The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27

the boys Hau lalln, anu OH lne SlFehS u
OF that faith would have pushed
through to China.
, The Belmont had struck high grade
in the meantime, and the eastern ent
, of the district was ablaze with excite
ment. You couldn't have got a share
of the Bradley or Mckay stock for lesi
than SO a share and in the cabin where
the men patched they enjoyed thu
Barmecides luxury of spending $500, 00l
and 100000. Their plans We're laid Il
return home to the pastoral simplicity
of Wasatch range and enjoy theil
hard earned money, which they nevel
dreamed would vanish over night
One evening the blow came Will
staggering force that shattered faitf
in humanity and dried up the cookies
of their hearts as the hot winds OF
Kansas shrivel the stately corn fields
The shock was dealt through the malls
which delivered a formal notice to the
partners that the directors of the Hall
levied an assessment of 10 cents a
share, to be paid within 30 days, ae-
companied by the usual formula, that
all stock on which the assessment re-
NAMED unpaid would be sold at auc-
ton.
Had Mount eddie sunk into thu
ground leaving an abysmal crater in
it's place, the surprise would not have
been greater Stunned was the only
name for the condition created. The
stock was pooled and could not be sold.
Their finish had come. They felt a
choking sensation. Both men eraved
air, the only commodity of the exc
Grated camp which was not contain
mated by mans touch. In silence they
marched the length of Main street
past the bright lights and gay life, and
took the trail meandering the rocky
hillside to their cabin at the Halifax
| Ike Mckay felt no acrid wrath rising
IN his gorge He held himself respon-
sibe for the tragedy, for he got Brad"
into the deal and now saw his partner
shorn of every cent after months of
stern endurance swinging hammer
or bending over the crank of a wind
lass
! For himself, Ike did not care. He
lhada shaved eight months for 800 a
month, according to the terms of his
grubstake, when all other miners were
receiving their $3.50 a shift. In a geth-
semane of passion the partners utter
ed strange vows reeking with violence
but, after the storm lulled, they grew
philosophical and solemnly accepted
the penalty for placing too much con-
fidence in men. They had found out
that the then Halifax was an assess
able company.
Recently when informed of the big
strike on the 1200-foot level of the
Halifax, Ike simply remarked 81
hope it is true, Brad always thought
the Halifax would make mine"
What about your interest, Ike?" the
grey haired and benevolent looking old
prospector was asked as he stood be-
hind mahogany top in Goldfeld.
We'll, Keith and Kearns may do the
right thing, They always said they
would remember us if the mine made
good. Mebbe! Wen see Wen see"
The old mans memory is good, and
Sen, Tom Kearns never fails to visit
likes repository when he comes to
Goldfeld. The ray of hope is diminish
ing as the wears wane, but there is
cheer in contemplating what might
have been done with that pooled stock
when $S75 was bid in San Francisco
a few years ago.
Ike worked side by side with Keith
in the Osbiston shaft Of the ComstocN
when he was in the prime of manhood
in 1882, and also stood up with him In
the Overman mine until values pinch
ed below the Sutro tunnel level and
there was no encouragement to sink
deeper Keith pulled out for Park City
and Mckay tried his luck at Tuscarora.
Keith was great pump man and
soon found job at the Anchor, where
the water was getting troublesome and |
the pumps We're taxed to capacity to |
hold the flow in check But Dave was I
too clever to remain on such a job and /
when a sectional contract on the on
tario tunnel was let Dave had a block /
of ground. That is where he met
kearns, afterwards Senator Tom
kearns, magnate banker and news
paper publisher, who gave battle to the
growing Mormon political Influence in |,
he stronghold of Zion.
Kearns could coax more out IF
machine drill than any other runner !,
n the tunnel, and Dave Keith quick.
y took liking to him. This formed
he foundation of political and finan- A
nal partnership that has weathered the
'utfetings of thirty years, as firm as (,
he rock of ages. While Keith was'
of the Anchor Ike
dckay drifted in from Tuscarora and y
ogden and was accosted with n grip
Ike drill chuck and his cid pal, ]
)ape Keith, told him to go to work.
Seth was dissatisfied. Money was too 4
low in coming. He hungered for
more, but his hunger was Unsuitable i
nd not ga gilV annnaSad A icasn ~,