The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-28

in love with his employers daughter
n wanted TO know how his suit was
going to result. He got no
ment from the cards i'm that direction,
but his disappointment was tempered
by the statement that he would marry
some n else and be the father Of a
line family. Before hat he was to go
TO war. escape unhurt go to the Far
west make a lot OF money In the
mountains. This he would lose. but he
would gain another fortune In the same
way N would keep IL.
sure enough, when the war broke out
he enlisted and served all through with
out a wound, and at its close freighted
across the plains to Denver and then
up into the mountains where discover
les OF gold were being made. After
spending all his mone in vain search
for the precious metal. he got out mis-
TOOLS. built him a bench and establish
ed himself as the leading shoemaker OF
Fairplay. a mining camp a dozen miles
from Leadville. IL wasn't such a bad
business to be I'm. for a pair Of new
boots were worth from $40 to $25. and
patches cost In proportion. But IL cost
a lot to live. In the same town was
another shoemaker. George T. Hook,
also afflicted with the mining fever. The
two cobblers formed a partnership to
hum for gold when not sticking to their
last. The great trouble with them was
that they could never get enough to-
gether to pay their expenses. while out
prospecting for any length Of time. Out
in California gulch there was a store
keeper named Horace A. w. Tabor who
had done pretty well I'm business. and
was In the habit OF grub-staklng pros
pectors. The shoemakers applied to
him for a supply of provisions to take
out with them. which was given with
the understanding that he would have
"A third interest in any nfnaral fhau
should find.
Weary of COINS over the ground
around the gulch. the shoemakers went
further back into the hills. A mile
from the gulch and about the same dis
lance from the future location OF Lead
Vile. on what is known as Fryer hill.
they found surface indications which
seemed promising. and they started
sinking a shaft. For days and weeks
they dug through a peculiar kind of
yellow rock that had the appearance
of d~ecomposed limestone. 1t was some
thing new to them, and they attached
no value to the stuff. but kept digging
deeper in the hope OF striking quartz
containing rich mineral. When they
had reached 26 feet without a sign Of
pay ore they were prepared to quit md
seek a new location.
Before i throw il up" said Rische.
I'm going to find out what this yellow
stun Is we a been working through
and what's in it,"
Every miner knows the result Of an
assay which known the discovery of en-
riches in silver in the form of
sand carbonates. Rische named the
the Little Pittsburg. The first
of mineral taken out Melted
900. and In a short time the mine was
from 20 to 100 tons of ore a
week, yielding a profit OF 5000. The
OF the mine became so great that
thousands rushed to the new fields
from all over the country, and Lead
vile sprung up as IL by magic. Having
realized considerable money from the
sale OF ore. the cautious Hook sold out
20 Rische m Tabor for sos. 900. netting
him a total of $l25. 00O. Rische held on
4 while longer. and then sold his half
% j. Ii. Chaffee and d.. II. Moffatt for
1862. 900. His whole profit was 5000. goo in
ound figures. Tabor was the last to
'ell. and Chaffee and Moffatt paid him
/ cool million dollars for the ether half.
TABOR invested his money i'm Lead
lille shand and mining properties. At
he time he was divorced from his first
wife his property. as scheduled IN the
curt. was valued at SO, 900. 900. In
January. 1897. the last piece of his
property was sold TO satisfy a mort
& Millionaire w. s. Stratton stalk
ID him to the extent of SIS, 900 to de-
some mining property in Bould-
", Col, inc he was working this prop
'rty when enato +. O. WolcCtt had
lin appointed postmaster Of Denver
look purchased 500. goo of government
n has $4,000 invested I'm a
6O-acre ranch near Loveland. Gel. He
ives on the interest of his money.
fortune disappeared in Wild
at schemes and confidence loans.
Word has reached Denver that ne is
a mine on the Mosquito range
ear Leadville and hat he has got a
thing. He is expected home 10y
christmas. and 1t may be that he VII
nnounce to his friends that the whole
Z the fortune teller's prophecy has !
nm true.-Denver Correspondence of /:
he New York Sun. I