Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-12-09

il no doubt to day moro gold y
ng hidden in mines that hav,
never been found than yet remain,
in ell those that are known ard
worked.
In the western edge Of the Grea
Basin reigon, are gold mines tha
: have never yet been found by th,
whites. Ono of these 10 known Il
. sub-tribe OF the Piu.ss living nea
Mono lake. Two or three timel
each summer these Indians brin(
from somewhere in the mouBtain,
considerable quantities OF . kfnG
OF . red cement that is all aliv,
and glittering with gold. Thi,
aurifsrous material il worked bJ
the squaws who pound it mp, grind
it on fat stones and wash it in
ono OF the streams tributary to Mo-
no lake. For many years the
whites have tried in vain 20 dis
cover where the Indians obtsin
this rich cement All brides offered
by the whites are scorned by the
rods, and it is said that however
drunk an Indian may be he instant
ly becomes sober whom the subject
OF the secret mine is broachcd
Miners have "camped on the traiP'
of the Indians for whole summer
without being able to trace them to
their mines, yet presently number
OF them were to be seen as usual at
their washing places with ponies
and squaws packed with the pre-.
cious cement.
In the early days white man
= German appeared IN the town
of Aurora with a quantity OF the
same cement and by showing it
about the place created q great
excitement. That night the man
disappeared and was never again
seen. At first it was thought hs
bad slipped away to his mine, but
as time passed without his reap
pearance it was ct Included that he
had been murdered, as besides his
samples he had two or three hun
dred dollars in dust, and the tswn
was then full OF desperate charsc-
ters who would kill a man for half
that amount. The town Of Aurora
is near Mono lake aud many are
now of the opinion the mine found
by the German was that known to
the Indians and that they caught
him at work and killed him.
This cement mine has been more
sought for than any other OF which
stories are told and prospectors at
Lundy, Bodie, Aurora and there
about arc still looking for it when
ever they are out in the mountains.
The early settlers at Steamboat
Springs, about ten miles west OF
tho Comstock. say that some years
before tho discovery OF silver, three
Msxicans worked for two summers
in = gold mine somewhere in tho
hills in that vicinity. Tho mon
had several pack animals on which
they brought to Steamboat creek
tho dirt they washed. The Mex
leans were never seen except when
they we're engaged in washing out
their gold and no ono knew whore
they obtained the material they
brought to the creek, which was
- kind of fine red dirt"
In 186O-.6l there was some search
by prospectors for the mines OF the
Spaniards," which was supposed to
be = placer, but nothing Of the kind
being found the stories OK the cat
tie ranches we're set down IS being
mere flights Of the imagination,
Withis the last three years, howsv-
,r, = belt OF gold-bearing quarts
coins has been discovered in the
hills between Mount Dav-
son and Steamboat Springs, and in
.hsss veins the gold is found in
pockets of . red deoomposed ma
.eriaI. Some small pockets con
tain thousands Of dollars, therefore
t is probable that the ranchmen
old the truth about the Msxicans,
number OF MsXicans were on
3old canon at the time and it is not
that two or three Of them