Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-01
A TREASURE CAVE.
Remarkable Legend ola silver Mine
-Excitement Over the Affair.

TREASURE CAVE.
Remarkable Legend ola silver Mine
Excitement Over the Affair.
Toronto Mail
From time immemorial strange
fascination has attached sto the pur
suit of hidden, treasures. To this day
persons are seeking for Captain kidd's
buried gold Once in great while a
valuable find rewards patient
search. Recently near Danburg, in
Georgia, small oak tree was blown
down by storm. A man named
John Frank saw something shining
as he was passing, and examin ed the
roots of the same. In the hole left by
the tree he claims to have found al
most peck of gold and jewels.
THE JEWELS WERE DIAMONDS,
Rubies and pearls, and parties who
have seen them say they are worth
$500 or $4,000. The belief ex-
pressed by the few who have been
fortunate enough to see them is that
they are a part of the lot left by the
Confederate 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 un-
earthed
As to the Steuben affair, here is the
story, date-line and all, as it appears
in an exchange:
CORNING, n. Y, December 30.-A
number of Philadelphians are neotiat-
ing 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 located 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 Dickinson 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 EXISTENCE OF A SILVER MINE
somewhere on Benefits Creek. The
brothers had in their employ an old
servant who had come with them from
Philadelphia. The Quakers worked
| the silver mine, the oar of which was
very poor aud hid the treasure in a
cave known only to themselves, un-
til such time as they could convey it
to Philade phia
Near the close of the French and
| Indian war stranger appeared at the
cabin OF the Quakers, in the deepest
part of the wilderness He said he
was deserted 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 Quakers talking about
their treasure, after they supposed he
was sleeping, and learned that it was
secreted somewhere in the vicinity
He also learned from their converse
ton that they intended to start their
servant for Philadelphia the next day,
and had given him a message to an
other brother there which would in
| form him as to the hiding placed the
treasure ID case any thing should hap
pen to the brothers who were work
ing the mine.
The diabolical thought entered the
mind of the stranger to murder the
Quakers in the morning, pursue and
| overtake the servant, murder him,
and secure the message revealing the
| place where the treasure might be
found He carried out his plans, but,
upon getting possession of the mes
sage, found that it was.
WRITTEN IN CIPHER.
He was unable to find a key that
would solve the mystery, and, haunt
ed by j his fruitless crime, he fed to
France, taking the cipher with him.
For years he studied it IN vain, and
finally died in mad house This is
the legend the first settlers in the
region handed down to their descend
ants.
In 1910 Gregory Harding settled in
the town of Jasper. He had been
there but a short time when he dream
ed that near his place there was a
cave, the opening of which was Gov
cred by large fiat stone, upon which
was copper kettle. In the cave was
stored enormous wealth in silver, but
it was guarded by two ghostly SEN
tinels. Harding did not investigate
the accuracy Of his dream Shortly
| afterward twin brother of his joined
him. This brother had a dream cor
responding in every particular with
his brothers. The two then searched
for the cave. They found the locality
just as they had seen in their dreams,
and discovered the copper kettle and
the flat rock, but, remembering the
specters that guarded the treasure
beneath it. they did not venture to
disturb it. The next day Gregory
Harding was killed by tree he was
telling, and his brother was thrown
from a horse and killed. The sec
ret of the cave locality died with
them.
In 1880 methodist minister named
Arson Grsen came from the Genesee
| Valley with q woman who had a
glass, by looking into which she said
she could see the secret cave where
the treasure of the murdered Quakers
was hidden, and its exact location
They went in search of it. They
found the spot the women saw in the
glass and then she was suddenly
stricken blind, and they were obliged
to return without discovering the
cave. They stopped for the night at
the residence of the Rev Jedediah
Stephens, who lived in the vicinity,
where they related what had occur
red. Fl son Silas tried the glass,
and could see the cave and its loca-
ton, but he was the only one who
could see it. His brother Nathan and
himself started next day to search for
the cave, but as they neared the spot
he became not only blind, but derang-
ed, and the search was necessarily
given up again.
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