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Show Many Passed Gold Mine A talo Is told of a rich gold mine In Idaho, with a ldg( of ore which onco oxtended nlxivo the snrfaco of thu ground In a clear solid ildgo several sev-eral feet high nnd entlrel distinct from tho surrounding formation This ledgo was long and unbroken, and lay directly across the course which hundreds hun-dreds of prospectors look ever) year to reach other gold fields This ob structlon of rock the gnat value of which was long unknown was too high to be surmounted b pack ani mala, sc the piospectors cut a trail dlrectl) through it Tor several ears these eager gold seekers passed hack-ward hack-ward and forward over this trail In search of gold mines One night a prospector camping mar this ledge of rock picked up a hit of it and from force of liulilt took it to a creek noar by and washed It Tlu-n he examined ex-amined the stone nnd. to his great astonishment, ho found "colors" In It bits of sparkling gold Thu pros pector does not mistake gold when ho sees it He is not deluded b) Iron crystals in bits ot mlcu. as the "tenderfoot" "ten-derfoot" frequent! Is. The gold sparkle spar-kle Is clearei and brighter than Mint ot any othei mineral, and It lb the same In sunshine and shadow. Tho prospector, treim udouuly excited, ex-cited, broke oft moro pieces of tho ledge nnd found uioie of It he.ulng free gold Then he located his claim, and Miat was tho beginning of a rich mine. Yet foi )cnrs tho suguM of prospectors had passed over this trail through the cut in this ledge never suspecting its value although b Its . veiy prominence It seemed o invito I inspection - Keslir s Weekl |