The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-12-05

An members of A. E. Clark Camp. Sons OF
Veterans are requested to be present at the
NJ Getting next Monday night
DR. f. C. Small Of Searsport has leased the
office in the Mixer block recently vacated by
DIR. H. A. Wood and will open it in few days
for the general practice of medicine.
THANKSGIVING IN CALIFORNIA. Miss Mile
E. Mitchell, who is spending the winter IN
Los Angeles, Calf, in personal note says:
aft is very warm here from about 10 a. M un-
ill an. m. and this bids fair to be the strangest
Thanksgiving l ever passed. l am gong TO
snend the holiday and weekend in San Diego
To be picking roses and vlolets and ea1ing
green peas and strawberries fresh from the
Garden at this season of the year, seems
strange to woman from Maine. l think
like the climate of New Mexico better than
here: it is not so hot and much dryer. MY
aunt, Mrs. Frank Mitchell, came with me from
New Mexico and we are with her daughter
who teaches in the public schools in the city.
We have rented four-room bungalow ana
are going to be as comfortable as possible on
the way out we stopped at Williams, Arizona,
and made the trip to the Grand Canyon; saw
the sun set and rise there and the grandeur OF
it all is beyond my pen to describe sha'i
never forget it,
THE BAssIcK MINE. Of the discovery by
Mr.. E. c. Bassick of the mine in Colorado
which bore his name, it's subsequent develop
ment and wonderful richness, many columns
were published at the time. Later, with a
change of ownership, it involved in litiga-
ton for many years and was not worked, Its
present status is not known to the writer.
When Mr. Bassck retired from the active
manae ement he came to Belfast to make his
home, but not being able to buy the place he
desired he went to Bridgeport, Conn, where
he built magnificent residence, and his widow.
and members of his family still reside there.
As an investment Mr.. Bassick also built in
Bridgeport number of cottages, employing
in their construction Messrs. James I. Pottle
and J. G. Aborn of this city. These facts are
recalled by an article in the January number
of Adventure, entitled "Accidents that Made
Bonanza Kings" in which appears this notice
of the BasslCk mine uhder The captlch ne
who LaughsLast:"
No man was poorer than E. c. Bassick when
he reached Rosita, Colorado. The longer he
stayed, the poorer he became. He worked
steadily on a claim, but fortune did not attend
his footsteps Because he could locate moth
ing close to Rosita, for the land had been
staked for miles around there, he selected the
last SPOT in which men would work. Prices
were mighty high in Rosita in those days.
Silver Cliff, nearby town, afforded small re-
lief The cost of living was not unknown in
that CAMP Bassick felt it. He was not the
onIv one who complained, but he complained
the loudest. This the storekeepers resented.
When Bassick came in for sacks and Irvine to
shlp some ore with, he was laughed at. In the
first place the formation was not right for ore
where he was mi ing. Nevertheless Bassick
managed to get the sacks and sent string of
burros down the trail to the railroad loaded
with ore. When the returns came in from the
smelter the news spread like wild-fire Bas-
sick was a millionaire. Everybody claimed
him for friend. The storekeepers insisted
upon his accepting credit: They quarreled
among themselves over him. Each insisted
that he saw him first.
Bassick laid out new town at this mine and
called it Ouerida. He established a general
store. nut in a stock of goods, opened assay
offices. and generally made the fellows who
had contributed to the high cost of living re-
gret their mistake of forming combine on
the necessities of life. TheBassick mine pro-
duced millions.