Show S ANOTHER LOST IIINE I A Lost luc in Moraionland Is the Title of the Tale When Yankee Holman died sud I denly l In Salt Lake back In tho seven I ties the secret of the famous Yankee Bonanza gold mne died with him This lost mine which Is presumably S possessed of fabulous riches Is situated In the Watatoll range of mountains skirting the eastern side of the Uintah UhijtahS Indian reservation and a systematic search wli bu made for It a < < soon as S the reservation shall have been Dually thrown open for settlement What Its discovery would mean to the I lucky miner who stumbles upon UH I secret S se-cret Is merelv a matter of speculation but there is little doubt that It J3 by far the richest gold mine within the borders of the State and the only one in which nuggets have been found In I abundance As a result of the latter fact the theory baa been advanced that the Yankee Bonanza is not a mine I i I In the generally accepted sense but I merely a cave in which an Immense S amount of gold nuggets has been L I I stored Yankee Holman the onetime pos I sessor of the secret Is said to have j made the discovery by chance and In I J i the months that he lived thereafter re fused all offers to share the secret with I I others Itis also said that Brigham I Young the rreat Mormon leader la bored with Holman along these lines but without any promise of success Yankee Holman was a peculiar man Of taciturn disposition but a de vout Mormon he lived the life of a re cluse and until his discovery of the bo nanza was very Then I poor came a sudden and perceptible change in his j I fortunes His tithing which had pre S S 5 vlously been paid in manual labor was i piHued ovoi1 the counter of the tithing house In gold nuggets and while he was much disinclined to discuss Ms find he dropped frequent hints to the effect that there were others where I those came from S J The news of JJolmans sudden nenul sitlon I of wealth naturally spread with rapidity and men with nieauii as well I as those rich in promises made numcr IUS attempts to wrest the secret from j him The efforts however were fruitless fruit-less and the negotiations never passed I i beyond the Incipient l stage liolmun I i told all corners llatly that the secret was not for sale and that settled It j I On one occasion three mounted men I I waylaid Holman as he was on his way i to the mine and assured him that they would kill him if he did not share his j secret with them lie finally agreed to I I conduct them to the spot a dose watch was kepi l nZ on him and his captors 1 threatened repeatedly that any attempt 5 upon his part to escape would result in his death The highwaymen word In high glee and being in a part of the country where there were no settlers they had confidence In their ability to force Holnums valuable secret from I him As the party entered a canyon in the locality where the mine Is supposed l to be situated however Holmans fea I tines underwent a sudden ana perceptible percep-tible change much to the surprise of his captors one of whom at least I scented danger and suggested that the parly camp there for the night before I proceeding to the mine The others I laughed at his fears and the party pushed onwmd A halfmile further down the canyon and without the I slightest warning Indians opened fire on Holmans captors from behind the 1 rocks and two of the number fell from their saddles dead The third man was mortally wounded and died within a few minutes Holman was unhurt i I and It was learned subsequently that I he had purchased the friendship of the Indians by i making them various pres r I ent1Within i Within a month of this tragedy Hol I I man died suddenly and alone Beneath I the heirthstone of his humble home was I found a quart can almost HUed with I nuggets and among his papers wash I was-h coel a partial map of the region 1 I which held his secret The situation oft of-t the mine however was not marked 1 and owing to the unfriendly attitude of the Indians to the whites at that time I little search was made for it Since I then the Government baa supported the Indians In their determination to keep I white men out of the country and for I I years no attempts so far as known have been made to discover the secret I But when the country is finally thrown open for settlement hundreds of experienced prospectors will renew I the search and through the exercise of skill and patience It Is believed that the lost mine with Its storehouse of riches I will be rediscovered IsTew York Tri I bune |