The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-05-02

started for the east to capital for develop
Jamison turned his mules back to Homer
then, and on back to the Piute Bend to his In
dams, arriving there in delirium caused by
relapse into fever acquired on the trip from the
diggings. His sQuaw nursed him tenderly and
medicine men of the tribe gave him herbs, but
Jamison died
Fields came back when he heard of this He
had chicken heart induced by past experiences,
and nothing ~-cIld induce him to start out alone
on quest of wealth that lay hidden in the desert
near the three peaks.
He sent other men for him giving them map
tf the country he had conceived it, but they all
failed in the relocation of the treasure
Three rode leisurely out of the Panamlnt
range of mountains at the edge of that famous
sink of mystery, Death Valley, and on across
country toward San Bernardino, their destination
They all good horses had ample packs,
and ten-gallon water canteens. They rode through
the heat of the day their horses kicking up the
dust Of the desert and leaving behind a conun-
hazy vapor which always distinguishes any
thing of life that moves in the desert wastes.
During the heat of the day they stopped to
camp in the shade of their horses. which were
watered and fed. Soon they started on. This
time there not the certainty. the same
equanimity. among them and quarrel arose as
to the proper direction to take They quarraled
all that afternoon, and finding their watersupply
practically all gone the following morning,
their words almost resulted in blows. They sepa-
rated.
One of them Frank Goler. struck out alone in
an easteriy direction. while the other two went
south.
By OF the second day Goler had arrived ut
series Of low hills that lay directly in his path.
He crossed them and on the farther side discov-
cred canyon into which he plunged without the
least fear and with renewed hope of salvation.
1t contained abundant vegetation and what was
than all the rest it carried in its deepest
embrace little mountain stream.
Arriving at its banks Goler. nearly delirious
from lack of water gave his horse its freedom
and dropped to the edge of the stream and began
tapping up the cool. bright water And while 1e
drank the rays of the SUM- penetrating the foliage
of overhanging cottonwood glinted upon some
thing the bottom of the stream-something
yellow just beyond the touch of his lips.
1t nugget weighing several ounces There
were others near it. and Goler, bewildered at his
good fortune, pulled forth three of the pieces Of
gold and then stopped to think of food. for he
had not taken nourishment for than day.
He tucked the nuggets into the bosom of his
shirt caught his horse. mounted. and then pro.
ceeded with all possible speed down the canyon,
taking little time even to make proper survey OF
the location of the treasure. Finally, after sew
eral hours of rough riding he came upon a
plain. Just ahead of him he what apparent
ly had been the bed of big body of water.
It was all dried out and lay in a straight east
ery line with Mount San Antonio, Mount
west. The snow-capped peak gave Goler encour-
agement, and also indicated the proper direction
to the little mining town at the foot of the famous
Arrowhead, where the Indians found relief from
many ills in the waters that puzzled from several
springs
1t required another day for him to reach this
place, and when he did he completely ex-
hausted and his horse fearfully jaded and ready
to collapse
Three weeks elapsed before he had fully recov-
cred. and then he showed the treasures that he
had collected
Why there is enough of this stuff to load sew
eral wagons where found it, and going to
bring in load in less than a month"; he assured
of his friends
He at once set out to fit up wagon with broad
trimmed wheels light canvas top and team 81
sturdy horses
him off and several prospectors followed, hoping
to be in on the wealth that he had discovered. In
a few days they returned, disguised with the fact
that Goler apparently did not know whittier he
was travelling. In month he came back. tired
out and disgruntled because he had been unable
to relocate the chain of hills and the hidden
waters, Six different times he went in search CT
his wealth and always returned with the same
story-one of reverses and loss until finally he
had spent all of the money he had accumulated
in lifetime and had to give up the quest.
1t is generally conceded that the Goler discov
in 1886. In 1891 an old and odd character Hen
Moss, who made his home in San Bernardino
started out on one of his regular prospecting
trips One of his burros wandered away from the
other three, and Moss started to follow the lost
animal with his entire train.
The wandering burro found canyon and in IL
water, and in this way led Moss to the discovery
of gold deposit. In few hours he PANIED out
several ounces of dust with his horn spoon and
also found two three far-sized nuggets. The
discovery went to his head He failed to place
his locating stakes and hurried back to San Der.
nardino to celebrate his good fortune
With borrowed capital he fitted up a second
time, and when he left town he might have been
mistaken at distance for the Pied Piper OK
Hameln. More than half the male inhabitants
OF San Bernardino were at his back, all equipped
for a long journey with pack train on horse
Moss tried to throw them off his trail doubled
on them, returned to San Bernardno but all to
avail
Guess I might well take you along" he
said one day when his patience had been frazzled
to rag.
This time he proceeded directly to the distant
range in the open desert. And when he neared
the canyon those who were following him realized
the nearness of the end of their journey. Moss
spurred his horse ahead and left his pack train to
care for itself. There we're better horses in that
group, and race as he might, his hand unsteady
and his saddle not well cd as oil he