Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-12-22
FOUND IN A DREAM.
Tho Strange Story Of tho Discov-
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psychological phenomena ever brought
to light has just eliminated near Phoe-
nix, Arizona. In 1859 two brothers, A.
Is. and Luther Elicit, lived in Ncmaha
county, Kansas. Luther chose the part
of the wanderer and went west, pre-
sumably to Colorado, and nothing moro
was heard of him except vague reports
that he had been killed by Indians.
The war came and a. B. Elicit served
four years in the union army, coming
out in 1865 completely broken in health.
He returned to Kansas and settled
down on his farm near Sabetha, where
he remained until recently. He ac-
ccptcd ruInor as truth and, not getting
any letters from the brother, regarded
him as dead. In 1880 he was afflicted
by the breaking out of an old wound
and was confined to his room for many.
weeks. During that time he dreamed
that his brother was alive and in Pres
colt, a. II. 1t seemed that they were
together in the mountains, and in pass
ing down = canyon they discovered a
fabulously rich gold mine Il few miles
from an old abandoned shaft once
owned by Luther. The dream made
little impression on him, but the next
night it was repeated, and even the
were perfectly impressed on his mind.
lie did not heed the possibility of the
mine being there, for the smell of hay
had never been out Of his nostrils and
he did not know quartz from lava, but
he thought it worth while to make some
inquiry about his brother, which lic did.
a letter directed to the postmaster at
Prescott brought the information that
then out in the mines. A correspond
cncc began between the two brothers,
and during its course the part of the
dream relating to the mine was di-
vulgcd. icing in that vicinity one day
Luther Elicit looked for tho mine but
found nothing. The matter passed
along until Il month ago, says the San
Francisco Chronicle, when the Kansas
brother concluded to visit his relative in
Arizona, and at the same time to look
at the country. He still had I'm inclina-
ton to look for the mine, but was
ashamed to own it. His brother met
him in Prescott, and after staying Il few
days there they went to the mountains
and visited the old abandoned mine.
When they approached it the Kansas
man recognized the country Us the one
he had seen in his dreams, and told
even how the shaft was situated with
regard to the mountains and canyons
with such accuracy that his brother
was filled with aStonishment, but he
was IN old prOspcctor and 4 belief in
dreams was not one Of his supcrstitions.
When they arrived at the spot Mr.
Elicit said it seemed to him that he had
| often been there before, and after look
ing over the ground they took pick
| ana walked westward toward the point
| indicated by the dream. In crossing
the canyon tho prospcctor stumbled on
u very rich ledge and eXultantly OK
claimed that they had found tho
mine. The brother answered that it
| might be rich, but the one they were in
search of was richer. Climbing up the
| other side of the gulch, they came to
| the spot where the dreams had located
| the lode, but there was nothing in
| sight but half-dccomposcd granite.
| The perfect resemblance of the land
| marks had so excited their hope that
| they were disappointed and stood for
| some time talking tho matter over.
| While so standing the one with the
| pick began picking on the shelving
| rock and great piece of it fell down,
exposing II blind ledge of white quartz
| resplcadcnt with free gold. They
| worked into the mass, find it to he
about thirty inches in width and widen
| ing rs IL went down ut an angle of
| forty-fivc degrees. The prospector
staycd there, afraid to leave the mine
for fear of claiIn-jumpcrs, but his
| brother brought u sack of the samples
TO Phmrix and the assays go two thou
sand six hundred dollars in nineteen
dollars to the ounce gold. Samples
have also been sent to the mint at San
Francisco for testing. When Mr..
Elicit twas sccn by reporter nc did not
seem disposed to talk about the mine,
saying that they wished to keep its cx-
istcncc quiet, and had done so for two
weeks, but finding that mining men
from that section had already told it he
narrated the story as given above.
| Mr. Elliott is n rcepopsiblp fnrr,1nr II,