| Show P MO 1 41 t lt l T 1 gl ty p 1 yf n v W B k MADE RICH BY STORM bolt ol 01 lightning uncovers vein of iron fron ore for which two baeff had vainly sought for months it will not be an easy task for one to convince larry 0 donnell and fran ii ge aall oil t two ao prospectors of sunset cannon that nature did not get up the electr cal storm which vis cited that I 1 cal ta t th s week especially for I 1 L c e t vr tes tl e los an geles corres roi poi lent of the chicago inter ocean be it I 1 that thun a e extremely rare in cal liace I irel I 1 there are plenty of persons here wl ose hair s gray who have arvei heard the voice of thunder ii tl 0 mo etain sections of the state t jn an ert do at rare intervals i I 1 t it has been a num her of 3 ears s nee nce sunset canyon echoed to the tye reverberations of the thunders voice until the recent storm for a n ul er or of years prospectors have suspect el I 1 that a considerable vein of iron cie lay concealed some where in the i a 0 nta uta ns ris in the vicinity of the candor ai aid d much prospecting has been done in the endeavor to locate it float beauna traces of iron Is plentiful full scattered over a large section of co try and the two pros abbie e ment boned followed the lead to aunet sun et canyon and there in what seemed t b a promising spot they began tin in ing a shaft hoping to cross cut the ri lode patiently and pers the men worked all through the qi n i mer and they had a bole hole some t tl feet deep with two lateral tunnels running several feet into the mo i tain to show for their summers latoi unto t bately this was wab all tl ey 0 1 I have to show for it tor for no tiace ot of the mineral they sought had bear found and their means had pla e I 1 ot t on the li ii of the storm they con eluded to abandon the search and they gaii had takei tl e tools from the hole and were pad rg their camp outfit when the torm ame up the fall of the rain was accompanied by a bril hant electrical display and loud claps of thunder S d lenly there came a most cl p of thunder accorn lanying a hi nd ng flash of lightning and it seemed to the watching men as though the mountain was being torn asunder A froment later another equally severe crash followed and a third clap came a little later the lightning bolts deemed to be directed at the shaft them the had so recently abandoned an I 1 when the storm bad had cleared and they investigated they saw that the wall of the shaft had been seamed and shattered battered by the electrical bolts they descended to ascertain the results of the bolts and found the wall of the shaft opposite to the lateral tunnels had been yen and several tons of rock had been scaled off and had fallen to the bottom of the shaft I 1 t what was of more interest and importance to the pros the vein of ore which they had so persistently sought had been laid bare |
