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Show pi death valley full I i OF OLDLEEEHDS ; Interesting Accounts Are Given M I : to Explain Origin of Mar- H I . velons Ore. 1 I LOVE FOR GOLD l DRAWS MEN ON 1 Location of Breyfogle Mine Still I Remains Mystery Deep j mm as Ever. HHN The Rhyollto Herald Is taking advan- Hm . taffe, naturally, of lta proximity to tho tjHIi Death Valloy country to hunt up Dome t8B very Interesting legondu rogardfng thlo flH Interesting? portion of tho West. In a recent Isbuo tho Herald gives Dome of Hl theeo fascinating accounts, an excerpt of Hfl whloh Is here glvon. Hi "While gold Dooms to bo tho underlying SHH cause of the great interest taken in Death flMB valley, yet a mysterious fascination takes HnR ponseBSlon of all who once brave its dan- IHU gors. Numberleos legends have been UM I handed down from generation to genor- Uff ! atlon, of strange happenings almost ho- atm yond human explanation, yet at tho bot- l9m tom o 711118 tio otroak of gold, for SB which mon dally sell their livos und jjfl oftentimes their vory souls. W "Old Indian trails and signs still point IB tho "wuy from Bpring to spring telling 4M whether the crater Is good or bad, tho ;H distanae from one to tho other, tho.pas- 'ISJ i uable and Impassable canyons, tho loca- ,W tlori of old Indian vlllagoa, etc. In order Bl ! to read the signs correctly, ono must bo flU I familiar with tholr ways and customs, H , and even then It has becomo dlftloult on H account of changes that are constantly II t taking place through natural and human Bi agencies. 1 BJ B "Tho trails are of different periods, : pf I some being much lator than others. At 1 H Intervals, besldo the trails are raonu- 'j V raents of stone, with a pointed rock ffl 1 showing tho direction to take. Two rocks .BJ fl pointing In opposite directions indicate ftm lhat 11 13 impassible Tho location of JBJ Br : mctat stones are also significant. A M I mctat stone Is a flat stone, hollowod In H . tho center, used for grinding acorns for ml ' Hour, and will bo found not moro than a I BM half day's travel from water. Many i Mr springs known to tho Indians are not Hll down on the maps. UJt Endeavoring to find a pass through tho ; Hjx mountains, on a recent trip, a party i BJ? followed the Indian trail and signs, and H were lead a course, which passed three Mu 1 springs, and some old breast-works Hvtii which Indians had used to hide behind ijlj ;l when lying In wait for mountain sheep. jM I . One of tho first gold excitements was Ijfijj; back In the fifties, whon Broyfogle found Uiil'i ; ne froe DUt was unnblo to return mti , to tho exact spot. Ho was afterward hit till ' with a stone hurled by an Indian, which IBB ' is supposed to have Injured his brain. 9R ' ' Bcatty has expressed the opinion that 'IH I ; the Breyfogle And was between Willow fall I Springs and tho Original Bullfrog. Charlie nil I Nyman thinks it is hctweon Kcanc fml I Springs, "Willow Springs and Death val- fjl j i ley. while one of Brcyfoglc's party dc- Ifilllts ' scribed Hole-ln-Rook. Tho wind-breaks Vull r supposed to have been used by Breyfogle tu are located about clghten miles south of llwlti Rhyollte. Another legend Is of an Indian who went into Cerro Gordo, with a rock Ijfjl I full of freo gold, which ho sold for ?8 WJIc The white men tried to got him to tell j where he found It, but tho Indian was '8'3r f wise and kopt its location to himself. lie 'if! li was accidentally killed a short tlma after MB i . while hunting sheep and tho secret died 'Rnl,f with him. Some think this And was the iWlli same as Breyfogle's. ;wMH "The valley itself Is about all that it ilMflln liaE HOen palntod. At times a lultJl ninn or Dcast wuid mire out of sight and 'lfjt at other times the shifting sands would 'ml'! almost bury him allvo. Yet mon live fflwlll there year after yoar, without feeling ltgj j that they are Incurring any unusual 'iflsl 1 ' amount of danger. They know whero they flJilin! ,nay on may not s' nm uow to nrParo 'IHSrl ! for emcrScnc'es- 11 Is Eafo 10 sar that ;m a few moro years will see a wonderful !(H1' ! change in tho Death valley of the past, JPHjj ' aud gold will bo the cause of its final sur- jjajMB render to the will of man." |