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Show Lost Mines. An old miner says that the existence of rich placers on the watershed of the Green, Wind and Snake rivers has been known from very early days. Until the late discovery by the Oregon prospectors, the location of the placers had been shrouded in mysterv. In one of the early 50's late in the fall, there came to St. Mary's station, on the old Ben Holli-day's Holli-day's overland route, an unkempt and grimy miner bearing on his back a large sack of gold dust and nuggets. He said he had been at work all summer on the big watershed, but Would not give any certain miormation . He and his precious sack at once departed for the east. Early in the succeeding spring he appeared once more at St. Mary's accompanied by two companions and a good mining outfit. The three men at once struck out straight for the big divide, and were never heard of afterwards. Whether they were killed by the Indiaus; or made their pile and went out by the other slope, is still an open question. It was lately ascertained that men have been working secret placers pla-cers in the mountain recesses of the Teton basin all summer. Nothing- definite has been learned of the character of the placers, pla-cers, but the stealthy, workings and the time consumed leads to the supposition of rich diggings. Butte Toum Talk. |