Mines that will do that for three
partners are scarce, indeed. Ambition, however, did pay enough
so that, by spring, Tom and Harry, after looking over their bank
account, found that they could go ahead and furnish their engineer
offices on a handsome scale. Some thousands, too, found their
way to their families in the good old home town of Gridley.
The mine was turned into a stock company. Tom, Harry and Jim
each retained one-fourth interest. The remaining fourth of the
stock was divided evenly between Cook Leon and the twenty-four
miners who had stood by so loyally, so that now each of the original
miners, in addition to his day's pay, owned one per cent. of the
gold and silver that went up in the new elevator that replaced
the tub-hoist.
Alf Drew did not receive one of the small shares in the mine property.
His cigarette smoking had made him lazy and worthless, and he had
done nothing to promote the success of the once desperate
mining venture.
However, there was hope for Alf.
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