Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-28
THE MILLIONAIRE BURRO.
Declared by the Court to Be Dfscov-
 ereF of 8 Mine Now Worth .:.; Four Millions.

GFCR OI & N11nc NOW " Ofth :t.; Four Millions.
 The millionaire burro was self-made. He never had pedigree. He was born to toll amid the rough life of the mountains. His companions were ad- venturers, eager for a prospect" fond of drink, seldom choice in their language, and just as seldom gentle toward the pack animal that carried their burdens up steep hillsides and down gullies in their search for hid- den wealth.
 In 1883 the Occur dAene mountains were known only as a picturesque range, where deer roamed almost un- molested by hunters, where trout 1eaped and multiplied in rushing streams, and where bears were com moner than men. But in the winter of 1SS3-S4 the word flew abroad that these haunts of game were seamed with gold. The precious metal had been found on the north fork of the Occur d'Alene river, and thither rushed thousands. writes Eugene B. Palmer, in Ainslee's.
 It was in September of 1885, that Cooper & Peck, of Murray, 4daho, had grub-staked \. S. Kellogg, an old prospector, to look for gold. Part of the outfit was ther 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 2 consequence, the partnership was dissolved,
 Kellogg, however, was not willing to give up. He showed his samples to Phil O'Rourke, an old Colorado miner, who recognized their value. The two immediately started out, la- boriously packing their outfit on their backs. While entering the gulch at the mouth of Milo creek, Kellogg deserted, wandering in the solitude, his companion of the last prospecting tour, the burro. When the partner ship with Cooper 6 Peck had been dis solved, the donkey had been turned adrift. The animal had wandered for two weeks, and now joyfully rejoined his old friend. and 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, there against rocks and fallen logs helped them keep the trail. It led along and down a steep precipice that I. ,
 Finally, after entering a canyon and following it some distance, they saw the burro, standing immovable on the side of hill and gazing abstractedly across the canyon. The men stole cautiously forward. expecting chase.
 But the burro remained like 2 statue.
 When the pair reached the animals side they found that he was standing on an outcropping 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 therefore Kellogg was still in grub-stake partnership with them. Consequently, the next morn ing the original notice was torn down and O'Rourke's name substituted as discoverer.
 Returning to Murray the prospec- tors showed their samples, and stampede started-but nobody knew where the mine was O'Rourke confded in ssDutcl Jake" Goetz and Con- Sullivan, however, and the latter two located the Sullivan mine at. a point at which the burro had been gazing the day he stood on the Bunker HiH lode.
 After many Heterogeneous, the property was sold for q, ,soo, ,Ooo.. Coop CT & Peck sued for an interest in the mine, on the ground that the burro they had furnished in grubstaking was the real diaooyesAr of the bo- nanza. Judge HenT BucE, Of the dis l trict court sof Ldehos 1t AfurFayy at- Araed t4sdf elnfI M !|s \ n ls isisp hs