Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-26
SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURE,
Fabulous Wealth known TO Exist
Which Cannot be Found.

@ANTE FE, May lI.-Ine many lost gold
mines never aad so much interest for
rrospectors as now. Whenever men fiji
themselves out for long expeditions in
search of wealth, it is found that the le-
cands and traditions OF the business are
lent well in mind. The Adams diggings,
lons celebrated in this region. are now
the GOAL of more than dozen pros pectors,
some of whom are thought TO be
m hot trail. They are SIT
mated somewhere in Arizona, just
over the New Mexico line, but where is
the mystery. Adams found them twenty
Years ago, and proved by more than
eiphteen years of persistent but truitees
search that he was no dreamer. Year
after year. as tue old mans gOings and
comings became familiar 10 the people,
the convection that he was IN search of no
myth grew upon his acquaintauces, and
When be died little while ago others took
No the hunt where he left OF.
Adams was led to the deposit IN 1865 by
sparty of Indians with whom be was on
GOOD terms, and with three or four friends
he worked the lead until they were driven
of by hOstiles. In his eagerness to get to
the diggings and in his precipitate flioht
ne took no account of the country
through winch he passed, and when he
undertook to return to the mines he found
himself hopelessly lost. When he die
i'm .os Angeles he left several valuable
charts OF the country that he had tray
ersed in his patient searches, as wei as
Mans for further campaigns which he
said he was confident would bring him or
ANYBODY else upon the lost treasure in
time. The belief in the Adams diggings
is so strong that they will probably be
discovered ia a wear or two. now that the
danger from Indians has been almost en-
ureiy removed.
The Nexicans have legend about a lost
gOid mine which Is supposed to have been
handed down from the Aztecs, but in
winch lively faith is still placed. Ac.
cosding to this story MOnteZuma will one
day return to earth, snd some Of his faith
full followers are keeping guard over the
mine with q view TO delivering 1t into his
keeping when he shall reappear. This
assure Of gold, said TO be so rich
that all other mines would
sink into msIgnicance in com.
paris0n with it, is located somewhere
In Southwestern Arizona Or Northern
Mexico. Tradition saws it can be reached
only through a beautiful valley, and that
D. Is protected by Indians, three of whom
only are from generation to generation in
possession Of the secret When one dies
me other two select third, and thus the
trust is handed down. Although it is
knowa that tie natives Will defend the
treasure with their lives, various alyen-
turers have attempted to find the place in
times past, and several prospect0rs are
even now in quest Of the deposit.
Another lost mine is that winch is said
10 have been located in the eastern part
NJ this Territory in 1860, but which was
abandoned IN the course Of time, owing
10 the hostility of Indians. From records
Ut theamOunt paid IN tithes to the Roman
Catholic church, it is estimated that the
product of this mine during the few years
that II was worked was over $50, ZOO, 600.
san Antoine set out at the beginning
Of this century to fud the lost
reasuTe, and actually came upon
he mine in 1904. Not being pre-.
pared to work 1t, he and his followers got
ogether what gold they could carry and
set out for a mission on the coast with
The idea of getting assistance. To guide
them back to the mine they drove stakes
NO the plains, but san Antoine fell SICK
al the place where the city of San AutO
MIC now stands and died there. Indians
and desperadOes murdered his cOmpan
IONS Tor their gold, and as the stakes
which they had set were not cared for
they soon fell away, and the mine was
lost once again.
In the old Mexican palace in this city
are many records giving an account of toe
fabulous richness OF this mine. Ia one OF
them a priest gives in detail description
OF visit that he paid to it, aud almost
eThausts the LANGUAGE in describing the
virgin gold as 1t appeared TO him. Sew
era prospecting parties have left here in
times past in search Of the mine. but they
have all returned footsOre ana weary with
long journeys over arid plains, and desti
tute of Information OF value.
Ia the same way Kit CarsOE's lost pla.
GER, the Dutcbman's Gulch, and the Lost
Cabin have been the objects OF years Of
fruitless search on the part OF thousands
Some people believe that the Dutchman's
euch has been found. and old Tom Edison
Is of the number. In 1864 two German,
came into Denver with large amount o
coarse gold, but they would not tell where
t1ey got it. EXCHANGING u for supplies
hey set out again toward the north. and
mat was the last that was ever heard O
them. As almost anything would bait the
g)'d hunter in those days scores Of men
Set cut and explored the country neal
and far to the north, but they came
upon no trace OF the Dutch
men, Tom Edison never gave ~, how
ever. until he satisfied himseEfhat ne had
found the guich. lie regau his prospect
ing in the southern part of Wyoming and
went north into the Black Hills until he
iound traces OF mining operations. re.
heying that he had come upon the place
where the Dutchmeu had secured then
dust, he went to work and would have
made his fortune if he had not been driven
out by the Indians. On returning 10 Den
yer, IN 1873, he told of his discovery and
was laughed at, but ne now asserts a. q
Tact, and challenges contradiction, that
We lost Dutchmau's gulch was neal
Where DeadwOOd now stands, and that II
Is the place out OF which so many millions
have since been taken.
Although much speculation is still in.
uulged IN concerning the general location
81 Carson's placer and the Lost CABIN
lle great majority of pr0spectOrs have
settled down 20 the conviction that they
are both in the Big Horn mountains in
eouthern Montana or Northern WYom.
ing. Not one Of the lost mines has ever
bten so persistently sought for as that
VI The Lost Cabin, and each year finds
new and more numerous parties on the
hdnt. Poor old Pancake COmstock, the
man who gave mis- name 10 the great Ne
ada silver lode, and who was once a
hundred millionaire without knowing IL,
Killed himself 40 BOIeman At the cOnclu.
sl9n of prontless search for the Lost
'aNin. He started out with hign hopes of
success, but when failure stared him IN
'1e lace he gave 40 the hunt and bin lie
ogather.
The evidence in favor of the belief in the
LOST CABIN Is too strong 20 admit OF a