Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-08-14
He FOUND The LOST CABIN.
KANSAS CITY MAN ONCE LOCATED
THE MYTHICAL NINE.
With n Party, Deputy Marshal Mad
sen Once Rushed Into the Bad
Lands From Fort washaki
After a Gold Mine.

"Ths miners out IN Wyoming are claim
ing they have found the Lost Cabin said
Deputy United States Marshal Girls Mad
sen yesterday. IF they nave. they viii
be able to clear up a mystery that has
caused more comment than anything else
connected with the mining that has been
done in that territory. II IS a great story
that is told about the Lost Cabin and many
a hardy cowboy and miner has Travelled
and hunted through the Bad Lands for
weeks trying TO find H..
The Lost Cabin is located out some
where in the Bad Lands that lie adjacent
to the point whore the Little and Big Wind
rivers unite to form the Big Horn river.
Il is about sixty miles from Fort Wazhaki,
a fort that was named in honor Of the old
chief that ruled the territory there for 50
many years.
1t was about 1874 that a crowd Of five
miners with their outfits and supplies start
Cd from the fort 70 prospect along the
rsyines near the junction Of the two rivers.
They were gOHe fer several weeks. one
! evening one Of the miners came wander
ing back 10 the fort. Ills pockets were
hlied with nuggets u gold 30 big that they
fairly TUNED the heads u the moi about
tie fort. The Door miner Wa- crazy. some
thing had baDDeHed-tHey were never able
- find out HEat-aEd his reason had fed.
lie could only HITHuF "a times something
about the cabin, the last cabin If lived
for " years there but the only HsHsrk
Re eyer was able ~ make Was something
about the lost eaHdH'
'FHe TioHss he Lad win Tim end tLs *
psFtsH'ss be han undergone caused Ersat
excitement - IEs fart aLg 9 bE eEBsgl-
800 Was EciH3kq - one Iy z. cut afHl ny
stf b..ate ~ btass u #as s8fHissa tlat
- Hfih HsH fS4F9 2 NE #lse Hs4t Hley
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ttEt1 ~ ftHisHs ana Niaf me H8aH EgR
fsH4sale4,. siyFe baf es'speq. THa ssBeF=
lands my. HeBFsqs aaf unsettled rs Fe4-
~ Thhg HYhtsa aI 1TAf t4e f4g taH1s
hHt Trey never. wire HEie 70 FTG fire lSSf
tgbiH mi an they fHG ne slightest Hass
sf ts tg5f eYJ prospectus
bsG BeaH f5td each wear a5G every ne
ptifettlY fahanisr with g. One sfefessh
half ttszy taHboy came teafihs aB IL
thaf he Bs1. found he fost Cabin ii
tux oflg p few hStgfs ~ erf r lie rfsud
d miners ana fsnEhmen rtsdy 20 70 cut
~EytfVbedg believed that with the finding
~ the List Cabin would b. fond p mipe
50 rteh that a fortune would be PICKED
up ~ p day. With this idea. every ore
wanted 70 be in early and get 2 claim We
went whoopine along cut 70 the place
The cowboy had been riding about hook
ing for sOfne cattle. 20 he claimed. In
ealopiqg along by 2 little gulcn his pony
had fallen into p hole and thrown him.
He WAS sixty miles from = settlement and
WAS very much surprised 10 find himself AT
q cabin. built Of hewn logs. lie tied his
pony ana investigated. u was a gloomy
and d~esolate place. At the door Of the
bleachrd by the suns OF many summers.
Inside two other skeletons were found. and
near by. at the mouth Of 4 tunnel was
still another skeleton. T~ndismayed. he
carried on A brief Investigation The
tunnel led back into the hill. The light
showed il TO be a big tunnel and quite
deep. He was convinced he had found the
Lost Cabin and the mine that went with IL.
Ne rode back to the fort 20 get help and
provisions.
found things just as he had told
rs when we got there. The skeletons were
buried and all hands went to work mining.
The tunnel yielded "A heavy ore that was
black. Everybody mined a quantity Of II
and the hills were covered with pros
pectOrs. ! got "A donkeylOad Of the black
ore and hurried back to the fort. People
and were short on provisions. ! sent out
p big load Of provisions and cleared a big
profit. Then ] sent my ore 20 Salt Lake
for assay. Ny ticket showed no gold. no
silver. no platinum-nOthing but plumbaRO.
II was a big mine. but utterly worthless TO
the place and the Lost Cabin craze took
its place with other bOOms that had been.
The old story Of the Lost Cabin has
been told and retOid hundred Of times.
around the mining camps Of the West. 7
had quite forgotten IL until I saw to-day
Cabin again. / wonder II they have found
our plumbagO mine again.