The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-12-30
MExICO'S LOST MINES
ANCIENT BEDS or TRsAsuRE THAT
CANNOT NOW BE LOCATED.
Tbs Romance wafeh Hovers Aranna
tao Faraoas HEaaen Nine Of Tasepa.
Superstition and nnfn Of the
Native Indians.

Superstition aaa Cunning OF the
Native Inafan..
OF the many mines which were work
ed by the Spaniards and which gave
them such fabulous returns for their
labor scarcely one can be located to
day. Many romantic stories as to their
whereabouts have been followed mp.
only to be met with defeat.
One of the richest of those mines was
probably Tarasca, about which Hum
boielt has written. 1t WAS worked long
before the Spaniards arrived in Mex
leo. and the gold and silver were made
into ornaments by the ah~origineS. A
family in Gfuaymas has a necklace Of
flying fish purchased from a Pima
chief, who said that the metal WAS dug
from Tarasca. Later the mine was ac-
quirtst by the crown of Spain and was
worked. with the exception II a period
during the Apache war. til the French
intervention. when the shafts We're said
to have been concealed by the admin
istrat0r. Dom Juan Moreno. who was
forced 20 seek safety in eight After
the restoration of peace the location Of
Tarasca wa looked for 10 vain, though
the mine now known as Ubarbo is sup
posed TO be the same. When rediscoy
cred years = Ubarto was found 10
have been extensively worked and The
shafts concealed under earth and
brush. Rich pillars Of ore were found
in the drifts. aud the mine corresponds
in many respects with the descriptions
Of Tarasca found In the archives %
The American consulate at Guaymas.
The fame of Tarasca is eclipsesl 10y
tbe romance which hovers around the
lost mine Of Taiopa. A Mexican ~
great wealth who was much interested
ia the subject made a trip Ia Madrid
10 search for data On the subject lie
found absolutely nothing 10 prove that
such a mine bad ever been worked by
the crown Of Spain, and there is moth
INK ia Mexican archives 10 establish
the facts. quite as Trustworthy as the
writtcn documents are the traditions
among the Pima Indians. They main
tain that Taiopa exists and 81 few
claim 10 know its where's bouts, Small
quantities nf very rich ore ara oeca
ssouaily sold st the mountain mining
camps. hut ali attempts 10 follow tine
Indians TO the spot where il Is found
Of to bribe them TO reveal IL have been
unagaiIing Their wants are few. and
tbey believe that should they reveal
the secret they would drop dead About
SIX years aE0 an old Pima cuarf fen l}
in cite OF the valley PuebioS and was
cured by a Mexican lady So well
kuoNB ana universally respected tnat
her statement il taken without qBvS
ton. The old iudinn returned 10 bis
tribe aud from time 10 time Seff hts
heuefactre~S rich bits OF ore which
assaye,i thousands az dollars So tie
tom.
Al her efforts To get bin t9 lead bee
60 tlc niue were fruitlesv, fer tbe
great spirit would strike him deaa for
tire offeu~e The following summer TIE
ze1ora wsut 10 che mountains and Nv
Z esi among the Indians for three months,
doetoriBg the sick and giving presents
at ribbons and gay calico 20 the rom
eu. Shr became convinced that tbe
I spot whence the rich ore ana was
Taiola. t1hnliy the ok1 chief admitted
ihat tl4e mine was worked when be
was a bsy aud gave permission 70 two
women OF the tribe To lead the sonora
within a few yards OF the mine 50 that
she miSiit discover il for herself and
save hin from tie penalty OF sudden
death for revealing il, The three won
en- Travelled mostly at night. passing
through deep canyons and over .Dftv
mountains.
The fourth night sotne hours sftcI
dark the Indian vonen led her lBto a
deep canyon and paused before q large
rock, In the dim moonlight an oa AZ
tastra VAS seen and across the canyon
a large ore dump The woman gath
erssi bits OF ore from the dnI0u. BOT
was hurried AVA BY the sauaws, who
said they would ts killed IL they de
layei beyond the time laqnlious<s by
their ehicf They ira yrisa Til she
aao-tsa went down. rested a few hours
aud went oa before daylight. complete
II battling the Mexican woman 50 81
the route they bad taken. The ar
risesl az the pueblo at nighffaN haY
ltg taken four days TO reach tiANnine
and but Il Go return. the obvious Aeu
eiusiou being that she had been "a
a circle. pcspairtng ~ gaining "a
tbe wenan returned &C. her home
sae hof.~. al sotme futmfe upae a. s
t.nae the search
Two other msues Nhieh are s8pies--
- have ussu the property ~ the aN
during ne spanish occupation ana oi
which theFv are mans funaaGle tae
are the lssinA 1eres~lrs asai lLe t
HlAnes Both have l*vn pFue@1s u
sti@sosswsvi aaa NaFAsd asalss sEl
naas~ The IsstwA ATrvssiea : sal
lassvsl e. ~ aas Il ghe Fish C0uehss
sEsswp sad ihe nlansa ihe satas
mus Nssy tle a,tef : as ale.sut
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