The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-06-17

worked in his mine. His life and his
hopes were represented in these years
when | left there the doctor was going
to bring in smelter, as he had one
of them high-collar men up there who
uses one of them survey guns. They
had been out to the Clarks Fork River
and set up some stakes for to put up
power mill. That doctor certainly
could talk about reducing ores. He told
them old fellows up there that he saw
great city with smelters all around
ON the mountains, railroads leading
out to the low country down the
Clark's Fork through the beautiful
Canyon that the people outside really
know nothing about. Also there would
be railroad up the Saltwater in the
Camp. You know, boys, that this
camp at Nye is not far from Columbus
on the Northern Pacific. l see no
reason why the doctor is not right.
He told them old fellows to hold on to
what they had and he would help them
out. They was still holding on when |
left
After Spike had concluded Pete Nc
lavish said to Hartz:
81 see that you hail from Chicago.
Come direct from there 2"
mo. l did not, | came out in this
country to superintend some construe-
ton work on Buffalo Bits Irrigation
Dam on the Shoshone over in Wyou-
ing, and as you know, this is now
closed down, owing to money running
out so | went up to Red Lodge for a
while and thought | would drift over
here so here I am. l say, Spike, was
there ever much prospecting done over
on the Saltwater side of the divide?'
"Well, no, can't say that there
has been much, as the old prospect0rs
have been working lower down. don't
believe there is much chance up
above"
There was a whispering among
some of the rough looking men who
sat back in the room away from the
light. At last one of the men stood
up and said:
Stranger, you don't think of going
up into the Saltwater country, Gle
you? Better not"
With this he sat down. Hartz made
no reply but did some deep thinking
at to what might be back of the re-
mark. Feeling that he needed some
sleep he started up to his room by the
way of the outside steps, and he had
fully made up his mind that he would
visit the upper Saltwater River coun-
try and then drop over into Cooke
When about to ascend the steps he felt
something touch him on the shoulder
Being dark it startled him. Turning
quickly and at the same time he
reached into his shirt front for his
gun, habit he had of carrying il
there out of sight.
"Sh! Sh!" came to his ears as he
turned. and then he saw figure
that looked like a woman which il
proved to be, a young woman with
dark eyes and hair, clear features, Of
medium size, in all a very comely
woman to look at, reckoning to hin
, to follow her with caution. She lee
the way into a shed built of logs back
of the hotel. She then spoke to him in
subdued tones.
"You are stranger in these parts
and are not aware of something | am
: about to tell you. And | hope you will
not think i'll of me. l am living here
and helping Mrs. McTavish. And to-
night | overheard conversation be-
tween two men who stood under my
window back of the hotel. It seems
there is an old prospector up on the
Saltwater in the New World Mining
District who owns several claims by
the name of Bill Fisher, on Fisher
Mountain. He comes down here at
times for supplies. He is little man.
grey hair and beard; he does not gam
BILE or drink up his money, but goes
back to his workings after stocking up
with supplies. He has been working
on his claims for over thirty years
and l heard these men say that he has
vast amount of rich ore dug out and
piled up in his tunnel, gold and silver
That he does get enough Of free mil
ling gold to keep him in money and
they believe him to have a large
amount boarded away in his cabin
Now they are planning to raid the old
, man and rob him of the gold they
think he has. No one ever gets into
his tunnel as he keeps it locked. They
: say he has over a thousand feet OF
tunnel dug. Mr.. Hartz-O excuse me