The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-12-15
GHOST CT A MINER
Points Ont a Hidden Lode Ct Gc'd
and Enriches a
Grandson.

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Bringing a bottleflled with almost
pure gold taken from lode long hid
den in The mountain Businesses, not
far from here, w. +. Bartlett and
NJ. c. Black, both well known busi-
ness men. are back after perilous
trip TO the Cascades. Theirs, how
ever was labor richly rewarded
though the atory is 50 interviewer
with Spiritualism and romance that
it is well night incredible. Bartlett
is the grandson of ID. l.. lrgels, a
miner of the early ffties in these
parts. who was murdered in the hills
by his partner. The Bartlett family
are spiritualists. and Bartlett de-
clares his dead and murdered grand
father. through a Portland medium
sent word to him to find the lost
mine and he would be independent
for life.
Bartlett who is the proprietor of
the Pacific House here, swears posi-
lively that he received specific di-
rections from the spirit of his grand
father how to proceed to the lost
mine. Moreover, he was told to Sc
lect NJ. c. Black, a secondhand deal
er here. to accompany him. The
mon will not tell of the location of
their find. but say it cannot be reach
ed save by making an extremely
dangerous trip and one filled with
hardship, especially at this time Of
the year. when the mountains are
firmly in winters icy grasp. In the
the spring they will return and de-
velop their find.
In a rough and mountains section
they say they found gray quartz
ledge. literally filled with precious
metal. Small pieces were broken
off. pounded up in a frying pan
which they had with them and the
gold picked out by the mems fingers
and placed into a bottle. Should
the ledge prove as rich as the samp-
les a man could make mortar and
gold pan, and in weeks time take
out enough of the gold to make him
wealthy. The country where the
ledge is located is wild and precipi-
tous, and during the stay of the men
the snow was falling heavily and
they remained only long enough to
satisfy themselves of the location OF
the ledge.
As evidence of their find they have
the little bottle of gold dust, which
has already been viewed by dozens
of people and tests have been made
by o. d. Johnson which prove that
the mineral is genuine.
But the find is not SO marvellous
as the manner in which it was made
and the tale runs like a fry
story.
d. +. Ingels, the grandfather Of
Mr.. Bartlett, was a pioneer prospect
or. He was one of the hardy Forty
Miners Of California, and in com
pany with eight others drifted into
this section in 1856
Alone h. made find in the noun
tains adjacent to Wenatchee which he
considered the greatest discovery OF
hislife. In making trip into the
mountains he was murdered by a
companion named Jack Knot, and
the body lies buried % miles up the
east side of the Columbia River from
Wenatchee. To the members OF his
family he had confided the great Sc
cret has been kept as an heirloom ev-
or since.
The members of the Bartlett fami-
ly are Spirtualists, and last summer
the dead grandfather, through a
Portland medium revealed the
whereabouts of the gold to the
grandson. Minute directions as to
its location were given, and final
disposition of the profits of the find
were made. M. c. Black was select
ed by the spirit of the grandfather
to accompany his grandson IN the
search. Mr.. Black consented to go,
and the journey proved to be. a per.
ilous one. but so minute had been
the direction given that the rich
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