Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

toner, who up to that time had been igno-
rant of it's real value. The Mormon said
was a whole cliff OF 1t, and told the story
Of the original find. They. made up
party and returned to try to locate It, But
they never could find the trail, and the
'Gunsight Lode remained mystery for
years, though there Were hundreds who
went to look for It, There Is possibility
that both it and the Breyfogle are being
worked now among the rich mines struck
in the Randsburg and Kern county discov-
cries more than twelve years ago. But
there Is no certainty about 1t.
One of the more apocryphal Of the lost
mines is that of the Lost Cabin. OF
course, it may be that there have been
good many lost cabins. but nearly every
state has one of them. and the earliest rec
ord of the name was in story told by Kit
Carson in South Dakota in 1915. Now, Kit.
while most famous scout, was also con-
sidered by some as one of the most noto-
rious liars In the west. He told the story
of the lost cabin on what Is now known as
Cabin creek. But he never looked for 1t
himself. and drew so many different plans
of 1t. and distributed them to so many diff
ferent people. that 1T is very questionable
bottle
The same story may be met with in Col
orado, California, Oregon, Utah and Idaho
1t Is fact In Idaho, however, that the
Occur d'Alene deposits were known to the
Hudson bay traders In the early part Of the
last century, and were lost and forgotten
for fifty years before they were rediscov-
cred and worked on a modern scale.
"Oregon's prize lost mine is the Tin Buck
ct, that has defled relocatio for two gem
erations. The story is that miner, getting
lost in the woods located placer bed of
fabulous richness in the bottom of a stream
He had bucket along that he was carry
uh ha do thn Rn6
he loaded himself up with as many mug
gets as he could carry and hung the bucket
on the limb of a tree near the spot. He got
back to the settlements and refitting
started out to find the placer, but either
the bucket had been picked up by some In
dian. or there was something wrong with
the landmarks and he was never able to
get back 10 the spot.
"One of the most picturesque stories of
the same stretch Of country is that of the
famous 'Lingard's Lake in northern Cali
fornia. 1t is known throughout all that
region and Is told with great detail and
implicitly believed. There is a settlement
known as Nelsonpoint near the Feather
river. The storekeeper there was well ac-
gard, who in the fall of 1853 came into the
store with lot of nuggets, paid for an
outfit with them and disappeared. He
came back again the next season, paid for
a fresh outfit with more nuggets and again
vanished. This kept up for three years,
when he turned up again broke. and, TAX
ing the storekeeper into his confidence, told
him the story of his troubles.
"Lingard had been prospecting In the
Feather river country during the flag end
of very dry season. He had gotten off
the track of water, but finally found lake,
where he stopped for a drink. When he
stopped for a mouthful Of water he was
amazed to find the bottom where he was
drinking covered with nuggets. 1t was a
beautiful country and there was fall of
about ten feet into the upper end Of the
lake. Here the gold was even richer, and
Lingard loaded up with all of 1t he could
carry and started to make his way out to
civilization. He was weak, and found be-
fore ne had gone far that he had over
taxed his strength SO he cached the most
of his gold at the foot of big pine tree
that would serve landmark, and finally
made his way back to Nelsonpoint.
Before he had time to outfit and return
1t came ON to rain-one of those drenehing
downpours common enough in northern
California. He waited till the rain was
over ana started back to look for the gold
lined lake. He did not find II that season.
and searched persistently for it for three
years. He found lakes. but none with
ten-foet fall at the upper end. and finally
when his nuggets had given out and he was