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Updated: September 17, 2025
The principal mines in Gold Hill are the Ophir, Caledonia, Overman, Seg, Belcher, Yellow Jacket, Kentuck, Crown Point, Imperial and Bullion. The Yellow Jacket was the first mine located, taking its name from the fact that its locators were warmly opposed by a swarm of yellow jackets. This was in 1859. The yield of the Gold Hill mines and the dividends paid were enormous.
"Good Lord! han't seen un since I was in Kentuck." "Was you raised in Kentuck?" said Tom, with interest. "Yes, and well raised, too; never 'spected to come to dis yer!" said the woman, sighing. "What's dat ar book, any way?" said the other woman. "Why, the Bible." "Laws a me! what's dat?" said the woman. "Do tell! you never hearn on 't?" said the other woman.
What's the use of my going back to Kentuck and being a worry to her? Before I'd been there a week I'd be spending most of my time down at the track or the stables; I could no more keep away from the horses than I could from a square game, and she hates both, they swamped my father before I knew an ace from an ant-hill. No, sir!
He says he's cussed; an' I reckon he is. Everybody in Wilson's Bar has heern about that." "Not everybody, for I am still ignorant of his story. Was that why Mr. Davis objected so strongly to his marriage? I begin to be interested. Count me another game, partner. I should like to hear about Mr. Matheny." "You may tell the story, Davis," said Kentuck, magnanimously.
Accordingly he again started for the post office, thinking to himself, "I hope that marster’ll get a letter this time, for he don’t seem no more like the wide-awake chap he did when he first come from Kentuck, than nothin’. I don’t want him to have Miss Mabel nohow; for their niggers say she’s awful spunky." By the time this soliloquy was ended, he had reached the office.
It was not until the following August that these "rebels of Kentuck" heard of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and celebrated it with shrill warwhoops around a bonfire in the center of their stockade. Such was the stuff of which the Appalachian frontiersmen were made. They were the first Americans to cut loose entirely from the seaboard and fall back upon their own resources.
When I did begin to explain, I went to work in a round-about way enough something thus, old Kentuck as I began: "Well, ma'am, this tobacco-chewing, as I said before, carried me, as you witnessed, constantly to the window. I don't know that I chew more than many others, but I know I chew too much for my good, and for decency, too, ma'am." "Yes, sir, yes; but the young lady, and " "Ah, yes, ma'am.
A fine, early flintlock Kentuck, that had been made out of a fine, late percussion Kentuck by sawing off the breech-end of the barrel, rethreading it for the breech-plug, drilling a new vent, and fitting the lock with a flint hammer and a pan-and-frizzen assembly, and shortening the fore-end to fit.
A pull on the bridle brought Kentuck to a halt in his tracks, and the baby buffalo rolled over and over in the grass. Jones bounced from his seat and jerked loose a couple of the soft cords. In a twinkling; his big knee crushed down on the calf, and his big hands bound it helpless. Kentuck neighed. Jones saw his black ears go up. Danger threatened.
Only one incident occurred to break the monotony of the curious procession. As Kentuck bent over the candle-box half curiously, the child turned, and, in a spasm of pain, caught at his groping finger, and held it fast for a moment. Kentuck looked foolish and embarrassed. Something like a blush tried to assert itself in his weather-beaten cheek.
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