The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-04
sCoTTY's MYTHICAL NINE.
Mining Editor Declares Death Valley
Mystery Cheap Fake After
stIsnous Trip.


Sidney Norman, mining editor of
the Los Angeles Times. A. ID. Meyers.
locator OF the famous Mohawk. and
Roi King. the well known proprietor
Of the Hollenbeck bar, have just re-
turned from a trip TO Death valley.
where Death Valley Scotty lured them
with promises of revealing the secret
location of his wonderfully rich mine.
Editor Norman tells the thrilling
story of the party's experinee in last
Sundays Los Angeles Times. IL
seems after arriving in the vicinity
OF the Scotty's tabled mine. the desert
faker drove off the mules, leaving
the trio for several days and nights
enccamped in the hell on earth, 275
feet below sea level. fighting horse
bies and big bats by day and suffer-
ing intensely from the heat Scotty
left camp ostensibly TO find the
mules, and was met returning after
seven days by Norman and Meyer.
who walked 10 Furnace Crek for a
team TO send after King. who was
very sick and unable TO make the
trip on foot Both Norman and Mey-
or were both willing to accompany
Scott back. hut the Death valley
mystery heded by saying they had
better return 70 Barstow and make
a new start In ten days. Norman
sizes up the great desert faker as fol-
lows.
death Valley Seotty. perpetrator
of the greatest and longest sustained
mining hoax OF the day. has utterly
failed TO show title TO mining prop
erty OF value, and must now be class
ed among the biggest fakes IN the
mining world There is no question
on that score-he has utterly failed
to make good on one point, and
pushed TO the limit. has again had re-
course TO his threadhare tricks OF
deeeat An attempt was made 10
resurrect the grisly fake few weeks
ago, but even in its cheap dime novel
shroud II was too feeble TO stand the
searchIight of truth and has again
retired to its eharnel house In the
Valley of Death. There let ii rest
a warning 10 the gulihle and the fool
ish. | assisted in the attempted
resurrection May the Lord forgive
me.
Il have recently returned from a
three-weeks' trip TO the scene Of the
alleged mine. impelled thitherward
by thirst for a story induced by
Scotty's promise that he had tired OF
the desert life and was ready 10 show
mis- great wealth-produoer TO culver
ing world. To say ! was disguised
would be putting II mildly. was
disguised. sure, and footsore to boot.
Nv disgust was not brought on by
the fact that did not see the mine
that goes without SAYING but he
cause the whole business was so
course. so cheap and so palpaole
rotten. | had expected TO meet a
clever man with clever scheme, nut
alas, | met but penny Dare-DeVii-
Dick Of the Desert, wofully lacking
In ingnuty of the high class kind
clutching n whiskey bottle by the
neck and posing like a fve-cent nero
in a five-cent drama on the Barbars
Coast.
so far as am concerned, Death
Valley Is but an unpleasant memory
wild horses cold not drag me there
again. And I think that any mar
who will follow the Scotty will-o-the
wisp is a fool and should earn auto
matte entry to Matteawan OF an!
other resting place for the criminail'
insane. He is Just a faker and on
who would be called by another ant
harsher name II his victims OF IN
past had not been afraid of bringing
the laugh down on themselves by ex
posing him through the channels 0
the law"