The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-01-31
ST RICI;TT =.

You have ~ sccd lesser I'll PIT = with
rou a1- p.-l . a@-1-ed thousand aga.az; yo-7
claim
Tho prcspac-o- lest the claim.
Now I vii play you to- your services ;ol37-
row to show NE where the claim IS and where g
ore- the Gre For ,ha; will consider that ycG
have sre -o2saad or the table"
The prospac:o7 los tha:
The mex, dav h traced OFT tte lines @: IRE
claim tor The winner VINO organized company.
with Z s-ccA O. enc million. the shares e.. which
Went fer sixteen dollars each,
Millions were taken from The nine within
Few years Il became one o. The most famous
l. Ire entire Rocky Mountain country
L TIE early days Ct the Constock Lode n
Virginia. NsTada. some men made money so fas:
tha. they id 1ot know What 20 do with il Those
who were -c- making : sCs-- their time devis!lg
ways and means 10 -aik ne others cur q Z por-
ton a. -t=.- wealth. Gamblers we're :. i'll. ev.-
5=acs ana there we're some bs stakes: but j..
remained Tor bunch Of .tex.cacs 10 play for the
largest sake On record in ne United States
without ,A= use Q: cards
C-e &. tie many claims. located II the midst
g: me d.s,-.-- had rot shown any ere. Even the
-s- who had millions EsS.tatsi 70 sink q shaft
~ s. Tie r=cp.e were II : fever Of excitement.
Tie N5z--z-s owned practically nothing II fact.
- z-sas=-s could -: Sc: : "lcoa il" Alto
==--=- il vas vs-y 6.scc@-aEi-g-,o them.
-lz- / occurred C some bright genius 20
capitalize lie labor O.: me l-ex:c2-s Gathering
s--c1 6. hen together. Z vas proposed that
hey So : sEz:. Ct cGs q. he Uell-snown
Gains. -E-c- ~as ,~e.-e hundred feet = length.
Eo- eac- too, yo- sink w will give you
c1=:o-: surface interest L taa claim they we're
sd provided vo- s.-k % ere
+ chr verbs !. -hey abandoned he work at
o-- ---= before reaching Gre. -L=r would &c;
-c--.--. a-5 ,1e owners would have the shaft
J, ,,5s=5 ks cheap way 70 prosper:
-l5 IsZ-ca-s rov-powed and adhered ~ one
a17t45- - bal: night and then starred 10
Work
E~e-Tbo5v laughed They we're comparatively
7cCr -e-. -1=y co-,i IL afford he expense they
were undergoing They d-:Ie6 o. hand. Tough:
the hard granite. and gradually lowered that
shat -asy 6at,sd water that eowed il so fast
that : threatened . drown Them, but they stuck
u 'ts Vo7E with desperation.
:: three hundred test they uncovered the rich
IS portion Of the wc-iG-.anous silver deposit,
ard, from he vein they opened. more wealth was
-aze1 o-. than from any ether portion OF that
riches, single nile q ground il the world.
Ils NsZ.c2-s' share was ore-qu2-te-. NearIy
enc hundred million dollars came ont c: the hole
her sa-k. / was ( gamble pure and simple
They played To- high stakes-and Won
II r. Coe1- d'Ale2e Of Idaho when .ha; min.
i1E region vas The center O. the earth there were
so-e big games. The story is told OF o-e nan
who conceived The idea that ne could make
money il gambling taste: than he could take i
oC- Of ire ground I, was 50 much easier With
VIA. cash he had at-e- selling his mine he could
couzt " 70 enc hundred ard fifty thousand
dollars
He had svo.vsd wonderful system.
! simply cant lose" he tod his friends
His pan was 70 play steadily for sixteen hours
daily and by 2 complicated series OF bets. 70
retrieve when he lest
Everything vent along swimingly for the first
few days Al times be was IS much as twenty
I've thousand 70 the good
Nine days after he started top lay he suddenly
found that he was ms: where he had started
he had one hundred and aity thousand dollars
when the cards came 2 certain way. which you'd
involve. according 70 his system. betting the e.
tire amount on : single turn" He played TIA
queen 10 win and TIE tickle creature played false
10 him
Women are the cause Of all trouble. anyway"
he -utte-ed IS he rose from the table = ought
. have known letter than that for rha, was the
queen a. spades s1d should not have made tha,
be- exceot when all the queens except the queen
ot hearts vas cat"
L vas the irony Of fate that when the queen
q hearts came out OF the box. it so happened
cha, = von
II he days vhsn Cheyenne. Wyoming was the
headquarters for the ca:tlemar Of the northwest
gambling ran wide open When the cowbovs
came TO town they made things hum. Money
grew OF trees. The gaming spirit was in the air
dealer standing behind roulette table one
nisht suddenly rotiored the proprietor a few
moments later he was paid OF It Is customary
TO Pay gambler his salary at the end of each
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