Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-06-03
PETS OF FORTUNE
Poor Mems Lucky Strikes in Gold
and Diamonds.
Chance Turn Of Spade or Stroke OF
Pick Has Opened Path to Fabu.
lous Riches.

A road was being made In Tasmania
with stone obtained from around the
New Golden Mara property, near War
rntinna. when II was discovered that
the "road-metal' contained gold in
considerable quantities. The con
tractors decided to use less valuable
material. as this seemed like paving
the road with gold
The goose that laid the golden egg
Is fabulous but the chickens with
their crops stuffed with nuggets are
true. gold rush at Santa Barbara.
Cal. was accustomed by the discOv-
cry Of small nuggets In the crops Of
thirty chicks killed on n local farm.
Another consequence was Il great NOR
tally among poultry to see what their
crops contained in addition to corn.
remarks London Answers.
poor man In Chile bought the
foundation of house for small
sum and among the stones with which
he proposed to build II wall around
his garden he found one containing
u large percentage of gold. He was
smart enough to inquire where the
stone came from originally, and lucky
enough In succeed in his quest A
weeks work proved the foundation Of
u fortune
Two men who had prospected for
gold without discovering single trace
of the precious metal. came 70 the
end Of their strength and their re-
sources Then one Of them died. The
other dug n grave. and In the sad task
struck Il nugget weighing 100 pounds.
Eventually he sold his find for more
than $1,000 ($35,oO0).
KlUndke was discovered by Il half
breed trapper who. stirring the en-
hers of his camp fire. noticed strange
yellow color for which he could not
account He mentioned the fact Ia his
friends and within half an hour dig
Ging operations were begun. Each
Spadeful of earth contained gold.
II was when both capital and hope
were exhausted that the last stroke Of
the pick revealed the fabulous riches
of the big BOnanZa silver mines.
treasure house which has yielded sill
yer {" the value of fi0.O0OO1 (S2O0.-
0oO.G0). The Flores mine of San
Luis potoSi. Mexico, was struck by
poor priest. who bought an ahan-
dnned claim for an "old song and
two brothers named EOladoS, who
earned miserable livelihood by car
rying fuel. found In n crevice opened
by an earthquake an enormous block
Of silver worth almost 81 .0no.oOO.
But the discovery nf South African
diamonds remalns the most romantic
IN the world In 1867 John O'Rcilly
stopped for the might nj the house
Of farmer named Van Nickerck.
Children We're playing oh the floor
with pretty pebbles which they had
found In the river Looking NJ one
Of the stones O'Rellly said THAT
might be 81 diamond"
The Boer farmer laughed and said
thar diamonds were not To- be- had for
the stopping However. o'Reilly oh.
tanned the farmers permission To take
the pebble To Cape Town, promising
to give him half the proceeds II II
were of value.
A. Culc>herg he stopped M tavern
and displayed his stone. scratching
Al pane of glass with il To prove his
contention that il was u diamond.
4 But the other fellows scratched glass
4 with their gunilini> ana flung the pcb-
I hl" ont Of the window. OReilly re-
/ treved II. and oh reaching Cape Town
4 81. IL ~. -
Twenty-Five and u half carnt> o'Reil
~ sold 1t for GOO (S3.ooW, and divided
the amount with Nickcrck
The Bocr thcr recalled that he hal
seen an immense stone Of similar
appearance in the hands of Katr
wiich-doctor. He found the fetish
man. bought the stone. ana sold 1t i'm
mcdiatcly 10 an experienced diamond
buyer for fll.2m (S36.0W.