Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-01-04
Nil lt.''U'SS LOST MINES
ANCIENT EeD3 oF TREASURE THAT
CANNOT NOW BE LOCATED.

NSS'eNI EeD3 CF TREASURE THAT
CANNOT NOW BE LOCATED.
1he Romance Which Hoycrs Around
the Famous Hidden Mine os Taioua.
supcrstiifoH End Cunning or the
Native Indi:..,
OF tho lnaily 'aine; which were work;
ell by the SDaniarGs and which gave
tLci such. fabulous, returns for tac;r
l;sJs.s sc.;.'c,ty one can iie located 10.
.ay Aia.!y laM.aiitis' stories ~ to their
Whereabouts, have Icon fa!!owcl up.
Only To lie net With c.c.e,!.
OEa of the rclit ST Of those mines was
probably i..:.isca. about which lium-
Dolttt has written. 1t was worked long
before the Splnilids arrived i'll Mex
leo. and the gold and silver were made
INTO ornaments by the ;borigineS. \
fam iy i'll Csl:,ym;l; has IL necklace of
flying lie, l;alN..asc.l i'rs.n Il pi.na
chlef, who said that t,.2 l;:etal Was dag
from Iars.';,. Later the mine wA, ac-
NHirea hy Tie crown cf s;i.ain ;,ll Was
worked. with tho exception of a period
intervention. when the shafts were said
to have lsc2:l c@nccalcd L.; t..c a;l:nin-
istrator. Don .',lan Moreno, who was
forced to scc!. ,;...giy in fight. After
The stof,tia;l si peace ,..a location OF
I;si:lse: W., los:,scd fer in vain. III tu:.!
the mine E3N known az Jl:.',o l.; $50,
posed to be the S:.i::c. Mlc. r";.scov-
cred yc:;i.; ;l:s3 IDal',,o w;ls foa..l to
have bcsE extensively worked aIl the
shafts concealed uM;,ci. cayt.l a..s!
brush. Rich pillar; OF ore were found
i'll the Grift;. and lilc El:.e GORE :, III =
III many respect; With ilr Ca.;t.:..;,.:s, :s,..S
of Tarasca found in tie al.c!lYs; ci
the An!ei.;c;.n c;,:l ;,;.;tt, 1T t..;;.
Tho fame OF TlraSca l., e~,;i,*r,l lhs
the romance which bowers ;sYs"..i tia
lost mina OF T.:;c.a. \ M.,.....:.:,,:, o.
great wci.t:l Who N-::..s; i..;sol i..;.,.rtct.
in the subject la.Ie y -, {, Mli....,
to search for Gi;..l OIL t..e S;;3.let lie
found absolutely nothing 10 li1ye tha,
such Il mine llld cvci. been worked bN
the crown OF Spain. and there l.; Meth
ing III Me..ic:sa archives to e;t.:.,. ISL
the facts. quite IL; TRUSTWORTHY :;s Tic
written Go.H;ae.t; arc tie Traditions
sl.no;.y the l'i::.l I.E,..:l::s I'.les ni:,i.l-
tain ilat Taio..a c:::i:;ts a.!.! Il few
claim to know H.; whereabouts. Small
quantities of very rich ore arc occ;,-
sionally sold III TIE mountain mining
camp', but all attempts IL follow .:lv
Indians to the spot whore Il is foana
or to bribe tl!c:il to reveal ii have Eecn
unavailing. Their wants are fcss., an,,
they believe that should they rcvca!
the secret they would Crop t.cael. .a5o,lt
six years ago an old Pima e.iicf fell ii.
i'll one OF the valley pueblo; AID was
cured by u .Ic,.ican lady 50 wcl
known and universally rasrec. "a TIM
her statement is taken without uEcs
tion. The old Indian returned u hi,
tribe and from time 10 tiii.c sent X:
benefactrcs; rich bit; OF ore w!.:c.
sssaycd thousands OF Collars to TN
ton.
All her efforts to get him to lead IL
to the mine We're frilit,cs.;, loi. ia,
great spirit woE..sl strike hinl dead fo
the otiemse The fo.low.m Same. IL.
sonora Went To the mountain; ed l.y
ed among the Iil...i.ns fo.' t...:'ar III o:.tlls;
doctoring the sick and giving present
of ribbons ami gay calico to tie Won
Cn. She became convinced tii:.. t..lt
spot whence the r.cA o.2 cane NJ.
Taiopa. Finally The old chief ;.;,!llitsc;
that the mine was worked when l.s
was a boy and gave lcr!ii;ss;ion 10 t,,'.
women of the tribe 10 lead ,..c sea- ";
within 81 few yards of ,hc l..::la 50 l!.:i,
she might discover it for li,s.;".E :l:
save him FROM the penalty Of slls.de.
death for revealing it. The three Won,
ell Travelled mostly at E;1;...., ll:i.;..ll
through deep canyons and over loi.
mountains.
The fourth night :;o:::a l,ii.; ate
dark the Indian women lesl ll.i. i.,io
deep canyon and pau;a,l before !, l.ir
rock. In the Gin moonlight an OIL :,i
rastrl was; seen and ;,c.os., tl. c.i:..t1g
Il large orc dump. The wo.aan @;h
cred bits of ore fro:n tl,. Gul,p, h,:
was hurried away !,y t.le sl:..;N;, wil
said they would bc Killed If .Iisv d
layed beyond the time l::cai o:le.l l..
their chief. They Travelled III; Ill.
moon went Gown. rested ~ fcva' lloar
and went on before t.l.ti.g.. co..l.,.c.a
ly battling the Mexican M-o.s:.;i a.; i
the route they had taken. 'i'.,cy al
rived at the pIcblo at n.e-,ltfal, liiN
ing taken four Cay; u lei i t,.:a :...n
and but one to l.cts:::.i, tie o-;is', -; c5
,clusion being that she hal been !e:i i.
IL circle. Deslairing of :..;il..:s moro
the woman returned To her l:o:nr, b!
she hopes at some future mo u COS:
tinue the search.
Two other mines which are i':l,noS,
to have been the property of the rrow
during the Spanish o-.,pa;ion and
which there are nlany ronan.:c tlls
are the Reinl Mercesic:; and i,t. C
Blanca. Both have been p.35:',,,'
discovered and worked ln.,vl Gt.H
names. The Ee;lll Mercedes l.; Sn
posed to be one of :llc r:c;, Gorc.lcl
group and the Casa B.:incl the c.i:';t;
mine. Near the latter l.; an ;i.cicl
mine, now worked by Il Mcs:;c.,n co..
pany, which lla; open cut; on t,lc 81.
face for more than Il n;Ic III sever.
miles of underground working Nea
this mine. where once IL l.srg. cllurcl
stood, which has long s.nce fallen into
ruins, two copper bells have bcc!.
found. They bear the name of G,,ada.
1upe de Talopa. thus lending many to
the belief that the Tajos mine is tie
long lost Taiopa.-Ncw York Herald.