The San Francisco call., 1899-04-11

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Tabor, postmaster of this city and
ex-United States Senator. died at
$50 a. m. to-day of appendicitis,
L. after three days illness.
Horace A. W. Tabor was born in Vermont,
November Is 1880 lie learned the stonecutter's
trade at which he worked until 70 years OF age.
He went west to Kansas in 1900 He was
elected member OF the Kansas legislature.
Attracted by the gold discoveries, he Went TO
colorado, and IN 1860 engaged in placer mining
in California Gulch. now Leadvine.
or Tabor early lie little Is known. He was
always very reticent concerning 1t. and like so
many Others IT practically begins when he
reached the mountains. in the fall OF 1851 For
many years he followed the camps" OF those
DAYS Golden. Black Hawk. Central City,
BrecNnridge and Buckskin Joe. In these places
ha did whatever came to hand, worked as a
teau'eter, miner and for 4 time Kept small
store. But in all these places his success was
si4-.I When the rich discoveries OF Leedville
began 20 be known Tabor was postmaster at
Ora city, near Leadvllle Resigning this he
moved to LeaGville and opened a restaurant.
While lls vile prepared the rather frugal
meals for the rough miners who frequented the
place Tabor talked mines and was constantly
furnishing grub stakes for prospectors. In
April. 1873, he lifted out two old prospectors-
august i-.che and George Z. Hook. One OF
Tie most important parts OF grub stake
- those days was whisky, and when Richie and
Hook soy Few miles from town they thought
II was aH good a place as any for drinking up
The Gquor. The next morning the effect had
hardly "ern of. but they began at once to SINK
distance when they struck a rich vein of ore.
l{eturni1.e TO Tabor-who was to share with
them ia aIyrhlng they should ind-he declared
that Il wCH impossible to find a good mine SO
hear Leadvlle. The first wagon load brought
12l5. In ninety days the Little Ptttsburg mad
produced enough to enable Tabor to buy HOOK
share for $4,000, and in six months Rlche
interest purchased for S250.0Oo.
For many months the mine paid 100000
.moDth iu dividends. Miners regarded 1t as sec
ond only IN richness to the Comstock lode IN
Nevada which made the four big bonanzas OF
A
iae largest income of any man between New
I6eut IIas time d. r. Moffatt who came out
from Omaha 10 clerk in a bank and had pc
come financial power in the new S1ate' sus-
mine 10 an English syndicate Tabor was not
uIerse and named S3 0JO. 600 as the price. and
T1Gde condition that he CTaborl was to be
perpetual superintendent. 10 ms NhViLaCt In, In
scented alG began selling the stock. a meelihB
was hold and officers elected. Tabor's name be
ing omitted Monatt came Gown 10 bea9ViIIe
TO complete the transfer but found that Tabor
had declared the deal of. This placed Mo1att
IN "a had Nsht He had seemingly sold stock
IN mine that didn't belong to him He ex
.T-ytulatad but Tabor was obstinate. The fact
ithst he had been ignored In the selection Of the
new officers in spite Of his express stipulation
TO the contrary gave him q loophole for escape.
After considerable argument Tabor agreed to
ttEte S. "'1 400 for the mine, and gave Monett
tth-ae days tn which TO raise the money. Re
turning 10 Denver he made arrangements for
the cash and Tabor exchanged the product OF
tEoye tU0 old prospectors grub stake for
re was now on the TOP wave The former
Postmaster n Ora City was rich courted, IA
moIs. and lie began turning his attention to
lpclti-s. AS there Senator to be
elected he fixed upon the Governorship. When
't.7e "boys' heard that Tabor q candidate
sn5 that he had recently sold the Little Pitts
TurE f-r 5000. 900 they came to see" him.
A-t-- hard contest he was nominated for
I.c1teDaut Governor, the nomination costing
.id-- IT IS said. $3.50 600. The election doubled
thls sum. but 1t was now Governor H. A.
". Tabor.
Tabor when he picked the fuzz off the fu-
tu-a~- thought he detected the outlines Of a