White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-16

cavation before the squirrel a final
lily captured. The crevice, however,
had widened considerably, and neal
the bottom of the hole had increased
In size to three or four inches. The
filling was of a different character
from the walls and attracted Scrog-
gins attention because CT the shin
ing particles it contained. The boy
put some of the pieces In his pocket
thinking they would make pretty
specimens for the cabinet he was 60
Ing to start, and then he returned to
my camp for the night, somewhat
Disguised over the poor start he had
made in the prospecting line. When
he showed me his cabinet specimens
| was struck dumb with astonish-
ment, for they consisted of the finest
kind of sugar quartz and the shining
particles, often as large as pin heads
we're pure gold; the rock carrying
values running up to the thousands
to the ton. When | told Scroggins
what he had found he would hardly
believe me; then he became so ex-
cited that he wanted to go back and
work all night. / prevailed on him,
however, to wait until morning, when
| went with him. He wanted to give
me a half interest in his find II /
would help him, but ! refused to do
so on this basis, not wishing to rob
him; but finally agreed to go pards
with him for an eighth interest. Then
we went over to the cliff. the first
thing We did being the location and
stalking of a group of eight claims.
Then we began to prospect the find.
| soon found that 1t was a true assure
in slate-diorite, and as We sunk on
the ledge, the quartz-bearing filling
widened out to three feet and the ore
body fairly g%listened with the yellow
metal. 1t was a beautiful thing to
see-the sugar quartz studded
through and through with the pure
metal; and ! never expect to see the
likes again. At 20 feet we encoun
tered a good-sized cave. the walls of
which were fairly plastered with gold
just as II they had been gold-plated.
At so feet we drifted both ways on
the lode, and before the end of the
year. had taken out nearly a million
In the Wall Street metal. A little
later on Scroggins associated some
eastern friends with him, and, while
the rich pocket had been exhausted,
thousands of tons Of fine grade of
milling ore remained, to treat which
a milling plant was installed. This
was kept in operation up to within
a year or so ago, and the records OF
the company show that over $780,
900 900 have been paid out In diyi.
dends. For some time Scroggins has
Otth wing oh " Way III ANCV
York. in a palatial residence. He
comes to see ms every once in a while
and is never tired of telling me how
he dug for a ground squirrel and
found a bonanza.
Il want to tell you, Old Ions
Ears" concluded the prospector, I'll
is not in good taste to belittle the
tenderfoot. He may not know much
but he is primed to the neck with
vinegar and push and is always ready
thinks there is a chance to win. He
is not hampered with deep convic'
tions about geology and formations
and will take a chance in localitie.
where the veteran prospeetor, govern.
ed by prejudices and deep-seated
notions as to where gold should be
found, would not think of working
The tenderfoot is often the d%iscoverel
of many bonanza camps; not because
he knows or has any definite idea Of
what he is doing. but because he IL
footloose in a strange country, and
goes where the veteran mining mar
wouldn't; and there you are, ano
then some."-Salt Lake Mining Re.
view.