Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-07-31

w dSfl11lg seems 10 pay, See Yup."
would in either case reveal their secret
and expose them to the ridicule of their
brother miners. So the matter dropped,
and See Yup remained master of the
situation.
Meantime he was prospecting. The
cody gang he worked on the river
when not engaged in washing clothes
were 'picking over" the 'tailings'' or
refuse of gravel left on abandoned
claims by successful miners. As there
was not more expense atten ding this
than in stonebreaking Or ragpicking
and the feeding Of the coolies, which
was ridiculously cheap there was no
doubt that See Yup was reaping fair
weekly return from it; but as he sent
his receipts to San Francisco through
cody managers after the Chinese GUS
tom and did not use the regular express
company there was no way of ascer-
tanning the amount. Again, neither See
Yup nor his fellow countrymen ever
appeared to have any money about
them. In ruder times and more reckless
camps raids were often made by ruffians
on their cabins or their travelling gangs,
but never with any pecuniary result.
This condition, however, it seemed was
destined to change
One Saturday See Yup walked into
Wells, Fargo & Go. IS express office with
a package Of gold dust which, when
duly weighed, was valued at 5000, 1t
was consigned to Chinese company IN
San Francisco. When the clerk handed
See Yup a receipt, he remarked cas-
ually:
Washing seems to pay, See Yup."
"Washee velly good pay. You wantee
washee, John?" said See Yup eagerly.
''No, no" said the clerk, with a
laugh. Il was only thinking 5000
would represent the washing of good
many shirts. y
''No leplesent washee shirts at all !!
Catchee gold dust when washee tail
ings. Shabbee?'
The clerk did 'shabbee, - and lifted
his eyebrows. The next Saturday See
Yup appeared with another package
worth about $500, directed to the same
consignee.
"Didn't pan out quite so rich this
week, eh?' said the clerk engagingly.
mo-" returned See Yup impassive-
~. "Next time he payee more.'
When the third Saturday came with
the appearance of See Yup and $3.50
worth of gold dust, the clerk felt he
was no longer bound to keep the secret.
He communicated it to Others and
in "a hours the whole settlement knew
that See Yup's cody company were
taking out an average Of $500 per week
from the refuse and tailings of the old
abandoned Palmetto claim!
The establishment Of the settlement
was profound. In earlier days jealousy
and Indignation at the success Of these
degraded heathens might have taken a
more active and aggressive shape, and
it would nave Jared i'll with See Yup
and his companions. But the settlement
had become more prosperous and law
abiding. There were one or two eastern
families and some foreign capital al
ready there, and it's jealousy and indig-
nation were restricted to severe investi-
cation and legal criticism. Fortunately
for See Yup, it was an old established
mining law that an abandoned claim
and it's tailings became the property Of
whoever chose to work it, But it was
alleged that the See Yup company had
in reality 'tstruck lead"-discovered
q hitherto unknown vein or original de-
posit of gold not worked by the previous
company-and, having failed legally to
declare it by presumption and public
registry, in their foolish desire for Sc
crecy, had thus forfeited their right to
the property. A surveillance Of their
working, however, did not establish
this theory. The gold that See Yup had
sent away was Of the kind that might