Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-07-30

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ana drift out into the hills. and we're
likely TO hear from them any time "
"Au the more reason for staying In
camp. then. remarked Bud. I'm tel
you. Phil. need you here. That
logged ledge Is lost. good and plenty.
and / need you to say where 70 dig.
We amt doing much better than old
Aragon dld-Iust roofing around in
that rock-pile-let's do little timber
ing. and sink"
sYou can't timber that rock. an
swered De Lancey decidedly. Ana
besides, it's cheaper TO make cut
twenty feet deep than Il Is to tunnel
or sink a SHAFT. Walt till we get 70
that porphyry contact - then well
know where we're at
"An right grumbled Bud; but
seems like we're a long time getting
there. What's the news downtown
Well. the fireworks have begun
again over In Chihuahua-Orozco ana
Salazar and that bunch-but 1t seems
there was something to this Moete,
yuma scare, after all ! was talking TO
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the red
erals marched out to where the reoeis
were and then sat down and wateaed
them cross the river without firms "a
them-some kind of an understand Is4
between Bernardo Bravo and these
blackleg federals. 49,
The only lighting there was was
when a bunch of twenty Yaquis got
away from their officers in the rough
country and went after Bernardo Bra
yo by their lonesome. That threw
big scare into him, too, but he man
aged to fight them ofr-and II | was
making a guess I'd bet that your Yaqui
friend was one OF that fight
twenty" u
Il reckon" assented Bud; but dol
you say nothing. l need that homt
in my business. Come on, let's go i4e
and look at that cut come acrQae.
an old board today, down in the muA ~
and bet you it's piece that Kruger
left. Funny we don't come across
SOUl6 Oh Ills lOOiSs LAiOhShf va
where the powder went Off"
when we do that" observed PM,
we'll be where we're going. Nothing
to do then but lay off the men and wait
till get my papers. That's why | say
don't hurry so hard-we haven't got
our title to this claim, pardner, and
we won't get It, either-not for some
time yet. Suppose you'd hit this
ledger"
Well, If l hit it." remarked Bud1
'TIl stay with it-you can trust M
for that. Hello, what's the Yaqn
found?"
AS they came up the cut Amigo quit
work and, while the Mexicans followed
suit and gathered exHectantiy behind
him, he picked up three rusty drills
and an iron drillspoon and presented
them to Bud.
Evidently he had learned the object
of their search from the Mexicans, Dut
II he -l@oka6 faf hay administrations II
delight at sight OF these mOch-soEBlsr
for tools he was doomed to disappoint-
ment. for both Bud and Phil had
schooled themselves to keep their
faces straight.
"Um-m," said Bud, "old drills, Ell?
Where you find them?"
The Yaqui led the way to the face
of the cut and showed the spot. hole
beneath the pile of riven rock; and
a Mexican, not to be outdone, grabbed
up a handful OF porphyry and indi-
Gated where the dynamite had pulyer-
ICED it.
"Bien," said Phil paving solemnly
around In the bottom of the hole; and
then. filling his handkerchief with fine
dirt. he carried it down to the creek.
There, in a miners pan, he washed
1t out carefully, stopping the waste
over the edge and swirling the water
around until at last only little dirt
was left in the bottom of the pan.
Then, while all the Mexicans looked
on. he tailed this toward the edge,
scanning the last remnant for gold
and quit without color.
"Nada!" he cried, throwing down
the pan, and in some way. the Next
cans sensed the fact that the mine had
turned out failure. Three times he
went back to the cut and scooped up
the barren dust, and then he told the
men they could quit.
mo more work." he said, affecting
a detected bitterness; mo hay NADIA
there is nothing!" And with this sad,
but by no means unusual, ending to
their Iabors, the Mexicans went away
to their camp, specializing among
themselves as to whether they could
get their pay. But when the last of
them had gone Phil beckoned Bud into
the tent and showeS him piece of
quartz.
Just take a look at that" he said,
and a single glance told Hooker that
It was full of fine PARTICLES of gold.
81 picked that up when they weren't
looking" whispered De Lancey, his
eyes dancing with triumph. IT'S the
same rock-the same as Kruger's!"
well, put er there, then, Partner"
cried Bud, grabbing at De Lancey's
hand: we've struck It'll"
And with broad grin on their de-
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