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Show POTS OF GOLD IN SHOSHONE Mine Owners Gathered in Town. , Rejected Bid of $10,000 a Day for Privilege of Extracting Ex-tracting Its Ores. Malcolm Macdonald Arrives Frorn the West to Receive the First Lot of Wealth. ileucnim L Macdonald, whose knowledge knowl-edge of the rocks and ability as a mining engineer are revealed In a chapter of Nevada's must sensational achievement, anu wboss reward in reflected in the millions mil-lions he hum plied up. Is In town So 19 Bob Montgomery, the prospector to whom the State la Indebted for the great Sho-ph'n: Sho-ph'n: mlii'-s at Bullfrog, and the talented lady who shares his oetato, end .l imes C. , t'onnor, the vigilant hnn;inza-eha.er ho with Mr Macdonald, gobbled up the Edward Ed-ward Interest In a discovery that has electrified every Inhabitant In that region of gold, ami by which each of Its unpretentious un-pretentious Interests Is promised a fortune for-tune that shall endure at long as life Th fortunate trlodese whose presence Is embellished by the presence Of Mrs Montgomery Is here awaiting the arrival of the first consignment of what Is practically prac-tically from tlx Shoshone's extraordinary extraor-dinary pote of wealth. This consignment, a portion of which Is now at the loading station on the San Pedro Route, hat b n making Its way sluggishly by team from Montgomery mountain, p distance "f 120 miles to Las Vegas, and promises to nrrlvo In the. next few hours. It Is not the rloheat of which the phenomenal u -CO very Is capable, perhaps, but will afford af-ford no doubt the lesson upon which no( only an entire sisterhood of camps extending ex-tending from Tonopah to Beatt) Is waiting wait-ing but not a little "f the wti.j without. It Is tru". said Mr Maolonald, that the owners of the remarkable discovery r -Jected an offer from a source that was eminently responsible and whose propos!-? tioti was supported by an offer tn deposit a bond of JIiimhii, ,.r Sixmo a day foi the privilege of drawing upon the Shoshone's wealth the company In addition to this bonus to receive 2." tier cent ol the proceeds pro-ceeds of extraction. It was rejected. sIded Mr Macdonald, for the reason that no difficulty would be experienced In extracting ex-tracting ores of a much larger :um dally, and as the task Is one that cannot but afford much cheer. Its management prefers pre-fers to perform the work 1 1 1 enthusiasm enthusi-asm has been ablaze since the fortune In Montgomery's catacombs was unearthed by the gentleman whose name the mniiii-taln mniiii-taln Is hourly adorning, there has ln- n no exaggeration by those interested, said Mr. Macdonald. They have had no de-slre de-slre to do so nor do the nx-rlts of the discovery dis-covery require it. In the same locality are others that will iTidoubledly enrich their flock and add largely to th country's wealth. Upon these the visitors prondso conservative comment at a later hour, They are quite confident that the town of Beatty Is to be most populous of those that have opened their doors to the rush Many Improvenx nts tier' nr alr-ad assured, as-sured, said Mr Montgomery; Two railways rail-ways are surveying and will soon DC forging forg-ing their Riy into it. Tlx- Montgomery-Shoshone Montgomery-Shoshone company will erect Its mill on the margins Of the A rmagosa rlvoi th.-r. water and electrical equipment will be installed at B'atty, whhh will also soon be In telephone communication with the otiter world. A custom mill Is to be reared there with which lo meet the r -qulremenlH of the dry camps, and with the advantages that water a (Turds the visitors (eel assured that it will be the seat of that most wonderful area Thei visitors are sequestered at the Knulsford and are abandoning themselvi s pending the arrival of their gold to d as-time. |