The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10

a lille store al The railroad station Of Moiavo
on the Mojave Desert in Southern California,
s snS ssn BcaSnO cs Tic
1910 dss A. r.. ~ i .s sSE,sss
with thirty Or forty other men, eksd out a living
at Goler. Mr. Moocfs, who had been student
and hSd READ %pSn o sss
tiny yG pisses f IL The sands come Day aiteI
over W The subject lie told 6is theory 20 Single
ton and finally they sgroed 70 go and prospect;
Days were spent In the search SS,oss ,nU d
not even birds arc found. Singleton soon secuted
Mocess theory and returned TO hisdty Esshhi tlg
SoeSn E's sratc I and he evolved The theory MAJ
the oIssf I'm ?, shs vS Ms saRes from M which
was appealed 10 again. and at last he agreed TO
Tho rim Of the volcano. II was about seventy
miles TO the region where Moocfs had CHOSEN osef,
Under sy S
There were only three horses In the camp, ana
hay and water were expensive aftsles ~ a.
dino with his butcher wagon and horse was asked
TO furnish his rig, bale Of hoy and bafiS OF
suny V in m he q e pnSspoens tip
family agreed to the speculation. s,.
Two days later April ~, 1905, Mooefs, Single
had expected to hnd the rim Of the volcano lie
had been looking ahead for hours. studying We
driven up VIVA, is now known as Fiddlcr's Gulch,
and Mooefs said when TO stop,
Boys I'm sure we have H." said he, as the
cash in the mountain. Then, while Singleton
and Burchem attended TO the embarrassing OF
ssssa to and said
Now, I'll Introduce you TO your fortune. uo
went about half a mile up the MOUNTAIN side
rock. and examined each BIZ critically, under .
mesnfylng glass, Suddenly he called back
com Ts on Boys ~ sro We are Two go, III
In a few minutes Burchsm and Singleton. came
scrambling over the boulders TO where Mooers
sat gazing at specimens Of rock all ab9u, him
"i3ck Al that. B9Ich, What do you think oi IT,
scr" the specimens through the glass
~ n,ss sdSn TS. l% p, rl; nj !" ,S ss
Looked about me and said. How much do YOU
think hCff Is g" pGS TceE red Ss whole fHmn
into reduction mill and be vandcrbil,s' We'll
for several years. and we've only scratched into
il ~ far. I believe Moocrs is dead right about
the whole mountain bsins fpl Of gold ,4n,,
For two years there was not a more actIye rollick
ing. wide open camp In America Thousands
Of miners who iocked there from all parts Of the
| West; but less than dozen mines outsid. ~ the
Of ON" MnSsrrs "i BHrchem Singleton has expended
has payroll Of about IS 800 = week. Nj MOpf r.,
over 100000. and Burchem and Singleton are
putting 100000 in a home thu, they will own
! psnv frequently has bank deposits Of upward
! OF $500 900. and now that the mines ar" IN g"I
| rnll In IN NJ ", y d
partners had nl!orc,her no, over 500
James ID Finigan, who, recently. sold the
! for $500 900. and who Is operating his own two
larger mines in the same county; has changed
| from brakeman on the Southern Pacific Railroad
| in Arizona TO a millionaire In SIX ycnra lie il
81 and until he -, he never earned more than
500, and seldom over $40 month. Ills income
! Is nowadays ynriously estimated from 5000 tn
! Sll 90 month He is now in Europe, and will
sail around ~, world before he sees his big copper
was a booiblack and ncwsfoy there for several
| years lie went To Texas when he was 20 and
| became a brakeman on u freight train when he
range noar henson. ARR Ind there he learned
many facts about ores. and how TO know them a!
never got fur, her than the location Of them. one
| day In 1890. he went u SEQ miner who was I'll
nSi buy a q, even So 'FiniESH took a sample
| chunk Of the ore 10 Benson, eighty miles away
There he met man from Tucson who knew
| good ore nj once, md WAS AT once JEALOUS to buy
Inc. claim; But fnEan ksp, him n thc dsIs
| ns 90 the location Of tho property. Then he wen
| back 10 tho miner and got a written option 10 sol
for $500 The man from Tucson closed tho dea
| n few days later for 81 900 That gave young
! Finigan a knowledge Of what copper mines wor,
| worth lie abandoned railrohdinS and COW
! punching ard began looking for men who hat
| copper claims for sale
! With 81, 800 in his pockets 40 went all owe
! New Mexico and Arizona Copper went dow
| 10 value. hut Finignn had faith that with the al
| vance Of electricity the demand for copper woult
! grow. lie bought two PROSPECTS for 5000 each
and the sellers went away laughing in their sleeves
| He sold ono claim for 5000 and bought anothe
| for 81, 900 Meanwhile, copper began TO go up
| and he borrowed money 10 develop his two mines
! lie found that he had even bigger things In cope
| than he had bargAine'i for, and he organized
! company to develop the ore bodies When cuppe
went booming in 1897 young Finlgan had owe
! four hundred men employed and he bought gu
! his partners lilo built a smclter TO care for al
| the ore from his two mines and with the profit
| Of four months bought another mine Cnu
| two months ago he worked day and night. an,
| his wealth piled up He finally grew weary ant
went W Europe with friends 10 enjoy his fortune