Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-09-12

Just above Carmack's Discovery claim.
Even Daylight disllked the looks OF e.
dorado; but, still riding his bunch, he
bought half share in one claim on It
for half a sack Of -four. A month
later he paid eight hundred dollars for
the adjoining claim. Three months
later, enlarging this block Of property,
he paid forty thousand for a third
claim. and. though It was concealed
In the future, he was destined, not
,ong after. to pay one hundred and
fifty thousand for a fourth claim on
the creek that had been the least liked
Of all the creeks.
In the meantime, and from the day
he washed seven hundred dollars from
a single pan, and squatted over It and
thought a long thought, he never again
touched hand to pick and shovel. AS
he said to Joe Ladue the night Of that
wonderful washing:
Joe, ] amt never going to work
hard again. Here's where begin to
use my brains. I'm going to farm gold.
Gold will grow gold II you-all have
the. .savvee and can get hold Of some
for seed. When seen them seven
hundred dollars In the bottom Of the
pan, knew / had seed at last
The hero of the Yukon In the
younger days before the Carmack
strike. Burning Daylight now became
the hero Of the strike. The story OF
his bunch and how he rodsS It was
told up and down the land. Certainly
he had ridden 1t far and away beyond
the boldest, for no Ave Of the luckiest
held the value In claims that he held
And. furthermore. he was still riding
the bunch, and with no dlmlnution OF
daring.
Back in Dawson, though he remained
true to his word and never touched
hand to pick and shovel. he worked as
hard as ever in his life. He had a
thousand irons In the fire, and they
kept him busy. Heavy as were his
expenses. he won more heavily. He
took lays, bought half shares, shared
with the men he grub-staked, and made
personal locations. Day and night his
dogs were ready, and he owned the
fastest teams; SO that when a STAN;
pede to new discovery was on, It was
Burning Daylight to the fore through
the longest coolest nights till khe
blazed his stakes next to Discovery
In one way or another Ito say nothing
Of the many worthless creeks) he
cano into possession Of properties on
the good creeks. such as Sulphur, Do
minion, Excelsis. siwash. Critic. Al
hambra. and Doollttle. The thousands
he poured out flowed back ~ tens OF
thousands.
Dawson grew rapidly that winter Of
1896. Money poured In on Daylight
from the sale OF town lots. He prompt
ly invested It where 1t would gather
more. In fact. he played the danger
GUS game Of pyramiding. and no more
perilous pyramiding than in a placer
camp could be imagined. But he
played with his eyes wide open.
Corner lots In desirable locations
sold that winter for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars. Daylight sent word
out over the trails and passes for the
newcomers to bring down log-rafts,
and, as result, the summer OF 1897
saw his saw mills working day and
night. on three shifts. and still he had
logs left over with which 10 build
cabins. These, cabins, land included
sold at from one to several thousand
dollars. Two-story log buildings. IN
the business part Of town. brought him
from forty to fifty thousand dollars
apiece. These fresh accretions OF cap
ltal were Immediately invested in 9TH
er ventures. He turned gold over and
over, until everything that he touched
seemed to turn 10 gold.
With the summer rush from the Out:
side came special correspondents foV
the big newspapers and magazines,
and one and all. using unlimited space,
they wrote Daylight up: so that, SO far
as the world was concerned, Daylight
loomed the largest figure In Alaska. OF
course, after several months. the
world became interested In the Span
lsh War. and forgot all about him; but
In the Klondike itself Daylight still TO
mained the most prominent figure.
1872
CHAPTER VI.
II was held by the thousands Of
bero.worshipping cheehaquos that Day