The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-02


! biggest things that's ever been found
! In Sonora. Just to show you how good
| IL is. here's my Smelter receipts for
eight hundred pounds OF picked ore
! one thousand and twenty-five dollars.
! That's the first and last ore that's ever
been shipped from the old Eagle Tail.
! dug II out myself. and sacked it
/ and shipped il; and then some OF them
crooked Mexican officials tried to beat
he out OF my title and blowed up the
whole works with dynamite!
J Yes. sir. clean as u whistle! had
| my powder stored away In the drift.
| and the minute found out was
| euchred laid Il fuse to 1t and brought
| the "hole mountain down. That was
, ten years ago. and old Aragon and
the agente mineral have had the land
located ever since.
/ Il bet they've spent five thousand
I pesos trying to find that lead. but be-
ing nothing but bunch OF ignorant
/ Mexicans. Of course they never found
/ nothing. Then Francisco Madero
f, comes in and fires the ugente mineral
! of his job and old Aragon let's the land
! 'S'%-S ~ tdACb- VIC SOt q MICAH GA
f, that keeps lie posted. and ever since
he sent me word that the title had
laDsed I've been crazy to relocate that
/ claim.
| We'll, now, that don't look so bad.
, does it?" he asked. beaming paternally
at Bud. There amt man In town
, that wouldn't have jumped at the
: chance. IL 1 was where I could talk
about it. but that's just what couldn't
do. had to find some stranger that
wouldn't sense what mine l was talk
ing about and then git him to go In on
it blind.
! Now heres the way I'm fixed.
+, boys" he exclaimed. brushing his un-
kcmpt beard and smiling craftily.
when dynamited the Eagle Tail it
was miDe by rights. but Cipriano Ara
gon-he's the big Mexican down at old
! Fortuna-and Morales. the n.ineral
agent, had huncced mo out OF the title.
So. according to law, l blowed up
their mine. and If ever showed up
down there l reckon they'd throw me
into jail. And If at any time they find
out that you're working for me. why.
we're ditched-thst's all! They'll put
you out Of business. So, after we've
made our agreement and I've told you
| what to do. I don't want 20 hear IL
word out OF you'll don't w.int you to
come near me. nor even write me q
letter-just go ahead the best you can
until you win out or go broke.
1T ain't hard proposition" he
continued. IF you keep your mouth
shut. but II they tumble. it'll be fight
TO finish. I'm not saying this for
you. Hooker, because l know you're
| safe; I'm saying 1t for your pardner
here. You talk too much. Mr.. De Lam
F., cey." he chided. eying him with sud-
den severity. I'm afraid OF ye!"
"All right broke in Hooker good
! naturedly, II reckon we understand.
Now 60 ahead and tell us where this
mine is end who thers IS down there
to look out for"
! THE man to look out for" an
! swered Kruger with venom. lis Cipri-
ano Aragon. He's the man that bilked
ME out Of the mine once. and he'll do
1t again II he can. When 1 went down
| there-it was ten years and more ago
Il wasn't on to those Spanish ways OF
his, and he was SO dog-goned polite
and friendly thought 1 could trust
hin anywhere.
"Ha o~Hs a big ranch and mescal
+, still, runs cattle. works few placers
| sends out pack-trains, aud has every
! Mexican and Indian III the country in
debt. to him through his store. SO If he
! happens to want any rough work done
there's always somebody to do it.
We'll. just to show you how he did
me. got to nosing round those old
| Spanish workings east OF Fortuna and
finally run across the ledge that I'm
telling you about, not far from an
| abandoned shaft But the Mexican
mining laws are different from ours.
and an American has lots OF trouble
anyway. 80 made trade with old
Aragon that he should locate the claim
, for me under power of attorney.
Didn't know him then like do now.
| The papers had to be sent to Mocte-
yuma and Hermosillo. and to the City
OF Mexico and back. and while was
waiting around dug in on this lead
and opened up the pretueet vein OF
Here's sample OF 1t. and It's sure
rich"
He handed De Lancey the familiar
piece Of quartz and proceeded with his
story.
THAT Ore looked 30 good to me that
I couldn't wait-I shipped It before /
got my title. And right there l made
my mistake. When Aragon saw the
gold in that rock he just quietly re-
corded the. concession In his own mar, .
and told me to go to blases. Tha: g