Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-15 | Page 2 | Trio Make Dirt Fly in Search for Gold; U. S. Posts Guard to Keep Away Curious

Trio Make Dirt Fly in Search for Gold U. U S. S Posts Guard to Keep Away Curious SAN ANTONIO Texas Oct 15 li UP Two UP-Two Two white men and a negro negro ne ne- ne- ne gro fearful that their contract with the government will Ill expire all too quickly made mad the dirt fly today in their hunt for a pot of gold They had used almost half of their allotted 72 hours to find the gold and get off the Fort Sam Houston m military I I lit I t a r y reservation They worked furiously with picks and shovels believing that at any moment they were likely to make a strike that would make them wealthy Frank Shepperd the negro convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced his helpers Hugo E. E Ran- Ran dig and Joe Bachmeyer that he had found gold on the reservation 21 years ago He thought it was brass and sold it to a junk dealer for Shepperd kept one bar barfor barfor barfor for an ornament and a jeweler told him it was gold That in- in j the negro and his compan companions com corn pan Ions into action They made an agreement with federal officials that if they found gold they would give one-fourth one of it to the U. U S. S treasury The government furnished soldiers to keep curious persons away from the diggings The hunt has been on for almost 24 21 hours The only metal they had found thus far was a valueless valueless valueless value value- less piece of tin