The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-12-30

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The Lost Cabin.
Yesterday the Associated Press brouob
the news that the Lost Cabin MINI n
Montana had been rediscoyere2 by pros
pector named Jack Meyer The informa
ton comes from Billings, station on IN,
Northern Pacific railroad, ana il it Ia con
hrmed VIII cause a stampede for the Biz
Horn country, the lodge being said to OK
ISL near The held-WateTs OF that river 40
cording to the report of Meyers disoove "
the lead shows 80 feet Wide aud 90 feet dean
where the liver cuts II. He claims 10 have
traced II twenty-five miles and found il AT
places zoo feet In width. He says /. /, n
nee milling quartz of which every nan
shows colors. He, with his father and
uncle have left for the place with The in.
tention OF developing II. If 1t is ANYTHING
IKE THIS report makes 1t the wealth OF tina
lode would be fabulous, as the best quartz
mines III the country will show great
many pans OF dirt that will not give =
Color. Indeed, II would be necessary that
" should be very rich to correspond win
the former reports Of the claim.
the FIRST DISCOVERY,
There IS no mining story that Ia mora
celebrated than that of the Lost Cabin of
Montana, and yet the story itself is moi
very we known, even by old timers. nj.
though there will DO found In Denver ana
other places IN the state, people who wrrs
IN the Black Hills at the lime of the Bsar
raw Mountain excitement, who will know
something Of the Lost Cabin story which
caused IL. The story originated beioro tbs
biack hllls were known az a gold country
lhree or -FOUR years alter the close of Inc
war, when the Northern Pacific road wa
being suilt u rongh Minnesota and D,kota
mere were three men who started for tho
Rocky Mountains on a prospecting exnedis
tlon. Only one OF them ever returned
MS name was Top We.mOre. He returned
late in the fall with large amount of cold
nust lie said that he and his companions |
had found iabulously rich gold mine and |
had built cabin and gone TO wort ia |
carried MS gold with him, while his com. |
pahlOns buried theirs under the floor of |
the cabin. One day the Indians mad, n
descent on them and his two COMPANIONS
mere kiiled While trying to save their gold
ne lled ana escaped alive, but received i'm.
lnrles which, together with the exposure
Affected his mind and he became insane.
BURKE's EXPEDITION.
IheTe were some who believed his sto,y
Ihlse, ana thought he had killed his com.
tades and stolen their share of the gold
however that may have been, Il YVES Ger
tain that he had the gold, and il has never
yet eeen lound where no got Il. Whether
ne Killed his companions or not, Il was Ger.
tain that no had found rich diggings. and
sesetai persons tried 70 Ind where they
nearly succeeded, was Judge Burke. of
Deadwood. lie succeeded in gaining Wei.
more's conn ience, and after hundreds of
promises to take Burke TO the location of
the wonderful mine, they finally got started
Ihere was party Of eight, ali well euuin-
ped, and they slipped away from Deadwood
one ut time, In the night, so IS NOT a.
give the matter away and cause A STAN.
psde, as that would interfere with their
plan ana prevent their securing the mise,
70 themselves They got awey succt s,ul'y
and reunited outside of town. They
made their way TO one OF the forts ON Ihe
Missouri river, and there fitted out with
what supplies they needed. Then they |
started across the country, saying thew /
were going to the Bear Paw mountains.
rnR 0REAr STAMPEDE,
While at the tort Burke wrote A lelier 10
his sweetheart ut Deadweod. A renorter
OF Tue Pioneer learned OF IL, and succeeded
IN ingtatiating himself with the young lady
o such an extent that he 4 OF the letter and
hll sho knew about Burke's plans. In isct.
ne Hot the girl, too. They are nov married
ana llvlng at Leadyille, THIS ltttor vas
published together with an item from m,
Tort stating that the party had lelt for B.nr
raw mountains. This caused the wilJest
excitement, and ~ the story of the l,e,i
JAoln was circulated with it there began a
Iush after the Burke party. In two or three
lays every vehicle aud animal that could
ne used Tor transportation was employrd
.aklng SINE one to tho new treasure land.
buldings were packed ON wagons, and sew
'ral saloon outfits were started bodily on I
ne trail, Many OF them pushed on SO6and
wv mlles, but they neye; overlook the
people they were after, and 80 returned ais.
susted to Deadwool. The first party pnshsJ
IN rapidly In the meantime. They were ON.
outraged daily by WCtmOre's evident
knowledge OF the country. He Nould teli ,
mem that next day they would see such
ma suoh peak, or cross a certain liver
mi his predictions all proved true
THE PROMISED LAND.
flnally Wetmore told them that ON tho
blowing Jay they would arrive az the
month OF canyon, up which they p,ust
lass TO the mine, and that they could orly
axe thelr animals part OF the way. They
anne 10 the place, and, rs they aherWrris
AID, they felt that their fortun,s wero now
Sithin their grasp. They followed unttc
'anyon until their way was barred by rock
20 that the animals had TO be- lei,
Wetmore and part OF the party went ahead
IN loot lie said, Tomorrow wo shall he ,
" the place, AS evening approached hc '
ald no would have to take another ohserv, [,
luon. They permitted him TO 10 mn on J
ne side OF the mountain atone. Hitherto
ney had never let him get out of slight. ana ,
'ad assured him that Il he tried 10 yet '.
way, or JAILED to show themt the place. he
would be ehot at once, They never saw
iim afterwards. He made his Nay ont oi '
ne country aud appeared In Minnesota :
where he was living when last benrd iron, :
8nikc aud his party prospected tho conn.
~ Out could mud nothing, They made
helr way through Wyoming aud back to
nc hlsok huls Some ten years have y
llspsen, out nothing further has been done |,
,un Wetmore. When last heard from /,
buike was living at Alit,le town In Dakota.
'nd sun retained his confidence in the OK, T,
lean. !
Colonel Haynes Idea Of the Outcome.
That there is going to be en attack ON =
ne prsent tariil, almost from The first Ia n
ne last article ON the schedule, is evident =
ne result Will be the passage by the houye 4
u representatives Of a measure maxim, n a