Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-07-09

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lle camp throagaoai tho aighl aeel
- % steal The inne % bacon thas
as ha sole remaining susieuance.
Als norre. weakened from lack q
food aud Haier aaa too Heak 70
resist the attack Of the hungry
bruiea. and be vas compelled %
beat them OF time and again
30 money no friends 10 grub
stake him. be was abou, 10 give up
the struggle for fortune Finally
Just at dawn. when the sagebrush
denizens had deserted him before
the coming OF the sun. he packed his
soanty belongings and started west
started on the road that netted
him a fortune Of several hundred
dollars.
This is the way Jack Yore-
Happy Jack Yore, owner Of half a
dozen bonanzas in The Lone Noun
tain district Of Nevada and former
associate Of the famous foursome OF
mines. Fair, Flood, Mackay and
o'Brien, told the Call Of how he
found the Rip Van Wrinkle silver
mine, sitting in an easy chair in his
de luxe apartment at the st Francis
last night
Bristling mustache and sombrero
and toll worn fingers made up the
picture of the old time miner, now
a power in Nevada mining circles.
Il was bluer than indigo, and |
was about all in that morning a
year ago." said Yore, who came to
San Francisco laden with ore of
marvellous grade to submit to the
assayer.
Il was hunting the Soldiers Dream,
a mine supposed to have been dis
covered in SO by Captain James
Dougherty. 1t was a gold prospect
and it ran 1900 ounces to the ton,
so went the story that / picked up
during my lonesome travels of years
about the Nevada mountains
zone slab of bacon, no flour and
no water was my outfit | had been
unfortunate and my friends refused
to stake me further. Down and out
was my portion Even my horse
was wreck of bones.
One more trial, said | to my.
self and my plug, skinny and then
| if | fail, I'll go railroading.'
Il lay down about o'clock of a
beautiful April night The stars came
out and they sure twinkled at me
couldn't go to sleep; my stomach
was too empty. Finally | frightened
my belt and rolled over. Doing
was when Yap, Yap-it-yao' went
those half human brutes, the coyotes
They were fierce and they came
within 10 feet of me. | shouted and
they retreated That is. they did al
first.
Just then curious jackrabbit
poked his nose over ledge a few
feet away. | knocked him down-he
was half asleep guess-with rock
Ills flesh was no good and | threw
him to the coyotes.
They continued their attempts tC
get into my pitiful grub box and
continued to beat them off. Finally
they dived at my faithful Skinny in
"a pack and had him down Nothing
but a firebrand saved the horse and
my own hide. They were famisheC
and desperate.
"All night l fought them and they
went away at break of day. | tool
my belongings had no cartridges
for my gun-and led Skinny. We
hadn't gone 200 yards until fount
it-found the Rip Van Wrinkle mine
which l since sold for 100000
There was the ore lying on top o
the ground, virgin ore, and tons o
it. / thought | had found the Sol
dier's Dream.
Il took the ore to the assayer. HI
said it assays $500 ounces to the ton
mo, didn't faint, but / couldn'
believe him. SO | went back ant
got another sample. 1t PANIED on
the same and | knew | was a ricl
man. My financial struggles were
over. After that found half ;
dozen good mines and they are pay
ing me enough today to allow m,