The sun., 1908-11-08
corn IN MIssoURI
IN Place where . Preacher Finaneler
once Sought for Ceai.

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MAcoN. No., Nov. a.--Missouri is about
to take her place among the gold pro-
dacing States Of the West. That has been
determined by q .ysar's careful investi-
cation by d. ]. Reed. former mine in
speotof Of Colorado, and q report from
the assayer's once at Denver, The ore
runs on an average Of ssa ton. but much
OF It assays 80 to the ton. A cyanide
mill Is being established at the mine,
Mfr. Reed, wao owns the mine. has
purchased eighty acres surrounding II
at a cost OF 5000 He controls tine
mineral rights to 900 acres in addition,
The mine IL fourteen ies west Of Macon
In the Charlton Valley. A shaft Of 100 feet
strikes the iedge. which IL eight feet thick
and is free milling ore.
The location Of Missopri's only gold
mine IL decidedly picturesque. The foot
hills Of the valley extend as far as the
eye can reach. Bstween them is q table
land fat an q barn door, two fniles wide.
This land is the rnoat fertile IN the State
The discovery o. 4 gold bearing ledge
recalls spectsH6ISf mining enterprise
conducted In the Wiley some ten years
ago by the Rev, Charles 0. Browning.
Having been apprieed by a frm Of WASH
ington lawyers that he was direct heir
to the Jacob Bah estate. which bad q
claim Of several million dollars for the
uss Of ships during the Revolutionary
War. and that the claim was allowed
and his share was ready on the payment
OF modest sum for cutting a few yards Of
legal red tape. Mr.. Browning raised the
modest sum and proceeded TO spend his
inheritance before it came,
He leased thls land which Mr. Reed has
recently purchased and put down coal
shatt. Mr.. Browning was entirely un-
sophisticated In business matters. and he
wlsned to be generous beyond the bounds
owner Of the land II cent buehei would
be safisfactory Tor hfs GOAL. The owoer
dlda'k hesitate In >aAyinE .Sure.' Some
lssople shout New Cambria who wore
GOOD Ut flgsafee estimated the royalty
would make the preachers coal cost him
e10,poc. or els.O00 an acre, the way tho
veins Ptin down hsfe. The ordinary price
Mr.. Brov1lng put three shifts Of men
at work on bis shaft, using torches for
tbs isishs -shife on top. Then he con-
tfacted for the finest residence in town
and came over to Macon % interview the
bankers here about their ability to handle
large deposits.
A commercial club was orgauized and
Cor while real estate sold at boom town
prices. Mr5 Browning was president or
etockh0lder In half o dozen big local
euterpfieeB and became n citizen OF oQn-
eid6fsIbie prominence in the county. But
he regularly filed ell his appoin tments.
as usual, IN spite Of bic new apd exactink
commercial responsibilities. Now. how
ever, his little church was crowded both
Sunday morning and evening"
Trouble canne when the miners began
demanding their money, Mr. Browning
managed 10 raise the funds TO tide over
one pay day, but the exaspeFating Glow
ness OF the Revolutionary legacy In ar
irving at last foroed him y suspend
operatiotb, and the boom collapsed. II
was hia development work that uncoy-
cred the gold beaffns quartz, although
he didn't know Il at the time. He was
CUNNING for coal. with meyer a thought
of any more valuable product Had he
known the real value Of his ieasehold IN
other material he, might have geuured
the backing which would have pat him
In elass with those he dreamed be was in.
Nr. Browning 10 still earning his bread
and butter as q minister OF the Gospel
and il succeeding. 81