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Abandoned mines are sud sudhealng sudleasing suIheaving d : hea\lng hea lng leasing \ and raucous raucou'l raucoul raucouC ' , , as prospe prospec prospeccrust rust crust down new shafts Tlie The new new'psh ne'osli neosli 'psh psh ' ash , , \ which wblch hIcb started last year year.itt yearitt , . Is isu , u In fall full force"p forcep force "p p " ' p hungry bungry Indians are no longer longer.Jet longer1ef longiijef .Jet Jet 1ef . menace to the gold seekers seekerdnc . - . death In some sun parched parchedIs parclu parcluI ' fng ling , Is I a remote peril But much of ofq ofcolor iI iIcolor \ q color and drama has 'nlh nlh enlisened enlisenedondike ( ' cnlhemondike ened ' [ ndIhe ondike , . the wide , openest open \est est , \ W \ % est and andSouth ars South . : Once More Wide Open Open.l Openl , . . tal Jtal J al I , . , gold Itchy houris , spiritualants splritu spiritual spiritualjants ; pants jants } ants of Diamond LI1 Lil and Dnd Lady Ladyre Ladyre Ladre [ y [ re re drifting into the newli newly newl stake staked stakedi stakedcamps stakedcampss ; i cimps camps campss . . Saloons and gambling gamblingare gamblingare gamblirkre are are once more wide open , nnd and nnd.brldge andbridge arbridge bridge and poker are more fre- fre frey frIy - - y : .brldge brldge . r played among the miners , an ananal a aMl Ml nal anal ) game of faro Is not rare rarre . . Ie re perhaps less quick quid . on the trig trigaut trigat tri ; ? aut nt at the professional card sharp shar ; . , De ! me ne salter , the tbe con man has come con conTt I Irt T-t- T rt - - i back into his own 0n on 0\\ 0 \ n And sudden dls dlsappenr'lnces dlsappear dl ; appear appearances appenr'lnces appenrlnces ' inccs and m mysterious ) sterlolls deaths Jf1ths ' ' arereported are arereported arreported reported fiom flOm fiorn time to time along 'llong llong ' the theColorado theColorado thColorado Colorado n\ei n ei rnel riset \ ' and 'lnd lnd west wect ; of the Pecos I'ecos Iecos I'ecosAlmost PecosAlmost ' Almost since tlic the first day d'1Y d1Y ' that th'1t th1t tint ' Pres I'res Ires PresIdent I'resdent Prc ' ; ( Idont Ident dent Roo TIooce\ TIooce Roose\elt Roose elt TIooceelt : eselt \ elt " set "et et a piemium ptemium pi emlum on newly new newIy ly Iy mined mmed gold there has been a steady steadyrevival steadyrevival revival in the old gold c C1mpsCarl camps C1mps imps impsCarl Carl Dunrud , , a Klr\\ Klr larn Kirwin Klrm \ m in "dude dude " ranch rancher rancher er , ' , ' GO 60 miles southeast of Codv Cody , 1Vyo 1Vyorecently W 0 0rE'cpntlv recpntiv rE'cpntlv rEcpntlv recently ' bOll bought ht m m'1.chInerv m1.chInerv m1chInerv machinery ' . chinerv for the re reopcmrg reopcnirg ( opening opcmrg opcnirg of mines that had been dormint dor dorm'1.nt mant m'1.nt m1.nt m1nt mint ' . for 30 years yearsIn earsIn ears in the hills hms near ne'lr nelr ' B Baboqulvarl B'1boqul\"arl B'1boqul B1boqul "arl arl ' iboquivarl \ " peah peak peahrlr , \rl7 rl7 \rlr rlr 1rh \ , , the Magma Coppci Coppel Coppet company Is IsclnkIng issinking ; sinking clnkIng shafts in " ancient "Indent Indent Spanishmines SpanIsh SpanIshmlncs mines mlncs at Indian Indl'ln Indlln ' Oasis Oacls ; In the old das days dasfortunes daysfortunes das dasfortunes ) fortunes in ores " were "ere ere carte carted away fi\\ay fi ay \ bySpanish by bySpanIsh Spanish conqulst'1.dores conqulst1.dores conqulst1dores conquistadores conqulst'1.doresIndInn conquistadoresIndian ' . Indian IndInn Oasis nas ll'1.S ll1.S ll1S tlls ' . a miniature mlni'1ture mlni1ture ' gold goldrush goldrush rush all Its 0\\ 0 own 0n \ n for the Magma com corn company cornpany pany has h1s his options on 3 35 : > claims which whichhave whichhave have not been operated In 50 ye'lrs yelrs years yearsMore ye'lrs'lore ' ' More 'lore lore than 500 GOO men are grubbing [ In n old oldtunnels oldtunnels oltunnels tunnels and abandoned dIgglD diggings s which whichI whichha whichhasen't whichaven't whichavent ha hasen't hasent ' en't ent ' known the echo of or pick and andspade andspade an I spade In decadesGold decades dec'ldes decldes ' . Gold in , " Them HIlls HillsWard Ward ; Elmore Ilmore , , eighty year old soldierof soldlel soldier soldlelcl of cl fortune , S\\ S sss swears Sears \ ears there Is an El Il ; Dora- Dora Dorado - do In the thc hills of northern California CaliforniaHIs CaliforniaHis ! His story sta1 staited started ted a ne new " horde of gold goldseekprs goldseekers seekers seekprs rushing ruslung from San rranclsco Prancisco rranclscoPlacer PranciscoPlacer Placer mining Is "I I " widespread espread today todayIn todayIn toda in Call California forma , Nevada and New Me Mexico MexicoOne lco lcoOne One of the most Important develop developments developmeats mcnts ments meats Is the remlning reminIng of the Almadei Alm'1den Alm1den Alm Almadeioldest ' iden , oldest and most historic hlstorlc mine in the theWest theWest th West , . Een E , en In far olt off Alaska the rediscov- rediscov rediscovery rediscovery rediseoicry - - ery of pay placer gra\ gra grael gra \ , el has been reo re- re reoported reported r < - ported in the vicinity of NIDUchlk Nintlchtk Ninllchllwhich , , which dates back to the time of the theRussIan theRussian thRussian RussIan occupation When Alaska be became became b bcame < came American property various mln min mining miling 109 ing groups dug there with arming sar3ing 'ar ar \ ' lng de degrees degrees dgrees ( grees of success A few weeks ago ago'fed agoTed agTed 'fed fed Ted ' Clawtord Clawford Crawford , John Kclli Kelly Ken ) and Rnd Knute haute hauteArmstrong KnuteArmstrong KnutArmstrong Armstrong took tour fouL four ' ounces of gold goldfrom golfrom from the earth and that set off a newrush new newrush ne'rush nerush ' rush thereAnd thereAnd there thereAnd And , of course , with the new goldrush gold goldrush golrush rush , , has come a W wave We ware \e e \ of fraud , , des despelado despetado de ; pciado pelado petado deeds , , and the practice of salt salt- salting saling . - 109 ing or faking fahlng a gold find so that some somegullible somegullible somgullible gullible prospector will buy . , |