New-York tribune., 1901-01-13
THE PASSING THRONG.

= retired Army officer. who saw thirty years
frontier service in the West, was speaking yester-
day at the Grand Hotel of mining
RICH MINES investments. and how almost in
NOT FOR variaby they had proved expensive
ARMY TO Army officers. The hand Of
OFFICERS. fate seemed to be against Army
officers making money by invest
ments in mining said he. Every time you heard
OF one of them putting his money into mining
claim you sooner or later heard not only of the
money invested being hopelessy lost. but that
more in the shape of assessments had followed IT.
been so universally uniucky in mining, but such
was almost always the case Those far frontier
most valuable mineral territory of the West. and
@ tne army oincers were the mrs. upon ,f 10 secure
claims that proved OF value and the tickle goddess
f5 g e mad Mans No yeS YEARS r9e 9go Il
lot TO command at Camp Verde, in Arizona; @ Inc
canyon which ran along the north side OF squaTw
Peak In those days the Apache was as "a az any 1Ie
where in that country save in force Ca woulu
have no thought Of riding throTg9 oq2vn te
GarbiIes on their hips with me ne han WSr WSptd
knew copper was there but what of it? You
couldn't have mined it then at profit II yo1 4da h
bioodthirsty Apaches effectuaily prevented II Yet
it is in Copper Canyon that is located tnat Nv
W A Clark of Montana. one Of the fabnoudsy 1ncadas
rich n9n of this s1th rode oqy e sWG anG Of again over
site with only thought of the copper eoloreIs ue az
the ground and not of the fabulous riches in cop
ner that lying beneath the surface ol 'Iie
earth"
IT said a moment ago" continued the ohcei'
that the Army officer universally lost money when
he invested in mines, but want
AN EXCEP- also to give you the exception that
TION TO proves the rule. I was in COM
PROVE mand Of Fort winthrop. 1dano IN
THE RULE 1876 Fort Winthrop was named
for Brigadier-Cieneral Fred Win
throp of this State who was killed at the battle
of Five Forks General Winthrop was cour-
ageous officer and a gallant gentleman he met
Regular brigade of the Army OF the Potomac over
the breastworks at Five Forks. While | was IN
commend al Camp Winthrop Louis A. Stelle re
ported 10 me for duty. Stelle poor fellow dled al
terward senior captain of the 23d Infantry II
the 25d, together with the Astor Battery INA I
No 10 on the day took Manila STEELE came TO
fresh from Arizona, and that evening as We
were chatting over pipes asked him II ne
had been bitten by the mining fever as so many OF OF
swered cheerfuIy. What luck?' queried. The
best he replied. You don't tell me! How did II
come about? I said to him. You're the hrSt army
officer ever saw who out mining. Well II
was this way he explained. got iato a quartz
claim with some other fellow. We had just got
our buiidings IN and the claim working when along
came the Apaches and our men off, and then
they burned up everything there was. and We
abandoned it and he lay back with pleased
smile. Well how did you make ANYTHING? l In.
was the answer the Apaches burning up every
thing we Just naturally had 20 st 'p work and, as
there's nothing doing the claim and nothing can
he done there we can't ever be assessed