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Show STRANGE CAREER OF ORCHARD. ! From Owner of Interest In Rich Mlno to Prison Cell. Denver. From a sixth owner In tho Hercules mine, In tho Coeur d'Alcno district, now estimated to bo worth $25,000,000, to a folon's coll awaiting trial In tho Idaho courts on a chnrgo of tho murder of former Governor Frank Steuncnberg, Is tho strango freak of fortune that Harry ( Orchard has experienced. Against tho ndvlco nnd desires of his wife, Orchard sold out his holdings hold-ings in tho Hercules and, packing up 1 his possessions, went to Cripplo Creek. Ho received In tho neighborhood neighbor-hood of $500 for his sharo In tho i mlno. Ills associates In tho mining venturo continued their efforts in developing de-veloping tho mlncThoy wore ublo to make a showing to capitalists and secured se-cured nil tho money needed to Install machinery nnd work tho property on a large scalo. Ono lucky strlko followed nnothor, nnd nil tho miners who had hold tholr sharo or tho mlno wero made wealthy. Edward Boyce, who hod not so lnrgo an Interest In tho mlno as Orchard Or-chard had, Is n mllllonnlro two or throo times over, and his lortuno Is on the Increase. -w |