OCR Text |
Show GOLD! ! t ?';: -:. Reported Rich DiHCOVeriew Hut Where T Tlic Anriferon Article Around. Hut Mystery Surround tli New El Dorado. There is no little excitement just now among tho "knowing ones" over reported discovcriesof gold quartz and placer diggings within a reasonable reason-able distance of this point. Our first hint, yesterday, was that ft man had , quietly come into town, disposed of I some two thousand dollars worth of gold, and departed during the night, no one appeared to know where. This was the inception of the trail, and enough for a ke?n scent. A Hex: ald reporter set to work and soon discovered evidences of more ban one gold discovery, thoir being quartz leads and placer diggings involved. in-volved. Substantial evidence went to show that "dust" from placer diggings dig-gings was brought into town, that the owner sold it, and with part of the money purchased needed supplies, including gum boots and other etcetera connected with washing out the precious metal; and that he" 'had left as quietly as reported. This was about all the reliable information gained on this noint. One report said the diggings were three hundred miles distant, while -others placed them much nearer. The Herald reporter then went after tho quartz specimens. Thero were two as beautiful ones as eye would wish to inspect, with a slight diflhreucc in the .quality of the quartz. The possessor of either 611C "id pot know of the other, so far as could bo learned, but bo,h specimens were visible. Our reporter hunted up (.he gentleman from whom the richest one was obtained. . i Reporter. "Ah, Mr.' , how far is it from the city to the place where that gold quartz was obtained?' ' Discoverer. "I don't propose to tell anybody anything - about that gold discovery, I can tell you." Reporter. "Mysterious! .Silent on the matter, Eh?" Discoverer, "Rather, I should think." ! ' H"':'U Reporier.-r-"My dear sir, J cacq nothing about where it is, as I am not on the hunt for tho article; and only asked within what distance of Salt Lake it was, without inquiring in what direction?" Discoverer. "Well, it's within si.yty miles of here; that's all." Reporter. "And I can name with; a mile and a-half of the place. 'Just so!" "Discoverer. "W ell, I've got a million's worth, anyhow, when de-velqped, de-velqped, deatl sure!" Reporter. "Not a doubt of it; - we have lots of millionaires and all capital capi-tal fellows. -Ta! Ta!" :- And so they parted. And then one after another took up the hints thrown out, bandied them about, increased their size, and gave vitality to an excitement ex-citement just struggling into birth.' There will be more heard of it, by and by. " i |