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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 364, 30 April 1903, Page 3

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-OSUnmo J* On» War of • ~' STOtfcorat the Labor offiuta - -IvV-.,,- ■ >..-.,, ,' M)a « ** On*.; ." r " 1 *- ■ • • '* ■—"■r* ■*—" *33iKre iare more, ways <rf making , Etfcmey off a claim than panning it out," '■-' (said an Alaska miner who had sbnieif tuck with his pick and Bhovel7repor|«if; -, the Washington Star. "For ihstansi, *** I knew a man of means in the Dawson district -who had a claim which had failed tobea* profitable as expected,. • .- ■ ■nr\& he didn't know just what to do . with-it to get his money backuntil ■ ; he had devoted considerable thought; r to it. And it was flimple enough whssn * he knew how. "He quietly went to the gold commissioner, and .announced. .that ■ >|i«3[' ' wi shed to pay- hist en per C/cnt. royalty on the product of his claim'for ayeary-* ;which; was.s6,ooD. The' epmnjisaipney;-. jaecepte'd the $6,000 royalty -and g&ra shim tths usual receipt,, stating.on its iCaee. what it was for, with'the-number. ; of the claim,.loca-tion, etc. ; "Then hj« "waited patiently »tKrtiV J like Mary's little, lamb,' and one 'day> • : in the course of human events, an EngV!I lishman came along- loolring-.for a gooft" ifiing for some people who had 1 • r"o •pond.--Bo asked' Mr. Bm'sk. among , others, had- to-*013,/ati*d--.th<wr'' : '' ' wia'isoth gentjtold'rhim:h;e didn't kjjjbw 1 ' exactly, but he would show Mm-hl**, . ~ goods. They looked over several claims•that were'practically unworked*, anflthen in a casual way Mr. Blank showed the Englishman his receipt for royalty on claim so and so.. "And, yon know/ he,.said, with a wink, 'that a/man isn't paying royalty on any taore thanJter can possibly help.* '* "The. Englishman was right' imtO thai lit tie ".game,; of ;edur'se, and; lie '"..::.'' seized up the.. $6,000- receipt, looked over the claim in a general way,- Mrd ended by buying it for $150,000.** ""'