New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-08
Orr age nine, and the horse they driving rover
was deaf and did not hear the train.
4 PREHISTORIC BASEBALL BAT
GIGANTIC SKELETONS AND OTHER WONDERS
DISCOVERED BY AN EXCITED FANCY

IN MONTANA.
ST. Paul, July (SpeclaD. resident OF Mon
tana and many visitors to the famous TERRITORY Ano
that the Belt Mountains have always been the seat
of mysterious stories, and that In thelr h"me'o"'
gulches and canons have been piched up 'wonderiu'
relics Among the mos. curious arc agatzed human
maxllares and teeth, all of gigantic size' uoio ~
quantities has been found in the Belt Mountans' anu
rubies, sapphires and even diaHohus aao sno" %
products Of one or other portion Oh lnc ie'Ioi'.
The Helena correspondent OF lhe f.onecr ii'''
sends a remarkable story, accompanied oS huihorVu
attestatlons to its truth. IL Wao oiu ~ "a, pa,t
hunter. He said that while prospecting IN the be4'
Mountains he found peculiar depression IN 'he
g,ound After excavating he discovered nysten-
ous cavern. reached by twenty-three steps.
q A. tho foot of the stairs" said he ION one sids
Of the passage lay the skeleton OF man vi i.'so
stature The skeleton measures eNacty nine Hcc siA
inches IN height. The skull lay lew inches nun
the trunk, and between the TWO lay "en'S a ',~
nuggets They were strung on me god
r,e and ranged from one ounce TO ten III
WEIGHT Around the thigh, arm and shin Dones
x,erc. other strings OF nugsets, hoho vi
which weighed moro than four ounces lhS'o "oio
about fifteen pieces Of gold In the pic 1"e' "oie
of many different shapes. None OF them "o'snou
Oor three ounces and each piece had hole through
49, cor,rc On each side of the skull founn some
sort of precious stones. They lay In tmy soioeh
hostet and were evidently worn in the ears as an
ornament. do not know what name to give 10 them'
but believe that they rubies. Beside the trunk
90 the skeleton l found a. copper axe, with an cage
horier and keener than any steel instrument OF the
kind have ever seen. On the opposite side was
club made of the same metal as the axe. IL was
sbaned not unlike baseball bat Under the trunk
was n gold plate ten inches long, six inches "lde
and oneeighth Of an inch thick 1t was covered
with strange devices. little further on LAY
another skeleton. that of woman. l picked up a
string of nuggets near this skull also. They were
rrerfoctly round and exactly the same size. Ihey
i~eicbed about three ounces apiece. Every now and
tben 7 came to other skeletons, and although Dy
nearly every one of them L found necklaces
Vet Strange to say they were made of round copper
bans The catacombs as have named tnls passage
are about 500 feet long, Ia feet wide and 30 high and
eeem 10 have been cut of the solid rock. AT the
cnd OF the gallery is room go feet square ana ~
high In the centre of this room STANDS piock Oh
franite about II feet square and feet hlgh IL
Seems as though the rock had been hewn out arouna
n IL is perfectly square, and IL eAacuy
the same distance from The walls OF the room
nm every side. There are steps CUT III
the rock leading the top of the hall. On tne t9p
stands another block of granite, 10 feet Iohs. "so
and 3 high This is followed out in the shape VI I"
human form. l lay down in this, and thoughi & aan
not small by any means, yet the @ Eouiu rs M1s
&C catered vessels of clay, some OF when VIII nun noiu
twenty five gallons They light yet tougher thah
wrought IRON / tried 10 break one OF them Dy uash
Inc II against the ,!ranite flooring of the room !
co7,d NOT even scratch IT, Altogether gathered UP
59O ounces of gold in the underground passage