The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-18
CLEW TO GOLD FIELD.



Denver Times.
yards. on the open prairie, lie fully half a
hundred carcasses of beef. which had been
removed from the slaughter house. The
skulls have been more or less whitened by
the sun, while the hides, in most cases.
have withered away.
In the teeth of at least a score of these
skulls gold was found In comparatively
large quantities by a party of young men
which had visited the vicinity purely out of
curiosity. Wherever these cattle had
grazed the precious metal lies on top of the
ground and is so abundant that the cows
in eating the grass and shrubs down to the
roots wedged the gold between their teeth.
At first glance this reads like fairy tale
the very suggestion of cattle picking up
gold while feeding-but the occurrence is
strictly bona fide. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A
Hirst, who live at the Plymouth Hotel, Six
teenth street and Broadway; John Atchi-
son, an employe of the Denver Gas and
Electric Company, living al ia West Four
teenth avenue, and several others will
vouch for the facts in the case. To all of
them the manner in which the gold became
lodged in the cattles teeth is a matter of
rampant speculation; But that the precious
mouths Is true. Atchison and two of his
friends removed twenty or more teeth each
and have some of them still in their pos
session as proof OF the occurrence.
Somewhere In this glorious Common
wealth gold lies on top of the ground in
such quantities that the discoverer thereof
can become rich within day. Where this
locality Is remains a mystery The cattle
knew; they are dead From just what Sec
ton the particular cows were shipped TO
Denver Is also unknown up to date Their
Ia Cr
two months or more. Atchison and his
friends have been quietly striving ever
since Sunday to learn at the stockyards the
point from which these particular cows
were shipped to Denver but the officials
say such information is beyong their power
to furnish, as the identity OF the animals
owners Is, or course, net known.
To an Eastern man and TO half of Colo
radios people the fact that cattle have
been eating gold will be received with
ridicule. To those who know that thou
sands upon thousands of acres in this
State have never been prospected for the
precious metal the announcement will be
believed Mr.. Atchison and his friends had
been spending Sunday morning in the coun-
try. They were returning leisurely In the
afternoon, and while riding by the out
skirts Of the stockyards saw acres OF
grinning skulls. The sun beat down upon
these grewsome objects and the effect was
not unlike some great burying ground.
with fantastic gravestones. Out of curl
osity the party approached the skeletons.
Suddenly glistening particles were noticed
in several of the mouths of the skulls
The sun appeared to be rejecting jewels
hidden In the CHASTITY relics. Examination
showed that In the teeth OF some twenty
or more of these skulls a substance that
verify resembled gold was tightly wedged.
The yellow stuff. In some cases, chung TO
the teeth as sort of crowns. In other
cases the material was wedged in between
the teeth until the mouth appeared to be
well filed with gold. The substance I'm a
few OF the teeth was OF light greenish
hue. in others II was bright and as pol
ished as a wedding ring. Firmly believing
the material was gold. yet at the same
time thinking the entire theory ridiculous.
the men gathered several handfuis of the
teeth and took them home.
The same evening all who saw the teeth
stated positively that the substance be-