Show gold strike at 29 palms the following item appeared in a dally paper published at san bernardino and Is submitted to us tor for publication by mr D hunter news of a rich gold strike in the district near the san bernardino riverside county line several miles mil south ot of twenty nine palms was brought to riverside yesterday by john swanson veteran klondike minor swanson told how E auclair whom he has hag been assisting in mining the ore last week sent to the mills at the gold crown mine 10 tons toils of ore worth between and a ton the ore was found right on top of the ground in a district where most miners have thought no ore existed he disclosed the find has caused a little gold rush to the region and all the land has been taken up tip around Au auclaire clairs 60 acre claim im going back out and help him sink a shaft to get into the rich ore swanson was the pioneer miner ot of the san gabriel canyon north of 0 los log angeles and was pictured in newspaper photographs and news reels as lie he panned the precious metal from sands of 0 the sluice box or mined the ore from his crude shaft ho he said hundreds of men are flood ing desert areas in search ot of gold and mosi most ot of them are finding enough ot of the yellow metal to give them a living D hunter a and nd other local people have four claims joining their property on tho the south mr hunter has spert spent all winter working this property lie he returned home the tha first of the month and la Is going back next week |