The Arvada enterprise., 1913-05-01

near the three peaks
He sent other for him. giving them map
of the country he had conceived it, but they all
failed in the relocation OF the treasure.
Three men rode eisurely out of the Panamint
range Of mountains at the edge of that famous
sink of mystery, Death Valley, and across
country toward San Bernardino, their destination.
They were all on good horses, had ample packs.
and ten-gaon water canteens They rode through
the heat of the day their horses kicking up the
dust of the desert and leaving behind contin-
uous 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
watered and fed. Soon they started This
time there was not the certainty. the same
equanmity, among them. and quarrel
to the proper direction to take They quarraled
all that afternoon. and finding their watersuppiy
practically all gone the following morning.
their words almost resulted in blows. They sepa-
rated
One of them Frank Goler, struck out alone in
easterly direction. while the other two went
south
BY noon Of the second day Goler hau arrived at
series of low hills that lay directly in his path.
He crossed them and the farther side dscov-
cred a canyon into which he plunged without the
least fear and with renewed hope of salvation.
1t contained abundant vegetation, and what
more than all the rest. it carried in it's deepest
embrace a little mountain stream.
Arriving at its banks, GoIer 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 re
drank. the rays of the sun. penetrating the foliage
of an overhanging cottonwood gned upon some
thing the bottom of the stream-something
yellow just beyond the touch of his lips
1t was nugget weighing several ounces There
were others near it, and Goler. bewdered at his
good fortune pulled forth three Of the pieces of
gold and then stopped to think Of food for he
had NOT fnlyn ,J, f1r
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 0,
the location of the treasure. Finally. after
eral hours OF rough riding he came out upon a
plain. Just ahead of him he what apparent
ly had been the bed of big body Of water
1t was all dried out and lay in straight east
erly line with Mount San Antonio or Mount
Baldy, as it Is more generally known In the south
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 purled from several
springs.
1t required another day for him to reach this
place and when he did he was completely ex-
hausted and his horse fearfuy 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 am going to
bring in load in less than month" he assured
some Of his friends
He at once set out to fit up wagon with broad
trimmed wheels. light canvas top and team OF
sturdy horses.
The day he set out, large gathering watched
him off and several prospectors followed, hoping
TO be In on the wealth that he had discovered. In
a few days they returned, dsgusted with the fact
that Goler apparently did not know whittier he
was travelling In a month he came back tired
out and disgrunted because he had been unable
to relocate the chain of hills and the hidden
waters Six different times he went in search OF
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.
cry has since been found His first location was
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
Ihe wandering burro found canyon and in II
water, and in this way led Moss to the discovery
Of gold deposit. In few hours he panned out
several ounces OF dust with his horn spoon and
also found two or three fair-sized nuggets The
discovery went to his head He failed to place
his locating stakes and hurried back to San Ber.
nardno 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 n distance for the Pied Piper o:
Hamelin More than half the male inhabitants
OF san Bernardtno were at his back all equipped
Tor long journey with pack train or on horse
Moss tried to throw them off his trail doubled
on them' returned to San Berrardino but all to
avail.
Guess | might MS well take you along" he
said one day when his patience had been frazzled
TO n 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 were better horses in that
group. and race ms he might his hand unsteady
and his saddle not so well filed as others he was
overtaken and passed.
The stampeded prospectors filled with lust for
gold, had reached their goal and old Hen Moss
was one OF the last to arrive on the ground of his
discovery, He staked what proved TO be tho
poorest claim OF all tue eighty that were staked
out. The all ngirpd hat