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Show HI ffltt ILffl Locates Four Claims on Hell's Half-Acre in State of Nevada. "DOC" MARSHALL AGAIN ON TOP PROSPERITY WARD Believes Find Will Let Him Live on Easy Street for Remainder of Life. Special r Tho Tribune. CAL1ENTE, Nov.. March 19. George R. Marshall, familiarly known throughout the Stalo as "Doc" Marshall, one of tho oldest prospectors ln tho West, passed through Callento today eastbound and among the many passengers dohiycd here by the recent washout, none have had a more varied career In the woolly West than tho aged but still active "Doc." He was a trail-blazer In tho early '60s. He has spent most of his life ln the Sagebrush Sage-brush State, save a meteoric fourteen months ln Europe, where JSO.OOO, tho result re-sult of a fortunate sale of the group of mines bearing his namo In northern Arizona, Ari-zona, but long since "has beens," made him In tho '70h a sliver king and gave the O.d-conntry hlgh-flycre a chance to see how fust a real American could get rid of cash. "Doc" has been broke and heeled a score of tlmw and Just now Is en route to Denver, the home of his son, with a sack of samples taken from tho Funeral range In boll's half-acre known as Death valley, val-ley, where he was fortunate enough to locato four claims, which he says will enablo him to drop his pick and drill, bid farewell to his burros and live on the shady side of Easv street for tho remainder re-mainder of his days The ore Is white quartz, brittle and honeycombed and shows fine free gold In Immense quantities, quanti-ties, some of it going up to $12,000 per ton Bocze Fighter Runs Amuck. Yesterday morning a poor fellow who drifted Into Callento from the west became be-came Insane, probably on Las Vegas booze, which ho had been liberally Imbibing Imbib-ing for several days, and ran amuck through tne streets, knocking out Deputy Sheriff Monahan. Special Officer Keatc and half a dozen other ablo-bodled men, and finally jumped the railroad physician. physi-cian. Dr. Murray, but tho medico had graduated from his college with bovcral athletic stars li. his crown and In a clinch with the demented giant gave him a half-Nelson and sent him to the mat In record time and when ho arose and rushed the doctor ho was mot with a half-arm half-arm Jolt ln tho Jaw that put him down and out. when the Irons were secured and the whole town escorted the unfortunate unfortu-nate to Jail, where he remained until today, to-day, when he was sent to Plocho for county care. |