Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-05-07

[ ment. Jamison turned his mules back to Homer
then and on back to the Pluto Bend to his In.
I 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. b HA
had chicken heart induced by past experiences,
and nothing would induce him to start out alono
on quest of wealth that lay hidden in the desert
near the three peaks.
He sent other men for him. giving them q map
Of the country he had conceived It, but they all
failed in the relocation of the treasure
Three men rode leisurely out Of the Panamint
range of mountains at the edge Of that famous
sink OF mystery. Death Valley. and on across
country toward San Bernardino, their destination.
They were all on good horses. had ample packs.
and ten-gallone water canteens They rode through
the heat OF the day. their horses kicking up the
dust OF the desert and leaving behind a 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
5 camp in the shade Of their horses. which were
watered and fed. Soon they started on. This
time there not the same certainty. the same
equanimity among them, and a quarrel arose as
to the proper direction to take They quarraled
all that afternoon, and finding their water-supply
practically all gone on the following morning.
their words almost resulted in blows. They sepa-
rated
One OF them, Frank Goler struck out alone in
an easterly direction, while the other two went
south. sa
81 BY noon Of the second day Goler had arrived ut
series of low hills that lag directly In his path
He crossed them, and on the farther side discov-
cred a canyon into which he plunged without the
least fear and with renewed hope Of salvation.
It contained abundant vegetation, and what was
more than all the rest 1t carried in its deepest
embrace a little mountain stream.
Arriving at its banks, Goler. nearly delirious
frr To- ~ Iaato hfo h0V ne HNYo
and dropped to the edge Of the stream and began
tapping up the cool. bright water And while he
drank the rays Of the sun, penetrating the foliage
OF an overhang1ng cottonwood, glinted upon some
thing on the bottom of the tream-something
yellow just beyond the touch Of his lips.
s It was 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 more than a 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 out upon
plain. Just ahead of him he saw what apparent
ly had been the bed of big body OF water
It was all dried out and lay in a straight east
erly line with Mount San Antonio or Mount
Badly. as it is more generally known in the south
west The snow-capped peak gave Goler encour-
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 dhother day for him to reach this
place, and when he did he was completely ex
hausted and his horse fearfully jaded and ready
to collapse. + $s5
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 stun 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
II He at once set out to at up wagon with broad
trimmed wheels. light canvas top and team Of
sturdy horses. E
II The day he set out, a large gathering watched
him on and several prospectors followed, hoping
to be in on the wealth that he had discovered In
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 same 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 a lifetime and had to give up the quest
IL It ID generally conceded that the Goler discov-
cry has since been found. His nrst location was
in 1886. In 1891 an old and odd character. Hen
Moss who made his home in San Bernardno,
started out 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 u
water and in this way led Moss to the discovery
Of a gold deposit. In a 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-
nardino to celebrate his good fortune
With borrowed capital he fitted mn a aecond
time. and when he left town he might have been
mistaken at a distance for the Pied Piper of
Hamelin. More than half the male INHABITANTS
of San Bernardino were at his back, all equipped
for long journey with pack train or on horse
Moss tried to throw them on his trail, doubled
on them, returned to San Bernardino. but all to
no avail.
/. Guess might as we'll 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 were better horses In that
group. and race as he might his hand unsteady
and his saddle not SO well filled as others, he was
overtaken and passed ~ .5-
The stampeded prospectors, filled with lust for
gold had reached their goal, and old Hen Moss
was one Of the last to arrive the ground OF his
discovery akod WIS