Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1916-05-19

Eyes; there is coal. Of a sort; good
enough for the cement kilns. For
power we shall utilize the river. There
is another small canyon at the head of
the valley where a temporary dam can
be built which win deliver power
enough to run anything-au entire
manufacturing city, il we had one
No chance for a man to get the
thin edge of a wedge in anywhere |
lamented the moneymaker despair
ingly. Then his eye lighted upon the
graybeard dump OF solitary mine
high up on the face Of Mount Chi
gringo. Whats that up there?" he
demanded
1T is a mine" said Brouillard, show
ing Miss Cartwright how to adjust the
fieldglass for the shorter distance, |
Two men named Massingale, father |
and son, are working it, I'm told And |
then again to Miss Genevieye That |
is their cabin-on the trail little to
the right OF the tunnel opening"
q see 1t quite plainly" she returned.
Two people are Just leaving 1t to ride
down the path-a man and woman,
l think, though the woman--if 1t is
| woman-is riding on mans saddle"
Brouillards eyebrows went up in q
little arch Of surprise. Harding, the
| Typographical engineer who had made
all the preliminary surveys and had
spent the better part of the former
summer in the Niquoia, had reported
on the Massingales, father and son, and
his report had conveyed hint of pos
sible antagonism on the part Of the
mine owners to the government prof.
ect. But there had been no mention
of woman.
"The Massingale mine, eh?" broke
in the appraiser Of values crisply.
They showed US some ore specimens
from that property while we were stop
ping over in Red Butte It's rich
good and plenty rich--if they have the
quantity. And somebody told me they
had the quantity, too; only it was too
far from the railroad-couldnt jack
freight it profitably over the Timan-
yonis."
I'm which case it is one of many,
Brouillard said. taking refuge in the
generalities.
But Mr.. Cartwright was not to be SC
| easily diverted from the pointed par
ticulars-the particulars having to dc
with the pursuit of the market trail.
; I'm beginning to get my feet or
bottom, Brouillard," he said, dropping
: the courtesy prefix aid showing his fat
hands deep into the pockets of the
: dustcoat. There's a business propo
g siton here, and it looks mighty goot
to me. | tell you, can smell none!
in this valley of yours-scads Of it.
Brouillard laughed. ut is only thu
fragrance of future reclamation-serv
ice appropriations" he suggested
There will be a good bit of none,
spent here before the Buckskin deser
| gets its maiden wetting,"
Il don't mean that at ALL" was tn
impatient rejolnder Let me shoy
you: you are going to have a popula
| ton of some sort That's the basis
| Then you're going to need cement
| lumber and steel. 1t can be manufaC
| tured right here on the spot"
/ THE cement and the lumber can b
| produced here, but not tho steel,
| Brouillard corrected.
| That's where you're off," snappe
| the millionaire. There are fine or
| beds in the Hophras and pretty goo
| quality of coking coal. Ten or twelv
| miles of a narrow-gauge railroad woul
| dump the pig metal into the upper en-
of your valley, and there you ar
| With small reduction plant you coul
| tell the big steel people to go hang
| "Unquestionably But this is a cas-
| Of cant-help-it," Brouillard argue
| you couldn't begin to interest priVat
] capital in any Of those industries yo
speak OF"
% why not?" was the curt demand
Because when the dam Is compile
Id ed and the spillway gates are close
ur the Niqoyastcadje and everything in
ne will go down under two hundred fe
of water"
lie "The-what?" queried Miss Coz
he wright.
n THE Niqoyastcadje - Place-wher
in they-came-up" said Brouillard, eluC
dating for her. That is the Naya
gh name for this valley. Our map ma
ers shortened it to rNiquoia' and Il
IL cowmen of the Buckskin foothills ha'
/" cut that to Nick-wire.'"
IT. This bit of explanatory place 10
re was entirely lost upon Mr.. ]. Weslt
ret Cartwright.
Say, Brouillard, he cut in, you g
he me the right to build that power dal
in and give me the contracts for VIII
nd material you'd rather buy than max
ert and III be switched il l don't take
a shot at this drowning proposition n
an self I tell YOU IL looks pretty gOl