Omaha daily bee., 1895-10-06
LINCOLN COLD EXCITEMENT
Yellow Treasure Found in Large Quantities
Near Milford.
LAND VALUES SUDDENLY INCREASED
Several Persons Make Heavy Pur
cbnses and Are Satisfied They
Have n Good Thing I'm
Placer Mines.


cbnses and Are Satisfied They
Have a Good Thing I'm
Placer Mines.
LINCOLN, Oct. 5.-(Special.)-Lincoln peo-
pie are somewhat excited over what purports
to be a find of gold within three miles Of
Milford. For several days rumors have
loated in from the vicinity OF Seward to the
effect that gold in paying quantities was
being washed out Of the gravel ballast OF
the Burlington railroad. But 1t was not I'M
til a pawnbroker invested in a forty-acre
tract of land three miles from Milford, and
brought some Of the sand to Lincoln that
Lincoln citizens really began to take stock
in the stories.
There are many traditions OF gold finds
in Nebraska, dating back thirty years. But
the latest revival dates only to the middle
Of last month. J. s.. Dillenbeck owns 700
acres in the Milford vicinity indicated. The
old Burlington sand pit is located on this
piece Of land. 1t was here Dillenbeck began
prospecting. In due time he had some Of
the sand and gravel in the hands of assayers.
w. c. Winger, assayer, of Denver writes that
one specimen ran $196 in gold dust to the
ton. Another ran s162, and still another
$71.20 Then Dellenbeck brought some to
Prof. Nicholson of the State university. This
ascGyed $76 to the ton.
AS an indication that Dellenbeck was not
sailing a mine, 1t is on record that i'm
mediately following the glowing reports OF
the assayers he bought 120 acres more adj
Joining his already large possessions, instead
OF booming 1t for all 1t was worth and then
unloading. But he did attempt to interest
capital for the purpose of development. One
nf tho Lincoln Tnrttna lAt t.tn H. 1a- -..
David Nefsky, a pawnbroker, who had money.
Jules Baros owned a forty-acre tract in the
gold belt, and Nefsky decided that he wanted
1t. Before purchasing, however, he secured
several bags OF sand and gravel from various
portions Of 1t, himself making selection OF
th4 locations. These he took to Prof. Nichol-
son for assaying and was assured that it
ran In gold and silver combined. chiefly
gold, $132.2O a ton. Then Nefsky closed with
Baros for 1900, or $50 an acre.
OTHERS WANTED A SHARE.
Prior to Nefsky being let into the secret
Dillenbeck had told Banker H. T. Jones of
Seward. The latter Immediately purchased
an adjoining tract Of land from PhiIip
Stoltz. Banker Shadduck of Milford also
hustled around and bought an eighty-acre
tract OF Farmer Radke, paying only $40 an
acre Tor II. This was ON September 16. Dill
lenbeck bought his additional 12O acres on
the 18th and Nefsky bought out Baros on
the Goth.
In that vicinity land has experienced n
sudden rise, whether fictitious or not. Yes
terday one farm changed hands for s12, 900. at
the rate OF $75 an acre. People in the neigh
borbood are digging holes into the territory
and actively prospecting for gold. The low
est assay so tar reported is $50 a ton.
rms morning the following letter, written
with a pencil In a scrawling hand. bearing
paper: ~
"Allow me to inform YOU that we pot we,,
paid Tor helping to dump that hill of sand
TO Dave Nefsky, a pawnbroker of your CITY
as a gold mine. We like to sell him another
gold mine that we will soon have at West
Lincoln, as $1,000 is a good price to pay. for
forty acres Of sand. Yours In haste, ~,
SCHEMER.
Our address Is G.. D., Rockford, Ill.
Nefsky was at once interviewed by a re-
porter. He was found bending over a small
tin pan. With this he was washing some of
the gravel from his new farm" iTntii
shown the letter he was uncommunicatiye. He
pronounced 1t the work of a rival pawn
broker. He exhibited copies of certificates of
assays, and declared himself perfectly salts
mea Win ms purchase from a gold mining
standpoint. He said he had been asked re
peatedly what he would take for it. and had
replied that when he concluded to sell the
price would be but $40 an acre, but that
would be a long time yet. He would not take
today S1O0, 900 for his farm"
Then he exhibited a number of bags of sand
and gravel which had come from his new pur-
chase. Then. bringing out a small wine glass.
with a lead pencil he fished up out of some
acid in the bottom of the glass a small. vel
low particle, about the width of a head of a
pin. 1t was as pure gold as was ever washed
out OF a placer mine in California. Nefsky
timated that a number of Lincoln capital
lists had got on the inside of this deal and
were anxious to buy more land. For the
present the gold fever is on in Lincoln and
growing to an alarming extent. It is said
that the drift In which 1t is claimed this
metal is found extends all through southern
Nebraska and down into Kansas. Sand that
yields free gold at the rate of IS a ton can
be mined with profit.
EXCISE BOARDS TROUBLE.
1t is claimed by parties who stand very
close to the excise board that the admin
istrative axe will before long be extensively
used In the police department. Two of the
officials who are said to be slated for retire
ment are Chief of Police Melick and Dav
Captain Hoagland. 1t is said that tbe cbisf
must give way to Jesse Moore and that Hoag-
lands place will be given to some one more
in active sympathy with the present admin
istration. Mayor Graham refuses to discuss
the situation, as he does not consider it ripe
Tor publication. The meeting of the excise
board Tuesday night will likely develop mat
ters.
In district court today one woman openly
rebelled against being made the custodian
OF her husbands property in order to beat
his creditors. Mrs. Anna Swanson is this ne
culiar woman. She said that she is the vic
tim OF a conspiracy to force her to become
the owner of some suburban property which
she does not want. She says that last sum-
mer her husband told her that one Oleson
had decided her the property, which is now
wanted by John Warner. She disclaimed all
interest in it. and the court gave a decree
Of foreclosure against her husband for
50, 054. 80.
Josephine Ecklund secured a verdict OF soon
against Charles Schwartz, under the Iiouor
damage clause Of the Slocum law. In district
court today Schwartz urged the plea that
the verdict was contrary to law and ex-
cessive. The court has the case under adj
visement.
Today c. M. Ridge withdrew his name
from the Bryan democratic ticket as can
didate for county treasurer. In plaza of ex-
Mayor A. III. Weir, who withdrew from The
populist ticket for the same office, Hiram
Polly has been named.
j. A. Conway. chairman Of the executive
committee of the Vicksburg, Miss, Board of
Trade. has written a letter to Governor Hol-
comb advising him of a meeting of the west
ern waterways convention, to be held at
Vicksburg October % and %. The governor
is requested to name delegates from Ne
braska and will compile a list within a
few days.
Omaha people in Lincoln: At the Lindell-
Theodore Sachs, A. w. Clark. w. S. Hell
phrey, L. w. Snow. At the Capital-E. A.
Hamilton. A. F. wilkins. At the Lincoln-W.
T. Gardner. r.. C. Jordan. ]. L. Farthing.
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