The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-20
INDIAN TALES
OF TREASURE
Wonderful Deposits of Colo On
Reservation.
RHODES MINE WAS NO DREAM
UTEs IN THE CITY KNOW ALL
ABOUT THE GOLD.
MINE WAS NO DREAM

Wealth such as might tempt an ar-
Fonaut CT the days of -4s to turn from
his beaten path or make a successful
klondiker green with envy - buried
in the hills Of the Uintah reservation
within easy access Of salt Lake City.
That is. If contact with civilization has
not turned the heads OF the Ote IN
dams and caused them to depart from
the narrow path Of cold truth.
Inc advent az ne Indians brought in
by Major Myl0n mas tended to revive
interest in the reputed wealth Of tire
reservation and the wonderful deposits
Of gold that tempted Caleb Rhodes.
generation ago. While on every side
what seems Ike confirmation of the
dreams Of riches is met, no pick dis
turbs the solitude OF thCse mighty
rock, ibbed hills nor does the temerity
Of Tho bold prospectOr lead him thither.
Indians are pleasant. affabie, cOmpan-
ionable creatures when or exhibition
within the tented walls of the carnival
enclosure. At home. in their native
wiids their hospitality nay be an
bounded. yet something materially akin
10 fear OF these same gentle reds keeps
the goid-hunter at a respectful dis
lance.
Tales of Golden Wealth.
While Major NIyton is endeavorine. to
naut aud discourage invasfcns by de-
nying the existence of the hidden
wealth, the old men Of the tribe are less
cautious. Since their arrival more
than one eager mortal has listened to
TIE tale of the golden stream whose
banks are rich with placer gold and
many quiet note has been made of
landmarks and favorable locations. All
this has revived the story OF the
Rhodeses-father and son--the former
long since gone to meet his reward,
the latter keeping at a respectful dis
tance because Of close acquaintance
with the Indians and the zeal they
show in guarding their possessions.
Many years ago. the legend runs
Caleb Rhodes ST.. discovered the source
OF this wealth, gathered a baEful OF the
ore and brought it to Brigham Young.
The latter examined #. realized its
richness. ana with characteristic
shrewdness is said to have forbidden
the expl0 tatiOn OF the strike. lest il
should prove the incentive that would
cause a tremendous influx of outsiders
to the valley Thus the location, over
looked and forgotten. passed from
thought as an idle dream. so far as the
pubic was concerned. Not so with
Rhodes. The latter. a thrifty black
smith OF Summit county. is reported to
have made an annual trip to the near
by Eldo-ado, securing on each occa sion
- sutficiency Of this worlds goods to
last MIN through the yep. The lat
ter's son, now living nesr ice is said
70 have been handed tn -cret by his
father 1t is . subject & Mr.. Rhodes
mas never BEEN over an Gus to discuss
hence the lapse Of the location into
mines
Gossip has it that the Price man
made one attempt to emulate his faith
ers example. It was his first and last
whether his experience was as hsrrow-
! ing as that of the man Rider Haggard
caused to invade King SoIomon's mines
In his book Of Jaat name viii probably
never be known Sufficient 1t is that
Rhodes returned to civiliz9tion with
MS scalp in tne position nature placed
it. vet Withal so impressed by what he
had passed through that he has
eschewed the subject and the society Of
the reservation ever since Plt the
attempt TO exploit the mineral wealth
Of the reservation did not end there.
nor is il likely to after the information
the Indians are now handing out gra-
tuitclisly. \ Provo man. Mr.. Hathen-
bruCE, secure Iease on part of the
10 harvest .he fruits Of his enterprise
when The federal government stepped
IN and said nay. 49, nay it was for
not an ounce of tho gold has left the
reservation. unless surreptitiously.
Know Gold is There
Yes, 1 know. L know" said VERNE
Mack, son OF the head Of the camp.
when asked concerning the mines.
Maybe the gold there. Many men
have seen it, but what is the good? I
have not see IL. What the use2 We
are rtch-haVe All we want We eat
the gold for ornament white man see
II ana come 70 steal The Indian po-
lice rest him and much trouble. we
can I take the gold away and sell II.
government won't let us. We leave It
there. Then IL won't run away When
we want it we find it still there. we
nave plenty money. wagon, harness
blanket. We have plenty ornament
why We want gold? We let it alone
and it all right
Crafty old snake John has not al
lowed sevensy-six winters 20 slip over
his head without knowing pretty nea,-
what Is in the hills OF the reservation.
Snake John was not inclined to be verv
communicative. but he. too. had his
say on the subject.
1T there all right said Snake John.
We no take IL. We no have some
BODY else take it. We just let all alone
ana don talk about no gold. Then
we no trouble"
Why you want to know about
goic? 2 demanded Jane. the oldest W.
man pr2Dabiy and the hardest worker
IN tue camp. You want to come take
Then she called shriIly TO Others Of
the tribe and, with blank faces. the
REDS discussed the matter in their own
tongue. For several minutes the TAR
Eon continued. Then Jane TUNED to
her questioaer Il no talk such
thintsi she said. Nobody talk such
things. Bimeby Charley Mack he come
back. Maybe he talk Such things
no sable And while Jane turned 10
her work silence fell on the csmD
that lasted until the stranger had Ieft
no one being willing to discuss the sus-
picious subject further.
GRAND BALL AT sALTAIR.
SATURDAY,. Sept. q Train leaves - r.