El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28
RICH MINE
REVEALED
BY a Peculiar flight or the
Mountain.
ANCIENT SUPERSTITION
OF the MexiCans Tested by Miner,
Mho Found that the Promise
Came True, ana He Made His
Stake All Right.

II was looking out of my window
one beautiful evening during my stsy
In the state OF Michoacsn," said the
old mining mau who WAS on his way
70 the States from Mexico, when l
saw one Of tneee lights that appear
on the mountains in Mexico. They
are a natural phenomenon of Q stmilac
lure TO the Icx o lantern SO well
aiGOwn in the United States, and there
is = general belief among the Mexicsns
that wherever these lights appear
there is q rich deposit of precious
metal.
Tine lights fash up suddenly and dis
appear in euch a manner IS TO make
IL hard to tell exactly where 1t was.
On the same principle g. she rainbow.
You remember when q child that you
were told there Was q pot OF gold at
the spot where the rainbow touched
she earth but you could not locate that
spot. But iI seemed gLis time that L
knew the place over which the light
appeared 1t seemed TO be upon an
extra high peak of III mountain range
aud the peak lowered so prominently
above the rest of the ridge that !
could not help but remember where IL
was-
''As had nothing else 70 do the next
morning 1 decided TO test the theory.
l knew was among people that
would NOS laugh at me for going to
see IL / could find the gold mine that
abe light appeared over, for all the
natives firmly believed In the legend
So the next mornins l organized a
party OF men and burros with provi-
sions aud set out TO climb the noun
talns and search for she treasures the
resting place of which has been re-
-ealed to me by the mysterious light
We were three days getting 10 the
pl see aud when We reacbei IL we found
Ine side of the peak covered with
sreeutsh rock, known to mining men
ss slide.
AZ could see no lodges or anything
70 Indicate the presence Of ore and l
took the formation TO be q valueless
porphyry or granite and felt an inward
soreness at myself for being such a
fool as to make that long, tiresoue trip
chasing . phantom. But we sal down
10 rest before turning our steps toward
home and while resting / took q ham
mer and Clipped of some pieces OF the
rock. The inside looked promising aud
l pushed my investigation farther. II
did not take q great while TO convince
me that the rock formation was highly
impregDased with copper and making
some locations l returned home with
my outfit.
'when I arrived back at the house
WHCfc ~aS SbopPAHk L 5-c"C0 NY
specimens to several who were stop
Ing at the same place and what DO you
think those fellows did? They organ
lied q party and snesked out in search
of my rich find. But they could not
find Is. After three months of fruit
less clambering over the rocks and
hills thew came back and ackno wledg-
ed that they had been bunting for ny
find aud accused me OF playing joke
on them. But when l got ready /
went ont with force of Mexicans and
commenced taking away the copper.
AFTER l bad made gOodly sum out
of the removir z of the ore L sold my
right TO the property to the men who
would have stolen IL from me If they
could have found It. They paid me
well for it too, bu: they did not lose
ny IL, for they are now realizing big
profits from IL. The property IL now
ere of the most noted ia the state Of
Michoacap."