El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29

Al 5 o'clock in the afternoon before
the last day required. Boyle started on
foot that afternoon ana tramped all
night, blazing his way and marking
he limits. He had TO wade through
swamps. blaze the trees and drive
stakes. The work was eNhaustins, but
he kept on until he thought he had
marked out not less than - miles. He
cot back to Dawson at o'clock the
next morning. only TO find number
81 men ready 10 jump his claim If Il
had not been Staked- When the claim
was measured according 10 law, il was
found that his stakes fell short only
- feet of the 10 miles allotted. After
that he started saw mills lie got 500
a thousand. and made money out Of his
lumber and wood He has now from
this same claim the timbers he uses
in his dredging operations. and has 2
sdwmill com ected with his electric
liant at North Fork. where lumber is
swed by electricity
Lumber Profits start Boyle.
Il was his lumber profits that gave
Ir. Boyle the money that enabled him
to 90 to see capitalists and finance his
mining concessions lie first formed
an alliance with the Rothchilds, by
" hich he was 10 have one third and
hey TWO thirds Of the stock The uu-
Outstanding was that they were To
furnish the money, amounting 10 some
J. illions, and that Mr.. Boyle was To
manage the property and superiutend
is Developments
Then the Rothchilds tried TO squeeze
out -. ". j." They questioned his
tile and planned a reOrganization. Joe
BOYLE carried the matter TO ottawa
and fought them in the courts. where
h' finally got a Judgment against them
Tor more than S6un.uNV The OchScnllds
wanted TO get rid Of him. and offered
Eim $1,000. 900 for his share OF the
stock. He refused and in return made
them an offer Of 100000 for the two
IN rds that they held At first they
laughed. but they finally reconsidercd
and accepted his proposition Mr. Boyle
then formed another company known
as the Canadian KIOndike Mining COM
Dany. by which name the property is
known to this day
Hns 5e,o90.0OO Cubic ards of Ground
I have already given you the extent
Of the BOYLE concessions. They include
-rven miles Of the mile wide Kloudike
ALLEY and they run TO the crest OF the
bills on each side. The whole terri
tory contain more or less gold. Air.
Bowie tells me that 10000 600 cubic
Yards Of il has already been prospect
ed and proved. and that there is prob
makes a total OF 80. 100000 cubic
yards. the most of which is yet 10 20
a rough the great dredges. and i'm adj
ciuon there are 4O-o0n.00O or 5n.o0N.n0o
ards Of gold bearing gravel that will
BEE sluiced down the hills by the ny
dIaulic giants
Gold in Frozen Mass.
Slr. Boyle SAYS that the bed OF the
valley contains about 26 cents worth
Of gold to the cubic yard and thar n
costs on the average about cents "a
yard ia get the gold out. At this csti-
mate the gold IN the valley amounts u
somewhere between 4G.0O0.000 and
so 600. 900 of dollars
This vast sum is free gold in the
shape of flour. dust and small nuggets
scattered through the earth in such in
finitesimal quantities that the output OF
wagon load is not as big as pinch
Of your fingers. The most OF the gold
les as far from the surface Of the
earth AS the height OF q three or four
atcry house. and with the exception or
a loot or so of moss and muck on the
top the material consists of gravel.
a." stones ranging in size from bowl
Gers Of quartz and granite as big as a
Lcck measure down to pebbles the size
Cf "a pea and even fine sand. Tn many
places this material under the moss is
frozen solid as though IL were one
great block Of ice. the powders. pch-
~ Is and sand being ,emented together
mere tightly than the nuts in peanut