Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-18
A PUNCrURED FAKE.
A Periodical sau Juuu Gold Discovery
Fake.

arrived 90 tlu 80. Dennis hotel last
night q young man who, einuo Wuiucs-
day muTuiug last, bus been dying 10
lIis city nt the fastest possible rate with
IN piece uf highly inturg1tlug nuws. His
name 10 In0mnf Gordon, ana hn u d
member Of the cooperative community
% liberal MufmonG, uhiCh Tor tho
pHt twenty-five yoars has been
established nt Blul, saa Juan county,
Utah.
Ia 1857 young Gordon was sent nt
ihU gElrure ui toe community 30 the
luiver ty uf Ponuay 90 receive
on education Go ~ him 10 become a
teacher in the graded high schools. Hu
took the iull academic course, was
graduated lu 1891 aud Immediately H.
tutnUI TO HE home.
A week agO iaHs saturday, according
20 hlH story, some OF tue older pupils
got into uibcusfiOn concerning the
transporting power Ut moving water in
relation 30 river beds, aud 90 settle "a g
| dispute nc volunteered 10 take the
| class ON Monday morning 20 tue bank
/ of the san Juan river and shuW them
The strhtncau.n.
AtlUa.m. accompanied by about
I 21 scholars, the school teacher went 10
/ ibs river rhoy wandered down
| stream about % ullu 10 search OF d
l plsCe Tor tho demons ration. Several
] % the older boys had l0ug handled
] rindgF. "A point was BeibCiuu 90 q bond
| ofthe liver nysr high blun OF bslaltiu
/ uCE Un The Now MtEIco eide % the
] .irulm. Not hnl dozen spades fun
li tAul hau been lcu0pOJ Ny before a
gold nuggg, thu sia1 oi q pua was
/ brought 10 light This W.s followed ~
/ tUu fading Of many flakes OF x Id. Al
. thoughts N geological iuvca.igat On
waU 90 one bAuishul aud tue ncgstnnt
tlcTo was gIlu in the river was care
ilui ~ tue settlement by the excited
| pIpIls. Among tho members Of the
community were three old California
miners and they Immediately TOOK
command NJ tine operations Ia which
thr unI.fu C.lJuy NJ once engaged.
Directly across the Shu juan from
| Biun b. reservation VI the Navajo
Indians with whom tlo M0rm0us are
ON the bgat OF terms. 10 was decided 10
Try both siuus " the river anu small
oaiicr dam was constructed on the
reservation aide, GA noon Monday,
aud a. thr closo OF work Tuesday there
was taken flom tho river bod by the
.
iu ilikuh aud nuggets equal 10 1880
A meeting Of tho EidoH was held a
uuCu aud Il was decided Co duspalCl
tuc school teacher 30 New York witt
lrttura 10 Influential flieuds here, MT
Gordon ltil Blun las. "Wednesday and
reached Durango, 50 milua distant On
time % catch the fui train Thursday
for Denver. He declines 20 DISGUST
the details Of hiB mission 10 the east
Mr.. Hammond, who was handed {
copy OF the telegram by tho NEwl
man, seemed somewhat surprised o.
the nral glance, but m ho pr ou0ded &
read hts gsloulshmunt gave way 10 tht
exclamation, Hmillugiy made, 9Th,
whole thing IL monumental fake
That 10, | would think 40 from thl
great amount VI uutruth that Il con
talnf.n
Continuing, tho gentleman said Fl
substance, "LUt " again 80 through
10. Ia the frst place tuefo Is no suul
I man in tnAt section Of country o
Thomas Gordon, aui never has been
I La the second place, thou, it follow
that hu wua not cent NJ the expense q
70 the community 10 the University q
. | Pcnugylvaula or elsewhere 20 recriv
= an education TO ht him for pcdngOgi
q work, Now then, having uHiablishc
the fact that hO h a myth, II N certhi
= that no discussion on any queeiiO
D arose between him anu HE pupils O
any time or place. That being tru
there was no occasion ipr rHt cement {
D the river beds or elluwl ere b tultle
3 | geological or other IisI ute.
b OF l8 true that uCrufH the San Jua
D river irum Biul there % n r9seTvati0
' OF Navajo Indiana. Bu. % Cgn also b
. put down a. being equally true that n
Z / l1ilyr lam has been constructed ther
, 10y white mun hpcguBe tho very tlu
! one that attempted " would l0fo hl
. scalp lgsl as sure as the attempt wa
. made. l would not say lhat a ugoiill
i ble discovery OF gold has not bee
= made there since / lelt home, but d
10 not think 30, Tor 1 would have hear
. OF 10 through letters nom my family
o As 10 tho meeting Of the Elders, IL
o safe 10 ray that IL mover too
o place, Tor " II had the melsenRJ
/ would have been sent 10 SCI
I Lake whore there may uu inilufr
b. thai friends, but certainly NOT
q New York whore there ago none.
There IL only On0 thing In the stoT
10 that Eovms TO it many way, anu thi
}, 10 Rs TO tho name Thomas Gordon
b We have man IN the town who.
' name 10 Gordon Johnson, a young, ar
q assuming German who hus some place
70 claims which lao hos boon quietl
" wof5ing tor a year or two, taking or
g | daily GOLD probably worth fl,6O or o.
not mUga tuRu that. Hut no lisa y0uu
o man oil very moderate education, vii
d sppaks too Engllsh language indifiu
% emily aud Us not al all tho kind OF pc
g con TO undertake such mission 90 Ou
r. lined, The school teacher at Blun
g William Allen, OF Goshen, gTBduL
70 of the Brigham Young Academy
y ! Provo,
], Gas 70 tho existence Of gold in u
"a san Juan, that has been known 4
twenty i've years, but it has also bee
y known that it was In such fine, tl1u
) like particles that claims can not
II probably worked by any maChinol
II now IN use"
j. Concluding tho interview judi
Il Hammond sgil the whole thing b0
10 tho ggrmarhs OF ono Day, concernir
r. whom the people Of Utah have heal
I, c5uaiter,ble tho lssi few months
u connection with Indian disturbance
e 10 thBttAmb Individual was attribute
l' two 5 cars ago the sensational gold u.
q rlyery laEps which al that time flllt
that part Of tne Territory with pfUspg
n tom fsom all parts VI The WoElI.