Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-08-29 | Page 5 | Lost Mines of Padres Will be Re-Discovered

lOST MINES OF PADRES WILL BE DISCOVERED RE-DISCOVERED Prospector Shepherd Believes He Will Again Find Fabled Riches in California SANTA BARBARA BARBAnA Cal Cat Au Aug 29 Frank Frank and ami Sam Shepherd and J J. J M. M Keller of the Carpinteria valley have hn Just returned from Cram a trip into the tho Santa Media mountains where they have been en conducting a fruitless search for tor the fabled Lost Mines lInes of oC the Padres They rhey received information a t short shott time ago that led them to the belief that they could find these legen legendary ar mines They were told by a mountaineer who had hall been In the tile Santa Medias that he had while following a wounded deer come upon an excavation apparently made b by man which he could not explain Th They y were further Informed while making Investigations that a man mami named Hayes Rayes who has lived ed in the Santa M Media dla country for or years ear had seen Indians In early days das carrying sacks of ore ore from the mountains He lie was never able to get them to speak even a single word about the mines or anything any nn- thing timing el else e. e and could never trail them although he often tried Shepherd headed the party He lie sa says S 'S he still has hopes of ot reaching the mines He lie believes that y are about fort forty miles from Bal Bakersfield in the direction of l The stor story of the these e mines is one of at three famous Camous le legends ends of the coast rebating relating re re- re- re bating lating to mines and treasure These are the stor story of the Lone Grave GravelInes Mines lInes of Oregon the Murietta l treasure of or this section and anel the Padre mines The Therone Lone rone Grave mine has been sought by hundreds of ot people and fortunes have lut been spent on the Padre mine