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Show j REPORTS RICH GOLD STRIKE i Prospector In Wyoming Declares He Has Discovered One of Richest Prospects on Record. If tho story told by n mnn named " Don, who hns been working three cop-1 cop-1 per ore claims In tho hills north of here, proves to hnve any foundation In I fact, this section promises to be rocked with n gold excitement which will dupllcnto thut of fiO yours ago, when hundreds poured In from the outside, led by tho tale of ancient Spnnlsh diggings, dig-gings, nccordlng to n Guernsey (Wyo.) correspondent of tho New York World. Don recently nppenred In Guernsey with specimens of ore thnt wns Inter found to run $1,000 to tho ton. Ills story jns that while prospecting on one of his claims he ran ncross one of u number of holes left by unsuccessful unsuccess-ful prospectors of yenrs ngo. In tho hope of finding n copper "stnln" he proceeded to clenr nwny tho rubbish. Do was surprised to find thnt he had i uncovered a drift tunnel. Inside he found the bones of three men and a vein of schist IS Inches In thickness, In which, ho says, he secured his samples sam-ples of gold. Ills story Is being Inves-tlgated. Inves-tlgated. Copper nnd Iron ores were found In plenty by the miners of early days, hut the field wns abandoned because too far from a railroad. Later the Rockefeller Interests opened up In thnt section the Sunrise, one of the greatest Iron mines In the world. |