before the sale of the Champion; Holmes died…
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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.
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