Show SOME FANCY FIGURING special correspondence spokane wash jan 24 william C gates of spokane known throughout the western country as swift water bill has received a concession of acres of ground in southern peru from the govern and will begin mining upon an extensive scale within three mont months lis reports by competent engineers gates says shows there is no less than worth of gold ores on his holdings equally romantic as are the tales of the golden ingots ingols of the incas is the story of how gates came into possession of his newest bonanza he was about to bid good bye to his last dollar two years ago following litigation resulting from domestic difficulties when his attention was attracted to peru he read everything ne could get on the golden treasures of the incas and his imagination soon resulted in action gates made a trip to peru and talked of his dreams with people he met they laughed at him told him of atrocities committed upon those who had preceded him into the interior and tried to discourage him he be downed however but pushed resolutely into the interior he found conditions grossly misrepresented the natives were peaceful and the gold fields were a deserted region that had been passed over and forgotten by the mining world then he undertook the boldest coup of his meteoric career and thus far success had attended his romantic venture now gates is in the northwest for the purpose of interesting some of his old time associates socia tes in the colossal mining venture 0 |