Show 6 GOLD MINE IN MAINE BIG DEPOSITS BELIEVED BY GEOLOGISTS GEO-LOGISTS TO EXIST THERE Systematic Seurch of a Watchmaker of the State Have as Yet Proved Unavailing In Locating Treasure leologlstB have said so and they ought to know They declare that I Boinowhuqi hidden In the wilds of northern Maine In u gold mine which holds InimctiHo wealth Huiulrodg of prospectors have vnlnly searched for It and Its exact location remains a rnyHtery Somewhere to the north nod west of the Canadian Pacific rnllway whore It crosses Alamo In a granite gneiss or mica schist ledge holding ono or more veins or seams of quart rock which are rich In virgin gold From tho Inability of tho prospectors prospec-tors to make accurate measurements P and draw reliable conclusions the ledgo which holds the gold may ho 7G miles or ICO miles north nnd west x from tho railway though tho chances aro that tho distance Is In the vicinity Of 100 miles t Reasoning from prevailing conditions 1 condi-tions In other gold mines tho chances are that tho undiscovered source of Maine gold Is In a quartz n band or zone which In geological times far remote was Injected Into a t crack between tho original granite and tho later schist and Unit when tho mlno Is discovered It will bo found to hold vast wealth Prospectors have found gold In Maine sands and gravels along tho river courses for more than a century cen-tury turyLargo Largo quantities of tho precious metal have been washed from tho earth near Sandy river In Franklin county by three generations of Malno residents From 1810 to 1820 It Is estimated that fully 50000 of dust was taken out and sold and again some ton years ago the mining fever broke out with fresh vigor and for six months or were there wero mon camping near tho river banks and washing tho Hands with results that yielded from 75 cents to 150 a day to thono who wore diligent t At tho request of enthusiastic miners t min-ers mid promoters skilled geologists have visited tho pluco from time to time all of whom have declared tho output of gold Uuu u u uu Tho trouble with the deposits It that nobody can find tho parent loiU from which tho grains of drift golf started About seven years ago Charles Holtz a watchmaker of Danforth bo camu HO Inteluntod In tracing the treasure hark to Its starting point that ho spent tine months In the woods digging and washing earth In the hope of gaining BORIC definite Information In-formation limo following winter while Mr Holtz sat In his shop and repaired watches and mended jewelry lu 4 Itl o tsl II l d 1 wa t herr her-r Map of the State and Possible Loea tlon of Mine thought out a plan for making a systematic sys-tematic hunt for the parent lodo of the fugitive gold that had been found In Maine Running his baso line at right angles to the direction of tho glacier movement ho secured a base 24 miles In length nnd lato In the fall having determined tho angles of Imaginary lines which should meet at some point In northern Mnlno or Canada ho wont home to chart out tho location of tho hidden gold mlno by trigonometry trigonome-try I As Mr Holtz was not a mathema I tician his work was far from accurate but In a clumsy and faithful manner ho was able to reach tho conclusion that a valuable deposit of gold exists Mr Holtz was obliged to abandon hlu quest after four years of search because of failing health H u u u uh u u Uu h |