Biographical Notice 



Mr. Hague contributes another 

 reminiscence of King's self-posses- 

 sion under exciting circumstances. 

 He was pursuing an elk, which finally 

 turned and charged upon him. For 

 a moment he was in considerable 

 personal danger ; but he came out 

 victor, as usual. Listening, some 

 time after, to King's story of the 

 adventure, Hague said, " King, how 

 did that elk look to you at the 

 critical moment ? " " Like a first-class 

 hat-rack on a mule ! " was the in- 

 stant reply. 



It was in the first or second year 

 of my field-work as United States 

 Commissioner of Mining Statistics 

 that I made the acquaintance of 

 Clarence King. He was at that 

 time camped with a small party on 

 a terrace overlooking the Salt Lake 

 Valley, and invited me to dine with 

 him in his camp. I had just come 

 from a very rapid examination of 



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