The sun., 1907-08-25


tives he became the Earl Of Hardwick.
One of the English stockholders was a
dealer In machinery and he prevailed upon
the directors TO purchase from him a pump
at q COST Of $4,000 with which 20 displace
those already In use. The pump was
shipped to America, accompanied by an ex-
pert. and because OF freight rates, con-
struction OF wagons to haul 10 to the mines.
&c. its total cost reached e125.0O0. The
wagon broke down in the .gulch just be-
lying there TO this day, a monument TO
the extravagance Of the Britishers
Finally when the property was worked
out and the shafts allowed to all with water
Marysville began TO deteriorate. IL seemed
that & tho % bottom had p dropped n.Sd out ol the me
the scene and made the suggestion that
through the cyanide process millions per-
haps could be saved by treatment OF the
tailings.
He made a contract with the company,
and 30 remunerative were the operations
that at the end OF year the company
offered him s25O0OO to rescind the con-
tract, which he accepted.
In proportion TO It's population. Marys-
vile was perhaps the greatest town Tor
highrolling in the country during It's hal
cyon days. There were many saloons
and gambling houses. A man could walk
from the station OF the Northern Pacific
for two or three blocks in the section con-
tanning the business houses and touch
neither the sidewalk nor the street because
Of playing cards thrown out from the
1t is remarkable fact that there never
was a successful faro game conducted
in the place. Dealer after dealer started
game there only to go broke.
The EngEshmen knew not the game
further than to follow some one who was
winning, and the miners adopted similar
tactics Invariably when some one struck
a winning streak he would have followers
galore, 10 the discontinue Of the dealers.
Tossing twenty dollar gold pieces at
cracks; pitching quoits for high stakes
poker games without any limit, and in
fact every conceivable form OF gambling
prevailed and without restraint, Montana
at that time having licensed gambling.
To show the spirit prevalent in the camp
the following true tale may be related.
An artificial lake had been constructed
Two miners were standing on its shore
when one declared he could swim it.
bet was made and the miner started. By
this time others had oongregated and
many wagers were made as TO the outcome
Of the undertaking
After wadinR in the water up to his neck
he gave one lunge forward, only to dis
appear. Then wagers were made as TO
the time he would stay under, and 1t is
told that $500 a side was put up between
different men that he would or would not
stay down two minutes. The poor fellow
did not come up at all, drowning after
that first plunge.
Nate VestaI was one OF the characters
Of Marysville. IL was he who lent Col.
Cruise the money with which to buy the
Mayer mill. where the first Drum Lummon
ore was treated.
Vestal made big cleanup in the Penob-
scot and then sold the property. leaving
Helena with Sass 900 in United States assay
Office receipts. checks and cash; He went
abroad. visiting London and Paris. He
dabbled in stocks and bet on the horse races
with dire results. He next visited New
York, where he lost the remainder OF his
fortune and was obliged to telegraph for a
ticket to Montana.
Several of the mines were discovered in
an unusual manner. A resident OF Helena
and others bonded the Bald Butte COM
pany's claims and prosecuted development
work diligently, but found no veins and
gave it up. The Helena man became
bankrupt.
Among his assets were 10000 shares
Of Bald Butte stock. They were con-
not listed among HE assets. and he threw
them into an old trunk. In the mean
time the English owners OF the property
kept a man at work intermittently in
order to secure patent to the claims. He
worked for three years without receiving
on one ground and another. as did the
Helena man.
The miner was on the point OF abandoning
the property. believing that there was not
much opportunity to secure his wages from
the property itself, when in pushing an ore
car his foot slipped and he saw something
bright. Gold had been discovered and in
gunny sack he brought enough ore TO
Helena to realize the amount due him.
The company began operations and took
sec, 900 from the first sixty feet OF the shaft
alone. The mine yielded So, 900 600. paying
netted fortune to its owner.
John Fitzgibbons was developing the
Bell Boy claim and had reached q depth
Of sxty-five feet. Bill Murray owned a
quarter interest in the property and was
% hss bnrss. ons ssy a1s little
did Murray think OF the outlook that he
offered to trade his interest in the property
for the laggard, which was promptly re-
fused.
q. II. Robertson went over from the
Drum Lummon as an expert to look at
the property. but thought 30 little OF it
on casual examination that he left the
ore samples in the cabin for three days.
John Gleason. a sawmill owner. picked
up one OF these and coming to Helena
had 1t assayed. just for luck. He found
that il ran tl85 ton in gold.
He went back and located an ad joining
claim. which he called Gleason's Fraction.
He bought Murray's interest in the Bell
Boy for a song, and after Robertson had
sssayed the ore the Drum Lummon com
pany bought him out for $4,000 Enough
ore was taken from the first fifty feet OF
the Fraction to pay for the Gleason property,
while the Bell Boy yielded half a million.
Green Austin. a former member OF the
Quantrell gang in Missouri, was poking
in a gopher hole TO root out the little animal,
while on a trip through the hills for load
OF wood. In this manner he struck pay
quartz. This mine never developed into
large property yet it yielded handsomely.
AZ did the Strawberry. 80 named by its
owner. who found the lead while searching
for wild strawberries back OF the town
Marysville was never Incorporated. In
consequence there were no policemen, but
singularly enough. very little crime.
William Higgins was a Marysville pros
pector. and in developing his property
neglected to pay his board bill Finally
the amount reached 81 900, and no further
delay would be tolerated by the hotel woman,
who brought suit for its collection.
The night before the execution fell due
Huggins refused $4,000 for his property,
40 firm was his faith that he would strike
it even on the last day and night. He
failed, however, to uncover the expected
ore and the property passed to the board
ing house mistress and thence to the Drum
Lummon company, which after consider
able development work encountered the
vein sought for by Huggins and before
working out the property extracted ores
to the amount Of s2.OOO,O0O.
Marysville also had financier OF the