Show AnD r MAN AN WILL IL TRY W TO 10 LOCATE LOST LEDGE WHICH YIELDED RICH ROCK d 4 01 SALMON CITY 11 March arch 4 id Murphy of Ulysses Idabo will fit a systematic attempt this sumS sum to tI rediscover the famous lost mine alec of county tare berE is ii an interesting stor story con coo coot t teJ J with this thill which dates back to year riar 1884 when a German p pros pros- or out from lii his hia camp amp on oni i reek ck u county and travelS travel b way I of Cape Horn and Stanley pg I r m maJ Jc snottier camp in Valley during buring the his horses borscs S 1 I a away 11 ay Next mornin morning ho bo tra trailed Je four miles in a t northeast northeast- direction when lie he found that the they hail had separated two going goin one ono way an anone ana one tIle the other That da day he found foun tho two and returned d to camp with frith them On the following Ja lay day bo ho followed up tip the tho trail of the other horse borso and aud found fouad where ho Jle had hat snapped snagged and killed him him- self elf in a tangled mass nias of dead and fallen timber near a small lake Finds Mineralized Ledge The German then thu turned to go back to hi his hig camp It was noon and the sun still was b behind hind him After going coing about seventeen rods rod he ran across a ledge o of rock two feet thick ant and anI sticking U up about bout eighteen inches Prospector like ho he knocked off several pieces ono Of of ot which he be pounded up and panned find findS in ing ng c at the tho bottom a heavy streak of wl tish metal which ho bo could not rec roe He carried away awa- awa a Jar large e piece of f tho rock rork an and as aa it was getting too dark lark to find lii his camp amp he stayed staCIl for tho ho night ht in an old deserted cabin When daylight came auto ho mado made his way ay y to o his c camp mp about two miles below him tim Having then only onh two horses borses ho decided do de c to give o i UI up pro prospecting pectin for that year car and went to Ketchum Ida from which place ho took tho the train to Vir Virginia inia City Ncr There There- he ho went into i bu business in with an old partner und and n conS con until the hard times of 1901 IJO mado the tho 8 unprofitable and the tho made up tip his mind to bit the thc I trial for tho the mountains once more lie He got zot ot oit Olt his old oIt pro prospecting pct n outfit which had hil been put away tway in iii the col collar nr for several se years HOle canto across the largo large o piece picco of ro rock k which ho had found near tho the lake Jake Ho Ito had ha this piece picco as as- 1 and it went more than to I the tho ton Unable to Find rind Place Again B Believing JiH that thaL it woul would be bo easy to find the ledge he lie returned to Idaho Idabo iud and searched hed all that summer but could find no trace of it the cabin where ho had bad stopped or tho the lake Next ext I summer ho bo started carl early hiring Tom Torn Ca Cassidy sidy who ho had property in that dis dip for or 4 U a da day and expenses torp to help rp him iu iii his bis search After two months of hard work they ther rave gave it up up- Then the German hired 81 Si Odd a man who knew the country well uvell but hut six six Ri weeks weeks' search arch brought no results Another attempt was made with William J. J Bow n an and the two men hunted until the tho snow drove them out Bowen found the cabin rabin whore where tho German n had bad stopped on his way back to camp but could ouM find no lake which the German could u iI id and Old were all from froni Stanley J basin in All three of tb thorn them m ar are arC dead Murphy Murph- urphy wa was wat w well ll acquainted with all aU of th them m. m and believes that ho he has ham a good lood chance chanco to discover the lot lost ledge edie Tho The German Germau is now in Nevada Ke but hut will make one moro attempt io 10 o find hj his bonanza I Portland capitalists are arc said paid to be negotiating with the owners of the Lona Lna Dillon and Leo group rol ot ut ui gold old mines mine at UI Ulysses c These Theo properties are located on and adjoin the famous Kitty Burton vein cin |