The Nome daily nugget., 1915-11-25
FOOL LUCK.

The Greenhorn mine, the Green
 migrant, and the Lucky Boy are &C., tual names of Californian mines. These,
 nd many similar names, record the rood fortune that often comes to the
 lnskilled. The Green Emigrant re- ,alls a hot day in the 'fifties when
 fred miner, who was ground -slucing
 n the bottom of a gulch, was accosted by a pair of lately arrived Germans yho could hardly talk English. Were shal ve york;" they asked. The miner vas weary. Scanty returns had em-
 Uttered him; the shade of tree. far np the hillside appealed to him: up here, under that tree," he said. After upper he laughed with his .chums at the stupidity of the greenhorns hard at work on a side-hill, far above any possible chance of finding gold, which
 s all the experienced diggers knew, vas found only in the stream beds. The Germans worked stolidly, uncomplain- 'ngly, egged on by the miners, who
 hough that a few days hard work would teach the newcomers a useful lesson and, In the meantime, keep them put of the crowded ravine. The emil grants, instead of becoming disgusted, -eemed quite happy in their work, much to the surprise of the miners below, who were astonished to learn that rich gravel had been struck In he shaft sunk on the barren hillside The green emigrants had found one of the fossil rivers or deep leads, that have since yielded their golden sands so bountifully.
 A similar story is that of the Swede, Charles Anderson, who struck it rich in the Klondike. He was a and shovel miner at Forty Mile. One day in 1897 he invested some of his earn ings in a series of drinks that left him at the mercy of two marauding pros pectors who sold him No. 2s Eldorado, which they thought worthless. for $500, his total savings. Next day the Swede found himself with a headache, less $500 plus a claim somewhere up the river. He was frantic. But to no avail The two perpetrators winked the other eye and left camp for Quartz creek while Anderson decided that he must go and test his claim. He did, he went 80 miles to Eldorado creek and sunk IS feet on No. 29 where on bedrock he found a fortune. A few days later the two wise men from Quartz creek, on their way to Daw-
 on, passed the Swede at work and asked him, in jest, how he was far Ing. He answered: "Ay tank Ay got some gold here" and showed them pan with s1 1.400 in 1t. The claim yielded s1.25o.ooo.
 History repeats itself. This time in Alsace, ignorance has proved profitable. An ancient spinster was persuaded by T geologist to bore for coal in her small forest eStdte. He 6eOiO6iSt Wuo at fault: no coal was found. When depth of 1000 feet was reached the lady's funds gave out; relatives and
 riends of the obstinate old lady came 70 her relief; they formed new com- pany, called the Bonne Esperance. With
 new capital. the boring was con- tinued, yet no coal was found. But at 2 depth of 1900 feet a strange deposit was cut, a mineral by turns white, gray, or a fine brick-red, in shining crystals; 1t was salt of potassium in large amount; a fabulous fortune. In Ill 30o,o00.0o0 tons-so it is said-of potash salts has been developed, the estimated worth being $13.000,0 ,000,00 The district containing the deposits Is being attacked by the French; if they succeed in holding these mines their yield will aid greatly in repaying the a% Ah~ Go fo