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Show MLIEITE HAS FIERCE GOLD EXCITEMENT Rich Float Found North of Town Sets Entire Population Wild. Special to Tho Tribune. CAblENTE. JCcv., Oct. 26. Tho town of Callcnto In wild with excltcmont. L. F. Peer,' an experienced mining man, In whom tho cltlzon.i of this community have tho sreatest confidence and who la operallnff the Irish mlno at lilko. In this county, discovered discov-ered sonto wonderfully rich float In tho mountains moun-tains nbout two miles north of the town. Tho float assays $2500 a ton. Stampede for Diggings. Tho pcoplo of Callentc havo stampeded all In a bunch for the new El Dorado. Doctors, mlncru. merchants. Faloonkeepera nnd prospectors pros-pectors w-rc nil off In a bunch ihla morning headed for tho locality from which the float came. Float Scattered Everywhere. Mr. Peer made several locations and since the news got out everybody Is locating ground nt a rato never before equaled nbout Cnllente. Senator Denton Is on tins ground with a force of men nnd Dr. E. It. Keen, who lnw Just returned, reports that float Is scattered nil over the hillside, and ho nays there la no doubt that eomeono will discover tho vein. In Wild Locality. The new bonanza Is In an undeveloped und unprospectel country. Tho uiountulns aro high, dangerous nnd precipitous, but the adventurous ad-venturous Miampedcrs aro dnrlng every peril to ruch tho goal. |