Show FOUND THE LOST CABIN old wyoming mine is rediscovered and located A dispatch from cheyenne cheben ne wyo says the claim that asmus boysen has located the lost cabin mine is substantiated by a story which while it deals with events maths months ago has just become public this story is to the effect that goyne drummond of wheatland who had a subcontract from edward E stahl of cheyenne to survey a portion of the ceded area of the shoshone sho shone reserve while making this survey last spring purely by accident disc discovered overe in a canyon feeding the gorge of the di big horn river an ancient and ruined log cabin through the center of which a cottonwood cotton woo tree more than a foot in diameter had grown the legends of the lost cabin mine say that a cottonwood tree grew through the cabin from which the mine derived its name and the cabin in the canyon immediately reminded drummond and his companion 0 oi the legend they are said to have investigated and to have discovered near the cabin an old mine workings which uncovered a ledge of quartz carrying t gold in fabulous quan quantities titles they alread to say nothing of their discovery as the land on which the ledge appeared would not be open to mineral entry until october 15 on which date the filing of claims by home seekers who participated in the reservation drawing would come to an end drummond and his companions so says the story adhered to their resolution to say nothing about their find as they intended to file a location of the ledge aftel i the land became subject to mineral enar entry y their plans were spoiled however by the fact that other members of the survey party also stumbled upon the ruined cabin and saw the old mine workings at that time boysen of council bluffs la ia who had accomplished the unique feat of securing from the congress of the united states a right to go upon the shoshone reservation er and locate acres of mineral land in advance of all other persons was searching for the most likely tract in the reservation upon which to place his special location one of the surveyors who had knowledg knowledge g e of the mysterious cabin workings in the reservation er is said to have gone to boysen and informed him of this knowledge e but to have been unable to give an accurate account of the location of the place boysen is said to have immediately gone to drummond and offered him for guidance to the cabin drummond the story says was in favor of accepting this off offer er but his companion objected and the deal was not made boysen then determined to find the mysterious cabin and ledge without guidance and with that object in view threw his men into the reservation despite the opposition of the indian agent and the military then P patrolling the reservation for the purpose of keeping all prospective locators off it boysen and his men were ejected but not 11 until antil they had a accomplished their purpose and located the cabin and the rich ledge boysen at once went to lander and filed in the land office there a acre mineral location covering the cabin and neighborhood including the gorge of the dig big horn river it is at this point that he is now working a large force of men and is preparing to build a power plant at the mouth of the gorge the story that beysens Boy sens claim covers the lost cabin mine is farther substantiated by samples sample of ore from his location which have been brought to cheyenne they are literally studded with gold and one piece half the size of a mans hand contains 15 worth of the precious metal if boysen has found the lost cabin his corporation which was the basis 0 of f his acre location would seem to have a firm foundation |