Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-10-12
In eearch ofFabuIous Wealth.


Independence, Mo, wiA i!sst 20 Avzlna in
iew days in sssscb of Loaf nipe which Is
esid TO be fabulous in iis veIpe. l. is IN lI-
;eres5ing story which Mr. o'saenbury tel!a
about the mipe, snd 20 show that hs ftTly
hsiisVes ic It ne ia Prepared 90 speEid al biz
mooey s0d time in s,areairg Tor it, Il is
egppoced 80 Do tie mine from which the
MoGtezumes gos hha ggsuter p0rt:an OF their
gold end ahct Nss lister worked by she
J suit priesta. Il Uas ircs2 e J; Suit shst the
pressut de;la W. - received ehicb aEetie tbs
party 10 snaIs che scared. Tts nine is said
so ho eitGased sb2ut 60 niles southwest of
Tccscn, &. T., SD the discovery made e
faw ysarg ega ssas;&a:iasga she story at i.5
fa0p'oas wealth.
Mt. Glastonbury IL sgf ss}as aqon Ine cub
ject sala II En- thoiaushy ec9oetnsed with
tins whole sa,uis2 region CT Arizona aud have
pr3s1s 5tSl oil over tee Territory. still
o~u sevsrs coed paging claims IL taas
coantty aGd Ynaks tip dow o shere eV.ry
ye.r 10 lGoS after my lnferests. About .wo
years sso I first heard Of 500 lnet mine aad
its grsa; weata WIS sldlpg on sleeper
and Judge Barnes ~aa oue Of the men who
we're .heis. VYe I7efe al gsi!ing ato,eg aaG
the judge tc!d about che L st m!r o aSd is
hlsfoEy. 7 was muoli sttuoE With {. . sSo.s
snd % 10 Described the supposed location
OF 1. 77es su,e shas knew tbs exact cr1
sud had beea shere, bus supPosed Jhst the
vo,k!rgs which 7 saI we're simply an ara1.
douea pr3spsct hoie. WSeD tbs Judge fn-
ishe(; his ssorF told him l knew where the
mine was and soua go &c It.
The Judge eaid 5hat II could 1t you'd
hs big tortuna fox ne, and then wsnt into
the detsiis CT the story. In ths latter pa.t
Of 1857 e nan In she robes Of g priest came
gith obart showing where sheis was q
vast t;easuge buried, end wished 10 find
samo one 70 s'd him Ia getting II away.
Ibs cnsTt contained tho information that
the tressure wss buried ct the Tumsogeora
mission, some swenty miles from Tuscsn,
and vas 10 geld and silver bullion. Il also
showed where the mine was oostcd from
Ehich this treasury hed besn taken. He
ha5 iounc the chart while looking over
| &c na cid churoh papers IL Mercedes, Spsin,
9heie Re was located.
''Ths priest got together numbsr of RESPONSE
| bic men and went in 5eorch of the bullion. Ar
irving at the Ini.sion be proceeded 10 follow d.
| rect;ons and dug undor tho altar OF the church.
| Undor the floor wae found small chamber, and
| il the cen5.e was found nuwber OF metallic
bozes which contained ths bullion jos5 ss descrlb
! cd in the chart. The trossure packed 10 US.
con and thon IN effort WAS Blsdo TO find the mine,
but either tho landmarks had boon changed or
they did not follow the directions exactly, for
they never found it. The priest returned to
Spain With his bullion and gave the chart to
Jndge Barnes Mr.. Compton, who was with me,
is as confident as I am that We know exactly
whore the nine i5, and We will go there snd d.
vido np With tho Judge when We find it."
l;r. glastonbury says that no knows from tho
description laid down in The chart that he has
| bacn over the exact ground snd saw the place
from which :ha gold snd silver had been tsken.
Everything was cxsctiy as it wAs laid down in the
| musty paper, even TO the false trsils which had
been built to misesd those who might be tempted
to 20 that way. He says that he followed what
appeared to be blind trsil into aguch and found
that it led to on abandoned shaft which showed
thst 1t had been worked FOR long time but ne
supposed that 1t hst boon worked out and never
a>tem pteG TO prospect any further In it. He Is
now confident that be missed getting on TO the
biggest mine in existence.