| Show SAID XO HE BUSTED Sheriff Hawloy of Deseret Makes an Adverse Ad-verse Report DESSUET Feb 2OThe Detroit Mining district is situated thirtyfive miles northwest of Deseret or in point of present importance Deseret is thirtyfive miles southeast of Detroit For a couple of weeks or more men have spoken in whispers to their nearest friends of the fabulous wealth locked up in the bosom of Dame Nature in the southeast portion of the Detroit Mining district known as the Quartzite mountain Assays of 12000 in gold from ledges of enormous vastness have been reported Lovely specimens of quartz carrying free gold have been exhibited and the gold fever has spread and intensified until it is at white heat The enterprising rock sharps of Fill more are ever on the alert for big deposits of tin aluminum etc and on the arrival ar-rival of the glad tidings at Utahs former capital it created a furore among capitalists capitalists capi-talists and those that ardently desire to be DESERET STAMPEDED Now we of Deseret have always differed fered more or less from the judgment of Fillmore on account of its age hard street and shade trees and when teams began arriving from the county seat it ereated a suspicion in the minds of conservative con-servative people that thare was something some-thing in itthe gold boom Reports stated that a Fillmore capitalist had invested in-vested 5000 for a fifth interest in one bonanza and excitement reached nearly the top round and when a conservative and wellknown stock man arrived at 1 p m with his lines held high in his left hand and his right wielding a black whip on the jaded team excitement went a round higher But when he was seen to hold a whispered conversation with a leading saloon man here and then told his acquaintances that he was on the road for Snake valley on important business busi-ness connected with the peojected reservoir reser-voir excitement went clean over the ladder for all knew he had fibbed Our staid justice of the peace who runs a hay press left his press with a bale half completed and at midnight was on the road to the gold belt leaviqg instructions to forward lunch next day Staid merchants mer-chants farmers and artisans went out pell mell and are now doubtless millionaires million-aires and in town we have a second edition of Deseret Deserted editon Sheriff H W Hawley has just arrived form the diegins and reports the boom is busted and will go on to Fillmore to condole with the capitalist who invested and prevent the payment of further cash by the gentleman |
