The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-01
DAREDEVIL TRIP
OF A PROSPECTOR
Clarence L. Eddy and Two COM
paniOns After Claims i'm
a Rich Section.
ARMED TO THE TEETH
TO COMBAT INDIANS
Eddy Tells of His First Expert
ence Near Panamint Range;
Miners Await Outcome.
Special to The Tribune.

| Special to The Tribune.
| RHiOLITE, New. May 3l.-Clar-
ence f. Eddy, known throughout Ore.
| gon, Idaho, Utah and Nevada rs the
| poet prospector, and who was attacked
week ago in the Panamint range OF
mountains, about seventy miles south
I west OF Rhyolitc by renegade band OF
/ Shoshone Indians, whom it is claimed
have never been conquered by the
| United States Government, left Rhyo-
! lite the other night. accompanied by
his brother Ralph Eddy, and pros
! pcctor by the name of f. c. Gould, ali
mounted on swift. footed horses and
armed 10 the teeth, for the purpose OF
invading the hostile country aud 10.
eating claims in what they claim is the
district in which Scotty' of Death
Valley fame operates
The party is equipped for i ten days.
! trip, and each man carries a number
J of rounds of ammunition for their re.
/ pcatipg rifles and revolvers. They eX-
pect an encounter with the Indians. but
! declare that they viii secure claims in
| the richest section OF country yet dis
/ covered IN Nevada, IT they have to
I erect 1ll' monuments nntcE inC IRE DJ
! the bclhgerent tribcsmen. There are
/ said to be dozen of the warriors un-
/ der an old OUTLAW Mexican whom they
! have chosen for their chief, and they
are fairly well armed, but the poet
prospcctor and his brother have been
! in many close places together in the
/ Western country. and, backed by Gould,
/ who is ono Of the coolest and most
daring men who ever crossed Death
| Valley, the three men think they VIII
/ prove equal 10 the occasion. The adj
veuturers took with them plenty of pro-
| visions for the time set apart TO make
| the locations. and they expect to make
long night rides from watering place to
watering place on the swift animals
and thus avoid the usual burden of
carrying the water with them. When
once in the enemy's country they eX'
pect to take water by force if neces-
sary from the only spring in the dis
trict which is held by the red men,
A Daredevil Trip.
IT is considered the most dare devil
| trip in the history of southern Nevada
( mining The miners Of the BullfTog
! district are whiting under different
sentiments for results. Many OF them
doubt the danger of trip TO the coun-
try from the point Of Indian attacks,
but they all admit that it is foolbardy
trip at this time of year on horseback
and without water II will be neces,,
sarv TO cross the widest portion OF
Death Valley, and the hot season al
ready being on, many doubt the return
of the prospectors. They predict that
they will fall victims to the neat, II
not from the deadly aim OF the rene
| gade Indians.
The point Mt which the poet pros
| pcctor and n companion wers attacked
| last week is not definitely known, II ~
| =. a. nf ha panpmIOt ana
| in the neiphborhood of where waiter
| Scott has camps. That is about all that
is known The sentimental prospector
! would not give the exact location Tor
! fear that others would beat hlm TO the
Dlace Despite being driven out by the
Indians. he brought back with him sam
pIes of ore that assayed away up. lie
! was not armed at the time of the at
! tack and came out with his hurros IN
the nighttime lie expects TO swoop
( down on the Indians on his horses ana,
( after driving them from the spring,
( take possession and proceed 10 put up
| his location monuments. He left eN-
Meeting a fight " viii be at least ten
| davs before the party VIII be heard
| from. il they are lucky enough to re-
! turn.
Eddy Tells Of Experience.
Mr.. Eddy, for the first time gave oat
| full detail of his experience WIN inc
| Indians last week, before leaving tho
| other night. g,
/ ~ know that it sounds ishy,' he
said. rmy story of the renegade band
| of Indians and the attack. and ! dld not
| talk much. hut there was more ~ ~
/ than the brightest Imagination couid
oct ont of IL from the meager details
| gave ont to special friends.
al had many long talks with ScoItV
on his recent trip to Rhvohte. he
took me over on mountain near hhNo'
Ii,n one day and pointed out T." me
way over across the Funeral range anu
across Death Valley 20 spot IN the "a
namints this side of some peculiar snow,
peaks. whore he said, IN his mysterious
way that there was more gold IN ono
,,Iocc than in all of the other portions
of the state ! tool, careful survey
of tho whole country through ScottN
strong glasses which ne always carries
with him when in the desert ana To-
Gated the spot. taking bearing on otnet
noints adjacent 10 the place, | Drew
Kim out ON the question at every op'
portupity while he was here. ana ge
ridcd that | would 90 and test his de
scriptiop Of the country.
''Wen. | took one companion an,
three burros. We did not 90 armed
for have never worried while Just
nrosnoctinr about being attacked
boya only armed myself when expect
inc trouble. as 7 have this time. we
arrived in what appca-cd TO bc tho
country pointed out by S'"otty. Owe!
sixtv miles away. and began ~ bnd
signs of habitation. We also uSSoNcrep
outcroppiugs among the rocks tha,
showed free gold 20 some extent. We
hegun 10 break of samples along the
shadow of n mountain and had Sug,
gested Ia my companion that we call
our claims tho Shadow Mountain