The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-01-04
TWO DREAMS
IN NEW JERSY

nave been directed is not IN what is
known as the gold belt 1t is not with
in many miles Of where the other rich
strikes have been made, but far off, in a
wild, lonely place. where no prospector
has ever yet been.
The gold lies on the southern slope
of a small. round-topped hill, the veins
running away from a common center
which lies near the top. I saw the place
so distinctly that l have made a chart
of the surrounding country, which we
shall use as a guide in locating the place.
l have also made a chart of the ground.
showing the course and direction of the
drifts and veins, for the use Of the COM
pany."
"of how many persons does the COM
pany consist. Miss smith,
-Four at present. But we may TAX
more in. We would be willing to take
in a few extra people to help with the
expenses. We are poor, you know. but
when we have located this gold, which
A'S' III uAid L WILL SEC 81 Rldlilys tUCFG
will be gold enough there to make a
score of millionaires."
But do you feei no hesitation In start
ing in on such a venture? lou are not
a very robust ,woman-not SO young as
you once were, and that is a wild, DESC
late country, barren and unfriendly, with
no water, no flowers; no trees or grass.
Accommodations will be poor there; there
to locate this gold"-
Miss Smith shook her head and set her
determined lips.
But we Won't fail. We can't. rhe
gold is there. I see it as plainly as 1 see
my hand on this table. See. 1t lies
this. TIL apex is here at my wrist; it
looks as If 1T had been heaved up into a
sort of a point by some volcanic disturb
ance, and the veins run off like my nn-
gers. Here where my thumb is is the
point where we will make our first tun-
mel. The only trouble we shall have is
getting out there. IL we can manage to
get money enough together to get out
there we will be led to the place where
this gold lies waiting for us. Just as soon
as we discover the gold we will be all
right; we can then all the money We want
to develop the mines"
But suppose you should no. nrd this
place where the gold is right away Sup
pose there should be storms, washouts or
some other delay in getting to it,
We'll. what then? We would do az
many another stranded adventurer has
done-go to work at anything we could
find to tide US over. IN a camp full of
men, women can always ind work. We
could cook, wash. mend, sew on buttons,
read palms and foretell the future, sell
d~oughnuts. make beds. teach school--why
If it came right down to it, we could
shoulder a pick ond sovel ond dig. There
are a hundred things that a woman could
turn her hand to il she were forced to II
of us-in fact, none of the COM
pany-is afraid of work, and when we To-
cate our mine We all expect to take our
turn at the picks and pans until we are
sure. One of the men who is going with
the party is a practical assayer. and
when we find our gold we will have 1t
assayed before any one knowns anything
about where we got It,"
The charts made by Miss Smith are
clearly drawn and well executed. and
when submitted to a mining engineer
were pronounced as accurate as IL made
observation of the ground.
Preparations are moving rapidly for |
ward, and it is the intention OF all par
concerned to set forth on the ex-
not later than December q, ever
IL the start be made without sufficient |
money to carry them to the end of their
Their faith In the vision is
their belief in the meaning OF
the call absolute. and, trusting implicitly
to the occult power which opened the
places of the earth to their sight,
they will set forth within a fortnight to
find the place which was revealed to
them in the vision.