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Show "SALTING" A GOLD MINE. Turning; i Worthless Claim Into a Bonanza, as Told by a Totty Klner. lts of peo,le think 'said the rjrlr-rlcd rjrlr-rlcd Forty-niner that .- Ins a gol 1 mine la one of the lost tins Theae" people were ncwr more mistaken in .heHP live. -HIM "' is even more common then It used to be "nd every week In the ai West aom. 2cd dialer by the . "' salt unloads nn empty -(.roposltlon on the gulleleSB tenderfoot lasy to detect, )ou should think' Not a bit of It An old hand ut the gnmi will salt a mine right under )our e)ea and you never the wlaer Tell )ou how it la done, you aa) Well )ou must think 1 nm prett) crooked myself to Know the was of the dev lotia ones but experience In a thorough thor-ough ten her jou know Well there ate nil aoits ind kinds of aalUng' One of the neateat tricks le the manner or salting' n mine where the teat is b) pan uppoaes. for Instance In-stance a man ionics to sell )ou n gold elalm He dcclarea that In, pay dirt pana out $10 to tho pan or thcreabotita and offeia to take )ou light out to the claim and prove his statement ou tnke him up and out Jim go -''" our man Is openness Itself He tells vnu ti ahovel up a an of dirt rrom an) i late on the ilnltti that ou like, nnd he will wiiali It nut ror )ou What could be falrei than that? No iKislble i bailee for a fake )ou think Of course not' Ml right ou shovel up )our pin ful nt laiidom an I hand It ovtr to jciui man to be washed ou w itch him with nn enfcle e)t .So i hance while )ou me-b) me-b) for him lo slip n little dunt fiom hi hand Into the pan! "oti are too keen for that, or e-niirae In rnet na the moments mo-ments speed h) and the dht nnd water swirl nway over the e Ige ou begin to think what u nh e oil bo) he la uny-vva) uny-vva) nolhlng lo conceal cver)thlng open und above boird Ilia smllo is ttuly benevolent ns he pulta away on hla old pits oi rather bltea the atom In the corner of his mouth for lit I fo In carneat over tin wink Hint he Ins fulri) let the plw go oul, nnd It la almost upside up-side down Look out )ou aa) ')our aahea art falling out Oh will the tolmcio la out an)-wa) an)-wa) he saya an I guts sttiulll) on with Ihe woik )ou nu-anvvhlle watching eagerly ea-gerly and covttoualy for the shining inrilil a nnd luat lo gleam from the black auni nt (ho bottom Ah there the) nie ill last lou thaw a deep breath of relief and delight while Ihe Ixnevolent old man looks up with a klndl v anilh and sa)a shaking hla heal 'A'al Idnlaie that ahovva up a he ip sight better even than I figured on 1 in aort n amr) 1 mined that prlte to )ou on thla ere il lltn I.nok like aa If you lu il n bonansa ' Hut )ou gave me )out wonl, )ou blurt nut luiiniuoual) nnd )ou cant go linck on It ' .No young roller Hint aright 111 rtlck to what I aild Hut rush' I had no I len she d pin out like HiIhI' With tiotnbllng hands )ott scoop up the Hand nnd Mild fiom the pan and daah nway to the aasayers olllce lou mil feel vnur hair turn icrav while be Is weighing It out slxt)-Jvvo ilolltia he nnnnuniea W hew nu almoat d-op In n dead faint with eldlUit ouII have n fortune for-tune In k eek ut that rale Thla la In-dee In-dee 1 thi count-) of goll' ion lush after the old mm an 1 put Iht trnnafe- pnreia through In a JUT) pa)lug out ever) doll ir that ou ios-sess ios-sess In the v orld for the dilm lou are full of gratitude to the old man who stuck by his vvoul of houoi legnrdltaa of loa lou did not know tint In ml ning campa moral stundirds vvtro ao high Hut the next morning rnmeH n ehaime After a rouplo ot hours of back breaking annlng out )ou have proctltull) nothing fur )our pains i few dollii lerhaps hanll) more thin BO eents n inn A horrible suspicion en tira )our mind that there la something wrong W h) continue the auBiensc 'Ihe mining expert whom ou summon In und whose rej utatloit Is known fur mil a mound looks over tin gretind und then aaka )ou n few questions nbout the foi mi r owner who anil )ou tin elalm l'nsllivel) nn chance for Bailing' the teat pan' )ou uaat rt The exi ert no la assent W aa he smoking ' ho aaka lit nn think lou meditate 'Ah )es smoking un old elii) pipe' Howl upside ilown uaka the expert ex-pert pleasantly W h) yea I guess It was In fai t ' I know Intertupta the i Xpert The 1 Ipe waa out a big bunth of gold dual wna mixed with the a!ica nnd the) all sirted from the bowl nn the pan V sullen light diivn upon )our mind Oh Just one of Ihe old vvi) of 'anlllng a goll mine' aas Ihe expeit eonaollngl) 'I hope he dldn t hit )ou harl The claim Isn I worth ahui ka N" not hard' )ou an) alnwl) and turn titvny to look foi a Job for now a Jub la ihe only thing between )ou nnd aturvatlon Well anil Mr Tort) nlner that a on. wn) to silf a goll nilite Iherc are others suj pose )oq are Inieitsl Inr nuraiir In a mine when, tunneling la the met od of gittlug out th, .ire-clous .ire-clous metal U mi si It a llfty )etua ago that I got stuck In a pro-oaltlon or that kltil Th. ulfiiblH owner of the initio who 'it ill) dldnt wunt to sell but felt Hint he muat return Last al ni) requit lol mi prompt!) ihiough thi tunncllnga of tin pro-eil) Just be-ginning be-ginning to be devilupnl A inutile or hla men In om of thi tunnels weio (111-Ing (111-Ing up blguiuv is b.gs wlin qtmru ami pay dirt that ha I evldentl) been mined oul onl) a few hours hifnu I felt that I vv is an old hand nt mining min-ing nn 1 ao I wulki 1 up pioinptl) to one of Ihe I .n ks thai hid jusi been llllnl un I silel I want this one liken out for sampling Tin mouth of the bug was tlghU) sewn togither so I knew that li lould not be lampcied with The owner looked Bonn what pained at my al tupt methols and 1 was falils glteful ovir ni) aiuteneaa and piotnpt-nesa piotnpt-nesa Well to my delight, that -.g as anye 1 aw i) up almoat to the " t waa aa l le ll oie as had ever bee found In the .amp Within twout) four lio.us the mini belonged lo me ind tlie.uuli t cost nm about all I had I was walk-r Ing mi i Ir " Put Ihe utiioi here Mima a vor) lldn suit or p imenade und la llkcl) to let ou fall through suldenl) so It ""," "'", I.1"'" ''" W "Hlmply S I v "k I It , ,,,, t, , It. ' 'I I" I HI lllMISt l i la i tui) to un ota miner Halted was hla brier comment, 'salted to the limit' Hut how" I iskcd lie looked at me pll)lngl) ' loung man,' he snld ")ou re ten-dei ten-dei at Ihl btiilnt or iiiuise, that chap hid scnttiire.l a hindful ot gold dust In each nl those few bagn He knew jou d louroe on one nnd 1 11 bet he could hardl) lleep from jelling when he aaw )ou walk right Into the trip" Th rorty-nlncn shook hi hea I sad-I) sad-I) ' Ir Is mclineholv, even llfty years nfter, to leeall Hie occasions when one has teen tried and found nn ens) mark ' Hold he Salting a mine Willi n blowpipe ln't nn unur muon way lo do tht tile k iiiuard I urjtor of old ('ill- fo-nln di)s '1 h i method requlrel corsldenblt Kill Suppose n cionkcd owier ot i ilf-dev eloped set of tun-nell tun-nell igs decide to unlond He goes thro agh Ihe tunnel, notes cirefully nil the knobs l chunks Hint project piom-Inent'y piom-Inent'y from the sides or roof nnd with an Ingenlou Bort of a blower he force flne gold dust Into the cracks or ircv-Ices ircv-Ices or these outeiopplng knob Then ho takes the would-be purchaser through Ihe mine ' This lime thu prospective hu)er Is nil old Kind not u law jnutli to be i mglit by such tricks na rooted mc He eloesn t intend lo be taken In by salted bag of ore Ho will do n lltllo actual mining on his own account He takes a pick nnd hacks uvvaj at n few knob of the hud qunrtz thit art Imbedded In the aides of the tunnel ' flint r right,' Hitya the owner, 'take It out uherovir you want If thoc chunks don t nssaj good then tho lest of the mine won't either' That owner was quite rlkht; he wiita t overstating- the caao a mite or course, 'those chunk nsiyed good that Is what the) wen- blown for Hut ifttr the mine vvua sold there wn nothing noth-ing dolt ir It was enipt) na n shell Just the old stor) it solttd mint unloaded on nniithi r pucker ' .New urflV ii wicked clt) all right I guess but If jou think 11 at the effete 1'ist It is u monopol) In the Inide or gold brliks vou re gtnndly inlitukcn " .Nw lotk Tiibtine |
