Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-11-27

3 alr-ls ,f40fi--- gee .it
! py possessor of the land on which tn
great discovery has been made, relat,
some very interesting legends In regar
to these mines. One In particular, an
the one that has always stimulated az
Senturers to spend time and money
digging and boring for the treasure.
The story is, that about the time Cal
tina was first discoyed,, u number {
years before the great Indian battl
was fought near its mouth, the India
chiefs had their Of YaV srae .Yh'ii.
HORSES sHoD WITH SILVER SHOES,
and their battle-axes were mounte,
with the precious metal. to say nothin
of the endless variety of trinkets man
ufactured from it. When they beeam
afraid the whites would find it the,
carefully covered up the mouth of tn
mine with a large flat stone, on whicl
they had rudely, carved figures of tur
ties, terrapins, men and variou, Othe
things. These facts &ere known to .
half-breed, who told it to some whit.
friend before the Indians left the coun
try. That white man told a frienl
where 1t was, when on his death-bed
that man told friend of his, and so il
came Oh down, but no one seemed t6
know were it was. About a wear age
William Gornlly, of Missouri, wrote tt
Isaac Wisener, Of Beallsville, that he
knew the place and would :, ....1.'-a
E-..s- REVEAL IT FOR $500. g3l
He was promised the money, provi.
ded he found the long-sought spot, and
in few days he was on hands digging
and scrapins to find the old hand
marks. Owing to the many great
changes since he left that part Of the
country, and he having only seen the
place once, he was unable to find it
The recent discoveries show that he
was on the right track, for the princi-
pal hole In the ground, dug under his
direction, Is within a few feet of the
present shaft. - s1Daf a'o1f sfa - -
90 t-4 s.se LEAD DEPOSITS.
. For many years it has been known
that there was lead in the same vicini-
~, as there were numerous Indications
of It,. 1t is said that the Indians made
annual trips to the mines for lead and
silver, after they had removed to Indi-
ana. Old Billy. Hannah, one of the
oldest inhabitants, found. a strange
looking, semi-metalic substance one
time, which the knowing ones called
a 'lead blossom" The old man spent
day after day looking for the fruit, but
his head became bald rs a door-nob,
and he died without making the dis
eDvefy. Mr.. Grant has located the
lead deposits, and pronounces them al
most equal to the famous Galena mines.
-.i rHk RxCIrEAxsT -..- +. q.
caused by the announcement that the
treasure had been found was very great.
People focked by the hundreds to see
the mines, and every piece of rock that
showed any bright speeks was carried
away until it was impossible to Get a
even of the .'silver rOckn with.
out any Of The metal in it. Our repor-
ter found it impossible to get speci-
men at the mines. He desires to ex-
press his thanks TO Samuel Mexican,
Esq, Of Armstrong; mills, for the
specimens 80 kindly furnished by him.
There IS no telling what great result
may arise iron that snaIl sacrifice upon
his part. Iy .-,.i;gJ. ..---.
- e-a t4-H- Hurled COIN. 3i.Ia. taiI-
Mr. Phillips is in possession of infor-
nation which he thinks will lead to
the discovery of an immense lot of
buried coin ON Wheeling creek, north
of st. Clasrsyille. He says relative
OF his il iH possession of Information to
this etiect! That. daring the Indian
wars, y great battle was pendiuy he
tween the eolonists and one Of the DOW,
erfql tribes that claimed the territory
west of the Ohio river. The white
soldiers had been without pay for
long time, and one day, uneX pectedly,
4 government wagon, attended by
heavy guard, drove into their camp,
near Bells. mills. The officers were
called in council, but no hint was given
to the men in regard to the contents of
that wagon, further than it belonged to
the generals headquarters. The next
day the officers we're again i'm council,
but before their deliberations were
'loeed the Indians appeared, The
'Oldiers were put in line and sent
ihead, while the officers mostly stayaS
back. At last the Indians pouneed up-
On the moving column and almost an
1t. The officers came up dur
ng the fight, and were all killed with
the exception of one who was MORALLY |
Before he died he told some
,ne that they stayed back aaa i 1
Z 81 TaRare DUKY TIE noNBY FHC
that had been sent to pay of the sol
1iers, and they set up q peculiar shaped |
stone To mark the spot. Not much
WAS said about il, indeed seldom men |
TONED, save when told by some old set. |
er to amuse the young folks during the |
Ong winter evening, until few years |
ago, when q gentleman, of undoubted |
integrity, was passing the spot which |
Tradition pointed out as being the rest |
ng-place of the treasure. He felt
na.l- suDDEs sHock,
not unlike that of a galvantic battery,
md a horrible feeling came over him |
'or moment, then passed away. As |
'oon rs he was free from the sensation, [
ne recollected that he was ON the very !
,pOt where the "iron box" was said to |
De deposited. This spot he carefully |
indicated to Mr.. Phillips, who proposed |
% take Mr.. Grant and his magic ball |
Up there and fish it out. ,- .s.
a.srl III aILvsa CLAIMS. E'41 !
!, AS far as discovered yet, the silver !
ode is all on the property of Mr.. Phil
ips, with the exception -nf small por-
ion belonging to Fred Martini. There /
ire hundreds Of people who are just /
waiting for further developements be-
ore investing in it. Many would take
.laims now, but MIR. Phillips is not
eady to dispose of them. There are
leariy. as strong indications at many
,ther points along Piney creek as there
ire here, and no doubt if these mines
,rove to be paying ones, other diggings
will be developed fully as rich as it,
all cgree that through
,ut the entire sOuthren part of Belmont
'ouHty there are very strong indica-
ions Of rich mineral deposits. This
nay be the first step toword the deveI-