New-York tribune., 1909-07-23
7aG- 7aG-sILVERSIDEWALK''
ct0,jes of Remarkable Finds IN the
Cobalt Mining Camp
Nv Cy Warman.

- Time was. only yesterday Whe'l
Cobalt -. ,rs of La Rose were the talh VI
the ou r-sen came the story OF Inc Id" 'U''
TIE N''| N mart Of La Rose Consolualeu' g." palo
can f peso running away Oh ~ - - ,,,a
pain = rs,ysen find the Crown f'eSeiNe
After 'H0 - of The camp II Is a "ohderIul
the sho" e-eat slab Of silver standing upon
nine - hundreds OF thousands oi oo'i@'S
e7e s ~ silver in sight e.,
ia camp like Cobalt ho1ll's - Nv,
b1' =, q little while. and now the laiA Is ol
more lli@. e,a.,,-a1z'. which Is the face OF the
ths co,tfas laid bare, some say tour iee' ~ ~
Move o'1.o,r feet long. ! know this VIII SCUM 90
Gnd nl.,s hut here in Cobalt camp you hoia
sgrd ou,aa~ ,.aro. only by the telling Of Arabian
your analeli0
NlsI- .a,,~sa the splendid showing made 10y inc
u -. has affected the surrounding terri
'N0'" considerable extent The ATsl'u' WIZ"
u1! ,,a Nova Scotia. is under option
w The s-d inst, while Irenchlhs a. '"e ->'
On l-e ,ein was struck in the Keewatin forTa-
Scotia, 90 inches in width. This was un-
non :. s 81 feet in length. 1t is very rich ore
cove ,.,na native silver, the calcite being
rrstty well leached oul .,,. -.
- King Edward owners are running - ""S VI
IT ~ So through their 10 stamp mill This ore
W =, -r from 50 10 20 ounces in silver ana Ile
,rtra+es VIII average about l-vo ounces
Gu sIen,and drilling On the Alexandra claim
me ul.-,s' ,T,rrtaf, has cut a 1ve-inch vein
On .,.vrs- native silver. The drilling went
WI. NlIo- +ra 5iabase and cut this vein in the un-
deriving Huronian states
Zrs,+ion has already been made IN these Spe
= of the finding by the builders OF the Graho
rink Pacific Of rich copper ore sou'h OF fi"USo"
----,cou, comes news thar The surveyors or me
80, Rsv road have found pay rock OF various
kinds. ..,..,-,,
.or,e IN contact with a number Of indications
= -7,neral Iron ore. a rich magnesia and large
s,os,,s Of high grade dolomte are among the
e5s while at one point thirty-ive miles away
.-o, the survey line Of the Nelson River route
80 has been found = considerable area which H.
80 ricb retroleurn deposits There are innu-
s+,e water powers available. and every thing IS
- s,i-able for the development Of large smeIt-
s -. i.5,s--v ,,sirr either coke or electricity.
is one bv-product OF Cobalt which is yet 10
:, -,-l-e5 ont and marketed l refer to its htera-
-r-a out Of every camp on The continent has
,rne in varying quantities and quality WhaI
-,ssss for the literature # that particular iIIle
,s-psce Perhaps the least came out Of Nevada
s,s california A lot of would-oe hlPinsesqne
-1--ss ~ marked y,rarIty came out Of the Klon-
5Ee and sold well Fortunately for pos'erity most
II our mining camp literature is shortlived- Grip
ris -reeT, Is responsible for number Of alleged
ssrsnpss" but the people OF the camp would never
rsoasnize themselves or their surroundings in these
SCALED rlays. Creede, the Colorado silver camp
moved man 10 sing
It's dav all day IN tie daytime
--f-- An they aint no night in Creede,
This vas in the SOS. which seems an age ago,
Han
Starting Annie, Gambler Joe,
Bold Bob Ford. Sap0Ho.
Or Soauy Smith. as ne was known,
Ran games peculiarly their own
When everything was open NlIes
and men drank Absyuth on the side.
Cobalt is 70 hea- from and Cobalt. let me tell
ysu has wild tales Of tricks and intrigue. OF high
tsnoe and hiding witnesses. worth writing.
the early days q Cobalt camp when every
ting Ess q gamble, the provincial government
kosght suit against certain mining interests, The
an beng 10 test titles and settle the important
pont as whether n0J the property should pay
4 Tgai;y 10 the government. A certain individual
Eto had been magistrate in an Ontario town and
knew the value II a god witness. being wanted
ty the government. became separated from his
t1rmer address and could not he found. Naturally.
and largely because of their failure 10 produce this
witness. the people called the Crown" here, lost
Sung by oefeat the local government let loose the
sgs OF war. They set upon this absent ones trail
ne provincial police-the boodhounds Of the High
snds For TWO long years they followed the wan
dsring witness. Then, al a time and place when
and where he was least expected, they found him.
As the hunted fox doubles on his trail TO confuse
he hounds. did the hiking ex-na -,isJrate take
himself back Cobalt camp. where, at -he home
Il MS sister, they grabbed him
The charge now lodged against the prisoner Is /
tst be accepted & hrihe uf somewhere between |
iSse and Sa.Vi5 ana '-hiked." which is a serious
rrns in Canada 50 serious is il that At the close
q his preliminary examination he was remanded
without bail Verify, the way Of the transgressor !
not 'the easiest way