The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-02-16
They Found An Involuntary Gold
Cure.

Oup III OOiOEauO tueIo are StedJ
many rich ores that present the gold
in certain chemical combinations
which nothing but cyanide will
break down aud liberate the ele-
mental gold. Under such condi-
tions the prospector hiss to be some
what more OF mineralogist than
when his search is confined to
placer, quartz and gravel gold.
In at the back of Pixies Peak there
was camp OF half dozen pros
pectors, for they had found good
line OF country rock aud were work.
ing out in all directions. regret to
say that very many of these. adven-
furious miners are heavy drinkers,
and the men 10 this camp were nc
exception, What is worse, they had
an abundant supply OF the stuff, aud
every night after their exhausting
labors above the line OF 10000 feet
of altitude they gave close imita-
tion OF a debaach. 81"
/ All this time they were feeding
on bacon and salt pork, and canned
goods once in while just by way
OF variety, But one day member
Of the party sighted herd OF deer,
and the next day he took a day off
with his rifle, saying 1t was about
time the camp had soms real meat
some OF the fresh kind.
Web, hezbrought back deer that
1 day, and they cooked it aud had it
ready for dinner when the others
got back. That venision went Just
to the right spot, and the camp un-
auimouslg agreed to this man being
authorized to keep them supplied
with fresh meat. "
After dinner they brought out the
demijohn and filed up all around
1t was no difficult thing for that
crowd to. pour the stuff down The
trouble came Immediately afterward
One gagged; another choked until
: the tears streamed from his eyes
all were in difficulties.
! s"Who's been mopkeving with thi,
whisky'" said one as soon as hs
could get his, voice. aaI3g &C
4 "First time | ever knew whisky te
! 60 back on me" said another. ~
They decided to give it another
. trial, but it was no go. When they
got it to their lips they couldn't gs
( it any further, They not only die
; not want it, but they had an aver
= sion to it.
This went on for several days
: getting worse every day, and the,
were getting so bsastly sober that i
was like making new acquaint anoe
all around. At last they decided t,
= send one of the party in to Colorad,
. Springs to consult doctor.The wa,
. they figured it out was that as the,
were all afflicted in the same wa
i, one patient would be just as goo,
"a as the bunch, and when the docto
u had found out what was the matte
with him and given him prescrip
i ton all he would have to do woul
20 be to buy six times as much as wa
: ordered, and then there would
y enough to go round.
y just to be sociable this felloy
70 packed in one OF the deer that the
y had been living on. Well, he cam
back without much satisfaction, bu
- plenty Of medicine OF one sort c
~ another-at any rate, the druggil
" told him it was good deal bette
~ Id few days who should com
y chasing up to'their camp but ii
" DOCTOR. The upshot of the whol
% matter was that the doctor ha
~ found himself affected the san
~ way, but as he was an Eastern ma
70 1t didn't so much matter 10 his cas-,
He did some chemistry on the ven
son that was left him and foun
81 the meat jammed full Of go
chloridess @S''i'"
uf That made everything plain. 1
'r. stead of venison they had been cal
ing irregular "jag" cure aud no
thax couldn't drink. But the mec