The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-19
BEAR ON ROOF OF CABIN
A MIDNIGHT ADVENTURE
PROPRIETOR KILLS THE BEAST
AFTER A THRILLING
EXPERIENCE.

Bears seem to be more numerous
than common over on Slate creek TINS
year. A couple of weeks ago A. M
Mundell, a prospector well known IN
wallace, gave The Miner an account
OF an encounter with bear that bold
ly stuck his face in the cabin door
while Mr.. Mundell was eating break
fast, having been attracted doubtless
by the apetizing odors of the pros
pector's frugal meal. 1t was reck-
less venture and Bruin paid the pen
atty with his life But this was a
tame experience for Mundell compar-
ed with the one he had few nights
later which is graphically described
in the following communication:
A Night Attack.
Masadona Mine, West Fork of Slate
Creek, Idaho, July II, 1917.
To the Editor of The Miner: On the
oath Of June l wrote about killing a
bear that come and looked in the
cabin door just as had finished my
breakfast.
Last night about II o'clock I was
awakened by a noise around the cab
in. It sounded something like the
noise of a horse walking. In few
minutes / heard it at the south end
of the cabin pulling at. the scalp of the
other bear. looked out Of the win
dow and Gee! there was big black
bear trying to pull that dried scalp
down. It was well nailed to the logs
and as dry as a board, and he failed
to get 1t off. Then he went to the
root house and stood in front of 1t
with his head up, shifting as If smell
ing for something. Then he turned
and come back to the cabin.
l had my 5000 carbine Winchester
watching him through the window. He
climbed up on the cabin breaking
some of the shakes and splitting some
1t sounded like he was coming through
the roof. The sky was clear and
could see his form now as he was on
the cabin, and l thought that was my
time as he would be between me and
the sky light. He pulled off some
shakes and / went out, and--and ne
looked as big as horse up there!
shot him through the neck, and M
came down, PUNK, and rolled dowr
the bank into the creek bed, dead. HI
is shedding and his hide won't bt
good.
Another Midnight Marauder.
A couple of hours after this scrap
heard another one walking, but III
didn't make any noise around the cab
in. / guess he saw the condition o
his comrade and decided to quietl.
take his departure.
l had arranged to go to Wallac
yesterday morning and take the bea
scalp with me to see if there was an,
bounty on it, and l changed my mind
l thought / would wait awhile. Shout
have gone to Wallace would hav
been gone for three days. This oil
bear would have gone through tn
.
possession when l returned, and
would have been heavy loser on tn
bear scalp.
Bear Raids Royal.
On the night Of June bear visit
ed the Royal mining camp, which is
little ways down below me, and tor
down the meat box in front of III
cabin and took meat, box and al
packed them away. leaving much
his hair where he tore the box loos
from the logs.
think l win build a bear trap, a
scrapping bears at night might be al
right, but should fellow make a mis-
calculation, he might get bad dea
Ship Ore This Fall.
The Masadona Is looking fine.
think | can ship a carload of galen
ore this fall If all goes well.
Respectfully,
| A. M MI1NDEII.