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f, Thursday, March 12, 1953THURSDtt MAR 121953hern Utah ies New maker PactFIELD—A new eon-: $81,575 to seed clouds lern Utah for the com-ir was offered here lay by the Water Re-Development Corp. ptional contract for a r program was also in-i which would cut the a yearly basis approxi-9 per cent.figure for a one yearMystery Camp Found in UtahTROPIC, Garfield County'—j In the storehouse there were;Inside was bottled fruit, syrup, An abandoned camp in a re- also raisins, peanut butter, honey, and several jugs of mote canyon, a cache of food fish and meat in cases. Some; waterand clothing rotting for a of the meat was marked at 40 ttquarter-century, and a pint-sized cents a can—indication in itseft . . *the cache had been there a long men who *°und the camp, saidtime. it appeared the site had beenIn the other house was a bed, deserted for 20 years or more,camp stove and clothing The The s|te ,s located about «clothes were in good condition ... , , ~ .The mystery came to light and included three pairs of miles due south ot Tropic, when a party of ranchers dis- worn-out shoes and one pair of Mr. Chynoweth said it lookedcovered the abandoned camp- new ones. The clothing all was like the stranger had worn outsite while running cattle in the for a man under five feet tall. three pairs of shoes digging andrugged mountain country. Further scouting brought to stocking the oave, finished theTwo tin shacks, one of them light a cave dug in a ledge be-1 tin shacks, then left the eamp stocked with a two-year supply hind the shacks. The front of and never returned. There wereof food, were found. The food the cave had been walled up no empty tins or sign of thewas rotted and the cans rusted with rocks and cement, leaving camp ever being used afteron the inside. only a small two-foot opening, i completion, he said.mystery man.These were causing a flurry of speculation in the small Southern Utah community of Tropic Thursday.
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Salt Lake City Deseret News and Telegram
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Thu, Mar 12, 1953
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