Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-10-09

A-corespondcnt in North Carolina
SIS Us the following uesfinn.

A-correspondcnt in North Carolina
asks US the following question:
= cal come within q hundred yards of
uhc-c Z rot OF silver and euld vas buried
daring the iieEoiUt5olarr war. Whuf means
sllall employ 90 and Ifg'
There are timcs when n pot of gold
and silver would come handy TO most
men. AMI we are not surprised that our
North Carolina friend wants TO get the
buried treasure 70 which be imagines
he has come 50 near. Il is true that for
n century rast mea have been searching
for such buried gold in many parts OF
the country. and that in no ease. 50 fa-
rs re are aware. has the pot lce1 dug
~. According 10 resort, tic pirate.
Captain Kidd. secreted untold frea sure
IN scores Of places. and much money
and great labor have been spent in try-
iag 20 discover IL.
But no one has fouad the gold In
deed. the probability Is that more
monty has teen saent In the sca-ch
than Captain Kidd ever buricd-sf. rs
q matter Of fact, hs buried any gold, or
put urdcr ground any which he dill rot
himself 4 = up IN due time However
thzi may b., nobody has been made the
richer by Ending any Of the p rates
po~sessions-
The ssarchcrs for that hidden booty
have not ieen able 10 discover any way
OF dcterm.n ning the exact places where
il hes. and We fear that our correzpon-
dent WI c equally unsuccessful. Al
any rate. VIC can nut tell him how 10
get b the spot where his pot OF gold
and silver - We know NJ other wav
than FOR him 10 dig up the Whole space
IN some part of which he is 81 sure il is
concealed Then he VIII De pretty
likely t0 fad il. f II Is there.
But 10 do that viii cost him much
money, aud he viii have 10 expend no
end OF anxious labor That Is the ccr-
taintT- Whether he viii dig up any
pot Of treasure n all is a matter of very
CREST IN criainty; and even if he
strikes the pot he may fnd IL a very
small one and with very little in Il 50
far as we remember, spite Of years
spent IN 4 gging To- them. no pots of
gold Of much account have ever been
uEcarthed in this conntrr.
II. however. our correspondent makes
up his mind to digover the whole space,
we advise him not to undertake the lob
unless he Is sure Of getting pad for his
work Of course. there is no assurance
OF reward from the di-covered not. Aft
er ali, i T5ay not he there. ard if IL IS
there q mag contain no hing Of any
great valRe- The true policy for him.
therefore. IS 10 set up a company TO
search fer the suspe ted or imagined
treasure, demand large pari OF the
stock - the originator Of the scheme,
and pay himself large salary out os
the money he gets from the sales Of
sharcs
Perhaps he viii say that il viii be i'm
poss bic 10 find fools 10 buy the stock.
But there he viii be wrong. Of recent
years million upon m lions Of money
have been put into scheme for uucarth- 4
ing the precious metals which were no
more promising and no more sens ible 1
than lis. just NV there NAV not be n
very good market iOr such mining stock. /
bui few years ago it was greedily 4
bought. aud one OF the places where ]
the demand for il was greatest was
shrewd Yankee Boston.
These gold and silver min n CON-
panieS usually started upon nothing
more than IN i'm press on that the pre- 1
cions meta were n the ground owned
BY the conpanics. II IS true that the Z
promoters pro.essed 10 be sure that the
gold aad silver were t1ere, but they