Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-02-22

man machine which would be useful
later in assaying the ''Esperanza'' sam
pies, for the machine was considered
the only rePuta BILE and accurate assayer
in or within reach of Palma Sofa. AND.
having engaged Simpson to make the
said several assays, this pompous in
dividual departed for the ''Esperanza''
prospect in peace and content of mind
In which frame of spirit he did not
leave Mr.. Simpson, assayer and ore
buyer. For very little things often
bring back to us hates and loves and
aches that we fatter ourselves are
dead within us, lost sight of, and
drowned in the limbo of the past. So
it was with poor Simpson. The sight
of Hadley-Benton brought back to
him, with a sharpness Of despair that
cut and tore his very heart-strings, the
thought of what he had been, what he
might have been, and worst of alD
what he really was now, and what he
would always have to be.
That entire night Simpson spent in
fighting phantoms of the past, mem
cries of his lost and only love, mem
cries of home and friends, the position
and happiness which might have been
his but to his own folly and his traitor
Gus confidant, Hadley-Benton. It was
a hard nj ght and hard fight, but
Simpson went to his office exulting next
morning with plans fully thought out
and arranged. His enemy had at last
been placed in his power, and Mr.. Simp-
son proposed that there should be a
plentiful settling of old scores.
When Mr.. Hadley-Benton and his
large number of carefully-sealed sum-
Piles from the "Esperanza reached
Simpsons assay office later that week.
the latter person was entirely and
deferentially at the disposal of the lord.
ly capitalist, only Simpson preferred
in fact, stipulated--that Hadley-Ben-
ton himself should unseal the samples,
with his own hands, and remain in the
assaying office, so that the entire
process, from grinding the samples down
to the weighing of the gold residue,
could be carefully witnessed and over
looked by him. For, as Mr.. Hadley-
Benton must realize, assaying such val
liable ore as that of the ''Esperanza"
was serious matter, particularly
where, as in the present case, there
were no other assayers to check against,
and one mans results had to be ac-
cepted.
This was quite in order,'' MI. Had
ley-Benton stated, and with his own
hands he undid the seals that he had
placed on the jute sacks containing his
precious samples, and watched POM
pously the while Mr.. Simpson heated up
his furnaces, deftly ground up the
samples, weighed the pulp carefully,
and then poured it into the crucibles
containing his gold fux, first in
sisting that the Englishman test
the fux itself, to prove that it
was absolutely free from gold, so
that any possible "salting' might be
prevented. With all of this Mr.. Had
ley-Benton declared himself content.
The assaying was long and tedious
process, but it was carefully watched
in it's every detail by the capitalist,
who announced himself, when the last
button had ''blinked," as being entire
.ly satisfied with the proceedings and
methods of Mr.. Simpson. Not button
had frozen; not one had been lost; du-
plicates presented the same showing
as originals; and no matter what re-
turns final partings might give, he
would be satisfied to abide by Mr.. Simp-
sons figures.
The final parting of the silver-gold
buttons was done with the greatestpos
sible care and slowness. And well that
it was, for the results given by each and
every assay were so exceedingly high
that Mr.. Hadley-Benton might have
the process from first to last. There
were Is different assays on which each
duplicate checked it's original; there
was no discrepancy of any sort, and
the total average gave result in gold
of II 30 ounces to the ton!
Would the ''Esperanza" pay to work?
Mr.. Simpsons results proved that ques-
ton very conclusively, and Hadley
Benton fairly flew to the telegraph
office where he, after much difficulty
and serious struggles with the Spanish
tongue and telegraph clerks. sent a
cablegram to his London directors and
stockholders, authorizing them to boom
the ''Esperanza Gold Mines, Limited"
for all they were worth, to ship out at
once the contemplated stamp-mill and
cyanide plant (cost $15O,OO0), and to
draw upon him for any and all extra
funds desired. .~....
So much for the 'Esperanza Gold
Mines, Limitcd.'' of London and Mex
leo, and SO much for poor MFR. Hadley-
Benton, M. p, whose reputation and
private fortune were alike lost in the
venture. Because, long after the plant
and stamp-miH were installed, and
more money than I care to name ire
trievably sunk in the ''Esperanza, y it
was found that the ore of the mine ran,
at very highest estimate, exactly one
tenth of an ounce in gold, or not even
high enough to pay working charges.
Trl11y' GnOOr Mr. Ho11ov-Pon+op. f,,s