The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-02-01
MILLIONS IN GOLD HID
IN OzARKS OF ARKANSAS
NEW VERSION OF OLD STORY
MYSTERIOUS MARKINGS
HOLD SECRET.

Is the long sought secret of the fab
ulOusly rich Aztec gold mines near a
solution? Will Interpretation of mys-
FERROUS markings on the face of a cliff
near here lead to a vault of gold and
silver bullion worth $4,000 900, asks
a writer for the n Z. A Service at
Ozark, Ark
The questioi has come to the fore
again, as deep research is being made
to determine the hieroglyphics and as
plans are going forward for the final
search which is expected to end treas
ure quests over more than century.
A man who has searched for a quar-
ter of a century and expended thous-
ands of dollars, thinks that herein is
the key, and that he will soon unlock
the romantic mystery of the Lost
LOuisian" mines
Tradition has it that the ancient
Aztecs operated fabulously rich gold
and silver mines in Mexico, using the
metals for implement making, etc.
with the coming of the Spanish con-
Twelve of the mines are said to
have been located in the wild isolated
parts Of the Ozarks. The Spanish are
said to have operated these with Mex
lean labor until 1898. Then came
rumors of war with France.
Spanish Hide Treasure.
Fearful lest their treasure trove be |
CafZad Ia ell,
stored all the gold and silver bullion
in a secret vault and obliterated all /
trails leading to it and to the mines.
For their future guidance, they are
said to have left secret markings on |,
the face of a cliff.
When the territory passed into the
French possession in 1900 French ad- /
started the search for the
After America acquired it
by the Louisiana purchase, the search
continued.
Now, after years of fruitless search
by his predecessors, one prospector re-
mains confident in his belief that he 4
has finally struck the spot where the b
Aztec treasure lies hidden. He is DR..
lobe Hill, a practicing physician of
Ark.
Twenty-Five years ago a rowing
Spaniard divulged the secret of the
ost mines to DR.. Hill and his father.
lie took them over the territory which
he physicians father owns and which
le says holds the secret of this vast
wealth.
Searches rs Years.
after these rs years Of unremitting
search and the expenditure of between
$4,000 and $4,000, DR.. Hill has sue
'eeded only in reaching what he be-
ieves is the vault wherein the Span
ards buried the gold and silver they
lad unearthed from the Aztec mines
But he is halted at the opening. d
There on a ledge above the en- o
rance to the natural vault is what s
Hill believes is the open seasome to a
he treasure. 1t consists of hero i!
-lyphics or strange signs. t
An accident led DR.. Hill to the dis o
overy of the vault and its queer tab f
ct. A ledge of rock near his fathers I
ome had long been the rubbing b
ost" for hogs. One day neighbor p
oticed that in rubbing against the O
ocks the hogs had uncovered the Il
raven figure of a bow and arrow "
ointing downward. II
He told DR.. Hill and digging was n
begun. Down and down Isl
'ent the workmen until they had IN lai
overed an entire cliff, about 20 feet n
Ugh and 100 feet long, its smooth face fl
overed with the strange signs Tun- p'
els were bored and shafts sunk until in
'ater forced their abandonment 81
To the right of this cliff, the natural al
ault was found which, it is the firm te
elief of Dr. Hill contains the buried ot
'easure. People about here now call al
the "Tobe Hill mine" It is flooded III
18th the waters of Mulberry creek II
nd no way can be found into it-un- al
SIS its secret can be unfolded from bl
lie signs above its entrance. OF