The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-22
FINDING GOLD NINE.
Tom Dempsey's Vain Search for
Wealth.
BUNTING THE LOST SAN SABA
The Whereabouts es ths Nine lest 10
she sFerid ~ tins Massacre Of
the spanIards-
A.ssanaer sres. . IewsleE.' Ws.aly.


Tom Dempsey in San Antonio, Tex. lie
MAS snfddle-axed mar and was remark
abls for his ereanilty. As he owned some
property he was always being vietimized
BY designing persons. One Of his favcrite
desuslons was thst he had discovered the
lccation oE the lost San saba gold mine
This mine. ia The days of the Spanish az
cendencY in TEXAS, Was very rich, but about
The rear 100 the hostile Indians massacred
She Spanish garrison Of The mission and
fort OF fan Saba, net single soul escaping
10 tell the tale, and from that day 70 this
the site Of the slsa siAbA gold and silver
mine. which Was In the vicinity. has never
been discovered. although many attempts
have been made IN that direction
One day Tom Dempsey came into the
Office 81 the paper was editing. his fsce
fairly beained with JOY. He said:
s'Alex. I've found it,
what asye you founds"
ssrhe LOST San saba mine. =
Where Is it7r
ssI don't know, bat It's all right. Jim
Eeymourss Esther was an old Texan He
knew an old Mexican who lived near San
Antonio and raised goats. and his grand
uncle on hts mothers side knew an Indian
who. Wishing 70 repay him for some kind
ness. pronaised TO show him the mine "
did she show IL 70 hint
INC, bur on his deathbed the old Indian
threw ont hint that the lost mine was
not in Preside county. That's great
point gained. Next week me and Jim sey-
mour are going 10 ind that mine"
''I.ook here, Tom, don't place any faith
in these traditions about gold mines. They
are AIways extraxagantsy rich and they
never car be found Considering the old
mines that we're worked By the Spaniards.
enc would suppose that 1t would be dan
eesous 10 leave the beaten road for fear OF
falling into one OF them, but nobody ever
does.
Tors was not discouraged He bought
pack mules. provisions. picks, etc. aud
started out, accompanied BY Jim Sey-
moHr. They managed 70 get back alive.
but ragged and starved.
.'Well. Tom, did you realizs anything7''
asked.
"pidnt realize anything" he replied
giooming.
''You might have realized that you were
making fool Of yourself remarked.
Il was some time before saw Tom again.
perceived AZ once that he had unearthed
the gold tnine once more.
1--WE got an is-carat grip on il now.
Alex. No mistake this time"
''You have, sh ~
Yes, sirreel Got Ii In black and white.
Jef Jones, you know. Is . Spanish scholar.
Well, he has found among the old archives
copy OF letter dated August 2, Is22,
from Captain Sebastian Rodriguez, sta
toned At San Antonio, 90 the Mexican
Emperor Iturhide at the City OF Mexico,
describing this very mine. There Is a map
with IL lie has sold ii 10 me for $50 -
Dent you know JEFF Jones manufac-
lures old spanish title deeds and the Ike.
and has bean indicted for itf Ia that an
Fou are going on -
NO, Il ain'k Old Jack Parker tells me
that in 1870 he was travelling In 4 wagon
with his family, including Mrs. Grimes. his
m0tksr-ln1aw. They were attacked by
Indians. but escaped. As soon as il was
safe be halted 10 examine bis losses. There
were ever 30 many bullets in the body OF
his mothes-in-law, whom he had tied 60 the
hind part OF the wagon. and there %ere
other bEllets In the wagon. The bullets
were OF pure silver. The spokes Of the
wheels. ii they had been properly assayed.
hfnf
lie had no means OF Ascertaining what his
notlser-an law would have yielded. bat she
was yeEy rich. Parker SAYS nobody ever
knew her real worth. Now, Parker says
that the place on the old Spanish man 4
sdentscal with the place where the Indians
shot his new wagon and his motker-in-law
full at silver. ] am sxed up 10 go and rake
Ia that mine. "
Il was several months before Tom got
back from hia trip. about which ne was an
willing 70 converse | learned however.
from other parties. that hts companion had
left Ton in the lurch ana had gone "a
Mexico with the muies, etc.
TIE next time | saw Tom
he Was, to my astonishment. under
the influence o. liquor. lie told
We IN a whiSkey.laden breath. after
the manner Of drunken men. that he had
made the acquaintance az an old Mexican
whe had been to the mine. ans had
brought away some specimens. which were
very rich, but unfortunately the old Mexi.
can refused "a disclose where the mine
vas, although considerable hrsbes were
otisFo3. In order 20 Nosm The secret out
81 him Tom had hired him as q servant.
WHIST progress are YOU makinEf"
''titovsens, old koy. EiuFiogSif' replsed
Tosi. paving me as intoxicated people do.
And he went ca 90 explain that his pres,
ent siissSaoegal condition vas due 10 shs
efforts 81 get the old Mexs-
san drunk enough 81 assezass,
what be knew. that the prospects
we're really vvry bright. As the Mexican
had already. While under the influences OF
isauar. owned MP - committing twe
mssslarz- No doubt he waald GIVE the ssoiss
sEaa silver miFse secret away in a short
sime, u The whiskey hello oss. ard then
Ten and Dc seFe goans - hunt ap the
mine
AZ neod heck woaid have IL. before tAi.
MgxstAn ga chsnee - Eef Tom into the
vso-is Ard cos his throat, the sheriff az ar
adlelnsng eoanty arrested the Mexican far
hofso stealing afsst toes him OF
Tonas FssaaFcss hezax exhausted. this
YES. as Tar as I know, as last sttesags ia
Discover the soss SAa Saha nssae, ths gncR.
ssea e shseh = - saysasrioas ~ that q
Iart&sa nsss 3 hurlesf freazurs.
CIEoPATRA's MUMMY.