The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-11-16
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'DIsS 8 YsSRiSEI ILNER AND
LEA NRAR sFEBRE SVILLEi :.
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Fs'l1 fhs stsv0sgglAs Rsrg|de der E07FRE
~ fdapg'Y Ye1fa ppst Httt have
d n hade b !aRcdEeb I'D nine In the,
Northern part Of this county, believed 70
exist from the traditional Indian storle6
told by the carly settlers, otTtllc Supply Of
lead tlIe hdiais always liadS Id rough
state, willie carrying on tho border war
lare. Largo bodies Of tho rcd men from o
dfslRhteE itell thifl oouptTIzfpr lead for
KNOWN q BE Somewhere near ellow
Greek, some twenty miles above this city,
could never DO found, the Indians refusing
t6digulgcTthc secret 10 the whites Some
~ 9sI4F5Ei Eii7ly::lEliyEE :ll E $50 &d6s II
IAN old man, whose carly lttc shad been.
spent with the Indians, re.appearcd upon
a}5Ss ha As Eis son, Stse BE-
gan a search for the hidden treasure. Five
miles 9ppye the month mYlEltll 9EE yellow H5eeE'
q sinai d stream emptyipg into the ONO,
'tIie-old man and his companion began TO
seek for tho metal, following the dircc-
tions given 10 him by an old Indian, one
ofth9 list SuTFiYors Of thei I'M % tribe.
IGking th6 side dIathe hi,l above the
streAlk, the SUPPOSED landmarks were ais
covered, aud the two set to work, digging
into the side Of the hill. The explorers, a
siibFt distance from the surface, struck a
large fiat. rock, which sounded hollow
from the strokes Of the pick, and found to
DO shell rock. A hole was made through
th:s:stone, and the, old man y prepared TO
explore the darkness within. Hc dropped
q distance of ten feet and found himself
in u complete, ,..,y,. r,
whose only opening TO the outer world ne
Ind Just carved 10 the solid rock, forming
tho top The caEeEn-was square walled
room, twenty feet in length, six feet IN
width, and ten feet in heighth. The caye
i lkad 95g4 Gfc,d erred. Vhe q9tetrane-
oh grotto was Visited by many, the search.
for the lead mines was given up, and BUT
littlethought Until some nsix months
since, when'the old mansstory was again
told and the work Of exploring ths banks AL
hf Yellow 'CFstk Sgala Commenced. 'Thel
latter day efforts did not, however, pro;
duce much excitement, and were carried
onihy pArtiesirfh( eISvilleS Without
Shy imp6f 6ftahf rttsSItI tStI 4 dhttI Friday evening.
last, when u rich vein Of III
SILVER AND LEAD
was struck one and half miles south Of
tic town Of HammondsvilIe, some eight
EISi$ ,.I;,s s jIy
The neIshborhoOd. A largo piece OF pure
ore, Weighing over sixty pounds was
taken ctt on Saturday, and Is on exhibi.
tionSat SWcllsSille. II SWe'hEFe Q piece OF
the ,ore, 9 mixture ef silver aRd lesd, pro,
Ken 4tom tie "bfgt chunk 80 Those OF
speculative minds see vast riches In the
heretofore barren hills Of Yellow Greek,
ant}aec alrCadYlhtyihg giun lands, with
view of enormous profits. Tho land on
which the metals were found, formerly
belonged 10 BAz Davis, a colored man Of
this city: "a -. ~
4 sESw3 AnimaIyoa5 A thisS co4tiAiedf. :. |
Discovery Of a BeautifHl American
Si5aas: gsntfs,nau No W. came down on the
EErpgpHfq4 Fort ButOrd, says ths 4 8 SIOUX 4
M4J6hih fTbtss gives us the tolldRing
inf9ErMstfi2299 4FsSpscllqE SResSlss e 9el@at
hitherto unknown on this continent:
CAsR John n, IPaCl enhami an EolBcbk in |
tie E5ea dfnyl Who hash eeiBP Pendipg
tie t year r. Her MAJ Msesys sy5r p0ftneP SSi
animal OF rare beauty, and never before
Qaugdttpn tHIs nont1ant nor = hla q hIiSeI
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