Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-25
ANOTHER LOST BONANZA


'''"'l OF Evidence In Arizona TO Show
where Gold Wa. once Pound.
me legends VI lost mines Of fabulous
wealth. In Puma county nrc nlmost
hnnperloss. aud It might DO truth.
lu1,iy added, generally mythical. Tie
oiA INNER can toll % thom by thc hour.
anl "a few pcr'uns have boon shown
Ehlterlng evidences IN confirmation Of
'h' wonderful tales reluctantly rocitod
WIN slp"rtitiOus irall OF tho c6i.sc.
qu'hee' OF 'hoir perlidy By almost su.
perai'nuated Indians aud MoXlcans.
That the precious metals were mined
on Gigantic scale In the dim past the
many remaining evidences already die.
covered fully verify, yet tho invostira.
ton OF those that chance has revealed
mas seldom proved financially succosB-
iuL Ola arrastros covered with the de.
cay ot conturoa, and crude smelling
FURNACES that have almost returned n
the dusty destiny " AIN matter, sfani, II
industrief once in active operation that
history ard even aboriginal tradition
fail 20 mention.
some % tue traditions told sound Ike
fairy tales. and ono. however fturtir.l.
cannot Ont become deeply Interested IA
urt recital A. % sample of Che highly
plausible, VOL authenticated and o1.
tremaly seductive narratives. One re-
lated 10y Charles o. brown, OF th.s city.
may hr frc.yel with interest
''pcaIt.u, ni cid mines" snA SIR.
Brown, "l have spent q good deal "
Time uul money 90 hunting up Glow,
aud one mine WIS actually found. and
can 20 TO % amy time Cut In the
Silver Bell country cuu tuko you O., 10
mountain 40 full Of tunnels aud shafts
that, " they were 500 good condition.
you could trnvel through an day long
and not reach The end
"A number Of old timers have visited
II, amt, Judging from iho vast work
done thcrc 30 long ago. tlUy concluded
that a great mine of some kind had aA-
isicd there, which had likely boon work
ed ont. Many Tunes hns 70 been located,
ana though it' wall. roof and noor we q
carefully scanned and sampled. tho ne.
suit, while showing some gold, was dis
couraging, assays showing from a trace
up 20 several dollars pcr ton.
MANY years ago talked with an old
PRpago Indian. with whom | was On
very friendly terms, having often ex.
tended him little fayors, about tho gold
aud silver mines. In a burst Of conf.
donco he told mo that great nnny
years ago, when he was % very small
boy, the Indians NJ San Nayior dol Buc
made weekly trips 20 % very rich gold
mine. On Saturday night they returned
with the products OF their toll. Tho
priest IN charge OF the mission kept "a
small table Ia front OF the altar, covered
with a white cloth, upon which the
pious toilers placed their metallic offer.
ings 90 the church.
This table was often covered with
golden nugget, varying IA size from y
PEA to ones fist, and II wns n rich sight.
Alter the usual service tho priest would
descend, and rs he picked up each
precious piece he would proclaim tao
name ~ the donor aud aftcrwnrd would
call them forward 10 receive the special
blessing Of heaven On the fOlluwin !,
Monday they would again take up their
march IN northwesiofly direction for
the mines, and for u very long time this
was repeated, until the priests wcr,
driven out Of tho country, whom they
abandoned mining entirely.
1.-THE old Indian hnd one time gone
with the miners, who followed a well
beaten trail toward tho Silver Bell coun.
try, aud he saw them take ont the gold.
He agreed 10 show me tho place, and
out Of curiosity sent man with him
one day. They went ont TO the old
mine | have spoken OF IN the Silver Boil
country, and when they reached a Ger,
tain gulCh the Indian pointed 10 the toy
OF the mountain and said ho would find
q shaft there, covered with cat claw
bushes, ont OF which tho most gold wa.
taken, The man found everything Just
as tho old Indian told him, but long de-
use had filled up the shaft until 1t wa
nearly full.
ron returning, the old Indian could
not be- found. Heiiad gone ahead .nd
was not met for several days. lie then
said hc did not dare TO show the miuo &,
the white people, and protested thai
h. did not show u for fear the Great
Spirit would take his life. He said "a,
white man had found II, but BIO did mol
show Il.
II visited the mine afterwari, but
the work necessary to clean ont IA,
shaft was VOC great and too exponsiv,
10 undertake, and II has never beer
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