The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-27
For BURIED TREASURE.
West End Of Beaver County Has az
Attractive Excavation.


Brown, O. T.. Sept. es.-Undel' sheriff
McIlew. who has been serving papers IN
the west end of the county. returned last
week and states that parties n the west
end are actively engaged in diEgtng fer
buried treasures. While crossing the
Mesa between the corrumpa ard Cimar-
ron rivers McKew came upon an eHes-
walton, and being curious 70 know Why
hny one would be digging up the eattn
in that vicinity drove over 70 inVesti-
gate, says the Herald. lie came upon
Michael Ryan and from him learned the
following story:
According 20 an old Spanish Mexican
legend. which has been handed Gown
for generations among the Aezicans.
vast quantity OF gold was buried oY
Spanish expedition. which Is known
among the Mexicans AZ the lost treas.
,re OF the Tres piedras' According to
,hss legend. the trail Of the expedition
WAS marked by huge ssonss lrregalsTv
placed AZ some distance apart. but sof5s-
Inc symbol resembling . Gigantic ist
Ter y. chiSeled on the under face %
the rock al the point ~ this " "oHia
be found the symbol " and IN" WHO'S
svraboi marked the direction IN when
the next marks of the trail would %
found Thsse stones would b foune Al
a distance Of from ave 20 ten miles apart.
They can be found IN many places eass'
ward from Las Vegas and satta re. y
M and several years ago prierts % tins
Catholic church enpioyed guides ara
fol,ov.a the srsin 90 within thirty-nv~
miles 81 CLAYTON. \ II. where IL wa
loaf a1d further search vas ehanSoSea
Ryan Is now an Old man. He mss i've
IN the sess al Dir BE aEd 80 a shiis
ulaying With Mexican Children sesfa~s
thelr language. vhsch he sp@s<- n"~nily
&r his llfe he has bean familisf SIN tas
mary Nerican IeEsnsz. t'sss Lac otsefs
bas never Dasd any affenfion - tnern.
and probably would nc; uoN. haa y ne'
lee. e,r an incident fsw years sss
which canses him 20 take up ihc tFSh
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.lfry overland IA northeastern New Mel
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night and not beius near a rfttsfr""s
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