The Washington herald., 1912-10-20
Deluee OF Pure Silper Flows Into Ireasui

the rocks. which called him. tsallu
Of the riches that ever lay Just Il
beyond. awaiting the .fortunste 80
his pick. NcIAughlin. too, sold e.
died poor. sx3<
| Another remarkable discovery
made By two miners near Leadvi11o 4
were 20 poor and In such. hard luek e
lacking means to buy prov1Aona q
had obtained . few dollars and s.
stake" from Senator Tabor. They st.
| 80 rejoiced. At this piece Of good fo9G
that they bought several bo<tieo r
whisky and proceeded to get exceo(u
drunk. 1t occurred t0 them. ~ q
bit Of bacchanalian humor, to did
| in the top Of Fryer Hill-a Locality 0n :
posed to be quite bare Of the DsoGeG
! metal But II 10 chanced. 1t the GGre
Of few feet. they struck wop(v4f
deposit Of silver-none other. b 49,
| than the great body OF ore which. 49,
afterward developed. came to b kDewn
| as the Little PittsburG Mine.
The greatest silver mine Of Peru W00'
discovered accidentally by . poor 49,
herd, who. while pasturing his nock -
the mountain side. paused to iguite q.
few brambles for the cooking q -
frugal midday meal A pebble amoag thos
red ashes cleaned with 20 remaSkabao
a brightness that the man picked ii ..
put II In his pocket, and carried Il ho1p1
with him. TheNnext day he took Il -
Lima to be inspected by an expert, ~
declared 1t to be almost pure siivse-tho
outcome Of this lucky chance tfanGeQEysrr
ing the humble toiler into . multi
lionaire. sf
Story Of Fi.ds.
A similar chance led to tho hnAlhG =
the richest veins Of tho white metal ~
Chile. AZ the story goes. q mounta1naR
named Godoy. who made Q businea1 -
hunting the wild guanaco. bsoauso -
tigued one day. and sat down bsnoetA -
overhanging ledge Of rock which pRaun-
ised agreeable shade. Idly. a. he iea1s1
against the rock. he Clipped With h1D'
tnife at a part Of IT which was eg .
color peculiar enough to attract - at..
tention- 1t cut easily, like 10 0Dnh
cheese. and when sliced BY the oeos1
blade showed bright metallic CLEANS. Co.
doy took . piece of the stun away With
him and exhibited 1t to a minerslegiDG,
who said that It was chloride Of silvsP
substance popularity known n horn
silver" because Of Its likeness to born
In texture. On Investigation 1t was found
that almost the entire rock from which
the specimen had been obtained WAS q
mass Of silver. the deposit being Of such
en ormous richness that its dtscoversr
would have shortly become one Of the
wealthiest men in the world, had he not
been SO foolish As to sell his claim for
a sum in cash. He sQuandered the money
iry few months, and died without Q 4
penny.
Employed in the wonderful mine Ais-
covered BY Godoy were two brothers
named Bolandos, Who gained q missrabls
livelihood by carrying wood on the hacks
OF asses to the smelling -housA One day
they came across . crevics In the earth,
was an enormous block Of silver ore.
From this block more than 5000 pounds
weight Of silver was taken by merely re-
moving the soft crust from tho masa Il
was worth about 100000. which the
brothers dissipated in gambling and
drink. being finally left poorer than be-
fore their good luck befel them
Always 1t seems to be chance that
leads to the finding Of the earth's grsad
stores OF silver. So long ago a. the year,
15S. an Indian hunter named DiaGol1
Hualca was engaged In pursuing . moun-I
tain goat, when. a. he was trying to1
climb up the face OF . steep wall o4
rock. he seized q scrubby bush-haralyj
saving himself from . fatal tall ~ d
came away in his hand. roots and an
But the accident Instantly banished from|
hunting, for the pulling away OF the
bush revealed to view masses Of glitter
ing metal-a first glimpse Of the mArvslS
Gus wealth Of the famous mines oe
Potosi.
America silver ContineDt.
UnQuestionably. immense deposits OF
silver. vying in all likelihood with the
richest hitherto found. remain yet to b
discdYered in various parts Of the gread
range of the two AmoSjoaAl
Sooner or later the finger Of chance VIM
point them out, and they will Be com1
peeled to give up their stores Of gIsam-
ing metal There is something more than
alluring and suggestive Of ro.,
nance in these masses Of precious stun
which nature has hidden away in the
bowels Of the mountains. Some OF the
ore bodies uncovered twenty years ago
at Creede and Aspen proved to be even
richer In silver than the Big BONANZA,
the Molly Gibson mine, for example,
yielding q good deal of material worth
$4,000 a ton, while one carload Of rock
thrown out Of a shaft produced $751; .000
pocket in the Park Regent. at Aspen,
about as big as a good-sized room. held :.
Iloo. .ooo
There IL this to be said in behalf Of
silver as currency-that IL 10 the most
substance for use as money
sver known in the world. At the pres1
ent time II Is far more widely employed
IN this way than any other material.l
Until the end Of time the resources Of
The Rockies and the Andes may be sx-
pected to meet the demand for II; and
through the discovery OF new and rich
deposits. as yet untouched. America iu
The future. as in the past, will proudly