The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-01-23

afternoon. 10 see what progress they
were msking. But this time when he
went down. his eye caught something
yellow lying a few inches under water
on the base rock. At this he sent an
Indian TO the mill for a plate. one Of
the men at work in the mill yard went
to one cabin n gave the redskin q
plate, and just as all hands were quit
ting work for the day, Marshall came
up and said, 1 believe L AVE found a
gold mine
Nothing further was said, but after
nightfall he came into the cabin and
stated that he believed he had found a
gold mine near the lower end of the
tail race, and, as he was leaving Tor his
w quarters. half a mile away, he said:
IN the morning, when you shut off the
water, max 1t tight by throwing in
some rotten leaves. saw dust, and dirt,
and we viii see what there is And
early in the morning we did as di-
rected and while doing so we saw him
pass through the mill yard, and down
the mill race.
After breakfast all hands went to
work in the mill yard. Pretty soon he
came up bare headed, carrying his old
hat IN his arms. With a wide grin he
said. boys, l have found a gold mine,
at the same time he set his hat on the
work bench.
A hands gathered around and saw
enough. On the top of his hat. the
crown punched in a little, lay the pure
stuff in very small particles up to the
size Of a grain Of wheat. All were
convinced it was gold, although not n
of the company q ever seen gold be-
fore in its natural state. one of our
boys took from his pocket a s. gold
coin. We could see the difference in
color, which we believed was due TO the
alloy in the coin.
by invitation all hands accom-
panied Marshall to the spot where he
had found il. and in the seams and
c~reVices Of the hase rock we found a
few particles. He enjOined ii on his
men not TO say much bout it until we
found how extensive the mine was.
Three or four days after this we be-
gan TO be iu want of provisions, as
Suffer had failed to send up supplies.
Marshall said he would take what gold
We had and go down to the fort and
see why the provisions did not come,
and have the metal tested. In d few
DAYS he returned. and when asked what
it was he replied: Boys it is the pure
stuff He went on and said, I and
the old captain Cmeaning Captain
Suffer- locked ourselves up in one of
his rooms and was half the day testing
it and the regulars about the fort
wondered what in hell was up, and
surmised I had found a quicksilver
mine. for see the quicksilver mine
down near Monterey was found by a
woman: we let them sweat. We
found h metal agreed with the en-
cyclopedia- We then applied aqua
FORTS. but it has nothing to do with it.
We weighed it IN water, by balancing
the dust against silver on a pair Of
scales in the air. then gently let the
scale down. and when it came in con-
tact with the water, by Cd the gold
was down and the silver up lowering
one hand and raising the other), and
that told the story-it was the pure
Stuff
I told Marshall if the woman who
found the quicksilver mine was not a
married woman, to marry her.
In a few days Captain Suffer came
up to the sawmill to see for himself.
He brought a lot of shirts. handker-
knives, meat and unbolted flour.
and peas. and called in the Indians.
who claimed the land, and secured a
scope of land 10 or L miles square for
three years, paying them the articles
he had brought. and promised to pay
the Indians so much every year until
the lease ran out. Marshall and SUIT
ter then sent Charles Bennett to Mon
terey to see Governor Mason, to have
the land secured 10 them, as mill priv
ileges. pasturage, and mineral priv
ileges. as it bore a strong Indication
of silver. saying nothing about gold.
But his eXcellency told Bennett that as
California affairs were still in an IN
settled state between Mexico and Uncle
Sam, he could do nothing for him.
"One Sunday myself and one of the