As a result of the correspond
ence that followed, the prospector
got a job for Sutton in a t ie-camp in
the valley. After his arrival here,
Sutton’s acquaintance was culti
vated by the miner, who found
out that the hunter knew nothing
about minerals. On the occasion
of a hunting trip in the vicinity ■
of the old cabin, the prospector
succeeded in getting Sutton to
show him where he obtained the
rich specimen. The value of the
ore was not mistrusted by Sutton,
who said he knocked it off a big
boulder and carried it to the cabin
simply as a curiosity.
LOCATED THE RICH MINERAL.
Without much difficulty Sutton
piloted his companion up to the
Cedar creek country, right under
Baldy mountain. On the hill be
low the creek was found the
boulder described. There was a
band or seam of the same kind
of mineral-bearing rock on the
boulder such as that from which
the rich assay was obtained. There
were marks, showing where
the specimen bad been chipped
off. The prospector contented
himself then with taking away an
other specimen. Assays on pieces
of it, sent both to Denver and Salt
THE SARATOGA SUN.
Lake, did not vary materially and
• w’ere not much out of the way from
the return 011 the first specimen.
t This encouraged the prospector
to believe that at last he was on
the right track and would not have
far to look liefore he should locate
a lead that would make him rich.
• Subsequent visits to the big boul
der, however, only confused him.
