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

about midnight, Webster found the
cool. Billy was waiting for them and
was properly amazed, but not scan
dalized when Don Juan Cafetero,
abusing the station hands in horri-
BILE hodgepodge of English and Span
ish. superintendent the landing of the
baggage on the platform.
II had to bring him with me-" Web
ster explained. "I'm going to wean
him, and after that baby quits cry
ing for his bottle, believe me, Bill
We'll have the prince of foreman for
our mine. Quite character, is Don
Juan, when you dig down into him."
dig far enough into that ruin and
you'll find fire crackers" Billy admit
ted. However, John, I'm afraid he
won't explode. The powders damp.
How did you leave Dolores?"
'Fit as fiddle, Bill"
"How does she stack up on better
acquaintance. Johnny"
"She's skOOkmn lass. She sent
her love and l promised TO send you
back to her P. D. Q. So don't bother
me with talk about her. You'll see
her again in week or ten days. l
hope"
"No2 Is that so, Johnny? Bully
for you, you old wampus cat. Tell
Don Juan to steer you over to the
Globo de Orc. He knows the place.
I've got to go and hire a mule or
some other quadruped for Don Juan
II we're to avoid late start in the
morning. Good night, old fellow"
They were up at daybreak, and
with three heavily laden pack mules
in charge of two semi-naked mozos,
while the cook logged comfortably
along on his big splay feet in the rear,
they set out for Billy's concession.
For 80 miles they followed the high
way, and then debouched to the south
west along a neglected road just wide
enough to accommodate the clumsy
OK carts of the poems. The country
was sparsely settled and evidently CIV
en- over to stock raising.
Darkness had descended on the val
ley by the time they had pitched camp
at the claim. They were up at
dawn the following morning, however,
and Immediately after breakfast Jack
| Webster went to his duffle bag and
sacks and a prospector's hammer
"Now then, William, my son." he an.
nounced, light the lantern and well
see if you've forgotten all l taught
you about mining"
They clambered up the dump to a
point where two light steel rails pro-
jected over the edge. On top of the
dump, lying beside the rails, were two
small, rusty, steel ore cars; the rails
led from the edge of the dump to the
mouth of a tunnel in the hillside anC
disappeared therein.
Webster stood a moment, looking
around him. How did you happen tC
locate this ledger" he demanded
"Was it grass root stuff, with an out
cropping here at the foot of the hill
No, of course, it wasn't. You haven
enough ore on the dump. What thu
devil were you driving at?"
"Only a small portion of that dunn
is mine, Jack, and l didn't locate thu
ground originally. l came into thi
valley from the SOUTH and as WORKED
up the range, / found bald spo
close to the top of the hill, and gal
lows frame over an abandoned shaft
Naturally, l went down the shaft t.
see why it had been abandoned. II
my surprise, 1 found 12-foot veil
of free-milling ore, on a contact be
tween andesite and Silurian limestone
The ledge stood straight up and down
which seemed to argue great depth.
Somebody had found an outcrop
ping on top of that HILL" Webster de
clared with conviction, land sunk
shaft on the vein to open it up and de
termine its width and direction. AM
what did you do, Bill?"
II got my transit and ran a lin
from the shaft on the hill, following
the direction in which the ledge wa
running, and marked out the exac
point toward the base of the hill wher
I would start my tunnel to cut tn
ledge. To my surprise, discovers
my predecessor had selected tina
identical spot. So verified my cal