The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-02-06
CONCEALED TREASURE.
A REMARKABLE MINING LEGEND.
Singular Find In the Wilds of New York
Tho Fatality Attending Attempts
at Expioration-A Probably
Apocryphal Story.
Toronto (ont.) MALL


From time immemorial a strange fascina-
tion has attached to the pursuit Of hidden
treasure. To this day persons are seeking
for Captain Kidd's buried gold. Once in a
great while a valuable Sind" rewards
patient search. Recently near Danburgh,
Ca, small oak tree was blown down by
the storm. A man named John Frank saw
something shining as he was passing, and
examined the roots Of the same. In the
hole left by the tree he claims TO- have
found almost peck of jewels. The jewels
were diamonds, rubies and pearls, and
parties who have seen them say they are
worth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars.
The belief expressed by the few who have
been fortunate enough to see them is that
they are part of the lot lost by the Con-
federate Cabinet, as they were on that
road when they were lost. 1t is supposed
that the party that buried them was killed
soon after, and consequently they were
never unearthed.
As to the Steuben affair, here is the
story, date-line and all, as it appears in an
exchange:
"CoRNIYG, n. Y, December 3O.-A num-
ber of Philadelphians are negotiating for
the purchase of large tract of land In the
town of Jasper, this county, somewhere on
which legend has for time out of mind lo'
Gated a silver mine, which the parties hope
to find. On the tract is the "treasure
cave" of much local fame. The legend is
that during the French and Indian War
two Quaker brothers by the name of Dick
inson came into the Cohocton Valley to
trade with the Indians. They gained the
confidence of the Indians to such an extent
that the latter revealed to them the exist
ence of n silver mine somewhere on
Benefits Creek. The brothers hadin their
employ an old servant who had come with
them from Philadelphia. The Quakers
worked the silver mine, the ore OF which
was very poor, and hid the treasure in
cave known only to themselves, until such
time as they could convey it to Pbila'
delphia.
"Near the close of the French and In
dian war stranger appeared at the cabin
OF the Quakers, in the deepest part Of the
wilderness. He said he was a deserter
from the French army, and begged for
shelter and food. This was gladly given
him. The first night he was in the cabin
he overheard the Qual1ers talking about
their treasure, after they supposed he was
sleeping, and learned that IL was secreted
somewhere in the vicinity. He also
learned from their conversation that they
| ;,torJoJ 60 gtart fbair oarvant for phila
delphia the next day, and had given him q
message to another brother there which
would inform him as to the hiding. place oi
the treasure in case anything should hap
pen TO the brothers who were working the
mine.
"The diabolical thought entered thu
mind Of the stranger to murder thu
Quakers in the morning, pursue and over
take the servant, murder him, and secur'
the message revealing the place where th'
treasure might be found. He carried ou
his plans, but, upon getting possession
the message, found that it was written II
| cipher. He was unable TO find a key tina
would solve the mystery, aud, haunted by
his fruitless crime, he fed TO France, tax
ing the cipher with him. For years h
studied IL In vain, and finally died in I
mad.house. This is the legend the frs
settlers In the region handed down to thei
descendants.
"In 1910 Gregory Harding settled in tn
town Of Jasper. He had been there but
short time when he dreamed that near hi
place there was a cave, the opening o
which was covered by large fiat stone
upon which was a copper kettle. In tn
cave was stored enormous wealth In silver
but 1t was guarded by two ghostly sent
nels. Harding did not investigate the aC
curacy OF his dream. Shortly afterwar
n twin brother OF his joined him. Thi
brother had dream corresponding /
every particular with his brothers. TIL
two then searched for the cave. The
found the locality just as they had seen
in their dreams, and discovered the COZ
per kettle and the fat rock, but, remember
ing the specters that guarded the treasuT
beneath IL, they did not venture to distur
II. The next day Gregory Harding wa
killed bya tree he was telling, and hi
brother was thrown from horse an
. killed. The secret of the caves localit
( died with them.
/. "In 1890 Methodist minister name
! Anson Green came from the Genesee Vale
with woman who had glass, by lookin
/. into which she said she could see the secre
{ cave where the treasure of the murdere
J. Quakers was hidden, and its exact location
They went in search Of it. They found Il
spot the woman saw in the glass and the
she was suddenly stricken blind, and the
were obliged to return without discoverir
s the cave. They stopped for the night
the residence Of Rev. Jededah Steven
who lived in the vici ity, where they r
o lated what had occurred. His son Sill
g tried the glass, and could see the cave al
0 its location, but he was the only one wi
. could see IL. His brother Nathan and hi
t self started next day to search for 4
+ cave, but as they neared the spot he |
n came not only blind, but deranged, al
n the search was necessarily given up again