The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-29

| A few years after that | was in Colo
RADIO In the interest of George d. Rob-
erts, at that time we'll known and
prominent mining man of New York.
one who, thirty years or more ago, was
/ known all over the west. He had writ
! ten asking me to find him a large body
of ore on which there would be reg
uar margin of profit. My attention
had been called to the Mud Sill mine,
not far from Fairplay, In Park county,
Colorado. 1t was owned by certain per-
sons resident In Detroit, and assocl-
ated with them were to brothers VINO
! lived in Colorado, The older brother
was the manager for the mine and the
younger was his assistant. The older
brother was pleasant affable, and con-
vincing a man as | ever met, and u
was on his representations that went
to the mine and made what told him
was a preliminary examination The
mine Itself was said to be an imperg-
nation of limestone carrying from Is
to "a OF. of silver Milling ore of that
grade at that time was profitable under
the usual mining conditions.
Ship Sealed Samples.
On the day after my arrival at Fair
play | went with the brothers 10 the
mine. After going through 1t with them,
l spent the rest of the day and the
following day in taking a number Of
samples. The formation did nor
appeal to me, nor did the so-called ore
appear to be of commercial value. |
did not, however, for one moment think
that the samples would be tempered
with. though took the ordinary pre-
caution of putting them i'm. special
bags, we'll sealed with seal-rine bear
Ing an old english Fl; these In turn
were put In a canvas sack whish was
securely seWed, and We're ildevered
by me to the express company at Fair
play. had, as was my custom, picked
out a few specimens of the ore and
these / put into my grip under lock anr
key without the knowledge Of anyone
The older brother accompanied mo
to the express office, and the samples
were addressed to we'll known as
sayer at Denver. The next day, we
all went fishing in the South Park river
and had a pleasant outing. That nigh,
left for Denver, and my samples
showed up on the day after my arriva
In that city
The results Of the assays We're re-
ceived In due time and confirmed tht
statements made to me by the Older
brother as to the value of the ore. Tht
average, as | now recall was betwee.
II and Is OF. ! had one Of the speci'
mems picked out assayed and the re
suit was only ~ or l did nothing fur
{ Their with the property; for, as alread,
stated the foreman did not please me
and when the New York mining mat
T. came through Denver told him tina
: it was nothing / cared to present t
= him and that had dropped 1t.
! English Engineer Falls tor u.
Some little time afterward, the pro
perty was taken over by an englisl
company at price which | understoo,
: TO be $300OO0An experienced Englisl
mining engineer had examined It, an
| was informed that on his report tn
purchase was made. A small mill wa
erected for testing purposes and I
determine what recovery could be Of
fected. 1t was only run a short tim
when operations ceased and the entir
e proposition was abandoned.
;. Some months had passed when ! re-
, ceived note from the Hon. Charles S
: Thomas, the well-known lawyer o
t Denver, who Is now Unitd States sen
> ator from Colorado asking me To chi
, at his office | did So and after tn
$ usual greeting he asked me If | hat
D not at one time examined the Mud Sn
9 mine told him had made a prel'm
, mary examination, He asked me VIII.
E | had not gone further and mad
l SCNbnu tAtlluAlltltl'Ii S'i'i '''h''
$ the property told him tina
Q while my samples Of the ore av
I eraged up to the grade that had beer
represented to me, l did not like tn
l formation. and therefore had advised
: my client not to proceed with 1t, II,
; then gave me one of the surprises o
. my life by asking me if knew tina
my samples were sailed I told him
; did not; that had no idea of it, though
, ] had always wondered, in disinter
, ested kind of way, why the specimen
: had not run as high as the average o
, the samples of ore. and that II hat
! gone back to make a fuller eXamin
, alton that would have been one of tn
things should have looked into first
, He then said, "well. your samples wer'
salted." and in answer to my inquir!
, as to how 1t was done. he told me I'M
5 story;
How the "Salt" Was Applied.
on the evening that finished samp
{ ling and gave the sack to the express
: messengef--the evening before We
| went fshing--the younger brother hat
: at midnight gone with the express
: messenger to the station where they
secured the sack of samples, and car