Show TT T T T T T T T T T T Y T T T T T T T GOVERNOR PANS MANHATTAN GOLD Nevadas Nevada's Chief Executive in inthe inthe inthe the Role of a Pros Pros Pros-P PROVES HE IS PRACTICAL I Shouts Ore Cc That flint Pans Pall nl lit at n Lt-n t a II aTI TI Thousand Dollars ollars to tin thi I Ton Manhattan Nov Ne Juno II Time ThC The governor of or the state standing on top of or Gold Cold Hill Hili nn and panning like an ordinary I prospector that prospector Is tile tHo sight to o which were verC treated a n few ew days ago Governor Sparks ha had been touring the mining camps of southwestern Nevada called there by rumors of or labor troubles happily hap hal without foundation He lie whirred Into Manhattan on his aiM big auto nulo last Monday an and straightway made for fOI Gold Gol lull Hill curious to tn run down the somewhat fabulous stories of or riches which were coming from there lIe He went down the shaft of the Stray Dog first filst In the drift of oC the foot Coot level el two minors were sinkIng sinkIng sinkIng sink- sink Ing their picks Into a rather soft looking brownish l rock ocl Carelessly I Governor Sparks stooped scooped up upa a handful Just thrown wn back hack by one i of or the picks stuck Jt it Into the pocket I of oC his khaki 1 jacket and amid said Lets Let Letsgo go up again The party went vent UI up At tho the top lop the governor said Bring me a pan and a bucket of w water ter To re the nod of df Superintendent Campbell Camphell a man manent y ent vent off and came canie back with a little Iron mortar a hand hand- drill a bucket of or dirty wat water r and a small handled broken frying The Tho governor n dug Into his pocket drew out aLit a handful of or roc rock I. I threw it into Inlo tho time mortar and anti Inverting the drill to use handle r as ms s began to and grind tho the soft sorl roc rock I. I Ground in ill a Mortar It Jt was a lL strange sight The sun was going down own I in the west vest and a jolden glow wa wan on Oil the tho lull hill Black I upon the glow a group of men lookIng look- look i jug Ing ng down curiously In the lie center a i big square shouldered man squatted squatted squatted squat squat- I ted grinding dirt In a mortar with an I I Inverted In drill And that man was the chief executive of the thc state Suddenly he snapped up UI to his full- full l height an and tal taking in the little broken broken- handled he lie emptied Into It the tIme COli content tents of or tho thio mort mortar r now no I grund Into fine flue dust lust One of oC the themen themen I men lifted UK th bucket and anti splashed It full of oC the tho dirty water Holding the pan frying In his right hand the governor Jo dipped cl the lingers fingers of oC his left leCt lefthand hand Into colored chocolate stuff and amI mixed it thoroughly as If a druggist druggist druggist drug drug- gist engaged In some medicinal prepa prepa- ration shaking slinking the pan Imn from rein side sille to side with a slight rotary twist he lie began splashing the liquid out over the side Gold GOltl la the tIme Ec Eyes The Tho sun sumi was lower now now and the golden ohlen glow of Its ItH grew grei till tho the whole hill hili was vas as If 1105 with It It veritably veritably a u lull hill of gold standing there symbol a U promise to the population Hut But the little group on the tho hill hili did not notice that Their rhel eyes remained upon the little pan frying In the tho governors governor's hands hondR The Thu governor o was shaking slinking It St In his big firm rl right ht hand hanel With a carelessness carelessness care care- that seemed almost Indecent he ho was slinging the liquid out over overlie the lie side In big splattering drops that fell Cell to bo be Immediately swallowed In Inthe Inthe inthe the arid soil At Intervals the man with the bucket pour poured d more liquid Into nto It The Tho dirt at the tho bottom beame became be- be came ame less and wd less and anti liner finer and finer A L long hong whispered Ah Ab came camo from the he circle of watchers In the chuco- chuco lato ato slit silt at thu the bottom of ot the tho i pan an little bright points were appear appear- lug lIb ng like lIko the glints In the lie oyes of a 11 aro brown ueLl ro lassie The sun had hall set et now no noA A diaphanous Cu OUR ous cloak of violets Iolet purples and amid mauve was falling upon ulon the tho moun- moun talus In Jn the distance Tho The golden glow had lad vanished from tho ho hill hili But nut tho the gold ihl Of the lie sun SUI was no 10 longer needed Another gold cold was dazzling the eyes ces if the time little group croup on the tho slope With Itla a la last t decisive Jerk the tho governor governor gov gov- hail had whisked out the lie remainder of ot water wah a and silt and curving curving- a long crescent a veritable comet of oC gold golddust golddust old dust glistened at the bottom of the brol broken cn frying Ceo Geo exclaimed the tho governor that pans at t least t a thousand dollars dollars dol dol- lars lar to tho the ton Which proves that the chief executive executive tive thc of ot the time state of or Nevada 1 Is not a poet but a n practical person The governor go spent two days das In camp He ie tramped the hills and climbed down the shafts of oC the properties prop prop- on Gold Hill Hili with a dexterity and anti tirelessness that thol Indicated ho was wa no tenderfoot On the Str Stray Dog dump upwards of oC worth of grade ore orel l is 18 awaiting shipment to tn the smelters and on the tho Jumping Jack Jacl property which adjoins tons Is I holn being sacked sack Mck- ed that averages a GO per ton lou On the Union No 0 claim of oC the the Dexter which lines line nl the lie Stray Stry Dog DOl about worth of or ore Is piled on omi tin lit clumps dumpH Everywhere on Gold Gol Hill II lO day ani arid and night shifts of men uro are being H employed No o fewer than shafts are arc being sunk stink on Gold Goll Hill Hili pro properties et Cs and all of or the these them are In Iii or ore orp I The early predictions leton of or the the grit great mining men that Inspected Manhattan Man Ian hattan hatan In tho the spring are being and groat Ot are arc apparently Ir hr ma making nc on oil every over side I |