a big FOR
;une ogt e the Matehiass ws'ch nc 60.
Tor a song Tha Eria save hira rnr~~
money ara fcr re- f.nc i seer g rs " BE
raGfA roach nothing wlthout Esctsag 3.
savn n silvcr or geld uNser his fingers.
How Tabor Took In " nshiBEtom CITY
Almost every Gre has RAD tae Evs ana
dewRS ~ IT, har's romarFe. Tae story -
fisher ~ adventures ghnn cue - snH osa
yel}ow-}seS nete3s You Sra0 hos WHEN
sulted ssta rew e'o'hes a1ee BIC wanted
good o.6 Woman Wso hs3 worked far
e Gashtrg vaGns vi5ow. wsa checks IKE
brighter s.aFkls than ang {. has gsla