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Show GOLD IN ITS CRAW. Strange Story of Death of a Duck Comes From Wyoming. A special from Basin City, Wyo., says: Largo numbors or wild ducku havo recently boon round dead In tho vicinity ot Paint Rock creek. Tho ducks nppcarcd to bo suffering with n malndy that produced slow death, and one of the fowls was caught and a post mortem held by a number of tbo ranchmen who had bocomo Interested In tbo strango antics of tho birds. Tho sufferings of tho bird Ind lotted that tho seat of tho troublo was In tho craw, and this wns opoued. Among n number of ploces of gravel wis found n nugget which nt first waB supposed to bo natlvo copper, but which Dr. Walker of Hyattvlllo tosted with ncld ond found to bo gold. Tho nugget is vnlued nt $11.85. |