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.
His efforts sound Sisyphean:
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
Comments
$500 for a Stradivarius?
Posted by ges on 03/12/25 at 07:03 PM
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damned fool about it.
Posted by Brewvet on 03/13/25 at 12:48 PM
Let a man have his hobby!
Posted by Richard Bos on 03/15/25 at 01:04 PM
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