Show AN ABANDONED SHAFT another of those lost mine stones revived Ke a 0 the discovery of an abandoned shaft m blacksmiths york canyon cache county has revived another of those lost mine stones wh which U the history of achis territory Ls so replete according to story some fifty years zigo long ere th Dresen fc settlers kad entered and lo 10 f the fertile balley of cache hardy prospectors found their vay into fork canyon where they found some good looking coat so well pleased yere they with the surface thab they 0 proceeded to go down on a small vein for a considerable depth just as they had cut the main ledge which 2 they found extremely rich in gold an attack from a parly of caused the trio to abc two of them were killed by the pursuing natives but one managed to make ais escape so terribly impressed with the sights witnessed at the time of jahe murder of his comrades was the third party that he refused to return Q to the mine and died leaving buta 3 0 vague idea as to the location 0 the property before leaving uie the men covered up the month of the shaft with rock ind debris oue u day last week a party of prospectors searching the canyon for leads discovered diio month of what seemed y to be ail old and abandoned mine tand reopened it 0 the mouth of the n covered by a great rock one of the party was lowered bentt ethe fe beethe length of the only they had and he could not tell just hor creep hole was by sounding pebbles dropped down however showed conclusively that alie bottom was som distance belo 7 the feet of ane ddn glin uj iner days later she party returned to the shaft better equipped with ropes ami other things necessary in determining depth of A hole and prospecting the unknown be low the i im of the shaft oneff the men ivas lowered sixty feet at which depth he found a station and drift leading toward ahat biad evidently been this man cowered a lantern clown the shaft an additional forty ee t and still did knofe find the bottom without S Q floring the mine further for it was without vit hout doubt a mie of ancient origin the party returned to clogan and within the next few days will go out agaba prepared to jafee ja thorough thoro aalt balfe Ff erald G 0 |