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    1. [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Brown County: Frank Wells and Winfield Richards Found Gold in Brown County; John Merriman and Zeb Wade Discovered Precious Gems
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    3. Bedford (IN) Weekly, August 16, 1901, p. 4. Stories are still coming from the Brown County gold fields. Frank Wells has accumulated over $100 and is still continuing the search. Winfield Richards has found considerable gold on his farm and he contemplates introducing gold-washing machinery. Col. Calvert of Cleveland, O., who purchased a farm before the rush began, is finding gold daily, and he has introduced some small machinery. John Merriman, who went to Indianapolis with a diamond found on his farm, reports that he was offered $200 for the stone that he declined. He has two other stones valued at $15 each, and three larger ones that he is holding at $24 each. He recently declined a handsome offer for his farm. Zeb Wade found a moonstone valued at $25.

    09/14/2014 03:06:08