The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-06-14

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ag'in before you go, ! hope"
She climbed into the machine.
which Mormon cranked. II moved off,
Mormon watching 1t. Then Sam came
out and Joined them.
"Gels gone to bed" he announced.
whats Keith doin' up to Casey
Town, Westlake?"
"It won't take long to tell you"
The four walked over TO the corral
and the three partners climbed o. the
top rail, ranch-fashion. Westlake
s+Ood before them.
practically all the gold found in
Casey Town comes from the main
g1llch where the creek runs. The
gulch was once nonresident. 1t Is
likely there was a hill there. It's nub
was a porphyry cap; the rest of 1t
was composed Of layers of porphyry
and valueIess rock dipping downward,
nestled like saucers in the synclinal
layers. Ice and water wore OFF the
nUb and leveled the hill. then gouged
our the gulch. They ground away, in
my belief, all the porphyry that held
gold except the portions now lying
either side of the gulch.
ut was the top layers that held
the richest ore. OF those that are
left only one carries II and that Is
the reef that outcrops here and there
both sides of the gulc1. This isn't
theory. All strikes have been made
IN fhic fnn oynr INhr,.a fhnv bnxyn
sunk through 70 q lover porphyry
stratum they have found only indica.
tons where they found anything at
all. But the strikes were rich be-
cause ~sylvanite Is one OF the richest
Of all gold ores. Some or the strikes
have been on the Keith Group prop
critics. They have boosted the stock
Of all Of them.
~ have been developing these
group projects. The value of group
promotion, to the promoter, is, that
as long as one claim shows promise,
the shares keep selling. Ehe public
loves TO gamble. Keith came back
this trip and proposed to purchase a
lot of claims that are nothing but plain
rock. surface dirt and sage-Trush. He
can buy them for almost nothing. But
he does not propose to sell them for
that. He was going to staff another
group. He ordered me to make the
preliminary surveys.
"He knew n would have as much
chance digging In q New Yp"k back
yard. I told him so. He haf his own
expert, and, If he didn't tel, him SO
too. he's a crook.
Keith said he understood lis bust.
ness and suggested l should attend
strictly to mine. | was hot. sug-
gested that wildcat development was
not my business. He called me a
quixotic young fool, among other
things, and l may have called him "a
robber. I'm not sure. Anyway, I
quit.
I'm comparatively a kid. Gut
know what Is going on generally In
Casey Town. There have been no
more strikes, for one thing; the dis
coveries have all been In the one
layer and they are gradually working
out. Keith would rather develop a
good property than a bad one. He
carries his investing clients from
proposition to another. He never has
to risk his own money and he has
been lucky. He has made money
lots of 1t. Now, then, why does he
start validating? / believe he's been
stung somewhere. I know he's been
fooling with oil stocks. His MATHS
full of 1t. And / believe he's been
bitten by the other fellows game
instead of sticking to his own"
ITS been done befo'."
But that isn't ALL" Westlake
brought down his right fst into the
palm of his left hand for emphasis.
Yesterday they closed up the Slopes
In the Molly. Boarded 'em over. This
was done without consulting me. I
heard of II after / had walked out of
Keith's office. resigned, or fired.
"Now, then-there's no gold left
back Of the boarding In those slopes
practically none! The Molly Is playeI
out, picked like a walnut of It's meat
- ofSJ ~ uCNCiOp uONu ~ tie sec
ond porphyry level they won't find
anything to pay for the work. They
have taken all the s~ylvanite out of
your mine and Keith Is trying to
cover up the fact"
Westlake stopped and eyed them.
Sandy's e closed slightly.
Keith can't help the mine peterin'
out" he said. "Jest why Is he hidin'
til Sos he can unload?"
"Plain enough. Now the Molly
mine stock isn't or the market. 1t is
all owned, as I understand, by Miss
Casey and you three holding the con-
trolling interest. Keith the rest. It's
been paying dividends from the start.
Keith will try to unload. He may try
to sell II to you"
mot likely. He doesn't expect us
to have the money. We haven't. 1
take II he can't dump EN- In a hurry.
That's why he's boardln' the Slopes.
IF he don't trail over here in a day
or so I'll shack over to Casey Town
TO- a ri chat. Much obliged to you,
Westlake."
Westlake nodded. He understood
that quiet drawi Of Sandy's. If the
III chat came of. Keith would not
enjoy himself. he fancied.
"The question Is what move to