The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-05-08
FROM CHERRY CREEK.

curpRy CREEK, New, May o 1917.
rrws I hope your several colio'-
nondents from this place Will ho' ~.
intrusion on my part when ] ADDRESS : se
to Won. ehronicling one Of the most -
a;sa,rer;es az the age. It adds nothing " =
m.tar;., wealth of the camp, consequence
;. ralpus" cannot ally it to "Dailoonins.
fev aau. since Mr.. Z. ]. GOOD, ana Ais pais
verv Phibb. prospectors, were examining
nrec; n;too,s bluff Of rocks, rising almost pei
.ana;o,,,.r 600 feet above the base. The locaii'y
Of this discovery is about three mifes
from the town of Cherry Greek, ana y DO" :
known. Mr.. Good, who is ke~en-sign.eo, esRe-
cially when in search OF the pico.I 20 .aIisade
observed a section OF the front oi lNe % Gil
bearing 4 marked and peculiar appearance. .
ing the attention of his partner 70 IN Do go
tion. they both closely scrutlnizeu Luz go 10.
through q feld-glass, of when MI. rHLDD "aS
luckily possessed. 1t appeareu " ~ "Ln,,t %
feet in hight by five feet I'D Wldth, anu aDous
feet above the base OF the cliff, ana entlrely oor-
cred with peculiar characters ana designs utterly
inexplicable to the excited pIospeI1ole.
first view was had at a c0nSloeraDie osa =
The characters bore greater resemblance 70 tne
non nictures of Dante. than to the pencl PIC
lures of Titan, and the Two Wortnles, WIZ
the way are a little superst1tlous. aPproacntun
with some trepidation. Arriving at the Dase
directly under the section, tne charaIteiS upoI
tha rocI were more plainly discernible but not
less MYSTERIOUS. Dragons rampant, ana dragons
couch ant dragons with more heads than the
writer of the Revelations ever dreampt o. inter
spersed with tracings which seemed meant TOT
some strange Cryptograph. covered the entire
section The onIy caricature which bore any
resemblance to bird or beast familiar 70 the pres
ent generation, was the representation o. a num-
Der Of the genus Sus, and a hand, lore-inSeI eA-
tended, pointing directly toward the rear oi tnls
animal. Being somewhat assured Dy tne ialter
spectacle. they determined to return 10 Town,
procure means of ascending to the section' ana
examine it closely.
They imagined that they had discovered the
treasury of a prehistoric prince, whose supe.ssl-
ton had taught him that his craven monsters
would faithfully watch and ward his treasures,
and they agreed upon strict silence. Dld pos
sess a facile pen / would attempt 10 uesclioe
their anxiety, their ftful sleeping. and tnelr
gold-garnished dreaming during that night. Inc
tabled genius of Aladdin was to them q realty.
Having procured the means necessary TO reach
the spot, and implements necessary TO eHect an
entrance, should it prove the portal OF q goiden
paradise, they commence their mafcn on the
road to fortune and to fame. No accident mars
their journey thither their arrival seems oppor-
tune the Orient sun is just baptizing the sum-
NIT of the mountains with a spray of golden
light. They incline their ladder to the froWnlng
wall and ascend. They closely observe the
pears upon it's margin to give vantage to the in
sidious pick. Sturdily they WELD the sledge
against its adamantine face it gives forth no
hollow sound indicative Of a recess within.
They pause, wearied and despairing. Suddenly
bursts upon their astonished gaze a flash of
lightning from a cloudless sky, and q voice from
out the livid light cries, I" send for Whitehill!'
and "send for Whitehin'' echoes and reverber-
ates through all the mountain defles and rocky
canyons OF Cherry Creek. w. has been tele-
graphed, may arrive soon will give you his
learned solution of the mystery st the earliest
opportunity. Good and Phibb have become de-
mented, and are raving about the "Azoic Age"
SINCoE.