New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
s O M E @ OLD EN-
By John L. Cowan
Drawings by LOUIS Fancher


the Paouse country. read of the
- wandering mule that was impressed
into unwilling service by two pros
peCtorS. leading to the discovery of
the famous Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mine Then he went to bed. medItat-
ing bitterly upon the undeserved
good fortune of the mules owner. who thus came
into possession OF interest IN OF the richest
mines in America II IS not be wondered at that the
disconterted farmer dreamed OF tramping over the
peaks and through the gulches of the same rugged
mountain range. with a mule OF preternatural WIS
dom Al his elbow. In his dream, he wandered Tor
many miles, until at last he came to narrow gulch
which three fallen trees, lying crossW1se. A
short distance from the fallen the gulCh tOrked.
Taking the branch 10 the right, he proceeded up
until he came to a hlg quartz boulder. marking the
termination Of a placer region OF great richness.
So realistic was the dream, that as soon as DAVIS
awakened he reused his wife and told her all about II
She ad vised him to be fool and turned over and
went to sleep again.
Next night the dream was repeated even more
vividlv: and on the third night II again I'M
ressivev that Davis decided longer to ignore the
message that seemed 10 come from some higher
power but to set forth IN search OF the gulch OF ms
dreams BY this time his wife had begun to think
that the thrice repeated vision might have more
behind II than the unsubstantlaI stui OF winch
ordinary dreams are made and offered oppo-
stion to his project He told his story 10 several OF
his neighbors. and OF these Harrison Everett,
expressed his willingness accompany h1m Another
neighbor, Samuel Laird by name, desired TO become
a partner and grubstaked the adventures
On the way 70 a place called Mission where DAVIS
had dreamed that he took the trail. he COn1dcd 20
Everett that N his dream he had seen stranger
standing close the point where the first claim was
to be staked and that this 70 be taken into
partnership Leaving Mission, Davis took the trail
without hesitation. claiming that every Landmarks
and feature was familiar. The gulch with the three
fallen trees was found. and soon this forked, and
Davis led the way straight to the great quartz boul-
der he had described While they examining
the ground Davis remarked. " ltS strange that the
fellow | saw here in my dreams does not show up.
Hardly had he finished speaking than William Roy
came in sight down the gulch. Davis approached
him and proposed a partnership, and the three I'M
mediately began work
In single week the three men had panned two thou
sand dollars of gold from hole ten feet deep
They continued work until the ground roze about
the first October the winter setting early IN the
Curur Alenes) and then set out for home, planning
TO return to their claims in the spring Arriving home,
DAVIS paid off the mortgage on his farm and showed
so many evidences of newfound prosperity that 1t
soon became impossible hold his secret against the
eager curiosity OF his neighbOrs. Consequently as
soon as spring arrived. a tremendous stampede
started for the neighborhOOd, which was dubbed
Dream Gulch In four seasons more than million
dollars of placer gold cleaned up DAVIS and his
mariners securing their full share Since the discovery
of the district through the hunch given Davis IN his
dream II has welded than FIVE million dollars.
After his claim gave out Dream Gulch DAVIS, as