The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-11-09

mission Of the court-win you put It
through for mel" @}f T@%'
The Sampler owner smiled.
IF youm let me see where you're
getting the ore" Then he figured q
moment. 'That'd be thirty or forty
ton," came at last. 1--WE could handle
that as fast as you could bring It In
here" x
But q new thought had struck Fair
child-a new necessity for money.
"I1l give 1t to you for one hundred
and fifty dollars a ton, providing you
do the hauling and lend me enough
after the first day or 90 to pay my
men" -as
Fl "But why all the excitement-and
the rush7'
my partners Harry Harkins. He's
due for trial Friday, and he's disap-
peared. The mine Is up as security.
You can see what will happen unless I
can substitute a cash bond for the
amount due before that time. Isn't
that sufficient" ..,
1T ought to be. But an I said, I
want to e where, the ore comes
from"
you'll see in. the morning-if I've
got it," answered Fairchild with a new
hope thrilling In his voice. "Ail that
! have so far IT, an assay Of some
drill scrapings. I don't know how
thick the vein IL OF whether it's going
to pinch out in ten minutes after We
strike 1t. But I'll know mighty soon"
Every cent that Robert Fa;rchild
possessed In the world was In his
pockets-two hundred dollars. After
he had paid his men for their three
days Of labor, there would be exactly.
twenty dollars left. But Fairchild did
not hesitate. To Farrell's Office hs
went and with him to an interview,
In chambers, with the Judge. Then.
the necessary permission having been
granted, he hurried back to the mine
and into the drift, there to find tho
last Of the muck being scrapsd away
from beneath the mite of. the caye-in.
Fairchild paid oil. Than hs turned b
the foreman. + &
'eHow many of these men are game
10 take q CHANGER g.
.Pretty near all of emit there's
any kind OF I gamble to T."
There's Il lot Of gamble. I've rot
inst twenty dollars In my pocket
enouEh 10 pay each mai one dollar
apiece for . nights work IL my bunch
doesn't pan ont. IL II does pan. tho
wages + twenty dollars q day for
three days with everybody. including
myself, working like hi Who's
gameffs -
The answer came In unison. Fair.
child led the. way to the chamber,
SEIZED 4 hammer and took his place.
..There's two-hundred-dollar ore
back zof this foot vail III We can break
n and start new stope,'' he an
nounced. Ut takes 4 six-foot hole
30 reach Il. and we can have the whole
story by morning. Let's sol
Along the great length of the foot
wall, extending all the distance u tho
BIZ chamber. the men began their
4wsek, ave men to the drills and %
many to the Sledges, q they started
their double-jacking. Midnight came,
ths nrst 5of the six-foot drills sank %
m ultimate depth. Then ths second
ma Third and fourth; finally the NTH.
They moved On. Hours more Of work,
and the operation had been repsated.
The worknnen hurried for the powder
house, fars down the drift, by the shaft,
Sluksins hack n their pockets ths yel~
oW,canQle-lIke rtichs of dynamite,
with their wax,y wrappers ma their
selatinousl contents together with
fnees1 caps. Orin1pfng nippers
m fnevsit6hIe1 coEnlpla1ninn1n
m-lnercane form from the pockets
1hG .aEefn1 1smn!ng.t hap