The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-12

told me 70 follow him, which I did. We
walked three-q of a mile in an en-
LreIy different direction, and the instru-
ment brought US back 70 the marked spot.
We then tried mile on the other side Of
the bayou. and, after working the instru-
ment' we Were brought back 10 that spot
we had marked
We then returned home. After sup
per he related the following: Some years
prior MIR. Dutton and companion had
Deen out on the frontier near the Mexican
line. tney came upon sick man. whom
they helped the best way they could. to
no avail, however, and he died. Before
the end came he gave Mr.. DuttOn the in
strument mentioned above, which the
dying man said he had made himself He
was highly educated German and an
expert chemist. He assured MIR Dutton
That the pendulum Of the instrument
would be attracted by the presence Of
gold or silver but not affected by iron or
steel
Mr.. Dutton took it and a few DAYS
thereafter tried II and satisfied himself
and partner that it would do what was
claimed fOr-it. They made a prospecting
tour and the instrument located gold
mine, which they worked afterward, and
at the time MIR. Dutton was at DeEuniak
Springs, about two months after locating
that piece of ground back of my place, he
received the patent for the same from the
government
TO be more sure of the location of gold
back of my place, he sent his son to try
MS hand. The young man went TO work
aud was brought to the same piece of
ground marked of in a triangle. All this
was done, too, without the son knowing
the spot, Then Mr. button tried it a
second time with the same result.
81 had man working at my place
driving some piping.a MIR. Dutton got him
TO drive down pipe in the center of that
triangle. After driving pipe about ten
feet II struck something, and they could
not drive any further. Pipes were driven
at other places and met with no resis-
tance. The spot where the pipe would
strike the object was about five feet
square
Mr.. Dutton then made a proposition
to me that if l would give him permission
to dighc would pay all expenses and take
one third of what was found. We then
entered into an agreement to that effect.
Men were put to work They made a
curb about six feet square and started
digging, but when two or three feet down
the water come in from all sides Quick
sands also began to bother US
1t took Mr.. DuttOn over a month
to get the curb over the object that
the pipe had struck. The men had to
4Idht d ldtReF CutD D6lOE6 LnON COQlQ
cover the obi ect, which proved to be a
live oak stump, cut some five feet from
the ground and all the roots trimmed off.
Below this huge stump were two pieces
OF red lockwood, seven or eight feet long
and seven or eight inches thick, placed
side by side, the stump having rested
transversely over this, lying on its side.
The pitch-pine knots that the parties
who had buried the stump had made use
r 70 sblqrr Ia
stump is charred over an inch in depth
The'stump and the piece of wood on
which II rested are now in my possession,
and are in the same condition as when
taken out. In all our digging we did not
find a rect az Vsie--~We then dug below
where the stump laid, but could not go
/ down very far on account of the water
and quiCksand.
To cope successfully with these diff
cultles, powerful hosting machine and
syphon pump was needed Then drive
down cOtferdam made Of thick boards
Mr.. Du ton drove down another pipe,
when the stump had been removed, and
at twenty-five feet struck an object. The
instrument was set to work, and still
pointed for gold. Not having the ready
means, work was discontinued. We fig
ured that it would require about a, 800 to
rig pump and hoisting apparatus, engine
and coferdams Mr., Dutton then made
up his mind to go to his friends in To
peka, Kan, for financial aid, but the
morning before leaving fOp Topeka, he
was suddenly stricken with heart failure
and died. His son had to take his
mother home, for she lost her reason
over her husbands death.
Il will gi-e.my labor and attention and
one-half of what is found to any party or
parties who will furnish the means to dig
up the gold Ten thousand dollars will
amply cover all expenses"