Show The Hidden Hand Gold Lead Discovered Dis-covered Mr L G Davis of Lander Wyoming has uncovered f very prQtty gold lead i near the site of old Fort Stambaugh in the Miners Delight district twentyfive miles south of this point The discovery has been made on the very mountainside mountain-side so long scoured in years past for the lost lead of the famous Hidden Hand and many an oldtimer feels a flutter of oldtime hope and faith as he listens to the nwrlipHnns sn fMisrerlv made that the eagery treasure that baffled l the efforts ot bygone by-gone days has at last been found Since 1869 the search for the Hidden land has been going on In the spring of 1S70 eventual success was still regarded ascertain as-certain and when the Arapahoes came down upon the cmp slaying and scalping the miners time life blood of men flowed freely abov the Indian prize The I miners rallies I J the call of gold and a force of 400 men followed the redskins and I under stuttering Col Bill Smith routed the Indian camp on Popoagie creek I a few miles from where Lander now flourishes flour-ishes The marauding chief Black Bear was killed his band scattered and their power broken The chieftains wife and I son fell into the hands of the miners and scores of ponies were captured And now where the torch and scalping knife I are but memories of l stirring past in the days of the settlements and civilization i the Hidden Hand will probably be hidden no longer The blue quartz once I the cause of such frenzied excitement and dyed with the innocent blood of brave men will see the light of day in peace and quietness and add its heavy quota to the prosperity of a wellordered community |