Thirty years on the frontier . w Eldorado. WildBill, the famous scout, Captain Jack Craw-ford, Texas Jack, and other equally notedscouts and Indian fighters, were there. Theysought gold and adventure alike, only for thepleasure it would bring. III. BLACK HILLS DAYS. I knew Doc Kiimie was not a civil engi-neer, but lie had a plan which looked good,and as I was almost broke, I consented tohelp him work it. There was a horseshoebend in the creek which might be drained forplacer mining by tunneling through in anarrow place. I talked up the project withsome of the boys, and they agreed to dig thetu
Thirty years on the frontier . w Eldorado. WildBill, the famous scout, Captain Jack Craw-ford, Texas Jack, and other equally notedscouts and Indian fighters, were there. Theysought gold and adventure alike, only for thepleasure it would bring. III. BLACK HILLS DAYS. I knew Doc Kiimie was not a civil engi-neer, but lie had a plan which looked good,and as I was almost broke, I consented tohelp him work it. There was a horseshoebend in the creek which might be drained forplacer mining by tunneling through in anarrow place. I talked up the project withsome of the boys, and they agreed to dig thetunnel while Doc did the civil after day they dug and blasted rock,while Doc stood around looking wise and en-couraging the work. In about a month theywere practically through to the other side ofthe creek. Then they began to call for Docsmeasurements and calculations. ^^ Nevermind, you are not through yet, he wouldsay, ^I will let you know when to stop dig-ging. ^But we can hear the water rushing,they would General George A. Custer (page 21). THIRTY YEARS ON THE FRONTIER. 17 ^^You fellows cant tell anything about of rushing water are always carrieda long distance by rocks. But we are not in the rocks now, we arein a clay bank. Clay does the same thing; keep on dig-ging. Two days later and there was a commotionat the lower end of the tunnel, when a fullhead of water came rushing out, bearing withit men, wheelbarrows and shovels. They werenearly drowned, and half frozen, when theyscrambled out of the creek. Mad as hornets,they sought their civil engineer, but he wasnowhere to be found. The work was prospects were good. When theirclothes were dried and they had eaten dinner,they laughed over the incident and par-doned Docs miscalculation. With pan androcker, we now began to work the dry horse-shoe bend. Nuggets weighing an ounce, andfrom that on down to the size of a pin head,were found. The fellows were honest, andmade an even divide all ar
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