Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-03-06
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in their language, and justsas
gentle toward the pack animal h~
carried their burdens up steep hinsides,
and down gullies in: their search for
hidden wealth.
"In 1888, Occur d'Alene Noun
tains were known only as q pictur-
esque range. wher" deer roamed al
most unmolested b. hunters, where
trout leaped and multiplied in rushing
streams, and where bears were COM
honer than men. But in the. winter of
1SS3-84 the word few abroad that
these haunts Of game were scanned
with gold. The precious metal had
been found on the north fork of the
Coeur d'Alene River, and thither
rushed thousands.
"It was in September, 1885, that
Cooper & Peck, Of Murray, Idaho. had
grub-staked n. S. Kellogg, an old
prospector, to look for gold. Part of
the outfit was the burro. kellogg
found some samples of silver-lead ore,
but an assayer told Cooper & Peck
that this mineral was of insufficient
value to be worth any trouble in that
country and as consequence the
partnership was dissolved.
"KelIogg, however. was not willing
to give up. q. He showed his samples
to Phil O'Rourke, an old Colorado
miner, who recognized their value. The
two Immediately started out, labor
iously packing their outfit on their
backs. While entering the gulch at
the mouth of Milo Creek, Kellogg des-
cried wandering in the solitude his
companion Of the last prospecting tour.
the burro. When the partnership with
Cooper & Peck had been dissolved the
donkey had been turned adrift. The
animal had wandered for two weeks,
and now joyfully rejoined his old
friend, ana willingly carried the packs
of the tired prospectors.
But the pair found only float, or
surface ore. Their search for lead
brought no results. One disappointed
evening. they made their camp and
failed to tether the burro securely. In
the dead Of night the animal stole
away. The next morning the two set
out to find him, strewing profanity as
they searched. The tracks were plain.
and wads of hair scraped off here and
there against the rocks and fallen logs
helped them keep the trail. 1t led along
and down steep precipice that they
had difficulty in descending.
FINALLY, after entering a canyon
and following it some distance. they
saw the burro. standing immovable on
the side of hill and gazing abstract
edly across the canyon. The men stole
acknowledgement, expecting chase.
'sBut the burro remained like a
statue. ...-----.----
"When the pair reached the animals
side, they found that he was standing
on an out-cropping mineral vein, while
he was gazing at the spot where short
ly afterward was found another out
cropping of glistening galena.
"At the place where the burro stood,
the Bunker Hill mine was located.
Kellogg's name being signed as dis
coverer and O'Rourke's as witness.
After talking the matter over, the two
men concluded that if Kellogg was
named as discoverer, Cooper & Peck
might claim share on the ground that
their burro was part of the outfit, and
that therefore Kellogg was still in
grub-stake partnership with them.
Consequently, the next morning the
original notice was torn down and
O'Rourke's name substituted as dis
coyerer. i. .. s.sa
"Returning, to Murray the pros
pectors showed their samples, and a
stampede started-but nobody knew
where the mine was. 1O'Rourke con-