his  country,  something  like  three  hundred  years 
ago.  The  mines  have  recently  been  located  by 
Messrs.  Foley  and  Coleman,  who  will  soon  pro- 
ceed to  do  more  or  less  development  on  the 
property.  Turquoise  is  also  found  in  the  Cow 
Springs  district.

Funny  Hold-Up

From  the  Liberal

Last  Friday  night  occurred  the  funniest 
hold-up  of  which  there  is  any  record  in  this 
section  of  the  country.  At  midnight  Messrs. 
Doyle,  Plunket  and  Dougherty,  three  miners 
working  for  the  New  Mexico  mining  and  mill- 
ing company  at  Pyramid,  came  out  of  the  shaft 
to  eat  their  lunch.  The  men  were  wet  through, 
but  instead  of  sitting  down  by  a fire  and  eating 
their  lunch  they  were  invited  by  Bill  Caldwell 
to  stand  up  and  put  their  hands  above  their 
heads.  As  the  request  was  emphasized  by  a 
Winchester  rifle  the  invitation  was  complied 
with.  Caldwell  marched  them  down  the  road 
apiece,  turned  Plunket  loose  and  then  went  on

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