Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-09-08
FOUND THE LOST CABIN MIME.
But the Gold For Which the Miners
Lost Their Lives Was Not There.
rE,rnn, the Oraonnian

from the Oregonian.
Everybody on this coast who has had
anything to do with mines or miners has
heard of the Lost Cabin mine. Five men
worked there for over year, 80 the story
goes, and had accumulated large amount
of gold. AS they were preparing to leave
the cabin with their treasure, which had
been exhumed from its hiding place, they
were attacked by Indians. Three of the
party who were taking the tools out of the
cut they had made were shot, but the 9TH
er two who were out hunting the mules
to pack out the treasure escaped. One
named Hurlburt was never heard of, and
is supposed to have perished in the noun
tains. The other, Tracy, by name, es-
capped to Jacksonville. where he told the
story of the massacre and the abandoned
treasure, and where he finally died with
out having been able to guide party to
the claim, although he tried several times,
but on account of weakness was forced to
turn back During his sickness he was
nursed by q Mrs. Crozton, to whom he i'm
parted a detailed description of the ap-
pearance of the claim and its surround
inRs. Hundreds of people have searched
for the Lost Cabin claim since the massa-
ere of the original owners on November
5. 1856, but it has never been found till q
few days ago.
Mr. W. l., Long, who resides on Jeffer-
son street, near Eighteenth, and left here
last April to prospect for mines in south
ern Oregon, returned home last Saturday.
He says that, in company with Agent
Matthews of the Klamath Indian reservs-
| ton, w. Nickerson, his secretary, and w.
s. PARROT, artist, he found the Lost Cabin
| one day last week. They had obtained a
description of the place from Mrs. Crox.
| ton, and O man named Barneberg showed
| them the cut excavated SO long ago and
| now grown up with chapparal. He says
| that they left the agency on the 9th in
| slant and attempted to cross klamath lake
| to Balls bay in two canoes lashed together,
but encountered heavy storm of wind
| rain and snow, and were driven back, and
then started out with a team and went
round the lake to Balls bay, and about q
half mile from there, in kind of draw
| in the mountains, they found the Lost
Cabin mine. They found the excavation
made thirty-fve years ago, and a lost cab,
| in on each side of 1t. They also found the
holes from which the treasure was ex.
humed ready for removal, and the junipe,
| tree under which the sacks were placed
! which may be considered remarkable after
SO many years. They did not find the
| gold, which is not SO remarkable. When
| the party returned to the agency an old
Indian, finding out where they had been,
| said he was witness to the massacre
which was committed by Rogue River OF
Molalla Indians, and he knew just where
these Indians had buried the white men
and seven bags of yellow stuff, weighing
about one hundred pounds each, with
them. Agent Matthews was to take the
Indian, who is policeman and a very
truthful and trustworthy man, and go out
and dig up the gold, while Mr.. Long re-
turned home, and is now living in mo
i mentary expectation of receiving dis
patch announcing the arrival of the treas
ure at the Klamath agency.