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Show uu CUNOUS MSI Modena, Sept. 3 Two Piute Indians In-dians passed through Fay, Nev., a few days ago prospecting for pine nuts. In going over the property of the Bull Hill Gold Mining company their curiosity cu-riosity was excited by the evidences of mineral at the shaft of the recent rich ore exposures made on one of the claims of that company. They were curious to know how deep tie shaft is, -and while an Indian does not know anything about the methods of the mining expert, In determining de-termining the depths- of inaccessible, shafts, singular it is, -that the Indian uses the same method In ascertaining to somo extent tho depth of an accessible ac-cessible fehafL Which all goes to provo that an oxpert doesn't know a great deal more than an Indian about some things. The chief Phite of the pine nut 'brigade, 'bri-gade, with rare technique, dropped a pound rock down the shaft. He did not have to time the rock, because there was a noise when it struck the bottom: The shaft is about eighty feet in depth J A Tanner, a miner, bad just lighted the fuees fqr a round of shots when tho rock fell, striking him on the arm and breaking, it. Despite h.s injury, he managed to get out of the shaft before tho hlasts exploded. The Indians, not hearing any one working at the bottom, supposed no one 'was in thp mino. Which goes to fahow that an Indian expert can also be mistaken on occasion Tanner was brought to Modena, where the Injured member was, set. The harvest of pine nuts on the property of th'o Bull Hill company will not bo garnered by Indlaus this' year. |