The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-19
Sat Toying With HIe Pistol.

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Sat Toying With Hle Pistol.
his hnd. giving the history Of the
Eagle Tail with much circumstantial.
ity and explaining that It was Lost
padre mine.
Sure" observed Phil. going back to
his horse and picking up the Bride.
that's what they all say. They're
all lost padre mines, and you can see
them from the door of the church.
Come on. Bud, let's go!"
"And 30 you'could this!" cried Men.
deg. running along after them as they
rode slowly up the canyon. from the
old church that was washed away by
the food! This ie the very mine
where tho padres dug out all their
gold! Are you going up this way?
Come, then. and I will show you-the
very place. except that tho Americana
ruined 1t with blast!"
He tagged along after them, whee-
ding and protesting while they ban
tered him about his mine, until they
finally came to the place-the ruins
OF the Eagle Tail.
1t lay spraddled out along the hill.
side, series OF gopher.holes. dumps
and abandoned workings, looking
more like badly managed stone
quarry than relic Of padre daya
nrugers magazine OF giant powder,
exploded In one big blast, had de.
seroyed all traces of his mine, sides
starting an avalanche OF loose shale
that had poured down and filled the
pocket. -.r.0. Z 9}
Added to this. Aragon and his men
had rooted around In the debris in
search OF the vein, and the story OF
theis inefficient work wea told BY
great piles OF loose. rock stacked up
beside cavedIn trenches and series
OF timid tunnels driven into the neigh.
boring ridges. p t'ss
Under the circumstances It would
certainly cafl for a mining engineef
70 locate the lost lead. and De Lancey
looked 1t over thoughtfully as he be-
gan to figure on the work to be done.
Undoubtedly there was a mine there
and the remains of an old Spanish
smelter down the creek showed that
the ground had once been very rich
but II Kruger had not told him In
advance ae wonid have PASSED Up .he
job In q minute, i. =
WELL" he said, turning coldiy upon
the fawning ,Mendez. who wns all
curves In his desire to please, where
ts Your, prospecto?" .s Ni'is.. s..
"AQuf. senor!" replied the Mexicah.
pointing to the disrupted rock slide.
: Here 1t was that the Americana
Crooka had his mine-rich with gold
much gold!" .
He shrilled his voice emphaticaliy,
and De Lancey shrilled his in reply.
"Here?" he exclaimed. gazing
biankly at the hillside. and then he
broke into laugh. "All, right, my.
friend" he said, giving Bud face.
tious> wink; chow much do you want
for this prospect?"
-Four hundred dollars" answered
Mendez in a tone at once hopeful and
! aDoiosetic. "it is very rich. SENIOR
Crooka shipped some ore that was full
Of gold. packed It out for him on
my .burros: but, am sorry, I have
no piece OF 1T"
."Yes." responded De Lancey. Il am
sorry. too. So. OF course, We cannot
:, buy the prospecto since you have nc
ots to show: but am glad for .this,
SsnQr Mendez," he continued with
kindly ;amile: 1T shows that you are,
an honest man. or yoh Would have
stolen q piece Of DYE from the eacka.s.
Sd SHOW ue now where the, gold wag
found, the nearest. that yon cah rs
member. and perhaps. II We think we
Can find 1t. we. will pay you 10 de-
nounce the claim fot uS."
AT this the one good eye OF Crus,
Mendez lighted up with a great hope
! and. skipping lightly over the rock
piles with his sandalad feet. he ran;
to q certain spot. locating It by look
ing across the canyon and up and
down the creek.
"Here. senof6y.a he pfonodheed, s4S
where the mouth. Of, tts old tunnel
Carlo out. stahdIng ,tnSids It could
see that tree DYER there, and looking 1
down the river i could 1ust zee the
snislter ai,6ihdF the point So. then.
the gold must be In there" He point
ed toward the hill.
Surely said De Lancey; "fS.s
The: old Mexican shrugged ais shout
ders deprecAtingIy
Fl doh6t know. SENIOR. he answered:
but II You wish to dig ! will denounce
the claim for you"