| Show SEARCH FOR LOST MINES MINES' TO BE RENEWED THIS SPRING WITH LOST PADRE AS OBJECTIVE I I I Fabulously rich mines were kno known knon n to have havo lava existed in what Is now southwestern south south- we western tern United Stat j 8 Inclusive of or Utah Utah In tho the days of ot tho the discovery of or America Search for Cor these those lost host mines' mines has been going on ever evor since tho the colonization of or Utah Ut and other western states Over Ocr in Uintah basin there hero is th the tho hunt for or tho the Lost Josephino Josephino Josephine Jose Jose- phino phine and down In San Juan In the vicinity of or Bluff old formerly Mexican can cnn silver mines have been the t tot of ot the tho fruitless search of or th the e Now comes come D. D B. B of or orI Durango who ho tells the following Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting story of hunting for or old silver sll rainbows In Colorado Somo TOO 00 odd years old oM those hard hardy Spanish padres somehow found themselves themselves them them- selves In tho the rp region lon that Is now known as tho the northern part of the tho state of or Now New Mexico edco They rhey rhe established missions and churches and named tho Santa Fe Fc the tho Rome nome of ot Amer Amor- mor- mor ica lea For tho the same Iamo reason rO that Christopher Chris Chrls- ChrisI I 1 Columbus sailed the tho seas seas tho tho lure lUll of ot tho the unknown unknown the the padres ex explored ex- ex tho the surrounding country and Incidentally while upon ono one of ot these trips a party part of or them who hind hall followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed tho the course of oC the tho Rio Grande Grandc river nver riv nv- er northward found foun themselves nearIng near near- lug Ing its headwaters and decided od to turn west westward arel and explore the ca cavernous v valley through gh which wandering bands band o of In Indians lan had told t them lem Clo flowed I a roaring river rl mat no numan numan nu- nu man could coul ford tord but ho whose e banks vere strewn with lustrous yellow rocks tho the samo same color 0 of the sun at ev eventide Lot Lost Lode Ioele Foil nil Once Onee It lilt was while making their wa way across tl the tho o deeply seared rough roush an and rugged hills an and mountains that the padres entered a little valle valley In the center of ot tho ho grassy graSS glade stood two great pillars Investigation In revealed that among tho the stones used In their construction were great slabs that were heavily with wl wide o streaks of ot free freo gold goold and be It saint I or sinner gold goM will lure most men Tho padres be began an the search for the theodo lodo odo from which the slabs had hael b been en broken broken and antI they were su successful For weeks the they worked stripping the vein and ind breaking their pack animals after which they returned to Santa Fe and I 1 I the mother molher by 1 their gifts Sifts enriched ch church they ticy Y ha had helped e establish t connected with This story closely Is 18 tho San Juan the tho lost 1 loro In and even cn today when old time miners congregate It Is a popular topic tople an and ami ItIs itis it itIs Is related that early dl day mUle mulo aKin aKin- nors trappers prospectors an and miners j of ot tho the Silverton and nd Parrot City ells ells- upon entering the district b by the tae way of ot Needles 3 Pass lass found tho the ancient pillars but Iut In their mad mall haste to roach rench tho then booming camps they neglected neg nog- to Investigate and It was not until some years cars lat later r that an o old plO prospector whoso whose name Is saul said to have been ben Michael OLcan appeared at Parrot City and anel displayed hu huge o chunks of ot sol gold ore which ho said ld had come com from tho the Lost Padre mine For weeks he stayed in camp and then suddenly enl disappeared I If ho was followed followed fol fol- lowed he was COl foxy enough to lose his trailers Several So months later ho appeared appeared ap ap- ap red pc at Animas City again laden l with gold ore Months of or wild wik gambling gamb gamb- ambling amb- amb ling and hard drinking followed then Michael OLeary O'Leary vanished from Crom the tho face of or the footstool Tho The stor story has lived cd an and the search earch for tor tho the lost mine has continued I stimulus being heng added ever every now and then h by tho the return of or some ancient hilt hill bill billy who ho will tell stories of or wonderful Wonderful won won- wealth produce specimens and n sometimes a map Recently however howe a man known from tho the Kobuck to the jungles Ies of Yucatan tan merely as Tiger r rI has hns been in tho district and It 0 nh is S ne ie jiu U j grubstaked for a n summers summer's outing In inthe I tho the wilds of or the tho Needles I IThe liter for 0 o Melt The Thc lure lura of or the rich lost mine Is bait oven on torla today for th luck men and antI they arc are about a as communicative as to their plans as ns one of or the granite boulders of the San Juan mountains be but omo some of them are arc quietly qu interrogating the old timer old at the same time casting longing eyes ces at tho the thoI mystery r region Slon that lies between the tho I Needles co lles and nl the tho Rio Hlo Grando o river rI and I when the snows and Ice Ico trickling trickling trick trick- lIn ling rivulets and when tho ho verdant green of or trees shrubs and grass appear appear ap- ap pear and show that spring I Is here her some somo of or tho the miners more moro than likely will bo be found trekking behind their burros In search of or the tho Lost Padre Padro mine S |
