Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-10

heed the possibility Of the mine hcine
there, ior the smell uf hay hni neNei
hceu out Of his hoatrils am ne ull
not know quHrii rom lava, hnt ne
thought u worth while a. make some
inquiry about his brother winch ne
diI.
a letter directed to the postmaster at
Prescott brought the Information that
his brother was 80 old resident, nut
wna then out IN the mines.
A correspondence began between
the two brothers, anu during Its
course the part VI the dream relating
10 the mine was divuiged. Being
VA that vicinity one DAY Luther
Elicit looked for the mine, but found
nothing. The matter passed along
until n month ago, when the Kansas
brother concluded 90 visit his relative
I'm Arizona, and at the Fame time to
look at the country. He still had an
inclination 10 look for tho mine, but
was ashamed TO own H. Hts brother
met HIM In Prescott, AMI after staying
lew days there they came to the
mountains and visited the old aban.
dOncd mine. When they approached
II the Kansas man recognized tho
country W. Aut uNe lS nhI NN'h III W.
dreams, and told even how the shaft
was situated with regard TO the noun
tains and canyons with such accuracy
that his brother wna filled with aston
ishment, but no was an old prospectof
and belief In dreams was not one OF
his eupeIstitione. When they arrived
NJ the spot Mr. Elicit said II Heemed to
him that he had often been there be-
fore, and after looking over the ground
they took pick md walked westward
toward the point Indicated by the
dream. In crossing the canyon the
prOspector stumbled ON q very rich
ledge anu eNultnntly exclaimed tina,
they had found the mine. The brother
answered that II might DO richi but the
/ one they were In search OF was richer
| Climbing up the other Eide oi IN.
| gulch they came TO the spot where
/ The dreams had located she lode,
| hut there was nothing In sight bul
| hali.dccompOaed granite. The perfect
| resemblance Of the land marks hat Nc
excited their hope that they were much
disappointed, and they stood for somg
time toiking the matter over. Whu,
~ standing the one with the pick be-
gan picking on the shelving rock, nnd
/ O great pice Of Il fell down, exposing 0
| blind ledge Of white quartz rtsplenden
with free gold. They worked into th'
mess, finding II 10 be about thirty
Inches Ia width ant widening as n
went doVn az un angle OF forty.iiv'
degrees. The pIUspectOt IL SIN there
afraid TO leave the mine Tor fear .
clalm.jumperb, hut his brother brought
n sack OF the samples to PhWnix ant
the assays go $1,000 In SO to the ounc'
gold. Samples have also been sent l.
the mint in San Francisco for testing
When Mir. Elicit wn- Hen by TN
| Chronicle reporter he aid not seem dis
posed ~ talk about the mine, snyiui
that they wished to keep its exisienc,
quiet, aud had done ~ for two weeks
but finding that mining men from tina
section had already told 1t he naftate'
the story as given above. Mr. Ellet
iaa responsible farmer In his homl
state, aud before September had neve
seen an ounce OF gold Ofr, 40 lac count
himself rs one OF the creatures on
whom Fortune has smiled. The stor!
Of the dream was Published In 1889 hl
the GiObe DsmOorot and several scien
tiflc Journals Ia the East as illustrst
ing the fact that former knowledge ant
Information had nothing 10 do will
the substance VI dreams.