The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-19
THEY JUMPED THE CLAIM
Expect to Be Millionaires in a
Few Days.
IT'S A POLICE SYNDICATE
Chief Mulholland, Captain Dawson
Sol Levy and Oaey Thornton
Are the Prospective
Mine Mlgnates.

of Police Dawson, Night City Jailer
Sol Levy and Sors steady" Oney
Thornton, are on the high and broad
road to prosperity and afi1uence They
recently acquired a mine for which a
syndicate of capitalists has offered
fabulous price. The mine is situated
in the neighborhOod Of some of the
great producers of this camp, and the
fact that they are considering the offer
is nothing when compared with the
manner by which they came into pos
session of the glnund The property
has been worked in former years, but
owing to bad management or some
other reason, it was abandoned as
worthless, and would probably have
remained idle for an indefinite period
had not the above named Vigilant gen
tlemen exercised a certain right which
attains maturity just after midnight of
the last day of the year.
On the evening of the last day of
1888, Sol Levy came into the Standard
office and bought some quartz location
blanks, saying he wanted them for a
friend who was going into the noun
tains on a prospecting trip, as if, in
utGu, Ills ICditls were uIld Ndit VI lliC
fact that old Sol was considering his
own interests just about that time.
Something was expected to drop with
in a day or two; but not until yester
day did it become generally known
that one of those location notices was
posted on an abandoned claim within
gun shot range of the big Hennessy
building. Not until yesterday was it
known that the above named men were
the rrpnDCttj0r To sp11 for
a great sum the ground on which said
notice was posted.
1t is current report that Captain
Dawson really engineered the scheme.
He has a wide knowledge of the great
mineral resources and deposits of this
district, having engaged in mining here
in former years. He unfolded his plans
to the chief of police, who saw at once
the feasibility of it, Together they ap-
preached Sol Levy, who fell into the
scheme with dull thud and twink
ling of the eye.
1t was a rafting good proposition and
a great eXpanse Of wealth spread out
before the vision of the trio, but who
would dare go out in the middle of the
dark night, alone, unaided and unac-
companied? Not |, quoth one, and the
others said not i, either.
Let's all go together said Sol.
Il should say, nay" objected the cap
tain. What would the citizens say
if they saw lis hiking off together?"
Besides, we all should not leave the
city at once suggested the chief as
he scratched a match on Sol's back.
Better let Sol go alone. eh, Cap?"
L can't go; you know that. I'm on
night shift
ME, too said Cap.
well, under the circumstances, l
guess the only way out of it is to let
the blamed mine CO." concluded the
chief as he buttoned up his ulster and
started towards the door.
"Oh, no. I've spent quarter for
these blanks, and they've got to be
used and shall be used, even if paste
them on the city hail." and Sol sat
down on the curbstone and thought.
Say" said the thinker IF this
mine is rich enough for three it will
be just as valuable for four, and I
nominate Oney Thornton as the fourth
member of our company. He will go
out there tonight and come back alive
and alone, too. I'd name Oney Gagen,
if he We're here, but he is in Alaska
and cant get down here in time. I
wish I had thought of him before. But
all Oneys look alike to me, and Well
just put Oney Thornton on the scent
and the worlds ours"
This proposition found favor with
Ine OtneTS at once, anu oHey WAS Ia
ken into the secret
Bright and early on the morning
of the LIST of this month, long before
Fred Ritchie's sweet singers ceased to
MARBLE, Oney appeared at the police
station with the cheering word that
shes ours, pards, all ours
The chief retired and Cap made his
rounds with light heart and step and
with a cigar between his lips. He had
q remarkably pleasant word of greet
ing for all of the policemen who came
under his eye, and when his friends
said Happy New Year" he replied
81 should say So
The company was formed in due time
and is differed as follows: General
manager, treasurer and secretary, Sol
Levy; engineer, civil and otherwise.
Chief Mulholland; pumpman, Captain
Dawson; foreman, Oney Thornton: TIM
herman, to be supplied; carman, to be
supplied. The stock of the company
was stated to be $4,000, of which $49,-
999 belonged to the treasury. Incor-
poration articles We're to have been
drawn, but the offer from the syndi-
cate removed this idea.
The purchase price is not stated, but
is believed to be away up in the thou
sands, possibly a million. However,
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