Amador ledger., 1907-08-02
AUKUM.

July 81. our correspondent has
been off IN Ell Dorado county for the
past two week, close to the Caidor
known as the Dogtown saw mill. In
my Iambles L met the original locator
of that place ana the one who gave
it its name. His name is McKeney.
The many years that have spanned the
time when he discovered the mines
there, has turned his hair, once jet
black. into grizzly gray. He wob-
bies in his steps as he walks over the
gulches, divides and ridges now in
search of what enthralls the world in
geneIal-gold-fo he is an inveterate
pocket hunter. He showed me
piece of quartz he took out of a
pocket recently that was one third
gold. 81 like the excitement, he
said, ''for in its nature it is guide
pointing always to Its discovery,
sometimes little sometimes much. A
few stIlngers of any kind" he said
"eonverging to point is the parent
age Of gold itself, for there it is to
be found cliIglng to shale or slaty
Halls-sometimes in a film like sheet.
other times in rough uneven nuggets.
How did | name Dogtown you ask?
Well it was this way, l was hurting
and prospecting in the early 10, and
came to man camped on the creek,
who had with him mother dog with
seven pups. 'Dogtown by 9" | said,
and it was so christened. 1t ever
afterwards went by that name.
vas the original discoverer of gold in
the, place and it was by pure acct
dent. l was trailing deer over the
ridges and flats expecting to get
shot at him. There was snow in
patches all over the country melting
away fast by the radiant rays of
strong spring sun. ] passed over
little rRulet that looked like it
might have gold in il. l took my
hunting knife from the scabbord and
began to pry out the gravel. God,
when the water cleared there was
streak of gold foot long in sight,
my frien's, - he said. 81 took out II
Thousand dollars in about three
weeks. Ny discovery produced big
like rats out of sinking ship, but
had the bulk of the discovery. did
save 1t, no bIowed it while it
lasted, but that is the fate of old
stitfs like me-" he uttered with sort
of sadden smile upon his aged and
lquivering lips.
Did l ever find many pockets, you
ask? 81 have found pockets all the
| way from you might say nothing up
| to $1,000. 1t is a freak of lifetime, :"
he said, as he looked languidly down
TO the ground, as if in profound con-
| temptations. Then suddenly as If
| awakened from a reverie he turned
slowly on his feet, and looking me
straight IN my face, he SAID, well
stranger | am glad to have met you.
wished | had time to tell you and
| you had time to listen to the burly
history of lifetime wasted, life
time of energy and a lifetime full OF
all sorts of adventures. Goodbye to
you and good luck to you, he said,
and walked slowly away off to his
lonely cabin upon the hill Just ahead.
The Caldor Company has two
train loads of lumber taken from the
mill. to Diamond daily They are
employing about 200 men round and
about the mill, and there is room for
any good man there now at any time.
Chas. S. Bell is going to San Fran
cisco with his daughter Ethel, early
next week. Miss Ethel is gong down
to stay a couple of months with her
sister law, Mis- Hugh Bell, who
had the misfortune to fall and break
her leg two or three weeks ago.
| The threshIng machines are now
busy threshlng in and about these
quarters. Giddy Dick.
| Harsh physics react, weaken the
| bowels, cause chronic constipation.
| Ooan's Regulets operate easily, tone
the stomach, cure constipation, 25c.
| Ask your druggist for them. 4.
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| The jury in the case of Louis Glass,
president of the telephone company
on trial for bribing, the supervisors
J in San francisco resulted in dis
agreement, after 4S hours deIibera-
lion. They stood practically the
same throughout the long ordeal
for conviction and for acquittal.
The defense put III no testimony con-
tending that the prosecution had
failed to make out a case which
necessitated any counter testimony.
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