The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-11
SEARCH FOR A MINE
Pfospectoss Still Hope to Find the
Famous Lost Claim.
WERE SURPRISED BY INDIANS
Four Lives Have Already Been sacri
ficed. bur the Surrey Gold Hunt.
ers Are Undismayed..

Garfield, April 7.-Every mining coun-
try has its traditions. more or less OBJ
scure, of vast sums discovered and then
lost, and many are the men who spend
their lives searching for these hidden
treasures. The renewed interest in
mining has brought these old stories
prominently to the front at the present
time.
Perhaps the most widely known of
any or the stories of this class-certain-
ly the most widely located-is that of
the Lost Cabin. The searchers for this
mysterious place. where miners were
surprised by Indians after burying thou
sands of dollars under the dirt floor of
their cabin, makes but few proselytes
owing to the wide divergence in the ap-
proximate locality assigned to it by
dlferent tellers of the story, different
| parts OF California, Oregon Idaho.
Montana and British Columbia being
the proper place according to the vari-
Gus chroniclers.
Walkers Nevada cement mine. made
famous by Mark Twain, who tells in
"Roughing It. how he lost a cool mill
lion by tracking off after Walker still
mas many believers all of whom ex-
pect some day to find that treasure and
hood the world with a supply Of gold
exceeding In amount all hitherto
known.
"A party is being organized here to
search for the blue Buckets" said to
nave been discovered by q party of I'M
migrants coming to Oregon in 1854.
Ihey are going under Instructions from
one or the original finders and conf
IDENTIFY expect that on their return the
civilized world viii make a rush to ret
onto silver basis.
THE robson MINE.
But the tale that is Of most interest In
this section is that of the "Robinon
mine," which is supposed to be sonae-
where on the headquarters of the Clear
water. AS the story lacks age II r.
not so widely known as the Others.
According to the accepted version.
seven or eight years ago man named
Robson, or Robinson, was prospectine
on the upper Clearwater, and almost
iamished for want of food, being unable
10 XIII any game. Finally he killed his
horse, dried part OF the meat and start
ed westward for civiliza ton. A couple
OF days after leaving the remains of his
horse, he saw nuggets of gold in the
bottom of small stream from which
he was drinking. The lack of pro-
visions and the lateness of the season
prevented him remaining there, but he
picked up some of the nuggets and care
fully noticed the surrounding land
marks, intending to return the next
year. When he arrived at Walla Walls
he had about $4,000 in gold.
The next year, in company with two
other men, he started to return. and
when almost to the place where he
found the gold. became insane. Shortly
after he died His companions contin-
ued the search but only succeeded In
finding the remains OF his horse The
next year these two tried again to find
the treasure. but one of them died and
the other narrowly escaped death from
starvation. Last year another party OF
three men tried to find the place, the
death of two OF them, Glid Holbrook
and one other whose name can not now
be recalled being still fresh in the
minds of the reading public.
In spite of the tragic ending of each
OF the previous expeditions, that coun-
try will this year be assaulted by hun
dreds OF prospectors, each intent on
finding the locality where Robson
picked up his thousands.
That region has the added attraction
of being supposed to hide immense
treasures throughout its entire length
and breadth, even should the story told
by Robson be but the fancy of dis
eased mind.