before the sale of the Champion; Holmes died…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

een lode to eastern capitalists for a large sum, re- ceiving a forfeit of $3,000 down. A strange fatality seemed to follow many of the old time miners of the Mogollons. Jim Cooney was killed by Indians when about to make a sale for a quarter of a million; Kilgore died shortly before the sale of the Champion; Holmes died in Silver City before the fruition of his hopes on the Maud S; Hudson died when the Oakland became a paying property; Col. McComas be- fore his plans were perfected on the Last Chance, and Mader when about to grasp a long deferred fortune. HOW TO KEEP FISH WHEN CAUGHT