Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-24 | Page 6 | Chasing a Hunch

CHASING A HUNCH. Travels Long Distanco to Find a Palmetto Location. V. IT. Conkle. the millionaire Philadelphia Phila-delphia merchant who passed through Reno Inst week on his way to Goldlleld, where ho went to secure a mino on Palmetto Pal-metto mountain, arrived In Reno yesterday yester-day on his way to his summer homo at Capo May, says tho Journnl of Reno, Nov. It was because Mr. Conklo onco mado a small fortuno during the early days of his business career In a Western stock known as Palmetto that ho camo to Nevada to Invest in a mine on Palmetto Pal-metto mountain, near Goldflold. Merely to satisfy a whim Mr. Conklo traveled almost across the continent In searcli of tho phantom Palmetto mine. It wns through a newspaper report of tho fabulous wealth of tho Goldflold district that Mr. Conkle first learned of tho ex-Istenco ex-Istenco of Palmetto mountain. It wns tho name alone which caught and held his Interest. It was. too. the recollection of a fortune which camo to him through what at the time appeared to bo a wild speculative Investment, that brought him west to the great sagebrush State. Tho 6equel to Mr. Conkle's trip, to the southern country developed yesterday when ho returned to Reno, accompanied by John Chlsm of this city, with the deed to several partially developed claims, which ho Intends to endeavor to mako mines of.