Show THE MOUNTAINS AND aad MINES I 1 the nany many kg big chilli bilings 6 reported that are finiel I 1 a THE GOLDEN DREAMS OF THE OLD TIMERS I 1 i t our mountain resorts to t o a p ing to co tile tho Gol ilc o theold the BOY bor still ddll hope here to emlo iLca I 1 it or tile the illington islington Is lington t ion I 1 ono man wile mho 4 found what lie ho sought I 1 I 1 4 9 I 1 t I 1 cin carl yv nov july 2 1891 I 1 usually al this our people are arc scattered abroad in fit the little alle allia 9 and I 1 I 1 about tho the sake lakish of tho the high bi bierwas erras or 1 down among tile the towns or of call Z fern furuli 1 I 1 ahls fit s fourth of J july of y lie however ev or vill nod flod ilium OIL at homo home xo no need to iu go 50 abroad al iroil t alili i its oar to lo lind either cither a moist or a lancing atmosphere abino WO vo hao 1 laid I both boin store hori it home it I 1 L lias if been a most in ost discouraging edson for the keepers of if all mountain hotels holds at lakes and otner of 0 su summer millor resort it is it alio llio I 1 0 fasti i ion oil to item bo fitly itty at tho the expense of these mople iti and to e peak of about pouncing financing f rot upon PC alio to tourist and visitor irom from the valles as hungrily us as so an many fly bloodsucking but elie truth la is I 1 thai ilia the abo charas of all aro are very re reasonable ibon nowhere is til ill ono one rind find a moro more accommodating commo comino dating set of men than those I 1 sent anio hotel keepers their houses being k in isolated places at lakes and valleys far from any town they have a way or of d looking upon their guests almost as mi ut of their families and guests t are moro more or loss labs brought in contact I 1 with mith of the lb families of the iho keeper of tile hotels this Is cry dilT dir crent from lie situation and ilia batu con lost liosi and at al the listl in ill tile tho seacoast towns town indeed in clio mountains N visiting famila froni from tho vallois andl and the of the lacatel keepers very ire fro con onzolo on colo celil a mutual regard for each other him it happens that certain families year after i oar ear go to the aico sawo hotels holds tor for A certain number of weeks it and aid ASS all in tile tho holds are arc like old friends this Is pr tile tho laiu case at lako lake tahoe thero there tile rapacious rapa clou landlord laut llord Is if the season at al tho herteli ii I 1 short and n u hen a season ill lioves oves so adverse I 1 yet us as has this ono thoo mountain la landlords aie of sympathy instead of abuse FOR hiir enone I 1 I 1 tho the last few daya dilys however liow evor have leon of tile blazing liol hot kind natural to sc acan it Is hoped that thai with viall a I 1 clurn of weather of A normal typo type there may 10 lie le los les s fatal aboon among tle aged of the iho country last auter and this spring saw tile departure of many old la Is tor for tile tho gold golden tt shorn t challes beyond t alio lie dark I 1 m I 1 er NO longer ago aeo than last week ano more mairo mere called to that unknown realm tor for which all sooner or ijler musi take lako their departure tace were alex ale carbell and aad A P I 1 houghton ll carell fell dea dead it from i heart dlease while in tile tho discharge of iho duties of a fitall and silvalo wate watchman bulan houghton oia bo was abao four score gradually faded out from among ainone us its it lug at al last wt a tired c child it I 1 tit lalla fails A 11 will be remembered by all as the iho genial bonial old gentleman lie was tor for years in the ticket collico of pipers opera house I 1 with in died of retrain iscon cos of the new york stage of thirty favat to forty livo five years ago iio could relate anecdotes by tile hour of all I 1 abo actors and acl rosos of that polled as lie was for many ears about the leading theaters lie ile cattle round tile tho horn here on oil fit barno steamer U salt lieutenant dei by johar the ploll oil known humorous who elto I 1 made tun fort fur for the iho people of the coast la in iho clio caily days of california they had ceulers ch ulers aboard tho the Ci cl and lila I 1 in fit order to cheer the passengers an and distract disi I 1 choir attention alten llon from there themselves elves lieutenant derby ti hi iasell luisel to cattle tho publication of a dally humorous lin paper in manuscript lining filling it with comical illustrations this paper mas as thought 1 so fo good that tile tho numbers of it m noro ere carefully pre by the officers of clio I 1 ste atner anil carried back to now kaw york u here tho the whole ueral published I 1 in a tho the new york herald in 1852 I 1 think I 1 thus thu wo we soo sea that the io boer or old and I 1 dread farrl ferriman man of all the tie ad Is now flow beginning to have haio as his passengers many of the mon men of tho the dia dis a of forty j nine I 1 it L lf is now that tho the old argonaut I 1 way may cry isa ft iho boltl isee I 1 sea I 1 th ahn all tho dead I 1 N jtb ala pik in bond lie ile callb for or ina it lallia il iti aci dmd ad il io nt kiy k arn quickly S ly conle I 1 b by MM athia alil j dl doln Y r ILE 19 7 IFE THERE 19 HOIE Buti bat abile tho the breath of life continues to anicato thu the form of tho the old miner of alio dirty da bobill still to 0 o hope only a day or too ao ago I 1 mot met au all old fort torti bluer who told ilia 1110 ile 10 was nas pro 1 paring to return to klumas county cal molook for something seen by life hini in tho the batly days ills story was all alio and i sparkling with bangles pang ks les ut of guld gold unit and lak theory in regard to the bilot lie ho had in low was wasso 60 plau biblo chat it 11 ir called cincil as though ho he lied had only to cross the mountains to bo be nt alonco once driving ilia his pick lack up to tho the eye ere into volu voin mater tai that thai I 1 average at least halt half golden nuggets nus gt and I 1 cala llo had tho bamo of every old camp tit in plumas at at of tits his tongue y aud anti tit nearly all know knew of something that never was found hat but ills his on pet spot r mila fa regular golden boum cavern tho at ere X house hoino of all the hi gnomes and goblins that I 1 guard tile iho gulden golden mountains lie ile wants tile thu w of u no capitalist all here s Is 16 a stout burro to pick his campi camping ing traps 0 or the blei leir ras asand land him at I 1 laft casern tho the gold I 1 no ko ono now thing knows alic cipot except himself a aad ad it nl training has of late lalo 7 beirs 0 irs shifted ama aa irom from it tin the old p ku r maineri follon it a stream of got fol don doll clugg eti to till very wall all of the aln that wo the h mother ol of thorn them all and then turned an aljy ay because they saw no ito wore mor jabed grael distance lends enchantment to tho the I 1 alem onto ono can hardly find an old time lio ties lias not such a dipol in of iho file golden bo be utilize far er after meary surrounding tsume llio iha proper abapo and aery every fee fea luro tu combine recombine comb lne to wake inako it appear As s a I 1 fixed tact malay tit an old californian has I 1 attl ne benda ada anti and gollo baek back te ti settle old camp it in which tie na pross acted in early arly da di expecting tp alln to bo be able to lo pounce alua arvy down upon tho the big thing I 1 ho a failed ad to explore ears before when holl lie ile was upon tho the ground but bin awas somo something thing goes OB wrong and the ibi golden tr eumire Is not found it ta as with tho the old trebo of bigers lg cra in tho ailanti states mates often they had re reached ched the till lid of tile groat true iron chol and solime doll nn tile the relator point of flailing bushels of kold gold and diamonds militia lion the ho apell mas a brokon by the utter suit ing of lit SO an untimely and ami the great i 0 clio lie t sunk stink jingling find and crashing into inlo ibo of tile tl out eai ill ali THE CAUSS CAUSE OF SIAM MANY FAILURES undoubtedly there aro are immensely air it doroit do of both final tz and placer gold in california not yot yet found find and sonio of these so probably io fit tile tho very spun spots Ial talked lacal of arid and dreamed of by tho the old timers that which prevents tile tho old miners from finding tho the bonanzas of dreams on oil resuming to boarch bearch tor for them thein is fit proba probably blythe iho same thing filing tint that ted them from finding them m when hen thoy mero airston first on the ground fai failure lurla to mako make porst persistent stent and thorough search A curious carious of the human mind 1 that its as we wa near an object toward which wo we set out with great othus enthusiasm lamn front from some dista distant fit put point it our faith it in it 11 gladu gia illy oozes bozos out A prospector soil out for some diamant region full ful of faith in all ho he lias bas heard of t said fil swallowing eon tho the mose cx t stories but as ho he journeys journey sho ha dimps by the iho wayno by ono all tho the c e citing things lie iio lias has lizard heard end and upon fit rivinia in sight ut of his destination lie ho feels facts it so in ills ids bones that tile tho expedition will ond to lu failure thus it ls IS with 1111 tile tho old miner retaining to tho of ills his dreams all seems so 0 o plain bald and commonplace common thai lie he Is 13 di all tho clio surrounding roa realities lUles appear to bo be of a nature to go squarely agal against ilist a hat bat ills fancy has for cars been painting and after strolling gloomily about tile spot tor for a timi lia ito leaves without hating struck rl 11 pick into tho the ground unco once i a inan Is suro sure of his points knows that all thea ilia lia ile has boon been pondering fro aro real lie ho should canal camp on oil that ali grousd grorud slid and stay with it keep at ai work vork upon the problem lra until lie ho his hall solved it ote ONE O te MAX MAN MHO FOUND WHAT III far WET WEST AFTER I 1 once knew a roan man who lie wont after a thing of the iho kind and ami got st it 1 I ahls his bics was IN william allam king a miner of tho the toll town it of washington on the south yuba river ile he vent ment up to british columbia at tho the timo time of the fragor divor excitement lie ile was unfortunate in fit tho clio mines could lind find nothing that would pay go where ho he would woi to add to his troubles he a letter front ills his wife who alto lied boon left lu it the iho town ol of washington toni belag him blin that tho the A had iii to supply lier laor m with tit pro islona land and other had bad refused hor further credit I 1 was not likely her husband would live to lo set got home and they would no longer take tho the chances on ills his returning icing aas in it a tight light 0 and W was obliged to lo do onto home serious t lain ilia ilo ile biot find something lio was or got get back to california and find 0 to something was bellig bettor better acquainted ill california mining regions than thoo thole of Colu fallis ho he naturally bet ills mind to exploring tile former onner mentally ho he explored tho the old bars of the hie river the ravines canyons find and ark creeks ks arvery with which lie h lie iio was at all finally be came to fall crook creek a no treat great ditanno di tanco above washington lie ho know that this creek was rich up to a certain cort alii point abobo abao that point not a color of gold could bo be found iho gold found in tho the crock was of HIP wild kind found lu if the big drift diggings a gold tit or of the iho old doal idohl I 1 aliers 1 ors 11 11 how ow it oer got gob into tho the crock creek no ono could tell foraL fur at tile point where the gold boll gae out thoro there w N ero ere calil walls of bolk twenty feet in light on oil both alls of elie stra stream tant As all on both sides of tit alio crek was nias bare bedrock there hero seemed to no likelihood that tho the goldcamp gold camo la in across it tho ploua ion was one that thai been tho standing puzzle of tile iho fall creek miners king that on the north aldo of the clock was a af forty or fifty acres elevated el some five feet above the iho creek crecli also ho be roi bored having soon seen gravel on this elevated flat As tho the gold could not noc havo have rained down from the clouds lie at rived at tho the conclusion that a radl pad load of auriferous grael that parsed through tho the oat had been out cut across oy tho the creek to lind find this lead ho he would only haio haca to go to tile ilia spot wore tho the pa pas ended in tho ilia reek anti and theio go upon iho clio flat find and find it king managed to got get to portland anil and found foutin a friend who mile lei lent it if him itu enough looney to carry him home biome lie ilo landed in washington dead broko broke not a merchant would io 10 mile much as trust rust him fatal for a sack tit of dour on the iho contrary tit all clam clamorer cla orold tor for pay for provi blons alread furnished its ills saint family ly A miner friend finally lathim lot him have a few dollars leaving w few days supply ot of provisions in tho the house king footed it to tile tho spot of his dreams he found tho the babik ol of ell iho e creek smooth bedrock ami abi wm b th bedrock extended a roil rod or two north of the creek out into inlo the ibo flat but tile ibo murfa surface ot of this bial proved to be cocked coi bred m with itla gravel as ho be had pictured it king dug a boia in the gravel about a yard square anti and at a depth delith of two feet feel camo came to bedrock but out of this little pot lie iio go got over to in beautiful gold ito ilo sunk other oher holes boles to got tho the c courso of tho the pay and front from each got from to saud lot all tills alnio the miners on tho the creek creck more lau laughing abing at him for ho be wai careful not to lot let them see him panning out his gold returning to ashong washing ton lie sent for his brother lu in law to a neighboring town tome when ullen the two men went back to fall creek and by sluicing two or three shafts found lourse courso of if tile tho pay channel across tho the plat and alid secured cured el every toot foot tit of it not hot u until dili tills this lied had been done lid did tho creek miners lind land out the lh big all iko that had been made then three of thom them in arched cd up ip to tile the hat flat to drive king away but bat when to loaded shotguns invited thorn them to kilt at a O of lifty fifty yards front from tile tho principal shaft tile tho creek ft llos beat a retreat and ami thereafter all was licach I 1 visited kongs mine in tho ilia fall of and found satin him averaging a liy day to tile the man luan he U had then brought in water for hydraulic washing as talog slid and was working four mon standing beside king to lu fill diggings I 1 pulled out ut ilia iho gravel bank at a higby of about five feet above tho the bedrock a piece of gold in tile shape abapo of 0 a loan bean pull pod that was worth I 1 bought tho ilio specimen on tho the spot NA vo a m went ell L to ills his house bouse fl a line large cabin blu to weigh the gold anti and there surrounded by ills hla wife and children king told me the iho story of its his finding the bulno lie ilo was thou fiscal rich and rapidly grom growing ing richer as a lie find his own water ater ditch laid and had a mino mine that almost worked itself the bedrock so sloping lot upward with tile tho of the plateau that no tunnel was required nor waa it ne coMiry todo to do any cutting culling down of bedrock llroy were diggings to rejoice tho the sent son of stay any miner tho the stream from tho the how doing all tho the work now right there was still left lefi unsolved another golden puzzle kings channel ra ran im luross ross the little plat in ID a direction it ate leceil le reil directly tor for a Us big gratzl mountain that bounded tile 1 II 11 11 1 it 1 on I the file north side the iho |