The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-11
RUSH DUE into
THE PANAM|NTS
Discovery of Clarence +. Eddy
and Antics of Scotty At
tract Attention,
SCOTTY GOES IN
FOR THE LAST TIME
Mysterious One Soon Due in
New York for Some
Purpose.


RHYOLITE, New, July S,-Walter
Scott, the Death Valley mystery, ar
rived in Rhyolite last night, accom-
panied by an airship expert. and left
this morning for Death Valley in an
automobile, trsiled by another auto
occupied by L. ". Traughber of the
Goldfeld Tribune and Jim Titus,
Death Valley "desert rat. Scotty IS
auto was sawed down to its lightest
weight and loaded down with gasoline
and supplies. and driven by Arch HoX-
scv Of airship fame, who operated with
Roy kanabesue at Los Angeles and
built $4,000 machine Of his own and
attained some success. He was also
once chauffeur for Hancock, the wag
man, who was killed in an auto
accident at Los Angeles, Hoxsey is a
daredevil and says be will climb the
sand dunes with his sswed.off machine,
if it is necessary, and will drive night
into the shaft of ScottY,s mines, if the
latter produces.
This will probably close Scotty 5 en-
gagement in Death Valley for the sea
son. He stated this morning that he
had TO be in New York within the Dext
twenty days, and will probably take a
train after the present trip is conclud-
cd Those who doubt the existence of
Scotty's mines say he will make hy"
ing trip into Death Valley, get his
autos separated, and that the newspa-
per men will return after vain search
no wiser than when they left. They
claim that Scotty has nothing to show;
that he has camps established In the
mountains bordering Death Valley at
different points, and that these are
Al Al
makes these trips into Death Valley
at the instance and at the cost Of
somebody who is interested in having
attention directed to this country; that
when times get dull Scotty scoots
down upon Death Valley and spends
let of money In order to boost the
mining business; that he obtains lit
lie rock here and there from brokerage
Offices, pouTs some oxide of gold upon
ii, gets assays running up into the
thousands, and then takes wild-goos
chases into the Death Valley country
to bring out some $4,000 ore.
1t is claimed by the doubters of
Scottys S sincerity that no minc has
ever been found. though every inch of
the country has beer prospected about
his camps: that no one has ever hauled
a pound of his ore, and never has there
been al ounce of it shipped; that no
returns have ever been made, and that,
in short. he is simply an advertiser for
some transportation company or sypdi-
cate brokerage organization. The be.
levers in Scotty are ready to fight at
such accusations. They say that he
has the mines; there are men who are
ready to swear that they have visited
them. mined the ore, and guarded 1T TO
the express offices. They argue that
Scotty. if employed to advertise the
country, would do it IN q different man
ner. They say that he spends money
like water, and that if transportation
companies were putting this up they
would have 1t done more systematical-
ly. There is no system at all about
Scotty's maneuvers. He has kept two
automobiles employed and a small
army of hangers:on at Goldfeld and
Rhyoite during the past summer. His
expenses have been from 5000 to $500
day. a greater portion of this time
he has spent around Gold6eld and
Rhyolite without moving wheel, but
his expense has gone on. He has tax.
en- few flying trips into the desert,
but at 10 time has be ever remained
long enough TO accomplish anything.
He has taken men to well-provisioned
camps. He has mules, motorcycles and
automobiles, but their time is spent in
random pursuits. His friends maintain
that no railroad company or other or
ganlzation would give him money TO
spend in this manner.
That Scotty has the money and
spends it is agreed upon by all sides.
His friends say he has the mines and
long way toward making show.
Show is ali that Scotty cares for. He
would rather spend $50 over bar
treating strangers than give quarter
OF dollar to the most deserving case
Of charity. "f I have no mines We
got the money; if I am backed by rail
roads, | am smart man TO get such
backing, Ii | am crazy, [ am a pecu-
llar kind of crazy duck. / keep my
OWE counsel, spend my own money, and
keep them all guessing. Watch my
This was the old song that scotty
sang before leaving for Death Valley
him at least $1,000, and with autos and
employees that cost him at least $500
day. The discovery of the new
Comstock lode is within a few miles OF
Scotty's main camp In the Panamipts
The ore in this vein OF twenty feet in
width IS said to be almost solid in sill
Ver a great number argue that Scotty
may, have found something even rich
er than this. and that by Selecting the
rich streaks and bringing it out IL
automobiles he is able to maintain hi,
heavy expenses. He hos long beer
friendly with the few Indians who in
habit the Panamints, and many think
that he may, through these Indians
have found Breyfogle g lost mine AM
IS drawing upon it.
His display this summer and tb.
discovery OF Poet-Prospector Clarenc'
E. Eddy will result in great rusl
into the Panamints just as soon as col,
weather approaches. Scotty's mine
have always been supposed to be in tn
Panamlnts, and with the rich discov
erles OF the poet-prospector in tn
neighborhood Of one Of his camps. an,
the later discovery of the rich silve
ledge, has set all the country towar
the Panamints. That section Of tn
country has been prospected but littls
and for the coming season it wi
doubtless be the most active porto
of the two States. II bears the char
OF being difficult to reach and carrie