The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-15
SCOTY and
EDDY WILL
SOON MEET
MYSTERIOUS PROSPECTOR AMI
POET PROSPECTOR BOUND
FOR SAME PLACE.
SHADOW MOUNTAIN NAME OF CAMP
thrush of RhyOlite Talent Has Al
ready Started to New
Diggings.

RHYOLITE, New, June IA -
Death Valley Scotty" and Poet
Prospector" Clarence E. Eddy will
doubtless meet somewhere in Death
valley, near the foot of the Panamint
range of mountains, within the next
few days. "Scotty'' is ON his way to
his camp in an automobile, accom-
panied by New York adventrer. and
the poet-prospectoP is headed toward
the same point, accompanied by two
men representing number of news
papers. 'Scotty" left Goldfield 'for
the Panamints via Benefits we'll,
and Eddy left Rhyolite for the Pana.
mints via the same watering place,
so that it is predicted here that they
will probably meet at the wells. fhe
members of both parties are heavily
armed, and some predict that when
they come together there will be 2
serious clash, as 'Scotty's' name is n
terror to the prospectors of the des-
ert, while Eddy and the men whor1
he has with him know not the NEAR
ing of the word fear.
'Scotty" claims that the nervy
poet-prospector has invaded his terri
tory, and he is on his way with
"blood in his eye" to see about il.
while Eddy maintains that it is free
country and that he has only staks:l
out what the government allows tn
any of it's citizens. Eddy's greats st
fear is for the safety of his brothe, :
Ralph, whom he left on guard at his
camp in the Panamints a week ago.
when he came out for fresh supplies
and men. He says there will be no
trouble, however, between him and
Oh oh tn nAt.
that the talk of outsiders has in
volved him and the men of Death
valley in war of words, which III
reality they never uttered; that he
has found valuable mineral indiaa-
tions near one of "Scotty's' scamps.
and has made a number of locations,
but that they do not conflict with
9Bcotty's" possessions, and that he
does not expect to trespass upon
"Scotty's" territory.
when it Is learned what | have
found in the Panamints," said EddV
there will be an Unprecedented
rush into that country; it will be then
that the overflow will reach out Ill
over the Panamints and "Scottys
possessions will no longer be held by
his men with arms. The crowds that
will go in there will completely
swamp the country, and "Scottys
limited number of friends will hay4
to retire before the rush.
Eddy only spent two days in Rhyo-
lite the last trip. He was constantly
in fear for his brothers safety while
he was here. After he and e. O.
Gould were warned by the Indian
chief to leave the country, he came
to RhyOlite and secured the aid OF
his brother and the three men, armed
to the teeth, and mounted on swift
horses, again invaded the country.
They arrived Unexpectedly to the
chief and his dozen warriors, and
their boldness, as well as kindness,
completely captivated the red men,
After Eddy had constructed his mon
uments, Gould was taken sick and he
had to come out with him. Fearing
that the Indians would change their
minds and destroy the monuments
Ralph Eddy was left on guard, with a
Winchester rifle and two revolvers
and forty rounds of ammunition
Gould went to Los Angeles to enter
a hospital, and Eddy secured the SER
vices of representatives of the Rhyo-
lit newspapermen and returned to
the Panamints to establish news
paper camp, lay out townsite
and begin the work of developing the
water rights which he laid claim to
on his second trip, in addition to
fourteen quartz claims.
Eddy's account of how he made
peace with his late antagonist, the
Mexican chief of the Indian band.
was an illustration of the red man s
susceptibility to the mysterious. The
l'oet-prospectOr had gone into the
district prepared to treat rattlesnake
bites should i'll luck befall any of his
men. A Rhyolite druggist had pre-
pared a small phial filled with the an
tidote for the bite for each of the
prospectors. One of the men had
his hand scratched on the way out
and it was considerably infiamed.
Eddy, after reaching camp and while
holding a consultation with the In
dian leader, was applying some of the
rattlesnake antidote to the wound of
his companions hand. This interest
ed the Indian, who made such anx-
ious inquiries in his broken English
in reference to the use of the medi-
cine that Eddy gave full explanation
of it's uses in case of snake bites.
The chief placed more value on
the gold of the Panamints, and Eddy
was quick to grasp the situation and
gave him a bottle of the antidote.
This made peace with the Indians.
The chief carefully wrapped the bot
tie in several layers of cloth, placed
it In a pocket of his clothing and
gave expressions of gratitude, which
showed that he not only felt that he
was the owner of a valuable discov-
cry, but that he had suddenly be-
come a great medicine man, as well
as chief of his tribe. He Immediate
ly devoted his services to Eddy and
his men and showed them every
courtesy possible. But knowing their
treachery, Eddy was afraid that they
might destroy his monuments and
also feared that they might attack
his brother during his absence.
These Indians are the most de-
praved / ever saw" said the lioet-
prospector. Indian Bill, who is Il
beastly looking fellow, goes further