The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-29

two mules and hypotenuse OF tos
arabic land
The sheet Of paper was Of theoA
blue kind used during tho Civil sai
II was dated June IL. 1868: Al.
II described the hiding place Of to
burro.loads Of gold and silver soA
valued at $500. 900. Old Rundle-gr,n,
father of his grandson. sam--Na
given the Information by Spanin
priest who was In on tho treann-
burying. and who died many ysas
before-no. afterward-in old Runilss
house. Old Rumble wrote It eon
from dictation.
why didn't your father look It's
up7" | asked young Rumble.
He went blind before he couh 10
So" he replied.
Why didn't you hunt for It yor.
self" | asked.
Well" said he, i've only hnon
about the paper for ten years. Fist
there was the spring plowin' to o.
and then chopin the weeds out oi
tho corn. and then come takin' ID.
der. and mighty soon winter wasin
us II seemed to run along that NY
year after year"
That sounded perfectly rensonaio
TO me. so took II up with young 10
Rumble at once.
The directions on the paper vrs
simple, Tho whole burro cavalcie
laden with the treasure started f,m
an old Spanish mission in Dolses
county. They travelled due south by he
compass until they reached the Ia.
mito river They fordcd this, nd
buried tho treasure on the top
little mountain shaped like a pck.
saddle standing In a row between Wo
higher ones. A heap OF stoea
marked the place OF the buried TINS.
ure. All the party except the san.
ish priest were killed by Indians Rew
days later. The secret was moop.
oily. II looked good TO me.
Lee Rumble suggested that wsrig
out n camping outfit. hire n survyor
to run out the line from the spnish
mission, and then spend the $4,000
seeing the sights In Forth Worth But
without being highly educated, new
a way 10 save time and expense.
We went TO the state innd diee.
and had n practical. what theJ call
a working" sketch made OF lNV the
surveys OF land from the old mission
TO the Atlantic river on this map
! drew a line due southwark to the
river. Tho length OF lines OF each sur.
vey and section OF land was accur'
ately given on the sketch ny these
we found the point on the river and
had connection" made with II. and
an important, well.identined corner OF
the Los Animos fve,league survey-a
grant made by King Philip OF Spain
By doing this we did not need "a
have the line run out by surveyor
II was n great saving Of expense and
time.
So, Lee Rumble and I fitted out a
two.horse wagon team with all the
accessories. and drove hundred and
forty.nine miles to Chico. the near
est town to the point we wished "a
reach. There we picked up a depu
~ county surveyor lie found the
corner OF the Los Animos survey fol
US. ran out the i've thousand sever
hundred and twenty varas west that
our sketch called for. laid a stone on
the spot. had coffee and bacon. and
caught the mail.stage back TO Chico.
/ ! was pretty sure we would get thai
100000. Lee Rundle's was to be onl,
one.third because | was paying all IN,
expenses. with that 100000 | knew
! could ind May Martha Mangum 4
she was on earth. And with II coult
nutter the butterflies In old man Man
gums dove-cot. too II | could fint
that treasured
But Lee and I established camp
Across the river were a dozen It'll,
mountains densely covered by cedar
brakes. but not one shaped like ,
pack-saddle. That did not deter US
Appearances are deceptive. a pack
saddle, like beauty. may exist only II
the eye OF the beholder.
and the grandson Of the treasur,
examined those cedar-covered hill
with the care OF a lady hunting fol
u wicked flea. We explored every side
top, circumference. mean elevation
angle, slope and concavity OF ever
one for two miles up and down tn,
river. We spent four days doing so
Then we hitched up the roam and tn,
dun. and hauled the remains OF tn,
coffee and bacon the l49 miles back I,
Concho City.
As shortly as could be after oui
empty return Goodloe Banks and
foregathered In the back room OF Sny
der's saloon TO play dominoes and fsl
for information. | told Goodloe abou
my expedition after tho buried treas
ure.
III could have found that tire,
hundred thousand dollars" I said /,
him. Il could have secured and slftec
the face OF the earth to find May Mar
tina Mangum."
she Ia meant for higher things.
said Goodloe, II shall find her my
self, But. tell me how you went abou
discovering the spot where this un
earthed increment was imprudcntlJ
buried"
tod him In the smallest detail.
showed II In the draftsmans sketch
with the distances marked plainly
upon II.