Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-28

miners, COW boys and rdnchers, pros pectors, tenderfeet and soldiers of for tune; but no one had thought it worth looking into There they staked their first claim. naming it the April Fool, in commemoration of the day of the discovery. Then they went to work. sacking ore from the cactus roots down. The first carload shipp- ed averaged eight hundred dollars to the ton; and the Manhattan boom was on. The camp now has popu- lation of nine thousand and everyone of the Humphreys is millionaire. That was probably the most profitable spree recorded In the whole history of dipsomania.
 Nearly everyone has heard of Dia- mondfield, another of the new bonan- ga camps of Southern Nevada; but not everyone knows that it was discovered by Diamonfield Jack, who was convict ed of murder in Idaho. Through the disinterested efforts of a lawyer who believed him innocent of that particu- lar crime, in spite of an exceedingly unsavory record, he was pardoned. The lawyer wanted to get hiln out of Idaho, so he grub staked him to a burro and a months rations, and sent him forth, much ss one might throw a stray dog a bone, pat it on the head, and turn it loose tC starye. Jack started across the gray desert, neither knowing nor caring where he landed. One morning, when his food was run ming low. he decided that if he found nothing that day he would turn back. At noon he stopped to do little pros pecting in a place that looked favora- ble. On that spot the camp of Dia- mondfeld now stands. and the ex-con- yict counts his wealth in seven hg- ures. For the confusion of cynics, let it be recorded that he rewarded his lawyer friend so munificently that he is now counted rich man in his community.
 Prosoectino Burro.
 Most famous of the mines of Idaho is the Bunker Hill and Sullivan, in inc heart of the Occur d-Alenes. Like the story of Manhattan, the tale Of it's discovery carries no moral that would hear recital before a Sunday school class. N. s. Kellogg was a prospec- tor who had been grub staked Dy Ed Cooper and O. o. Peck, Of Spokane' One day Kellogg went into eech oi- fee with specimens of ore, whlch ne had secured near the site or the pres ent town of Wardner, Idaho. Fech pronounced the ore worthless, ana de- clared the grub stake partnership als, solved. Soon afterward, Kellogg iel in with Phil O'Rourke, of Denver, Who thought the ore was good, and lolned the prospector in second expeoltloh' grub staked by Harry Baer and Jacoo Go.stz, of Spokane.
 The pair soon chanced upon a bur TO. which belonged to Peck. It was not much of burro, even as burros go It would have been dear at S3, and Peck had turned it loose to for age for itself. It was pressed into service to carry the grub and outfit, and did duty for thirty days. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan properties were located. and it was not long un- til they were demonstrated to cover one of the greatest ore bodies In America; by far the greatest that has ever been found in the Occur d'Alenes.
 Then some one told Peck that his worthless old skate of a burro had been one of the prospecting party and he brought suit for a share. The case was fought through all the courts of Idaho, attracting wide spread attention and inspiring new jokes by the hundred. It was brought to an end by @ SoIomonic opinion delivered by Judge Norman H. Buck, of the State Supreme court, of which this is an excerpt:
 This court is of the opinion that the Bunker Hill mine was discovered by Peck's jacksss, Phil O'Rourke and x. s. Kellogg. As plaintiff owns the jackasS, be is entitled to a one third interest in the Bunker HI claim and one-fourth interest in the Sullivan claim"
 The properties in litigation were then valued at fifteen million dollars; and the decision of the Supreme Court gave Peek clear title to interests which he realized more than four and a quarter million dollars. At the time of his death, last July, he was counted one of the richest citizens of Spokane.
 Within the last few weeks, Lead vile had been the scene of greater ac- tivity than at any time since. the re- peal of the Sherman law in l8S3. The rise in the price of silver has created a new demand for the carbonate pres that made the camp famous. Scores of old mines are being Ieopened, anc new discoveries have been reported in many places in the vicinity that would have been sensS t:ondl were it not for the overshadowing interes- of the new districts of Southern Nevada. As 2 consequence. every chance meet ing Of old time Colorado mining men calls for an exchange of LeadviLe "reminiscences.
 Finding California GuIch.
 The first strike in the district dates back to the "Pike's Peak or bust" slo- gan, when the whole empire within radius of two hundred miles of the Peak was known as the Pike's Peak region. Two parties happened to strike Twin Lakes at the same time, the Stevens party of seven men and the Johnston party of four men. They all cached their flour and provisions and then separated. Each party agreed to notify the other by pistol shot in case they struck it. The Johnston party entered what is now called Iowa Gulch, and the Stevens crowd tried their luck in another gulch to the left. For time neither party had any success. The Stevens crowd became hungry. and a man named Slater started for the canoe.
 Tn his absence, Abe Lee began to pan some worthless looking dirt to kill time, and one of his companions derisiyely called out:
 Well, what have you got?"
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