The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-28
his recent discovery.
SHOEMAKER AMAZED

MS recent discovery.
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"Therc's gold on this place"
Martin shouted loudly.
The shoemaker and his wife
looked amazed and their children
began to cry at the sudden out.
break of the strange traveller.
Martin then, with n no less vigcr-
Gus voice, asked the shoemaker
where he had found the mud used
in daubing the cracks between the
logs of his house. When the cob
bier, whose name was Robert An
derson. had overcome to some ex-
tent the sudden shock caused by
the strangers discovery. he pro-
ceeded to describe in detail the
place on his land where the mud
had been obtained, on the banks
of a small stream.
"Think of it, old fellow" said
Martin (these were not his exact
words but doubtless. he said some
thing to this effcct). "People are
going to South America after gold
and you've got it right here in
your backyard. There's no need
for you to waste your time ham
mering on shoes - you arc
wealthy
Anderson and his wife sat up
all night eagerly listening to their
guests tale of prospecting and un-
believable riches.
The next morning the proprie-
tor put some of the dirt from the
cabin walls in an old kettle and
took it to the creek where nc
could test it by banning it in the
water. About so cents worth OF
gold was obtained at, the first pan
ming and Martin kept on, until he
was sure there was vast supply
Of gold on the cobbler's land.
REMAINED WITH ANDERSON
He agreed to stay with Ander~
son a few months and show him
how to pan the gold for one-half
of the "pay dirt" to which sug-
gestion the old man readily
agreed, as he knew nothing of
mining gold.
He stayed about eight months
and when he left. he took with him
a large sum of the money as his
share of the gold. go. r..
Anderson kept on at his work
of mining the precious metal and
was said to have grown rich in a
short length of time. However, he
was very wasteful and careless
with his money and at the time
of his death had very little left.
The discovery of gold by Sam
Martin at the old cobbler's cabin
occurred twenty years before the
famous gold rush to California in
the days of 1S49.
At the death of Robert Ander-
son the gold mine became the
property of Joseph Mcdowell Car
son and it has been handed down
to the nearest relative for several
generations. The mine has been
worked at intervals since Martins
momentous discovery LOG years
ago, and a large amount of~gold
has been obtained from the opera
tions at the mine during these
years.
MUCH MINING CARRIED ON
Gold has been mined in other
places in the vicinity of Ander-
sons mine and near Pilot Noun
tain. In fact, mining has been car
ried on quite extensively in this
locality during the past and the
small village of Brindletown, To-
Gated near there, was known as
a mining center in the days of the
North Carolina gold rush from
1928 to 1849. At that time the
gold fever swept the major part
of the state and great numbers
of people forsook their work for
the miners pick and shovel. This
mining was carried on extensively
in many sections of Western
North Carolina.
We are in the same fix, for the
+1,;nps We. have the ability to get