Buck LeClere, Gold Prospector
He spent 61 years searching for gold in Ouray, Colorado, slowly digging a tunnel further and further into the mountainside, until he died in 1947, never having found any gold. Knoxville Journal - Apr 27, 1947 His efforts sound Sisyphean: It was slow work, chipping away with a hand drill and a stubby singlejack hammer. It was drill, fill in the shot holes, lay back while the dynamite bit at the stubborn rock. Haul out the rubble by hand and start all over again. Wilmington Morning Star - Apr 27, 1947
He spent 61 years searching for gold in Ouray, Colorado, slowly digging a tunnel further and further into the mountainside, until he died in 1947, never having found any gold.
Knoxville Journal - Apr 27, 1947
His efforts sound Sisyphean:
It was slow work, chipping away with a hand drill and a stubby singlejack hammer. It was drill, fill in the shot holes, lay back while the dynamite bit at the stubborn rock. Haul out the rubble by hand and start all over again.
Wilmington Morning Star - Apr 27, 1947
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