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Show 1'i'i'sitlcut Oraut ns'n Silver Miner. President Grant now turns up in a new role. The Georgetown Miner of yesterday says that when he was at Idaho, Ida-ho, up in .the mountains, a few weeks ago, and as he was standing in the Beobee house waiting for somebody to shake hands with him, a fellow rushed frantically in and handed him a deal for a half interest in a silver mine in Clcer Creek County. Before the President could say "Coil bless you,'' the giver was gone, but the deed remained. Again, just as the carriage which was to convoy him away from Idaho, drove up to the door, a man entered the parlor in some haste, approached the President aud in a few words told him that he had been with him through the Peninsular Pe-ninsular campaign, and was present ut the final consumation of the war; that lie had long wanted to pay his humble tribute to the Great Commander, Com-mander, and begged his acceptance of the enclosed, handing him a sealed package;and then quickly turned away and was lost in the crowd. This gave U lyases S. an undivided half interest in a silver lode in Clear Creek county. The deed was not recorded, the Miner says, for prudential reasons. Since the lode wae presented to the President, Presi-dent, the other half-owner his name may be Smith, but it isn't has gone to work and developed it, and finds it surpassingly rich m ore. The bare statement ol its riehne-a, our cotem-porary cotem-porary says, would sound like some story of Ihe " Thousand and one nighls." and would seem incredible to anyone unacquainted with the rich mineral depo-ils. sometime found in this region .' Thi- will probably be of great sjiti-faction to the head of the nation. The re)Xrt tells us of rich assays up to s20,U0 to the ton, and of -A.(X worth of ore in sight, and a big thins geuerallv. Wo hope Grant will conic out again to look after his property, and when he goCa out of office, he can find no better buines than that of the houeat miner up anions the mountains f Colorado. -T- ,.r,: |