New-York tribune., 1900-08-26
AN INVOLUNTARY GOLD CURE.
ONE OF THE PERILs OF HUNTING IN A MINING
REGION.
From Forest and Stream.

REGION.
From Forest and Stream.
out in Colorado there great many rlch ores
mai presant the gold in certain chemical com6ina-
tinns which nothing but cyanide will break down
and iberate the elemental gold Under sucn & coI &nf
ditons the prospector has to be someWhat torG % %
IA mneralogist than when his search is conhneGG 20
placer quartz and gravel sold IN az boIf ne Snzen
prospectors. for they had found goou iil9G ILL., o.
tions | regret to say that very many OF THESE
adventurous miners are heavy drinkers ana me
worse they had an abundant supply of the stun stun,
and every night after their ba close
imitation of a debauch. All this time they 1 we1e
once in a while just by way of variety. But one
day member of the party sighted % rtb IfFu 1t ride
and the next day he took day OH WIN ms ms Iiei oi
saying it about time the camp had some hobt redt
back deer that day and they cooked it and had
it ready for dinner when the others got PACK. @ Inst
m th t5dn s71niied Win fresh meat After din
10 htbp 'ilri h t tha T ie mi John and filled up all
around 1t diff cult thing for that CROWD 10
pour the stuff down-the trouble came Immediately ely,
afterward. One gagged; another choked until the
tears streamed from his eyes-all were in din
Who's been monkeyng With this Idic whskey? said
First time ever knew whskey to go oack on
They decided i't to give it another trial. but it
go. When they got it to their lips they couldn't
get it any further They not only did not want e. IL.
but they had aversion to it. This went on Tor
several days, getting worse every day, and they
ing new acquantsnees R all around At last they de-
cided send of the party in to COLORADO
Springs to consult doctor. The way they inquired
ii ut that they were all attilcted In the
way, patient would be just as good as
the bunch. and when the doctor had found out
what was the matter with him and given him a
prescription all he would have to do would be 10
buy six times much ordered, and then
there would be enough to go around just 10 De
sOciable this fellow packed in one of the deer
that they had been living Well, he came back
without much satisfaction, but plenty of medicine
of one another-at any rate the druggist
told him it good deal better In few days ay
who should come chasing up to their camp but the
doctor The upshot of the whole matter was that
the doctor had found himself affected the same
way but as he was an Eastern man it didn't so
much matter in his case He did some chemistry
on the venison that was left him. and he found the
meat jammed full of gold chlOrdes. That made
been eating a regular jag, cure. and now they
couldn't drink. But the medicine man had plenty
of ''savey"-a heap more than the prospectors
Under his direction they trailed up the runway
of the deer and finally found the place where they
had their licks-for you know deer must have
something salt to lick. The pIoSpectors had been
looking for sylvanite and the telurideS; they had
no idea what gold chlorides looked like, and they
had PASSED this place a dozen times as not
worth so much as the tap OF a hammer The deer deer
had been steadily licking the outcrop until they
were fairly charged with the gold in its chemical
combination which passed into the men who fed
upon the VenisOn. To-day: am glad to say, that
is one of the best propositions north Of Cripple
Creek