Show TO SEARCH FOR LOST MINE stories of lost mines like similar storia of buried treasure seem to have a kind 0 fascination connected with them and g gy j brally attract attention even when ti tin known facts of the matter are vague elji T herald of baker oregon tells of a h hua for such a property which is just starting as f follows A journey which will have as its the relocation of the blue bucket mi mim ni known in oregon legend as the richest g go 01 prospect ever staked out in the northie north wea will be undertaken as soon as the roa road permit by J W buckley and K C carph who believe they have discovered the tion sought in vain by prospectors for molt moi than sixty years according to tradition the diggings ar ai somewhere in the prineville neville country aej an were worked by a party of immigrants h i 1849 virgin gold so rich it could be beate into ornaments without any prelim minai inq recovery process was taken out in bucket I 1 but after a short stay the pioneers as tl the story goes were driven out by indians making their way to california they toil to of their find and returning to oregon at a tempted to relocate it but to no durpos the mine has ever since remained in the tl dim background of early pioneer lore the place found by mr buckley and mr harphan mr buckley said last night tallie s well with the description furnished by k 1 gend according to the story a woman of the party died and was buried before 6 tl immigrants left the spot and the baker mee me found a rude headstone on a neglects neglected grave bearing the inscription mary E 1849 further fixing the date were two 4 ol 01 linchpin wagons of the type used by th early settlers who crossed the plains aj an so old were they that trees had gro grow through the spokes and even through th wagon beds an ancient pick was fou fount its handle warped almost to a semi circle circle while a dilapidated cabin bore the sam marks of age characterizing the fagoni sluice boxes much the worse for wear noted and a frying pan hand made from I 1 piece of sheet steel was brought baci bad t they made no search at the time for th gold bearing ledge mr buckley described the country a 2 highly inaccessible but would give no id even as to the approximate location of thi th old mining camp the discovery was madi mad late in november but has been kept quie qui e until the finders are now ready to starl star r back |