History of the Amador Mine

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 128, 23 April 1872, Page 6

History of the Amador Mine

A San Francisco letter says:—Alvinza Hay ward is the hero of a story equal to " Monte Christo." He is a Vermonter, who operated with a man named Chamberlainc in a gold lead, which was full of indications, but yielded nothing tangible. Chamberlainc at last went away disconsolate, giving Hayward all his interest. The latter worked at the thing for months, and was buried deeper and deeper into the ground : but at last his family was next to starving, all his labourers left him, and lie knew of no friend in the world except Chamberlaine. "My God! 1 ' he said to this man, who had meantime been engaged in stock-raising, "I am on the verge of this great strike. I know it. Can't you give me a little money '?" Chamberlainc had been on the verge himself several times, and he shook his head sa:Uy. But lie had 3000 dollars—his all—buried under a haystack near by, and he went and dug it up. " Take it, old fellow," he said, with Californian heartiness ; "do your best." With this money, Hayward recommenced, and he had worked until it was all spent, and his men were reduced to a bag of beans for nourishment, when to the gleam of hope, the precious ore blazed suddenly up, and the Amador mine was the richest in the world. When this mine was paying 40,000 dollars a month Hayward made over to his friend one perfect third of it. Chamberlainc retired upon 1,500,000 dollars, and moved east to educate his children, Hayward buying baclc the whole. Finally, even Hayward groAV tired, and ho sold out the mine to a stock company, of which General Colton is president. The mine will make 450,090 dollars net this yea:', and Colton said last week, "The Amador mine will hold out longer than we will,"