Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-26

EDS. RECORD MON In a recent number
of the RECORD. UNION an invitation is ex-
tended to anyone who knows of any alleged
supernatural incident, or can tell of any such
incident at cond-hand," to communicate
the circumstances of the same to its columns.
The following incident would seem to be en-
braced within the category OF the supernat-
ursJ, and I will relate it just as it occurred
with due Authorization, and without the
least degree of coloring: In the winter of
1859 Myron Strong and Albion Short owned
and worked a placer mining claim at the
southern base of Tunnel Hill, near the jack
son and Mokelumne Hill road, and about
one mile and quarter east of the town of
jackson, The banks of the mine were from
ten to fifteen feet in hight, and with the ex-
ception of couple of feet of gravel on the
bottom of only ordinary compactness. were of
a very hard nature, though of very treach-
erous character in consequence OF the pres
ence of numerous narrow mud-seams which
extended from the surface to the very bottom
of the mine, and which seldom became visible
until the caving of the bank occurred. The
careless manner of working the claim by too
extensive drifting along its entire face was
subiect of general remark among the miners
of the neighborhood, and on numerous occa
sions Strong and Short were warned of the
imminent danger to which they were sub
iecting themselves by their imprudent way OF
digging SO far underneath the unreliable
banks. which admonitions Of danger, how
ever. failed to receive proper consideration
from the two fated men, as they continued
their careless method of mining until the 14th
of February, 1859, when both were caved on
and killed. The cave was not discovered
until the forenoon of the following day. and
then first by John II. Bradley, who had not
the remotest idea that the unfortunate men
were buried beneath the large cave of earth
at which he was looking, for he subsequently
told the writer of this that he distinctly saw
Strong and Short standing on the opposite
bank from where he was, and that they were
both looking down upon the caved earth just
where the two men were afterwards found bur-
led. Bradley was intimately acquainted with
Strong and Short, and with their style of
dress, and in relating the incident said that,
to all appearances, they stood upon the bank
in propr,a persona as plainly visible as any
objects he ever looked at. A strong gale Of
wind was then blowing, and as Bradley's po-
sition on the ground was to the windward OF
the objects which he supposed to be Strong
and Short, he made no attempt to communi-
cate with them, and, with some pressing busl-
ness before him, he soon turned away. Short
and Strong were found five or six hours after
Bradley left the locality of their claim,
buried as before narrated. John 81. Bradley
was q man of cool Judgment, quite free from
impllsiveness. and of unquestionable veracity
and he held several responsible positions in
the county, among them County School Su-
perintendent, Postmaster at jackson, and for
a time was editor of the Amador Ledger.
He left this community in 1866, settling in
Santa Barbara county, where he died about
seven years ago. CLIO.
Butte City (Amador county,. Nov. %. 1881.