The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-01-12
STALEY QUITS MINING AND
RETURNS TO VAUDEVILLE
Interesting Story of the Adventures and Experien-
ces of Former Clear Greek County Man,
Published in Eastern Paper.

Staley's mission now in life
seemed bent on assisting his fellow
tubercular patients to recovery.
He made many trips to the heart
of the Rockies with others, but few
could endure the hardships and
isolation, and in few months
were ready to quit. Not SO with
Staley. He stuck to it with ten
acious determination, living her
mit's life in a no man S land that
has tried the souls of the sturdiest
of men. With undaunted courage
he braved the winter weather
many times forty degrees below
zero-in cabin, alone, until he
had eliminated every trace of tub
erculousis from his system.
He returned to his home in
Rochester so improved in health
and appearance that his wife and
mother did not recognize him. The
physicians and specialists who de-
clared he would not reach Denver
alive. marvelled at his incarnation
Before returning to the East Staley
procured considerable mining
property in Clear Greek County
Colorado, and discovered number
of promising veins that contained
gold, silver copper, lead and zinc.
He adjusted the assessment work
and had the claims patented.
Living a luxurious life in New
York on royalties from his stage
inventions soon palled on him and
he hears ''the call of the Wild; he
feels that his lifes work is in.
complete; his ambition is working
overtime: be must do something
big: SO he forms a corporation fol
the development of his mining
properties under his personal sup
ervislon and returns to the land
of promise. The ores taken from
the mines We're assaying up to
early expectations, but the ex.
actions of the smelter trust and
the great expense of hauling and
milling found him operating at big
losses, and a second corporation
was formed for the erection Of a
mill to treat the complex ores OF
the Staley mines, also others in
the district
Having sold very little stock, the
corporation funds were not suf-
hcient to carry on the work, SO he
continued alonewith his own funds
working sixteen hours day, sup.
erintending two shifts of miners
day and night, operating at steady
loss. His friends advised him tc
quit. "Quit?" remarked Staley
.There is no such thing as quit to
a man who has well developed
case of the gold; it is equally as
hard to get out of ones system as
tubercular bugs!'
He opened another Of his prop
critics and virtually at grass roots
struck vein of quartz that carried
gold in free state. He found
chunks as large as baseballs, con.
tanning a gold value Of over 5000
600 per ton. Excitement in the
camp was at fever heat, but in a
few days the vein faulted. After
months of prospecting and digging
the vein was opened again, 2 foot
wide, assaying $4,000 per ton. AT
last he had found the hidden
treasury. 1t seemed impossible
that such vein would not prove
continuous. He had visions of a
multi millionaire. Now that he
had found this quarry of gold,
what would he do with it? He
would become philanthropist-he
would buy up thousands of acres
of mountain park land and estab-
lish sanitary colonies for the poor
suffering with tuberculosis, etc.
But the next two shots left nothing
but small seam of quartz, not
rich enough to pay a profit.
On another vein he drove a tun-