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such a fool as to come out into this country and because I made a thousand dollars in a day, should begin to delve in that spot for more, and continue day and night, all day until the stars came, all night until they faded away, -month in and month out- blasting the rock which gave way sometimes eight inches in twenty- four hours, until I was so poor that I couldnt get trusted for a place to lean against, until my partners and men all left me- and every body laughed at me as I went by and said "There goes that poor fool Flack." and I knew I was a fool as well as they did, until one day I got through the Cap. 173 feet of "cap"- and there lay the precious "iron." And then Presto! Change! First came my partner- oh yes!! and it was "how do you do my dear fellow- God bless you- lets take a drink- and can't we sell you something to-day- &c &c. The fellows good luck has been too recent, for him to have shed his buckskin pants which he has worn