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Show MYSTERY Of "SCOTTY'S" MINE MAY BE SOLVED Reported That the High Grade "Death Valley" Ores of the Eccentric Eccen-tric One Comes from Qoldfleld. Las Vegas, Nov. According to reports re-ports received here tho mystery that das long slnco enveloped "Scotty's" nilno In Death Valley has been solved. It is supposed that his ability abil-ity to show pieces of rock with pure gold protruding lias been duo to the fact that ho has been buying stolen hlgh-grudo ore Ip Ooldfleld nnd hiding hid-ing It (n his Death Vnlloy retreat. If reports be true, howover, "Scotty's" career will bo brought to an nbrupt end. Travelers arriving hero from Resting Springs, In tho Willow Creek district, say that threo deputies from tho sheriff's office of Inyo county, Cal., who wero met at tho Springs Sunday morning, announced an-nounced thot they wero In pursuit of tho cowboy Croesus, and declared him a "hlgh-grnder." Tho officers, It is reporter, re-porter, said that "Scotty" is supposed to havo been getting his Immensely vnluuble.rock from Ooldfleld mines. |