American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06

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s~oii-coyered rock could be seen. II
was all but indisccrnible, hut his prac'
ticed eye had sketched the hidden In.
formation which 1t signined. Here
and there. along this wall Of the vein.
he attacked the crumblirfg rock with
the pick and shoyeied the cucumber.
Ing soil away. Several times he ex-
amined this rock. 30 soft was some
of IT that he could break II In his fin
gers. Shifting a dozen feet higher up.
he again attacked with pick and
shovel. And this time. when he rub
bed the soil from a chunk Of rock and
! looked. he strengthened mp suddenly,
gasping with delight. And then. like
a deer at a drinking pool IN fear Of Its
enemies. he flung a quick glance
around to see II any eye we're gazing
upon him. He grinned at his
foolishness and returned to his exami-
nation OF the chunk. A slant OF sun
light fell on It. and II was all aglitter
with tiny specks OF unmistakable free
gold.
From the grass roots down" ne
muttered In an awe-stricken voice. az
he swung his pick into the yielding
surface.
Sometimes he started small slides
Of earth that covered up his work and
compelled him to dig again. Once
he vas swept nifty feet down the can
yor,gidc: but he f~ioundered and scram-
bled mp again without pausing for
breath. He hit upon quartz mat was
80 rotten that II was almost like clay.
and here the gold was richer than
aver. II was a veritable treasure
chamber. For a hundred feet up and
down he traced the walls OF the vein.
He even climbed over The canyon-lip
To look along the brow Of the hill for
signs OF the outcrop. But that could
wait. and he hurried back to his and.
He toiled on In the same mad haste.
until exhaustion and an in%tolerable
ache In his back compelled him to
pause He Strengthened up with even
a richer piece OF goldladen quartz.
STOPPING. the sweat from his forehead
had fallen to the ground. II now ran
into his eyes. binding him. He wiped
II from him with tho back of his hand
and returned to a scrutiny of the gold.
II would run thirty thousand to the
ton. fifty thousand. anything-he knew
that. And as he gazed upon the yell
low lure. and painted for air. and
wiped the sweat away. his quick vision
leaped and set to work. He saw the
spur.track that must run up from the
valley and across the upland pastures.
and he ran the grades and built the
bridge that would span the canyon,
until II was real before his eyes.
Across the canyon was the place for
the mill, and there he erected 1t; and
no erected. also. the endless chain OF
buckets, suspended from a cable and
operated by gravity, that would cross
the canyon to the quartz crusher.
Likewise. the whole mine grew before
him and beneath him-tunnels, shafts.
and galleries. and hosting plants. The
blasts OF the miners were In his ears,
and from across the canyon he could
hear the roar Of the stamps. The
hand that held the lump of quartz
was trembling. and there was a tired.
nervous palpitation apparently In the
pit Of his stomach. It came to him
abruptly that what he wanted was
a drink-whisky. cocktails. anything. "a
drink. And even then, with this new
hot yearning for the alcohol upon
him. he heard, faint and far. drifting
the green abyss OF the canyon,
Dede's voice. crying
Here, chick. chick, chick. chick,
Here, chick, chick. chicki"
He was ~astounded at the lapse of
time, She had left her sewing on the
porch and was feeding the chickens
preparatory tn getting supper. The
was gone. He could not
that he had been away that
Again came the call: "Hore. chick,
'hiek. chick. chick. chick, Here, chick,
,hick. chick!"
1t was the way she always called
Asst five. and then three. lie had long
Iince noticed II. And from these
thoughts of her arose other thoughts
nat caused q great fear slowly
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