Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1908-02-20

Many of the Early Prospectore Select.
ed the Names OF Wives or Sweet
hearts, Which Stand Now as Remine.
ers Of 3onl anees of Bygone Days.
Behind the names OF many of the
mining claims and mines of every min
ing district IN the west there lies q
wcal,'l of romance and history, both
pathetic and ludicrous. The Black
HIS furnish as many and as GOOD e1-
anlp'cs OF the peculiar circumstances
Under which many claims are named
as any locality in the country.
O1e Of the best known mines III the
southern hills is the Holy Terror. Back
in the sarIy days this claim was 10
Gated by an Old miner who had work
"a some years without success. The
niaim was hard one to work. When
ne mau went home in the evening
ter iocatiuE his claim his wire asked
"a what he uamed it, He smiled and
i her. For you, my dear" and her
urjher inquiry drew forth the fact
ne had called it Holy Terror. An
: man once named. his claim Gen
g., Annie for his wife, while still
yhird perpetuateI the memory OF his
wife. who was a noted c!ubvomau, by
naming his claim Silent Julia.
The hills are dotted with the names
OF claims recalling romances OF bygone
days Many young ambitious man
cane here when the mining boom of
The Ci-ltias was at Its height, lured
with hope of fortune, and all that re-
a5ins 10 tell the tale is the name of
7tie z. or Mabel L. or Lulu j. Many
N2ej heart or wife in the faraway
vas honored in the naming of Il
claim that its owner hoped would prove
a bonanza. Some few made go1l. Wit
ness The Annie Fraction and the Josie,
both OF which were named for the
oastern wives of their owners. They
axe IN the Bald mountain district and
have produced thousands of dollars for
The loca lors.
In the Ga!ena district there is q
suall abandoned claim known as the
Widow with which there goes Il story
Years ago youth named Hanlcy ap-
peared from somewhere with few
thousand and with zeal commenced to
SIM. his money in a hole in the ground
IL the hope Of q vast fortune. Back
IL the old home q little widow waited
IN vain for the golden wea ia lie said
was sure to come and the wyldin"
day that would celebrate IT, { took
but Z short Tine for the YOUTHS small
savings to dwindle away with his IN
experience, and, chasrineG aud dis,
heartened, he put o bullet thraug5 his
brain Oh the site of his blasted hopes. ]
One prOSpeCtor who worked di.igent-
lv on claim which was staked by "a
outsider and had difficulty in even get
ting his living expenses secured his re-
venge by naming his claim Old Per
simmon
Men Of patriotic turn of mind have
chosen names of those famous in his
tory, as Washington, Lincoln. etc
Zach of the presidents has been re-
membered, famous generals. all OF the
states, seafaring heroes and heroes Of
the Philippines, as Dewey and Fun
ston Indian names by the score are
round as Hiawatha, Mlnnekahla and
4
ties chose race horses as Name Hanks
Salvador, Maud s.. Red Wilkes. Joe
Pat2hen. FaYorite authors have been
remembered, rs Longfellow, Burns and
Dickens. One Student naRlcd his
group Miltiades, Mark Anthony, Attila
ana Cleopatra.
One inan Of a pessinistic vein chose
WHAT'S Left and Some Left. The aver
age business man IN naming claims
viii choose a simple name ana use q
series 1f 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 tue Hoodlebug clai n, which was To-
Gated ';y German and an Irishman |
and inIended by the former to be called |
heidelberg. When the Irishman reach |
ed town to record the location he had |
forgotten his partners selection OF &
naine and sad it was something IKE |
lloodicbug which, for convenience. |
was the name recorded
The Prodigal Son lived up to its |
name by bankrupting its locator, who |
returned to Iowa at the behest of the !
father who had put up the funds for !
the venture. Among the names that |!
doubtless conceal stories never known /
are Old Whiskers, She Devil, Crack |
Brain and Crank
Some OF the gulches have names
that refer TO incidents Two Bit was I
named because placer miner de- |
clared his first nauful would yield |
about two bits Then there are Poor
Mans Gulch. sheeptail Blacktail, I
Naitetail. Crooked Arm, Poverty and (
Observation-Disclosures Cor St Louis
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