Show Lost Josephine Mine Story Interesting in This Area Almost alt all mining areas have their own colorful legends le lee Ie Bends of a lost mine Southeastern South eastern Utah's is the Lost Josephine I According to the legend on one of ot his exploration trips down the Colorado River niver Major Powell came across the bleached bones of a pack animal animal animal ani ani- mal beside which on a trail leading from Henry Mountains Mountains Moun Moun- to the Dandy crossing were two small piles plIes of gold ore The ore about pounds I was and sent to Washington on where analysis proved roved it to be rich gold old ore running about a ton In 1885 says sas the legend n a Mexican native came to this vicinity seeking a rich mine he claimed his father had helped d locate many years ears be fore According to his story his father and a group of fellow fellow fel lei low miners from Mexico made a trip into this area from Mexico each spring and returned laden with gold dust which they said they mined from the Josephine in the Henry Mountains The last tast time they made the trip the party of 50 miners never re reo turned For years ears after the Mexican Mexican Maxi can came with his story of the mine finding the Lost Josephine was In the back backof of every miners miner's mind In 1914 a couple of ot outside prospectors pros reportedly located a amine amine amine mine that had been worked extensively from the immense dump of waste which had ac ace cumulated The t- t type C of mining min ing used in the old mine was the type Used in Old Mexico I at the time the lost mine story originated It was vas worked on an incline with steps and side slopes many extending 20 or 30 feet on onside onside side olde of the fissure Headlines in the Grand Valley Times announced Lost Josephine Found But nut It wasn't the Josephine mine after all nit Whatever the ore in the old abandoned mine it wasn't gold The I prospectors eventually gave up and went home I So the Josephine is still lost somewhere lost somewhere in the Henry lien Hen ry ty Mountains MO with a aton aton aton ton ore awaiting for some lucky miner Dont Don't trade your job for a grub stake tomorrow though its it's a strange thing about lost mines They are arc seldom found |