Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-23
FOUND IN A DREAM.
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psychological phenomena ever brought
% light has Just eliminated near Phce-
nix. Arizona. In 1850 two brothers- A.
r. md Luther Elicit, lived in Ncmaha
o,unty. Kansas. Luther chose the part
of the wandcrcr and went west. pre-
sumably to Colorado, and nothing more
was heard Of him except vague reports
that he had been killed by Indians
The war came and A. Il Elicit served
four wears in the union army, coming
ont in 1865 completely broken In health.
He returned to Kansas and settled
down ON his farm near Sabetha, where
he remained until rccently, lie ac-
cepted rrmor as truth and. not getting
any letters from the brother. regarded
him rs dead In 1889 he was afflicted
by the breaking ont OF an old wound
and YVES confined TO his room for many
weeks During that time he dreamed
that his brother was alive and in Pres
colt At II seemed that they were
together in the mountains, and In pass
ing down y canyon they discovered a
fabulously rich gold mine few miles
from an old abandoned shaft once
owned by Luther. The dream made
little impression on him, but the next
night 1t was repeated and even the
trees and the outlines Of the mountains
were perfectly impressed ON his mind.
lie did no, heed the possibility OF the
mine being there. for the smell of hay
had never been ont of his postrils. and
he did not know quartz from lava. but
he thought IL worth while To make some
INQUIRY about his brother. which he did-
A letter directed to the postmaster II
Prescott, brought the information thai
his brother was an old resident. bni was
then out in the mines. correspond
epce began between the two brothers.
and during its course the part OF the
dream relating to The mine was di-
vu,ged. Being in that vicinity one day
Luther Elicit looked for the mine but
found nothing The matter passed
along until month ago. says the San
Francisco Chronicle. when the Kansas
brother concluded to visit his relative In
Arizona. and at the same time tn look
at the country. lie still had an inciina
ton To look for the mine. but was
ashamed To own II. His brother met
hi.a in Prescott. and after staying afc"
DAYS there they wen, to the mountains
and visited the old abandoned mine.
When they approached ii the kansas
man recognized the country as the one
he had seen in his dreams, and told
ven how the shaft was situated "lth
rcgard to the mountains and canyons
with such accuracy that his brother
wns filed with establishment, but he
was an old prospector and belief In
dreams was not one Of his supcrstitions
when they arrived Mt the spot Mr
elicit said 1t seemed To hiia that he had
,ft.p been there before. and after look
ing over the ground they took pies
and walked westward tow ard the point
Indicated by the dream In crossing
the canyon the prospector stumbled on
A very rich ledge and cxultantly en-
.laimed that they had found the
nine. The brother answered that 1t
might be rich. but the one they were in
search of was richer. Climbing mp 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-decomposed granite.
The perfect resemblance of the land
tnarlSs had So excited their hope that
they were disappointed and stood for
,or4le time talking the matter over.
While so standing the one with the
pick began picking on the shelving
rock and a great piece of il fell down
exposing u blind ledge Of white quartz
Respondent with free gold They
worked into the mass, find it To bf
,bout thirty inches in width and widen
ing as IL went down ut an angle OF
forty-fve degrees The prospector
stayed there. afraid to leave the mine
for fear of claim jumpers, but his
brother brought u sack of the samples
10 Phoenix 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 nj San
Francisco for testing. When Mr.
Elicit was seen by "A reporter he did not
seem disposed to talk about the mine.
saving that they wished Ia keep its cx-
istcnce quiet. and had done SO for two
weeks, but finding that mining men
from t0dI Ntttiph h'th uiifetf VIM - iiN
narrated the story as given above.
Mr.. Elicit is responsible farmer in
his home state and before September
had never seen an ounce of gold ore, 50
he counts himself as one Of the crcta-
lures on whom fortune has smiled. Til.
story of the dream was published liz
1889 by several scientific journals in the
east as illustrating the fact that
former knowledge and information had
nothing to do with the substance of
dreams.