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Show GOLD IS FOUND IN TIRE CUT -, Prospectors nro hitting tho trail of an automobllo tiro today out In tho northwest ns tho result of nn odd discovery by W. II. Stewart, manager manag-er of service at Goodrich Branch at Spokano, Washington. Mr. Stowart was Inspecting a fow days ago nn old tiro received from Kallspoll, Montana, Mon-tana, and noticed that n neglected cut had admitted a small quantity of black sand to tho Interior of tho casing. As ho oxnmlned thla, sand, lo nnd behold! his oyos fell upon somo yellow grains. An export of long experience wns consulted. Ho pronounced tho grains to ho puro gold declared furthermore, that tho proportion of yollow metnl mado tho sand especially good pay dirt. It is his surmlso that tho sand worked Into tho cut In tho casing whllo tho tires woro plowing ncross some stream or through Inko or river" sands In Montana. j "I havo seen rlco In' old tires from ' Chlnn," said Mr. Stowart, "tea leaves ' In tires from our Tokyo branch, whlto Australian sand In tires from Kangaroo land, hompon filler In the Hires from Manila, cactus thorns In tiros from Arizona, plneapplo nnd ' sugar cano syrup in and on tires I from Hnwall, rod volcano dust In! tlro3 from Mnuna Loa hut this Is tho first tlmo I havo ever found real gold." 1 |