Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

and solitude What they did all I'M
knowingly, is n tale in all mems mouths
today when Nevada Is spoken of In any
part Of the globe,
Discovery and Death.
In 1851 across the Sierras came two
brothers named Grosch. At Gold Hill
they built a cabin and set therein GER
tain instruments for testing ore. There
was just this noteworthy distinction
between these two men and their fell
lows While the pioneers Of Gold Hill
and Sixmlle Canyon turned over the
Jumps OF earth In their hands and look
ed with Keen eyes for the sparkle OF
the gold they sought, Hosea Grosch aud
his silent brother used their heads and
matched their educations against these
other mems natural fitness for wild
NE. They We're men of considerable
education and 20 them full credit is due
for the discovery of sulphuret OF silver
ana the presence of the lode OF silver
which lay hidden beneath sun Peak.
They kept written notes, they made as
says OF ore. In short, they scientifically
noted that beneath this mountain,
tipped with the first ray of the morn
ings sunlight and bidding farewell to
its hast afterglow, there lay wealth un-
dreamed Of by any other men In the
land. What must have been the
dreams OF these men. in possession OF
such a secret, and at such a time;
what must have been their triumphant
pride in their knowledge OF all beneatil
their very feet in a land where even
children learning 10 talk learned the
magic Of the one word gold"
These two brothers closed their cabin
took up their silent labOrs In the little
canyon Shortly after this one OF them
stuck pick into his foot and died of
his wound. Upon his death his brother
cached the stock OF the cabin, its In
struments, IT'S precious ore specimens,
It's documents. all OF It's learning and
It's priceless secret and set out for Cali
fornia. lie, too met with tragic death.
Thus. upon the mountainslde, hidden
from the light Of day, lay the secret OF
state OF tn" nation the secret OF fab.
ulous wealth and power In possession OF
this wealth.
Old Virginia.
In January. Of the year 1859, spring,
MS II impatient OF mans delay IN dis
covering natures bounteousness,
caused the SHOWS TO melt and the wa
ters 10 flow again, aud the dwellers OF
Gold Hill TO commence suspended min
ing activities. Fennimore, known 70
his fellows and to romance as "Old Vir-
ginla," located claim on the side OF
Gold Hill. For quite while he and his
several partners worked II for gold
taking out the earth and washing II In
their rockers. never dreaming that the
dark blue stun they cursed I'm their
haste WAS even greater wealth In their
careless hands than the particles Of
gold Even the gold. however. was 80
plentiful that they drank TO its contn-
uance and endlessness. one historian
tells US that after "Old Virginia" AMI
his partners had been Mt work many
days Henry Comstock. wandering amid
the sagebrush and the loose rock OF the
ueghhoring hlllsides for his lost horse
came upon the. He stopped and picked
up some OF the wasiled-out gold, he
smiled as he ran II through his fingers
and looked nj the hole from which K
had been taken. Then he calmly told
them that Il 'was all his by right OF
prior location. The scene Is better pic
tured IA imagination than IN mere