James D. Hague 



fornian, one of the earliest gold- 

 seekers, and a lifelong projector and 

 operator of mining schemes, whose 

 name has ever since been more or 

 less intimately associated with this 

 celebrated case of diamond-salting. 

 It is a notably curious coincidence 

 that these two men — Roberts, who 

 helped blow the bubble, and King, 

 at whose touch it vanished — shouid 

 depart this life on the same day and 

 at nearly the same time, twenty-nine 

 years after the events in which they 

 were thus concerned, and so strangely 

 related. Within two or three hours 

 after King's death in Arizona, Roberts 

 died in New York City. Their names 

 and their death announcements, with 

 obituary notices, stand closely side 

 by side in parallel and adjoining col- 

 umns of the Times newspaper of Wed- 

 nesday, Christmas morning, 1901. 



King, always a delightful compan- 

 ion, was especially so in camp. 



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