Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1890 — Made Rich by an Accident. [ARTICLE]

Made Rich by an Accident.

A remarkable instance of the fickleness of fortune which occurred in this city several weeks ago has just come to light. Dave Evans, a young miner, had been to see his best girl Sunday night. Returning home late he fell into an abandoned prospecting hole and was compelled to remain until the following morning, when in ascending by means of a rope, he scaled off a portion of the wall and discovered a rich lead of silver. He leased tbe mine and is now taking out ore that yields 8300 a ton in silver and a considerable quantity of copper. He has been offered 850,000 to cancel his lease, but refuses to sell. He will become a millionaire, while the fellows who leased to him have already become hopeless lunatics. — Butte (Mont.) special.