The Holly chieftain., 1923-07-05

Boulder and Teller counues, Colorado.
They call 1t graphic gold. sometimes,
beause the crystals are very frequent
ly set up in twins and branch off so
that they look like written characters.
The crystals are monoclinic and occur
in porphyry almost exclusively. II is
a mixture OF gold and silver telluride
and it's also called tellurium."
"I'm much obliged" said Sandy.
I've learned heap"
westlake looked at him suspicious
ly, but Sandy's face was grave as that
Of the sphinx.
'The porphyry dykes here are in
syncline." the engineer went on. ''They
dip toward each other from both sides
of the valley and form loops or folds.
II you imagine an onion sliced in half
you catch the idea. Call every other
layer porphyry, with rock and other
dirt between. The bottom of loop
may be deep down or 1t may be miss
Ing altogether. ground away when the
valley was gouged out by glacier
There may be other loops beneath 1t.
Some portions Of the loops come to the
surface on the hillside and you can
guess at their dip. But-the gamble
lies in this: The ones that are exposed
may or may not carry the gold-bearing
veins. This Casey. who made the
original strike, did he take out muchT
"As understand It," replied Sandy,
"he hits the porphyry where it's shall
Ter, or worn OF, like you said. An he
finds rich pay stun right away. enough
to start the camp. Quite a few works
on that outcrop an then 1t peters out.
Casey sabed bit about synclines, I
reckon, To- he kept faith in the camp,
on'y he realized 1t 'ud take heap Of
money to develop. meanin' to dig
through the porphyry, l suppose. Now
they've found some mo- Of that float
ore that the first crowd overlooked.
Reckon thatIl peter out too, after a
while. But capital may come in on
this second staht. Some Eastern folk
were lookin' over the place while
back"
westlske halted and took small
steel hammer from his pocket with
which he struck of fragment Of rock
protruding from the ground. The
cleavage showed purple. He walked
slowly along for some fifty feet, lick.
ing the soil with his foot, breaking of
other samples to which he put his
tongue.
"Taste goodr' asked Sam.
"Not bad, II you're looking for min.
eral. They've got distinct favor all
their own, but I wetted them to show
the color up more plainly. Here is
the out-crop Of the syncline reef It
may carry gold and 1t may not, but its
wide enough. It's near the surface and
it's as good place as any"
Sandy, glancing across the valley to
where the engineer pointed, nodded his
head. "Your judgment goes with
Casey's," he said. fright across from
here Is where he located his claims, !
take 1t. How about 1t. Mormon1 Fits
the description to T."
"Sure does" assented Mormon. III
you locate here, marm," he said to MI
randa. IAN we-all make strike, we'll
be on the same vein, reckon"
"It's all Greek to me-" said the spin.
ster. How do we locate7 I've come
this far, an I'll see the thing through
to some sort Of finish. How many
claims can we take up an what's the
size of 'em, Mr.. WestlakeT
The three partners left Miranda and
the engineer measuring on and setting
up their monuments at the corners Of
the claim. They started directly down
the side-hill, making for the valley. In
silence, like men with business ahead
Of them that called for action rather
than words.
Here's the situation. as sabe IT,"
said Sandy. "Plimsoll met up with
Pat Casey from time to time. Molly
said SO. There's other witnesses to
that. PllmsollIl use some of them to
swear that he grubstaked Casey.
They'll be some Of his own crowds No
doubt Plimsoll got the location Of the
claims from the old records an these
buckaroo pals Of his, who are roostin'
on said location, knew Jest where to
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their outfit. 1 don't reckon wen find
Pllmsoll up there, though we amt
seen him so far this mo'nin', but I'll
bet our best bull ag'in a chunk Of dog
meat that they're on his pay roll"
"Shucks, 1t don't make no difference
whose pay roll they're on" said Nor
mon. They're claim-jumpers an, like
you said. Sandy, Jump can be made
two ways. Let's 60 look 'em over"
The tent was pitched on the hillside
where the grade was too steep to per-
NIT Of level ground enough for more
than the actual floor space. The tent
flaps were open and showed cots on
which blankets and clothing were
roughly spread. On two of these beds
men sprawled asleep. Five others
were seated on boxes about a boulder
that looked like porphyry outcrop. Its
surface was fiat enough to serve aa a