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Show Indian Digs Up Big Sum Jay, Okla. A buried treasure, totaling to-taling from $55,000 to $60,000 in gold, was unearthed near here by Tom Dickliff, full blood Cherokee Indian, while he was digging a trench for the foundation of his smoke house. The ; roperty formerly belonged to a family named Miller, and it is thought the grVUl may have been placed there before the CVvil war, according to County Judge J. Grover Scales. Scales said Wit-Miff's pick tore into the tin box containing the pot or gola and. according to Scales' belief, the Indian In-dian will be entitled to full ownership of the treasure. Wicklirr Jealously guards his newly found riches, and won't allow anyone to examine the coins closely, the judge said. I |