The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-09-18

than doubtful. Two miner. while |
sinking shaft near Red Gift. are
represented to have found deep sub
teTranean chamber without apparent
communication with the open air
What they claim to have seen is thus
described-
PREHISTORIC sHPBUILDING.
The cave seemed at first emnly,
but as then eyes gradually became
accustomed 10 the deep gloom, the
men saw il the further extremity =
huge black object, which, not with
out some trepi5siion, they ap-
preached. AS they neRred it, to then
anbeunded amszemept, they made
out the lines Of some sort OF sailing
craft. II vas, as near as they could |
Judge, about sixty feet long by some
thirty feet wide, and lay tilted toward
at an angle of about fifteen degrees
over rough pile or stone. The body
OF the craft wss butt of ehor. lengths
OF some dark and very porous wood
resembling our black WalnHt If nj
could be imagined with the grain |
pulled apart Ike sponge or piece
OF bread, and made perfectly square. |
Both ends lit was evidently intended
for sailing either way), we're turned |
abruptly up ike the toe of a peaked
Moorish slipper. The planking was
apparently double IiTetted on with
nails of extremely hard copper, only
slightly rust eaten, and with tie heads
cut CT filed in an octsgonal Shape,
while along the upper edge OF the
ship eleven large rings OF the came
metal, and evidently for the securing
OF rigging, were counted. At the
bottom edges OF the craft, and run
ming lts entire length were two keels
some four and q halt feet deep and
six inches thick, hung on metallic
hinges, and at the ends were fastened
rough copper rods, extending upward
| and bent over SO as to attach 20 two
masts rising from the upper edges.
Ii the cross ofan inverted letter p be
conceived to represent The deck lines,
the two stems are a. about the angle
and position Of the mssts. These
we're upward of twenty feet long; and,
IS evidence that a sail was at one
time stretched across, some ragged
remnants Of what appeared 10 be
eordlng were found clinging tc the
inner edges. The ends of toe ma.ts
we're secured IN piyo!s, and it was
evident that IN lacking one could be
moved forward and the other back.
thus bringing the sail at an angle
With the body of the ahip-sn idea
which 1t might not be bad for our
modern nsvigators to emulate. This.
1t IS believed, also explains the COP
per rods which moved the keels so as
to Eeclprocate the position OF the
masis. While the whole ship was
Intact, the wood crumbled like dust
beneath the finger touch, and fearful
OF trspfalls the two prospectors did
not venture to explore the interior.
Lying on the ground near By, how
ever, was discovered a gold instru-
mens bearing rude resemb lauce to
tne sextant of the present day, and
possibly used to calculate Longitude.
No trace of any writing was found
save at one end OF the ship, There
about midway On the bow OF the shin.
lnclosed III a medal ring, we're twenty
SIX copper characters rivetted tn the
wood AMI bearing much resemblance.
to the Chinese hieroglyphics of the
present day. No human remains oi
any sort were found, although it is
possible that a search In the hold will
reveal something OF this sort.
NOT A DREAM.
Without pushing their ipye.,ioa-
tons further, the two miners, Loot IN
wonderment, retraoed their steps To
the upper air, leaving the ghastIy shin
once more IN gloom and silence.
BY thls time it had grown quite
dark above, and with that iscit
understanding existing among men
who had seen that which borders
upon the supernatural, they sDoka
but little between themselves OF the
discovery. but sought rest by thar
klndlIng campfire. In the morning
the whole thing seemed SO much Like |
cream that they we're seriou7Iv IN.
ollned to regard it as soma nnrhid |
phsnsssy, SONS disordered vision ri
the brain alone, having no substance
IN reality, and eagerly, yet with a
strange dread, they descended fhel
rope again. Assuring themselves bv
short survey OF ihe facts they had
learned the night before, the prosnec-
tore hurriedly assembled the shaft and
spent the resi OF the day in corcaaI-
ing, as well as possible, the traces of
their excavation. This done, thew
went to the cabin eli q WeiI-tn-5o +
miner living some thirty miles down
The gulca, and to him fret told thar
extraordinary story. This gentlemen !
Is perfectly reliable, and, togetber
with a well known mining expert re- t
siding in this city, has seen and ex-
smlned the ship, and will take stonz g
10 preserve the wonderful discovery To s
The world in ell its possibly great his. 5
'orical value. The miDute psrticnIar0 !
IS to locality are a. present yitheId !
or a very obvious resson-they would b
attract a horde OF vandal sight.seeIe 1
VINO "ould soon destroy the mouldsr- s
ne DUST beyond hope of restoration o
md until the proper authorities car e
'e sent for they will not be published =
The discovery of the junk like shin d
Tith its unknown architecture. he, {;
neticslIy sealed in cavern fftv foe, b.
Glow the surface OF the earth. pives
cope 10 indefinite speculation, Tho al
My possible explanation seems -
owever, that ages, or se5ns. perbans a.
gone. vessel bearing q crew of b6I3 al
tossed by the waves
ought a harbor in q cave within CO
id. The waves then receding Ieft il u
rsnded there, and the great CONT ~ ~
entail divide, the awful upheavals "
I'D convulsions Of nature, which We DC
now so little OF and can only blindiv op
'eculste 90, pressed the face OF the tn
nth together and sealed it in a liv-
g grave. up
Aek MONKS FAVoRlTE joi
HORSE. to