St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-26
A WONDERFUL END
a Relic of the ChicaIlU of SpeiW Deep in an
ArjzOnu Nine.
From the Arizona Miner.


From the Arizona Miner
Since thee establishment of permanent
white settlements in Northern Arizona dis
coveries have been occasionally made of rel
les of prehistoric settlers, whose identity has
been heretofore considered irretrievably lost
In the majority of such instances the discov-
cries were made in reOpening old mining
claims from which in ages gone another race
had sought to Wrest the treasures of the
earth. This has been especially the feature
in the working of the Chrome mine of the
United Verde group in the Black Hills, and
the discoveries which have been made it in
would indeed warrant an incredulous recep-
ton were it no, for the reputation and stand
ing of the men vino stand ready to vouch for
them. While many of these discoveries
have been made public through the agency
of the local press, but one has heretofore
elected any considerable discussion among
scientists, that being the unexpected opening
OF an old tunnel so opened presented the ap-
pearance of having been worked many wears
ago, in style still common among miners
in isolated portions Of Mexico and Spanish
bers had been placed to support the walls for
the greater security of the workmen. Scat
tered along the floor Of the tunnel Law a
number of stone hatchets with well worked
edges showing hard service in the hands
which once welded them. In the center of
the apartment when it was first opened stood
stake about four feet high, and six inches
square, on which was painted in pigment
obtained from red oxide of copper, a cross.
While the astOnished men were still regard
ing with amaZement the wonders of their
discovery, one of them more inouisitive
and perhaps possessed Of more avarice than
the rest, seized the stake so rudelv that if
dwindled to dustin his hand, as did also the
more heavy timbers of the mine on being ex-
posed to the air. At the time two theories
were advanced to explain the strange occur
rence-one being that the mine had been
previously worked by ancient aborigines in
search Of the red oxide of copper for paint.
and that the presence of the stake and cross
was but the result of chance; the other was
that the mine had been worked for the COP
per and silver, in which it is very rich, by
Indian poems under the direction of Jesuit
fathers, and the ore obtained shipped to &C.
clesiastical Golfers in Mexico. This last
theory was apparently sustained by the pres
ence OF large quantity of Stag near the
mine, but was also apparently refuted by the
abandonment of the mine at a point where
the ledge was showing remarkably rich. Both
theories were warmly discussed pro and con
by their respective supporters, but that the
last one was the correct one is now establish
ed beyond cavil. Since the date of the dis
covery the miners, under the direction of
SIlnQrIO
In carefully reopening the shafts and tun-
nels made by the prior workers. While this
work has been done with the utmost care. it
has also been done with such rapidity that a
depth OF 203 feet was obtained on Sunday
last. Early on Monday, while James Dillon
and Johnny Bright were working at the ex-
IRENE end OF the tunnel, they were surprised
% ma an iron article, which they at first SUD-
poseo 10 De some household utensil, and to-
getner Win the prize they immediately re-
ported the occurrence to Superintendent
Thomas, VINO was oyerjoyed to discover in it
an helmet of fine
Milan manufactured, superb in fl
nish and temper. Hastily returning with
them he at once placed at work n largo
force of men, and in less than an bour had
exhumed two complete suits of armor in
which still remained the illium femur and
tibia of warriors who long had borne their
weight in weary marches and fierce fights.
Of the armor, one-the first discoveredSw
exquisite make of Milan steel, so much priced
by the soldiers of the sixteenth century. and
consisted of helmet, breast-plate and back
piece with gussets reaching to the knees and
jambes, while the other was of allcret armor
much famed in the middle ages for its defen-
sive qualities and fayorite with lightcava
Besides the armor were found two swords.
one OF renowned Toledo make, bearing a
legend in Spanish, which, on being transla-
ted to English reads: "Draw me not with
out cause; shield me not without honor. All
the articles found were to-day sent in by