Show VETERAN HAN MINER NER LOST IN NEVADAS DEATH VALLEY it Is feared that aged prospector has met with horrible death in desert which has claimed so many victims bullfrog nev judge L bethune brother of harry bethune of butte mont a well known mining expert and promoter is supposed up posed to be dead in death valley mr bethune who wae was well advanced in years while here a month ago declared his anten tion of going to randsburg brandsburg Rands burg by way of pf death valley james C weller father of earl C weller of telluride colo who was searching for the body of his son claims to have found a black lack mule straying around a water bole pole about a half mile north of sur wells A pack outfit which gave evidence of having fallen off the animal was lying a short distance away and a bible and some letters marked with Be bethune s name were were found among the effects no trace of bethune s presence were dis nible and it is feared that the aged man is dead the animal Is sup posed to have headed for water alter atter its owner lost control of it |