The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1889-02-16
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

o4SHt OAeAlCdH pTOSpettOTSs at Llt
mouth Of the abandoned San SALIVA
dor mine, in the northern part O.
Wyoming, has brought to light 8
very romantic story. Miguel Mar
tinez, at the head of party of his
countrymen, left Cheyenne last fall
for two days prospecting trip.
He confided to a Mexican gambler
that they were in search of an aban
doned gold mine, which they be.
lieved to be very rich, and they
were going to develop it. Martinez
had a chart traced on parchment
which he said was 200 years old
and was made by one of his ances
tors in the 18th century. The chart
had been lost for many years, bu,
recently it turned up, and on the
strength of it the party was organ.
lied. The story that has been told
in his family for generations, was
that one Martinez was at the head
of some Spanish gold-hunters who
were working q rich mine some.
where in the section of country now
known as Wyoming. The miners
quarreled and finally fought, and
their trouble resulted in all of them
abandoning the mine, though it was
very rich. Martinez was wounded
| and died on his way home. With
his blood he traced the chart to
leave as legacy for his children
1t was, however, soon afterward
lost, and only recently found. Mi
guel Martinez was direct descend
ant Of this Martinez, and a few
months ago learned that two aban-
doned mines had been found in the
northern part Of Wyoming. One
had been worked by the Spaniards
hundreds of years ago. He organ
lied his party and started to find
the mine. His party had not been
heard from until few days ago,
when a hunter named Keller, re-
ported that his party had found the
bodies. All the Mexicans had been
shot and more or less, cut by knives,
showing that there had been hand
to hand conflict. There were evil
dences that the victorious party
had lost three or four men, and they
had made hasty departure, car
rying their dead and wounded with
them. What surprised the hunter
most was to find that the mine had
been recently worked. There is
reason to think that the San Saliva
dor was not the mine described on
the chart, and that the murderers
have taken the chart and gone off
TO locate the mine themselves. The
fact that the Mexicans' horses and
tools were missing, and their jew
elry and money not removed from
their bodies, seems to prove this.
Keller says that there was every
indication that the San Salvador
mine was paying, and he believes
that the mine sought for by the
Mexicans is not far from the other,
and is known by the party who
were at work. No one knows where
the other prospectors are, and as
the region is almost inaccessible, it
is not likely that any one will start
to work the old mine and bury the
Mexicans before next spring.
ANOTHER FIGHT IN SAMOA.
Herman kimmin, who witnessed
the blockade, has written very in
letter describing a recent
battle between the natives and Ger
mans at Samoa. The natives were
prepared for the attack. They had
heard that the Germans had formed
a plan to capture Mataafa and carry
him off. When the German boats
approached the shore the natives
hailed them, but the only answer
they received was the cracking Of
the shots from the revolver of a
chief from Savoy named Suan. I'm
mediately a battle began at 6 o'clock
in the morning, and continued UNI
til 8. The bodies of the dead and
wounded were scattered along the
shore. On Mataafa's side there
were seven killed and thirty-one
wounded during the principal bat
tie. After this fight a German spy
glass was directed on shore and
eight Samoans were seen sitting
around fire. A she'll came crash
ing among these people killing
seven, making total loss of twen-
ty-one killed since the fighting be-
gan. The number of wounded was
forty-eight.
WESTERN LEGISLATURES
Are not the only ones that have
tried the patience of their long-suf-
fering constituents by wasting their
time over matters of small moment.
The members of the Maine House
of Representatives had a long dis
cussion about crows, the other day.
There was an exciting debate upon
a bill introduced by a granger
member, fixing bounty of 10 cents
on the scalp of every crow killed,
and instructing the treasurers to
destroy by fire after paying the
all crow scalps deposited