Jack Conlin (d. ~1900)

Jack Conlin, Jack Devine, and Frank Duval worked together on Miller Creek in the Sixtymile drainage during the summer of 1895. They worked for an old Frenchman from Quebec who spoke no English, but they communicated through Duval who spoke both languages fluently. The Frenchman owed Duval and Devine about $600 each and Conlin about $300, but they didn’t get paid. Conlin quit a month before Duval and Devine. They wanted a grub stake, which was about $500 in those days. Devine went to American Creek and then to Forty Mile.¹⁾ Robert Henderson and Conlin were at Joe Ladue’s at the mouth of the Sixtymile River [later called Ogilvie]. Ladue told them that the Indian River looked promising, so they prospected on the Indian River tributaries. On Quartz Creek, they found ten cents to the pan and decided to stay there for the winter. They went to Ladue’s post for supplies but ice on the river forced them to abandon their boat and walk over the hills. After a few days’ rest, Henderson was ready to return to Quartz but Conlin decided to stay at the post.²⁾ Jack Conlin died in a cave-in around 1900.³⁾