The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-11-02
LUCKY HITS AT ROSSLAND
Fortunes Come Unsolicited TO
Mlninl Camp Scepters.


harry History at the 4. Roi. Wac h,sic
and Centre star turm.S Nav
warth se.uoo. ooo, iirst Snid for
sis,Aa fsarefs Besome Mniiun-
atr~s.
RoSSI.ANn. n. G. Sept. sS--NIin-
ina IN british Columbia is attracting
large numbers Of advcntuvers from
England aud Scotland Most ot
them have no money aud are physi-
eally unit for lahersrs' work. which
IL all that cenfrehts them. All the
camps are nourishing and therc is a
demand for skilled labor at good va
SEES. but the nesr-do-wells of the
old world turn 0p their noses AZ
hard work and think luck viii in
some way guide them - fortune
without any eNertion on their pact.
There Is. Of course. great deal II
tho element 81 chance In all mining
countries Men seem 90 get thcre"
In marveious ways at times, aud II.
ten In spite 81 themselves. The his-
tory Of Rossland. where most ~ the
immigrants fiack afferds some start
ling Instances % this. and. In fact.
Is the cause OF its ever population
With unfortunate oilers,
Ton years aso ne one drca msd q
the vast treasure contained In the
hicuk ard lofty mountains Two
French Canadian prcsp~etors found
Euod Indications and procesi.d TO
stake on claims In one daX they
located the present rich mines Le
Rot. War Fagle and Center star,
Having IA money Tor rccnriiug pur-
poses they offered a man ln an all
facenf settlement his choice - the
claims for TIE recording frfs. tie
chose the IL hot Thus mine NOW
computed az ~. coo 600 irst soiI Tor
sl15e The Frvnehmen. bring men
- na money considered the SEQ 90
hleh they finally gat out - the
claims to be fair cleanup, yet to-
day their hillside - calculated -
have a prcdaeing power 0f 81 ON 90
yearly under Improved working rea.
dltions A year or two after The la-
eating 0f the claims an American
general came In. bringing aiouE hts
cook. TINS cook j. the father ~
Hussiand and the man Tor whom tn
town - named IL stHked out the
pfesent toWnstt~. and has found the
stakes an sxesllent Investment. -
far having made sanls tpsse 900 aut II
the sale y real estate.
such Instances are nothing how
ever. IN a country where paupsFs be-
eaFne miiltonaifes within a YEAR. Two
years ago a nsiner IN Rosstand was
narrowing few cents Ia get food.
while the other DAY he was enter
tanning Spokane. IN. mecca of min
sH- wha have made their stake. at
a large bali Twenty four months
and TIE miner " worth tsaoo,es1a
som. curious stories are told Of the
l. Rot mine. For instance. one man.
a tailor. dpinE bushes. in Spokane.
had a Rnssiand customer who want
81 a suit q clothes. but had nothing
u pay with. save shares 81 the IL
EoI then anheard %, After p~r.ua.
sion the tailor gave the RS.sis nd-r a
suit and received 5000 shares Of Ia
Rot. he put them away and fer
got about them until months later.
whsn a mining friend asked him 20
invest a trire In developing = Kuli
claim w, much" said tsc tailor.
4 WAS only in one mining deal In my
nv ard ! got hung up for q forty
dollar suit. Got paid with a lot %
Amt worth a darn. ! guess where
arr those shares. anyway lie rout-
cd them out Of an old desk and held
them up cont-mpsuously. There
they are" sad ne. Are they worth
anything. anyhow.
A. the shares we're bringing ~
zach 81 tn. time. the tailor made
SIS. So on his suit OF clothes. II 10
related that another man. who orig
inAily put In . capital OF S5.ooo for An
intersst In thu mins. suid his shares
aft<v the property had bsse worked
for u.o<3.oeo. besides having reosiv-
Cd some osOeoo In divsdsnds This
reads morv Hike romance than min
ting. yet u n quite ovsrshadowed by
what IL told II the earnings Of q GER
tain other mans dollars. This man.
with his partner. used to own a bar
In R0ssiand. A customer. owing
them a bill Of ttoo. came 10 them one
day. said he had no money. and Of
fsred 5000 shares Of r>e Rot for tn.
debt. II being the only thing to do.
the saloon men accepted what they
thought a worthless security and
wrote on the debt. Now IL seems
that besides owning a bar In COM
mon. they also had race horse.
and when the shares came In one Of
them persuaded his partner 10 give
him all the horse. the partner taking
ali the shares as an equivalent. To
do this the firrt had 70 make out that
the animal vas aiiing and unit to
race any more. Summer coming on
u turned oui that he had lied. and
the hors. that season won q. 500. Ths
second partner got furious. wished
his shares at the devil. and started
% sue his partner. Not long after
this the second man sold his 5000
shares for - a share. thus realizing
s7ss. ooo from an original amount Of
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