Show conflicting stories aro are told about tho the discovery of rich gold fields in iii san juan county utah immense excitement was created and a stampede started there is a suspicion that the craze was started by railroad companies of the ost est or through connivance of their now st stage ago lines have boon been established from points in arizona those familiar with the country say tho best route is by way of the rio grande western railway to thompsons Thomp ons sons station and thence by stage via bluff city utah which is the nearest settlement tl tio ment an associated press dispatch from flagstaff ariz says bays the is dying out many men inon are returning daily they say the camp is no place for a poor man and capital will bo required to develop the placers no gold to speak of has been taken out ont depth to bodrock bedrock is t twelve to thirty f feet cot with lots of water to contend with mining ago |