Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-17

| Inhdhtu VHs NuN DOSNS seb ana fudthtns ana DOl-
othy, seating herself on a granite boulder, began
| filling out the location notices
you are Citizen Of the United States, Of
lawful age, arc you not Mr.. TravcrsD she in
quired with great dignity.
! ~ believe So he replied, tanning himself
with his straw hat; "I am not quite positive
| Just now even as 10 my own exstcncei"
"And In compliance with the laws OF Tho
United States and the mining rules and regila-
tons Of this State You have on ths--let's sec,
the second day Of June, A.. ID. 1902--located
the-ay, Dick, what are you going TO call itf
You must name it, you know"
! Iravers looked nonplussed for moment. "0h,
bother the thing Name IL yoursclfi' he excsim-
ed
1--WE are indebted TO the bear for the discovery;
we will IL, in his honor the 'Ursa Major "
Capital" Travers calculated.
This work completed they were about TO start
homeward, when Dorothy iurhped to her feet in
excitement.
| 'Dick, we must locate some Of the adjoining
ground; it is probably valuable you know, and
| if don't papa and the Consolidated will
gobble it up when they find out about this
claim"
Travers groaned slightly. Gus did not express
his feelings, but it plainly evident that he
was not enthusiastic. After little prospecting"
two more claims were duly staled out, the "Ursa
Minor" and the "Nimrod." On suggesting the
last name Dorothy looked at Travers with n
rogush smile, but the gravity of his face was
| imperturbable.
A little after / o'clock @ dusty, earth.stained.
and weary trio entered the Belden premises.
Lunch over, and Mr.. Belden and his wife
We're seated on the front pazzo Gus was hur-
riedly dispatched to the stables the implements
Of toll over his shoulder while Dorothy and
Travers approached the house, bltishing under
their tan and CRIME like two culprits.
| "H'm l don't see that tennis court has been
improved very much this forenoon" Mr.. Belden
remarked.
eve decided to take little stroll on the Hogs
Back and attend to the tennis court hter," Dor
othy announced calmly.
| "The Hogs Back seems to have great attrac-
tions for you people Has Gus been on this
little stroll, also?" Mr.. Belden inquired, twinkle
in his eye as he glanced at his wife.
I'VE took him along as chaperon, papa"
"He must have had to 'chaperon' with a ven.
geance il it required the combined use of crow
bar, pick and shovel! What have you two
children been up to, anyway"
| eve have been locating gold mine," Dor.
othy replied, seating herself with dignity.
| "a WHAT"
"a gold mine," she repeated, serenely opening
location notice and spreading it upon her knee.
eve have this day duly and legally located the
Ursa Major quartz lode mining claim, and we
are prepared to contest any counter claim which
the Consolidated or anybody else may bring
against us "
"Whewl Let me see that location notice.
Mr.. Belden ran his eye rapidly down the sheet
+" Notice is hereby given that Richard Travers
J -h'm I thought this was partnership af
fair?"
! "No, sir. Mr.. Travers is the locator. l am
mining expert and attorney in this CASE
: Mr.. Belden smiled grimly as he returned the
notice to Dorothy. I'D no idea you good
a mining attorney, Dot; you can have job with
: the Consolidated if you like
Thank you; Mr.. Travers has retained my
! services for the present"
'But how about this prospect? High or low
grade?"
"Free milling" was Dorothy's laconic reply.
I"Well show you the assays this evening"
Mr.. Belden whstled He whistled longer and
louder when the assayer's report was shown to
him.
"I'll 60 up and look that thing over myself
tomorrow; likely to become good pick-ups in
that locality"
Dorothy and Travers exchanged glances.
The following morning Mr. Belden on the
ground accompanied by two experienced miners
and the mining expert for the Consolidated"
More excavating was done, Dorothy and Travers
sitting on a boulder at little distance, coolly
watching operations. Mr.. Beden came over to
Travers.
"N[y boy. you've got bonanza; gold from
the grass roots down, richer every foot in depth.
She's a hummer and no mistake. What will you
take for herr"
"I shall not sell at present, Mr.. Belden; l
shall develop while first.
"Why-why-you haven't the means for dc.
velopment, and then
"There are plenty who have" Travers inter
posed ''and who will pay me good royalty.
The ROYALTY for the next sixty or ninety days
from Il mine like that would probably be more
than YOU would offer for it spot cash now"
Travers had suddenly developed into mining
man.
Finding him obdurate, Mr.. Belden and his men
proceeded to prospect the adjoining ground,
and found themselves confronted by the location
notices of the "'Ursa Minor" and the "Nimrod."
Mr.. Belden returned to tho young people, who
were evidently enjoying the situation.
"Say!" he demanded wrathfully, what do you
two people want, anyway-the earth, with
barbed.wire fence around itT
'If we do" Dorothy replied inpe1turbably,
"we are just as much entitled to it as the
Consolidated We knew we had a good thing
and we 'cornered' it; that's all
After some debate and discussion, the upshot
of the whole matter was that for the next ninety
davs Mr. Travers continued to hold his position
as an employe of the Consolidated" while the
"Consolidated" in turn developed the Ursa Major.
having Travers a royalty of % per cent. of the
net proceeds Of the ore mined and milled by
such development.
AZ the expiration Of the ninety days Travers
and his attorney were invited TO attend meet.
ing Of the Board of Directors of the "Consoli
dated" at which meeting Travers was asked 70
state the lowest terms which he would sell
what was known as the Ursa Major group Of
mines.
a can state them very BRIEFLY" TIavers said
rising TO his feet. "Seyenty-hve Thousand dollar.