The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-07-01
a story Of caehea WeaIth

A Story OF Cacned wealth.
tpre ,ttt. AriZ.. JOurna-Miner1
Linked to the Site chosen for in |
lloneer home af Arizona is a very 4n-
lterest.ue STORY of the caehing 81 fE5u-l
lous sums Of gold Il viii Dee remeIa-
be-ed ID. about 20 years ago char
| les OMalia was sent To his city from
Denver. at the instance II Rev. Faith
r GubifOsi. a well known Catholic
lpfiest. and formerly the prizes. Of this
parish. to solve the existence Of tha
/ location ut this treasure. Back III %
movement is a thrilling tale OF adj
venture and death. I'm all making one
of he most vivid and fascina ing eX-
periences with lost mines or hidden
| treasures that the West is christened
with.
| Mr. OMalia came TO Prescott. and
in close proximity 10 the ST e Of the
home selected. began the work Of eX
ploring The ground for the treasure it
AS supposed to hold. 4 force of l1|
men was employed. and the work of
] eXcavaung the soil. i'm digging
trenches. moving immense b0uider
out of position. and in sinking shafts.
was earn,s silly and zealously prosecut
ed for over 4 year without the re-
! ward being given that was expected.
The land was bought from Mr.. Mu,-
lphy and the option price paid. Sever
Il acres were perforated Ike a sieve
ana not spot hat looked inviting
was overlooked.
Visitors in this day see the work
that vas performed. aud as is euslo-
lmary. various interpretations are CIV
IN for the motive of the exploring
The truc story that prompted the
faithful work has never been told.
and briefly is due 10 The following
circumstance:
In th hospital of the sisters Of
charity at Denye. was an inmate
whose name has been forgotten. \
few weeks previous 70 his death he
I aonfided TO Father Gubitosi and IN
Catholic church secret that he hat
carried for years and running back
, TO a day that antedated the found-
ling of Arizona. and incidentally be-
discovery of the famous placer beds
It Rich l.,ll In normal mental con
J lition at the time Of his fist mention
4 ing the subject he outlined he stated,
: lust before death overlook him, thai
/ lhe had secreted a sum of placer gOl
s. hat would run close to $4,000 m
value. The topography of the coun
lry In which the gold was cached con
formed 20 the site above mentioned
I'm a late year Father Gubitosi agalI
: visi ed this section and made i PEI
, sonal examination of all hills OF al
:, elevated character and finally it wa.
, decided to begin the work here. !
; seems that the man under the care VI
the sisters at Denye- had enJre,
this section from some point evident
\ IN in the eastern section OF the terri
tory. ON the Navajo Indian reserve
u and with two others was fleeing Will
4 ais immense treasure of placer sol
i rhe Morollons Mce passed over an,
= The Verde valley was reached. WIT
Z be ihree miners they each had mul'
to ride. end two animals were loade'
u with whai little food they had an
p the gold that they had secured. Tn
$ passed VI the Verde and hugged th'
8 strelm entering the open coun ry VIZ
Granite creek While in the VERDI
s valley one of the men was seized VIII
4 malarial fever, and passed away
& Afler reaching the hills that lay clio"
to Granite creek and in close toucl
D tc Granite valley, Indians At acke'
hem. one Of the men was strucl
u bv an arrow which was poisoned
Il and died in a few days from nn'
wound
At this point. the man who confid
d the secret to Father Gubltosl, sal
Ne then struck for the open land ina
Is now Lonesome valley. and at night
" would rcturn to the banks Of Granit'
creek for water lie continued ht
= travelling along this stream, and I'm
lallv become exhausted, entering 4
u strip of country that would permit o
no further retreat and afforded desir
liable conditions for ambushlng him
This Identical ground is that to d.
seen surrounding Prescott. II WA
here that he stored the gold. an'
with the animals that he had he con
tinued tc travel until the Colorado
river was reached. lie also said tRa
the gold was placed near a sprin
of water under boulder tha ~
rolled onto the spot. and mat al III
foot OF The mountain there was a rum
ing stream, with lit le valley open
q ing into it near by
1, After crossing the Colorado ne drlt'
ed down It until what vas then a mi
81 litary pest at Yuma was reached. =
went in'O California. and in the man
vears that interviewed. during th
Apche warfare. never dared 10 retur
/. to seek the riches. Sickness oyel
r took him. and paralysis followed, h
finally becoming a subject of Chart
4 of the church. At the enl he desire
/. The church 20 receive The benefit @
+. his secret. hence the work was prose
n cuted. bur unsuccessfuliy.
4 This is the story, and to this dA
e visitors to the place look intently a
S. the spots dug into, and some also Or
h. their hand and dc little work