The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-01-05

mine. SOmSClmeS THIS romance is
intermingled with grim reality. Be-
cause when you come to thresh it
with it's endless waste of space, with
no vegetation, its burning sands and
its dried up water holes. 1t forms
an almost endless narrative of the
regiment that has never been listed.
In it's wake have followed the reck-
less spirits of all times. It's story
is the story of the rowing sons, its
mystery, the mystery of the silent
places.
But of all the lost mines of which
we nave any record that of the Lost
josephine" perhaps carries with it
mere that is really tangible and more
that appeals to the imagination than
any other of the supposed buried
treasures on this continent
Expedition after expedition has
been fitted out with view to re-
discovering and locating this mine.
One of the last was financed by sew
eral theatrical men, of which Tyrone
Power, the leading man in The Ser
want in the House" company, was
prominent figure. The last expedi-
ton was based upon the report of
an old prospector who made his home
at Provo, Utah. He claimed to have
discovered the old workings, and the
following account is the verbatim re-
port as taken down in his own Ian
guage. This is the first time that
this story of the Lost Josephine"
has been made public Nothing,
however, came of the expedition, but
that does not divest the old pros
Pector's narrative of it's intense HUI
man interest.
Mr.. Power has many large mining
interests in Montana and Utah, but
he still believes that some day the
Lost Josephine" will be located.
The following is the old prospect
or's story:
The Lost Josephine Mine.
The Lost Josephine Mine is sit
Uated in Wasatch county, state of
Utah. The story is as follows, to-
wit: Twenty-Five years ago, when
Major Berry had charge of Fort
Thornburg, four Spanish prospectors
came into the fort and asked for
permit to hunt up the Lost Josephine
(believed to be situated in the In
dian Reservation) This request
was granted by Major Berry, but
after fruitless summers search the
Spaniards gave up the hunt, but be-
fore leaving for Mexico they gave
Mr.. Berry a map of the old work.
Ia$e A1yv A.
archives of Mexico, giving in full all
the directions, length of workings,
slope of dyke, directions of tunnels,
side of rivers, output of gold last
shipment, bitches, reservoirs, etc.
Six years ago one P. H. Beasley,
of Provo, found large red dyke in
the reserve. Major Berry having
heard of this find, and believing it
to be the red dyke spoken of in the
map quickly interested Judge Viks-
ford, Major Berry and Thomas Blood,
who put up money, got passes from
Washington and sent mining expert
to Provo to meet Mr.. Beasley, and
as soon as Mr.. Beasley got home
from Nevada the articles of agree
ment between VishbOrne, Beasley,
Berry, ct al, We're drawn up by one
Mr.. Owen Smoot Sr., our present
secretary and treasurer of the COM
pany, as to each of their holdings,
etc, and who has also seen a map
taken from the Catholic Monastery
of Mexico City, corresponding with
the one Major Berry had gotten from
the Spanish prospectors. Now, then,
after Berry Beasley, ct al, was go
ing up a stream in the reserve full
of eager expectations of finding the
red dyke, imagine to their disapp0int-
ments when upon inquiry by Major
Berry as to the side of the river this
dyke was situated upon, after being
informed that it was on the south
side of the river and sloping to the
west, Major Berry turned pale, and
replied that it was useless to go
further, for as per map, it was on
wrong side of stream, sloped wrong,
everything was wrong, nothing fit,
there was no old workings; further
prospecting stopped there and then,
they all quit the field in complete
disgust.
Indian Hunters Find.
After lay down of eight years an
Indian, while hunting venison on the
cid workings of the Josephine Placer
Mine, picked up rock to sharpen
his knife upon, and discovered that
fully one-half of it was gold. This
Indians name is "Angateewats, told
Mr.. Beasley as near as he could
where he picked up this arriferous
gravel. Myself and Beasley while
hunting for this rock, found the
place where he had picked it up, also
the Lost Josephine Mine. What the
archives say as to why it came lost:
This mine was worked in the year
1888, one hundred and twenty-five
years ago. 1t seems the Spanish
came into this country by the thou