The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1922-01-27

ton, that other man should have cut
the vein at SO feet-yet he had gone
on 1O2 before quitting. So l got half
dozen poems and drove ahead 10
feet on the other fellows tunnel; and
by Heck, Johnny. ] cut the vein"
Bully boy And them"
81 drifted ten feet on the vein. and
the ore suddenly gave out. 1t stopped
just like that, proving I'd come to
the upper end of the vein where 1t
had faulted; SO I just worked up and
around, stopeing and sinking winze
here and there. until just about the
time my cash reserve was getting pref
ty low picked up the true vein and
in. and I'll show you"
They entered the tunnel. to the sig
nal dismay Of dozens Of large bats.
When they reached the vein, Webster
broke off samples of the ore every
three or four feet, crawled after Billy
up through the stope and back to the
| true vein, from the face of which he
also took numerous samples; then he
crawled out into the sunshine again,
hot, dirty, and perspiring.
BILLY, you'll be real miner yet;
see if you won't" was all the praise
he rendered his youthful partner.
standing beside him in anticipation of
a compliment, as Webster got out his
portable assay outfit.
For three days Webster worked,
determining the values of each sam
pie, only to find that his assays con-
firmed Bily's. you were right. son."
he finally announced. This mine is
a humdinger and no mistake; If you
and l live ten years we'll be worth
100000 between us-maybe more"
Billys jaundiced eyes glowed hun
grily. well put in hundred
stamps"
well, Wen try ten for starter"
Webster interrupted dryly. land add
more as the mine pays its way. It's
the sweetest mining proposition on
earth-only, like all high-class goods,
it has one flaw when you examine it
closely"
you're crazy" Billy challenged.
"Name the fiaw!'
"Sarros ~ Webster replied smiling
ly. THAT scoundrel makes a gamble
out of an otherwise sure thing. How
ever" he added, recalling the note re-
ceived from Ricardo Ruey just before
his departure from Buenaventura and
rejecting that to be forewarned is to
be forearmed, well accept the gam
BILE. That rascal can't live forever,
and he may be eliminated before he
causes US any trouble"
"What will it cost us to get this
mine on a paying basis, johnny"
"Well, back home, I'd figure on
spending at least 100000; but dare
say, taking into consideration the low
cost of labor in Sobrante and the raw,
natural resources of power and tim
Der right on the ground, we ought to
put this deal over for $4,000 at the
outside. Praise be, have cash
enough to do the trick without calling
in any help, and such being the case
We'll not waste any time but hop tC
the job in a hurry and make the FIJI
fly"
Fright, Jack. What's the program
"Well, first off, son. I'm not gOin&
to stay in this country and lose my
self managing this mine. That's YOU
job, because you're young and unim
portant in your profession and have
the ability to get away with the job
You can afford to spend the next X
years here, but I cannot. l can only
} afford to come down here every cOu
pie of years and relieve you for va
cation"
That's the way l figured it, Jack.
"Al right then, Bill, let us start In
by giving you your first vacation. Il
you re going to dig in here and make
the fur fly, you've got to be in tip-toI
physical conditiOn-and you are thiI
and gaunted and full of chills and fe
l cashed a draft for 5000 on my let
ter of credit at the BancO NacionaI
and placed it to the credit of you
, account there.
!. Tomorrow morning you will take
, your horse, one pack mule, and ont
}, mozo and ride for San Miguel de Pad
ua, where you will take the train fol-
Buenaventura. In Buenaventura yOl
may do what you blame please. bu
if were you, boy, I'd try to get mar
ried and 60 back to the U. S. A. fol-
my honeymoon. And when l finally
hit town that contained some reg
ular doctors I'd let them paw me ovel
and rebabbitt me and overhaul m!
bearings and put me in such nice run
ming order I'd be firing on all II cyl
indarS at once