Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-12
TWO ELUSIVE MINES.
LEGENDS OF THE BLUE BUCKET AND
LOST BASIN B0NANzAS.


once.
"Thcrc are two interesting legends of
lost mines that are famous all over the
northwest" said Spokane mining man
recently. MANY prospectoy has out
fitted at Spokane for search for the
Lost Basin and the Blue Bucket mines,
propositions that have hitherto cluded all
efforts to find them. The Blue Bucket
mine lies somewhere in Oregon, on line
drawn from the big bend of tho Snake
river, where it sweeps northward on its
way to the Columbia and extending to
Ireka, Cal.
1T was some time in 1850, believe,
that party Of home seekers struck IF
in HE foothills of the Rockies on the
Oregon trail for the northwest, intending
to work down into northern California.
They were farmers, pure and simple and
the news Of the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia had never reached them. They
had left the bend of the Snake river
some overwhelmingly the story is
not definite as to the number of days
behind them, and they camped one even
ing on the banks Of a stream, where they
rested their oxen aud horses for n couple
of days. While the men of the party
hunted the surrounding country for fresh
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Of all lost mines SEVERAL mulns aot
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