The morning call., 1890-08-19
MARVELLOUS GOLD FIELDS.

They Lie in Indian Territory and Red
skins Closely Guard Them.
Denver letter in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat says: For years rumors of Won
derful gold fields in the Indian Territory
have been in circulation among a few of the
old-tme prospectUrs of the West. Their
wealth has been reported so great as to al
most stagger the most excited Imagination.
The indians have, however, so closely
guarded these fields that thorough inyesti-
CATION has been utterly impossible. Lieu
tenant-Colonel S. Snyder, who was recently
transferred from Oklahoma City to Santa
Fe, arrived here yesterday, and during a
conversation upon this matter said:
perhaps you have heard Of Hale and
NOrcross. These men discovered a rich
mine In Nevada, and sold out years ago for
several hundred thousand dollars. One
day last winter a stranger, who had every
appearance of prospector, came to me at
Oklahoma City and introduced himself as
Hale. He said he had lost his fortune and
tor some time had been prospecting III the
Cheyenne country of the Indian Territory,
north of the Red River. He had suffered
many hardshipS, and narrowly escaped
with his life from the Cheyennes, who
guard their country most carefully against
intrusion. In his escape he said he was
forced to leave all the mineral he had Sc
piece of native gold which was so heavy
that he could not lift it. party of
Mexjcans is allowed by the Indians to
mine Tor a short time each year, and then it
is claimed the visitors steal quietly away
by a route known only to themselves.
There is no doubt of one fact, the Indians
have killed many hunters and DrOspectOrS
who have succeeded in penetrating to the
hills which lie near the Red River Few
men have ever had the hardiho9d to attempt
prospecting in that region, and OF these
Hale, if the stranger was indeed ne, Is the
only man i have ever seen VINO escaped
live.
81 heard the prospector's story, which
was told with every appearance OF truth,
and all my questions were answered IN a
perfectly straightforward manner; but as
my time was occupied, and l have lost
money at different times by fitting out pros
pertors did not extend to him the assist
ance which he desired for the purpose of
making new excursion into the country.
The man appeared greatly disappointed and
left the quarters with dewncaSt head. /
have never seen him since"
The same story WAS told the Globe-D DEM
ocrat correspondent recently by gentle
man from Wichita, who said: The time
is not ripe yet for the public to be Informed
on the subject, but there are gold deposits
in the hills and valleys near the Red River
which are richer than anything now known
in the world. met hunters and pros
pectors who have been on the spot and
whose stories were so startling as to seem
like an Eastern fable. / will tell you one
thing, however. big syndicate of leading
politicians and capitalists has been formed
and next fall strong party is to be started
for the gold fields to learn the truth con-
corning the mines. The party has already
been enlisted and is backed by such men as
Senator Ingalls, and Senator Plumb. The
district in which the gold is said TO be
fOuud is in the southwestern mart Of the
Indian Territory, about 200 miles from
Okiahoma