Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

pectors, had been forced TO abandon. losing
in thor flight all but a general knowledge Of
the location Of the mines. There Is a never
ending romance over these mines whose
wealth, while OF course somewhat problona.
teal, is still known to be very great.
Probably tho most famous Of all these
Mines according to the traditions handed
down from the Agtecs TO the Indians aud by
them transmitted to US, is that OF the "Home
OF Gold" This spot Of most desirable pos.
session is in a most wonderful valley some
whore In southwestern New Mexico, in the
Sierra Madre, ten acres in extent 1t il On.
closed by high, rocky walls, and Is accessible
only by a secret passage. In this valley 1t ta
always summer time, and thousands Of
tropical birds of rich plumnge flap their gaudy
wings among tho southern trees and yordure,
Across the valley there is lodge OF pure
yellow gold, thirty feet wide which glltters in
the sunlight With dazzling, bcwilderlug bril-
lianoy. A stream OF impld wator murmurs
dreamily across this ledge OF gold and rlp-
pies over the yellow metal as other streams
do over common rock. The legend is that
the ledge Of gold extends down 10 the centre
OF the earth, and that it will remain thore
until Montezuma returns to earth to free his
descendants from the dominion Of the kin of
the conquestadores They call this place
the Madre dOro, and bolieye that from It
will come tho wealth for the uses OF Monte
yuma. Years ago Jose Alyaray, wandering
like many another prospector. about the
Sierra Madro in search OF the "Homo OF
Gold,' saw the valley from the ton of the
wall. Unable to enter the paradise of ali the
gold hunters Of the southwest. no took nm
his abode with tho Indians who guard the
canyon leading into IT, He became a mem
Dor Of the tribe aud eventually the husband
OF the chiefs daughter. Iator on she be-
tIayed TO Jose the secret OF tho entrance IN
the valley, although to this dnv Il is rnvs.
terry to the Indians how the chiefs daughter
learned i. Taking advantage Of the infor-
nation, jose entered the valley and In his
greediness weighted himself down with cold
so that he could not escape by tho only wav
which had been pointed out to him. He was
discovered, and the Indians sacrificed him on
tho golden ledge with al the terrible core.
monies OF tho old Aztec religion. In despair
at losing her husband and in fear for herself
by reason OF her treachory. the chiefs
daughter threw herself into tho valley fn,,o
the top OF tho rocks and hor blood mipg,ad
with that OF her husband on tho gold Of m,
Mndre d'oro. Tho Indians sim ruarI tbo
"Homo OF Gold hut other prospoetors still
talk Of finding and securing 1t. dosplte tba
fact that many Of their calling have zone into
the slerre Madre mountains to find Il ana
have not returned.
Almost equally famous, but more tangible
Is the lost Cabin mine in Tho Big Horn mopn.
tains to discover which a score Of men bsva
lost their lives, and few their m,nds n
has boen discovered, re-discoyered ana Lost n
half-dozon times. aud is to-day as great a
mystery, and as interesting as over. Tho
man who iirst discovered the mine min ,bo
cabin, lost both and never found either ao,',n
was Alon hurlburt. California stampeder NJ
tho Forty-nine epoch. He was a deeept
quiet citizen OF Janesyilie. Wis. nnel ~
gold fever struck him in isla. when nke
thousands Of others, he went 10 the eo,st
expecting TO pick up great fortune in a fsw
days and return home to astunish and dasyl,
his Old nelghbors. Heprospectcd unsueaoss.
DULY IN hali dozen states and territore. snd
IN 1868 found him penalties in waia VAN
Managing to raise little money. he and t,yo
other ssntiresome spirits, Jones ana cox