The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-10

the center. As one of the men hap pened to hit one of the blocks it gave forth 8 hollow sound, and upon further examination they discovered joint near the top. which led them to believe that the block was hollow and might contain something of in-
 terest. After 8 great deal of trouble they got the lid eff the chest, as it proved 10 be. 1t took all the strength of these three strong men to raise the ponderous piece cf stone. After lifting up the large slab, they flashed the Fight of their torches into ! the box, and saw SD immense hu- man skeleton at least ten feet in length. After waiting for their
 nerves to settle they made closer examination of their discovery, aud ! found deposited in the coffin with the remains of the once gigantic man an axe about the size and shape of 8 modern broad-axe, except that in- stead of the square head it had 8 long spike-like projection which 1 tapered to point. There was also ! large spear and arrow beads, all made out of some substance that the 1 explorers did not at that time recognize, but has been since de- termined to be tempered copper. They would hold sn edge equal to the finest steel and were far superior to it in one respect-it would not rust. The art of temperiBg copper has long been one of the lost arts.
 There were nearly forty of these stone eoffins arranged about the room, all having the appearance of { lying with the head toward the cep- ter of the room, toward which the men made their way. Upon ap- preaching what they had mistaken to be another coffin in the middle of the room they were surprised to dis cover that it was an altar, and around it were scattered dishes that had evidently been used in the cere- monies there. On picking up one of ! the dishes to examine it they were surprised 10 see how heavy it was, and scratching it with knife to find
 what it was made of they discovered it was nearly pure gold; so pure, in fact, that it could easily be bent and twisted by the fingers. There was 8 large number of these dishes, and tho reader can easily imagine the l surprise of the men when they found that they had stumbled OF to a fortune in that hole.
 After wandering far into the dark corners, MT. Mcintosh, being in the lead, was Learly thrown into deep,
 well-like hole in the floor that had been covered with large flat rock. Calling Mir. Frisbee to bring the rope they sounded the hole to find its depth, and after determining that it was not very deep descended. They found themselves in 8 room similar 10 the one above, only smaller, and the stone coffins, being ornamented with figures and pictures, smaller than the ones on the walls. On approaching the altar they were agreeably surprised to find that it was either 8 solid mass of gold or it was 80 tricky coated with it that they could not cut through it. This room, it appears, was the barying-plsce of the head men of the tribe or race to which they belonged, and that the other larger room was for the common warriors.
 That night the men returned with sacks, and having secured all the gold dishes that they could carry, went to the mill, where they had a stsve saw boxed up to send away for repsirs, tore it open and put their treasures inside. The next day they shipped the box that contained the saw and their gold to Indianapolis, Ind, but Mir. Frisbee followed the box and changed its destination at Cairo, and sent it by express to his home at Jamestown, N. Y, and after its arrival the gold was unpacked and sold to parties in New York city for between S75 ,000 and $50 ,000. The discovery has been kept secret by the lucky finders, and has just leaked out.