Arizona state miner., 1925-04-11


dreamed was there
Dickey followed the float, piece by
piece, up the gulch about a mile until
he came to the ledge from which
the piece he had found was broken;
it had been washed down below by
the rains. Here he discovered the
source of the rich ore and the result
was that another seemingly foolish
notion had given to the mining world
a silver bonanza nearly equal to the
StOnewall Jackson, just over the
range.
Dickey and Morris sold the mine
to a syndicate, the McMorris Mining
company, for $175,000. Over a mil
lion was taken out by the company.
An Ignorant Dutchman
The discovery of the Nugget mine
by a Dutch prospector by the name
like that of the others; it differed
only in the manner in which it was
sold. Shultz was in camp about
three miles from the McMorris mine.
One day he wanted to catch one
Of his burros to ride to Globe on.
But the animal did not want to be
caught, SO he took to his heels and
all the endearing words from the
little Dutchman could not bring Mr.
Jack to his master Patience and
love ceased to be a virtuOus preten-
ton on the part of Shultz And with
many "dOnder and blitzens" he be-
rated the obstinate burrO, until his
wrath knew no bounds. With grit
ting teeth, the Dutchman swore by
all the gods of the fatherland that
this was the last day "dat damn jack
ass fool nit me-"
Intending to make good his threat
of murder, Shultz stopped and picked
up a small black boulder and raised
it to knock the burro into eternity,
when suddenly his attention was at
tracted by the weight of the rock,
and he quickly forgot the animal.
''Vell, I'll be damned" he mutter-
ed in amazement as he hefted the
rock "Dis is the damndest heavy
rock I see in all my life. But, ach,
it's nothing but iron," he concluded.
ShultZ held on the rock, however.
The burro, seeming to realize that
the brainstorm of his master was
over and it would be well to COM
promise the difference between them
allowed himself to be caught.
Shultz rode into Globe and went
directly to a corral where one Eme
Chilson, prospector, who not know
ing in the least what was coming
to him, was idIing his time on one
of his packs The Dutchman, after
turning over his burro to the corral
man, turned to Chilson and exhibit
ing the piece of black ore, asked:
Partner, vat is dis?"
After looking at it moment, Chill
son replied shrewdly:
II don't know. What do you think
it is?"
''Vel1, 1 tink it shust iron, maybe"
Sure" answered Chilson, chats
what it is"
where did you get the stuff"
Chilson asked, seeing that the Dutch
man was not much interested.
ooh, out about two miles from the
McMorris, dis side," Shultz answered
carelessly.
Here the conversation was dropped
Chilson arose from his pack and
threw the piece of ore in a horse
stall and walked out on the street.
Some time that afternoon he met
Shultz and greeted him with:
Hello, old timer! Got that iron
mine located yet?''
yeah, but I sell him cheap"
Shultz replied with hearty laugh.
"How much you want?" bantered
Chilson.
"What you gif?" came back the
other.
'fWen, oon chance the iron has
value in it I'll give you a good pack
or saddle mule"
Cali right" chort1ed the Dutchman
with a laugh, "by golly, it's a go.
You vos taken in, pardner."
They went over to the corral, |
where poor, ignorant Shultz accepted
the mule and gave Chilson a deed TO
the mining claim The two of them |
rode out to the claim that evening |
and the next day Chilson was shown |
where the chunk Of ore was found. |
Why did Chilson trade his mule |
for the claim without seeing it? For |
the very good reason that when |
Shultz left the corral he went back /
and got the ore and took it to ali |
assayer and found that it was MALE |
able silver, about 65 per cent pure |
On the surface, in boulders alone, |
ChilsOn shipped some $4,000 worth |
and finally sold the claim for $780, |
900. All the foolish Dutchman got |
out of it was the mule, place to |
work. and later, $5OO-from the |