Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-12-12

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Many Of tho Early Prospectors Select.
ed tho Names of Wives or Sweet.
hearts, Which Stand Now as Remind
ers of Romances Of Bysone Days.
Behind the names Of many Of the
mining claims and mines Of every min
ing district In the west there lies q
wealth of romance and history, both
pathetic and ludicrous. The Black
tI.ils furnish as many and as good ex-
anp!es of the peculiar circumstances
Gntler which many claims are named
~ any locality in the country.
One Of the best known mines in the
southern hills is the Holy Terror Back
in tie early days this claim Was 10
Gated by an old miner who had work
ed i.Ome years without success. The
cl:.iui was a hard one to work. When
tie man went home in the evening
dfter locating his claim his wife asked
hy!n what he named It. Ha smiled and
Told her, Tor you. my dear" and her
further inquiry drew forth the fact
tbat lie had called IL Holy Terror. An
othrr man once named his claim Cen
Tie hnnie for bis wife, While still 4
,a.rd perpetuated the memory OF his
wife. who was noted ctubwoman, by
nauiiug his claim Silent Julia.
The hills are dotted with the names
Of claims recalling romances of bygcne
days Many IL young. ambitious man
came here when the mining boom OF
the eighties was at It's height, lured
WilL nope of q fortune. and ali that re-
,laiaS 10 tell the tale is the name OF
Katie ". or Mabel l., or Lulu J. Many
Il sweetheart or wife in the faraway
east was hOaored In the naming OF a
claim that It's owner hoped would prove
q bonanza. Some few made good. Wit
ness the Annie Fraction and the Josie,
both Gf which We're named for the
eastern pfyes Of their owners. They
are IL the Bald mountain district and
have produced thousands Of dollars for
the iocatorS.
la The Calena district there Is a
small abandoned claim known as the
Widow, with which there goes story.
Years ago n youth named Hanley ap
thousand and With zeal commenced to
sink his money III IL hole in the ground
IN tue hope Of vast fortune. Back
Ia the old home little widow waited
III vain for the golden wealth he said
was sure TO come and the wedding
day that would celebrate 1t. II took
tut 81 short time for the youths small
savings to dwindle away with his In
experience. and, chagrined and dis
hear;ened, he put bullet through his
brain on the site of his blasted hopes.
Que prospector who worked diligent
Is on claim which was staked by an
outsider and had difficulty III even get
ting his living expenses secured his re-
yenge by naming his claim Old Per
aimm0n.
Men of patriotic turn Of mind have
chosen names of those famous In his
tory, as Washington. Lincoln, etc.
Bach Of the presidents has been re-
uei,bered, famous generals. all Of the
states, seafaring heroes and heroes Of
rhe Philippines. as Dewey and Fun.
stcn. Indian names by the score are
found. as Hiawatha, Minnekahta and
Nanona. Those Of sporting proclivi.
ties chose race horses, as Nancy Hanks,
Salvador, Maud s., Red Wilkes, Joe
Patchen Favorite authors have been
remembered. as Longfellow. Burns and
Dickens. One student named his
group Mi!tiades, Mark Anthony, Attila
and Cleopatra.
One man OF pessimistic veiu chose
What's Left and Some Left The aver
age business man In naming claims
viii choose simple name and use 4
series of numbers. as. for instance,
Thomas No. l. Thomas No. 2. etc. One
man favored his wife by calling his
claim Red Headed Woman. Two ad-
joining claims are known as On Time
and Late
An odd case was known In the name
of-the Hoodlebug claim, which was To-
Gated by a German and an Irishman
and intended by the former to be called
Heidelberg. When the Irfshman reach
Ell town to record the location he had
forgotten his partners selection Of
maine and said it was something like
Hoodlebug which, for convenience.
was the name recorded.
The Prodigal Son lived up to It's
name BY lankrupting its locator, who
returned u Iowa at the behest Of the
father who had put up the funds for
the ven &c. Among the names that
doubtless conceal stories never known
are Old Whiskers. She Devil. Crack
Brain and Crank.
Some Of the guiches have names
that refer to incidents. Two Bit was
named because q placer miner de-
CARED his first painful would yield
about two bits Then there are Poor
Mans Gulch. Sheeptail. Biacktail,
Whitehall. Crooked Arm, Poverty and
Prosperity ty.-Desdwood Cor et. Louis
Republic.