Show I RICH GOLD FINDS I ANOTHER FAIRY STOUT FROM OKLAHOMA Farmers Leaving Their Plows in the Fields ami Mechanics Deserting Their Workshops Admore I T June 17The reports of rich finds of gold in the Washita valley have created great excitement through this section of the country and farmers are daily leaving their plows in the fields and mechanics deserting de-serting workshops and going to dig for the precious metal On the Washita river near Pauls Valley fortyfive miles north of here the dirt is being hauled from the diggings to the river a distance of eight miles and the precious metal is being washed out on the banks of the I river The dirt is claimed to run 6 in gold to every yard of dirt I costs t2 per yard to transport and work the dirt Twenty five yards can be worked in a day Miners reap a profit of 100 per day it is reported |