Show SOLOMONS MINES A wonderful erfal asis of Trout ure arom wyo laramie summer 0 party of ho avero in the vicinity of laramie unexpected scaine across a tunnel they at once saw had been constructed by the hand of man and undoubtedly in for precious metals it waal a regular mining tunnel and by considerable effort they manazer to ex alore it for 4 distance of fl ve or a hundred feet where the rocks had caved in and blocked the passageway it was im the midst of the wildest of the rough region above located and they were convinced that the tunnel had not been visited by any alite man for M it ever near the mouth aye t hirs 0 t nel and ea bally covered by the debris which cumulated dac there the pro spec ars picked up several human skulls resembling neither the caucasian nor of the americal Am aborigine they were bleached white as the driven snow and were perfectly served though the bones of the eke preserved fre econs had long ago moul dered into dust one or two curious looking tools of ancient make the strangely shaped skulls the wall constructed tunnel and othar evidence ivi dence led the discoverers to the conclusion that they beheld a work accomplished at least or years ago before the of america were ever reached by the great discoverer though faint rumors of the discovery reached laramie but little was told by those interested who all kept secret the location of the tunnel though they prospected there from time to time during the months that followed follo Aed they were rewarded at last by rea ching the portion 0 the old 1 nel w here the ore came in sight and sampled of it tor assay they left to return in the spring the Is not known be he fact that the ore was de and gold at any rate the prospects were of such a nature that there was no inclination to abandon the possession of the ancient tunnel nor reveal the secret of its whereabouts on tuesday last william taylor of r b k cre 2 who Is oneff the discoverers cover ers owners of the old aztec tunnel left rock creek with a cam V eta to go to work at once h ere the treasure seekers of cantu ries ago left off their return or news of the progress they are making A ill be awaited with great eagerness by 11 L ver since the settlement of th in region men there have been the hobt extravagant stories concerning the existence of in immense quantities la the vic gold nit of laramie peak n t h a ear I 1 y GOs an indian showed air thomas alsop a sack full of gold nuggets of wonderful size and with the greatest reluctance and evident fear that his life would pay the forfeit revealed the secret of itie a 0 anrce from which his wealth came tha civil war alsop making any use pr of his information at the time aad his ranch interests have occupied fits since then but le always located thea indians gold field near laramie peak columns could be filled with stories and traditions about the same spot and it would be curious if with all this smoke there should be no ore mr taylors venture may dispel all the aitery that has hung coyey that lomy bality and amiling cam P the wonder of who have prospected over the country for so many years in vain |