New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-11
4 PKTRTFIED NINE.
A PROsPEcTOR WITH A PETRlFIED GLARE TELLS
THIS TALE OF PETRIFCATIoN
From The Jerome ArizD Hustler.

From The Jerome CAriz) Hustler.
\ prominent citizen Of Jerome related most
yesterday. and vouches for the truth OF the story
He claims TO have received his information from
the prOspectOr who discovered the strange phenon-
enon. lie IS going out with the prospector next
week 70 make further explorations and TO stake out
the petrhed mine is as follows:
While our PROSPECTING for copper properties on a
dered far into the recesses OF dark canyon, forty
night. The next morning he went out prospecting.
and while wandering around suddenly came upon
seated at table, seemingly IN the act OF eating
breakfast He addressed them. bur received no re-
Spouse Thinking something was wrong he walked
up to them. and Mortified to find that they
were stone dead pctrihed. The tin plates from
which they ate the IRVING pan ana the conee POT
were petriled also judging from appearances
state in which Plecute found them in iiffy, FOR
one Of the stone Images held fork In his stony
turned TO stone jus. as the man had opened
the cabin was pctrihed the flames were turned to
stone as they leaped up in the old-fashoned fire.
lee. a petrifed cat lay on the floor. while every ar
tice within the cabin was IN the same condition.
very logs in the house were stone.
Leaving the place, the prospector passed on up
an old trail and had only gone q short distance
huye IRON ,yke extending up The mnu,ain I'd" sr I
where he stood break I'm a. Copper-staineI
fragments Of rosk were lying about rs though they
had been put there by some one but no signs Of y
tunnel or shaft visible. Plecu,e concluded to
sink Il shaft where the break In the dyke was So
he went back after his burro and outfit
Three weeks Of steady labor had been put I'm on
the prospect without striking ore. and Jim" was
ON the point OF quitting when Il most peculiar
Thing happened. He had put IN three shots two
wedges and litter. fired them and lot himself
down n rope into the shaft. when to his horror
he found that Do" had shot the bottom out Of the
shaft Holding his candle IN one hand while no
grasYed the rope with the other TO balance himself
the slight rim over which he gained A rneavre
footing. ne discovered q ladder suspended down the
seemingly bouonless shaft. As tho latter was So
curely fastened. he cautiously descended II V-hap
To tunnel drift Following that A shori dis
lance. he came suddenly upon three mners I'm Inc
breast ~ the drift Although ha heard no snuna
sat holding drill while the Other two hold thrir
but received no response Then the horrible fr,t n
broke upon him-they were also petrln-d close i'm
spccfinn proved that the three men were cartlinlv
in the same condition a. the occupants of the
cabin
Jim Plecuie examined the SURROUNDINGS and
found that the hammers and drills We're all turned
10 stone y watch IN ono ~ The miners rockets
had also been potrred The time was shown hv
nh" watch TO have been i:i5 Whether morning or
evening az course. %" could not tell \ tick was
pstrihed in the watch while the hands were I'm the
same condition
Thoroughly frightened At the spectacle before his
eyes, sim. hutriedly left the uncanny place and
as he climbed The ladder ne heard petrlned bird
on a petrned limb singing petrhed song.