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d to rest-ning' the and ilson •sey. fork and inia, leor-ippi. Dma The gra--tory have s of andinis-Sur-Ag-isses ason ional end rs do rvev is of igra-lants ifter iders ct toM.[d.sea-it to irops :pect feel :e ifN.[d.gardand some military trappings.Emulating claim owners in the Klondike 20 odd years ago, Washington county farm owners are “sitting tight and hoping hard.” Monday almost any farm in. the section adjacent to Eakle's Mill could have been bought for a song. Today Caruso himself couldn't buy a cubic yard with the sextette from “Lucia”. And the inhabitants of Eakle’s Mill are panting with excitement according to dispatches from that hamlet.All of which means that gold has1 been found in Eakle's Mill. It is proper to advise all and sundry who might contemplate becoming part of a ‘gold rush” to the Washington county mountains, such plans are futile Every claim is staked, every prospect is pinned down tight and the whole population of that section is merely awaiting news from the assayer to begin digging.Samuel Reeder, a farmer living near Eakle's Mill, startled the community from its winter lethargy this week when he announced the discovery of gold. Reeder blasted the rock minimum, asserted that such a distory to putting in a concrete floor, and discovered yellow specks in the shattered stone.Acid failed to mar the brilliance of the specks and Reeder's heart action increased to the extent of the factor of safety for the human system. He mailed samples to an assayer to as-certaain whether the gold is present in paying quantities. If the samples indicate “pay dirt” other indications are. that Eakle's Mill will become the center of the most enthusiastic mining community of the United States within 24 hours.During the most enthusiastic discussion of the discovery of gold one of the oldest inhabitants, whose popularity soon attained the irreducible minimum, aasserted that such a discovery was no new thing. He recalled that H. M. R. Eakle, long sinoe deceased, had discovered gold in the vicinity and had caused the same sort of excitement many, many years ago It was ascertained, however, that the 'void discovered by Eakle cost-more to mine than it would bring.It was agreed among the enthusiasts that the rock taken from Reeder's cellar was heavy with gold, if it was gold, and confidence was apparent that it was in paying quantities. This confidence was expressed in purchases of mining equipment at the general store of Eakle's Mill.Eakle's Mill is a community of a* bout 100 souls hidden away in the mountaains 15 miles southeast of Hagerstown. a
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Worcester Democrat
Pocomoke City, Maryland, US
Sat, Feb 03, 1923
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