The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-27
BROTHERS HUNTING FOR LOST FORTUNE
 IN MEXICAN HILLS
Frank Magee, Mining En- gineer Finds Encouraging Indications as Excavation Gets Well Under Way at Old Mine Where Padres Are Said to Have Left Gold.

Macon, Mo, Jan. 27-Five Missouri brothers are conducting a search for the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, albeit they entertain high hopes of really finding a treas ure estimated to be $4,000,000. The treasure was said to have been hidden ago by Spanish missionaries, who were forced to flee for their lives be- fore bands of untamable Apache In- dian raiders. The location of the mine, according to the tale, lies about fifteen miles south of the Mexican border and up in the mountains. The padres buried their treasure, it is said and then sealed the mine.
 the actual scene where the excava tion is being conducted. He Is Frank P. Magee, a mining engineer, of Fl Paso. He, together with his assist ant; Antonio Mendoza. has presented such evidence of success that Ma gees brothers and several Fl Paso business men are pushing the eXplo ration zealously. Mendoza has been searching for the buried treasure for the past eighteen years.
 Find Good Signs.
 Frank Magee declared in a recent letter written to his brothers, John, con, that as far as the excavation had proceeded they had found the mine barricaded with heavy cedar and mahogany timbers. Tom Magee, 
 interested in the search for gold.
 "There is authentic history that the ore from this mine was so valu- able that it was carried by pack a distance of 1,20O miles, for smelt- ing" wrote Magee. I'm banking more on that than I am on finding the millions stored away by the old padres to keep it from falling into the Indians hands. So far as our in vestigations have progressed the stories of the hidden treasure have been borne out, and Senor Mendoza, a capable mining man, is confident that it is here.''
 Eighteen years ago Melton Ordaz, a postmaster at Chihuahua City, gave Mendoza the document describing the location where Magee is now conduct ing his operations, with the under standing tat he was to be a partner in the enterprise. It was Ordaz who related the story of the mine being sealed on the approach of hostile tribes of Indians.
 People Agitated.
 The mine is known as La Nina Perla, and it includes three shafts. The main shaft is through Assure in the rock. Signs of ancient drills shafts are numerous wel-preserved ladders made from mahogany and cedar. Presumably the miners of olden times used these ladders to take their ore to the surface. Masee has written that the people along the border are considerably agitated over their explorations and that several newspapers have sent writers to see how near they are getting to 5le treasure. He said that they have worked in nearly 500 feet in one of the shafts and that the cedar and mahogany timbering continues all the way.
 One theory. that is given much credence by several mining engineers, has it that the old mine was rich producer and that a great deal of gold bullion had accumulated and was awaiting shipment to the snelters at Mexico City when the news of the raiding ApacheS came, and hurried measures were taken to keep the treasure out of the hands of the In- dians, who had evidently heard ot the contemplated shipment and had made plans to seize it.