The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-12-25
A PECULIAR MOUND,
Which Has Been Recently Pound Nes
Greensborough, Ga.

which Has Been Recently Found Near
Greensboroush. Ga.
About a mile from Greensborough,
off the road to Union Point. on the farm
of Mr.. Ed. Jackson has been recently
discovered mound which has puzzled
all who have seen it. A few weeks ago,
Mrs. jackson and lady neighbor were
! walking around the farm which imme-
diately joins the house lot, and when
pushing aside the bushes skirting the
land observed huge mound of rock,
piled in regular order, and mounting up
higher than their heads. On. Mr.. jack
sons return home, his wife told him OF
what she had found, and added chat the
mound was the most curious looking
pile of rocks she had ever SEEN, The.
following morning Mr.. Jackson with .
number of others went to the spot, ans
there saw the huge pile, more than .
hundred feet in circumference, every
stone apparently laid with greatest pre-
cision. The curiosity of the crowd was
aroused. and they determined ON an in
vestigation. They began at once to
throw OF the rocks around the outsi
edge. This was not accomplished with
out difficulty. and after going about .
foot or two they came to a number. nj
big rocks, varying in size from a foot II
three feet square. every one laid as if by
q mason.
To 60 further down required several
days of hard labor, but the stones were
finally removed, and lying there were .
number OF human bones, all bleachea,
but still perfect. Among them were tlie
hand, wrist, thigh and knee. bones, and
from their size: it was evident they be-
longed to person of tremendous
stature. ~ 4.
The excavation in the. mound cor
tinued day after day. Cariously-shapef
pieces of flint and stone. in rings Of
great sizes, in beads and arrow-heads,
came to light. By this time they had
gone fully five down, even below the
earth's surface. and still the walls d
rock met them. Up to this Time no DIS
covery of great Importance has BEEN
made, bat there seems to BE- no end!e
the rock. and there is no tclling what
lies at the bottom of it all.
The stones of which the mound il
built are of peculiar kind. different
from any around this section. and were
evidently brought from a distance. II
is different from most INDIAN mouncs,
and could not have been intended as a
burial place for the dead, rs only one
skeleton has thus far been found, aid
no .rinkets have been discovered siEi-
liar to those usually found n Indian
mounds.
There is a. theory that the mound con-
tains a treasure. The care taken in
placing and mortaring the rocks. ard
the size of them, is an indication that it
was not intended simply as burial
spot Some years ago an old man Is
this county, his name we have not bean
able to learn, asserted that on this pla.x
was buried treasure. He stated that
his father had told him this fact, aud
that it had come down for number a
wears. But little attention was paid -
his assertions, but now that this pecnliaf
mound has been discovered, everyone
believes that a treasure is hidden be-
meath il. Mr.. jackson believes there il
something strange about it, and intenda
to dig and remove the rocks until eexsA
is struck or he finds some treasure. We
shall keep our readers posted
borough (GG.) Journal.