Show LOST FOR CENTURY musty records point way to famous gold mine with newly discovered directions shaft where millions million of dollars dollar worth of gold mined may be found artope mexico tho the famous sa santa n teresa mine which has a record ot of having produced ore to the value ot of more than gold during the tha latter latier period of control ot of mexico may again tome come into prominent notice after being lost for or more than years the musty records ot of this mine were found a few eft months ago in the government archives at madrid spain by pablo who for forwarded wa rd a copy of them to miguel alg uel longorio a mining engineer employed d by b one odthe of the companies operating in the cananea cananda district this state the ext existence stence of this rich mine has been a matter of common knowledge to many mining men in this part of mexico almost from the very time that its location was lost scores of attempts have been made to rediscover the property but these expeditions have all proved fruitless up to this time mr air longordo Lon gorlo gorto has organized a party of mining men all of whom areader are americans except himself to go in search of the mine it Is said that the copy of the record ot of the proper tys production also contains a complete d description of Us its location and it is thought that it will not be difficult to find it it Is stated that there are four men in the exploring party and that they have employed guides who are familiar with the country where the mine Is supposed to be situated it la is known that the trading point of the aba men who are employed in the santa teresa was waa arizpe the descendants ants ot of many ot of the miners who worked in the property are still living here and the family traditions of 0 the fabulous richness ot of the ore and the enormous quantity that was produced are being told and retold since it it was learned that the chances are good of the prop property eity being opened up the owner of the santa teresa mine was ignacio munoz a man ot of great wealth who lived at guaymas Gua the abandonment ot of the property was due to the ralda raids ot of yaqui and apache indiana these theae re deskins redskins red skins massacred many of the miners and the remainder fled to first sealing up lip the entrance to tho the shaft munoz funez the owner died soon atter after this the former mine employed emp loyes were scattered the raids of the indians continued and when it lt finally became safe a again gan to ent erthe region abre ifie ahe famous producer was supposed to be situated no trace of it could be found the existence of tho the records of tho the ancient mine in the government archives at madrid Is in duo due to the tact fact that nil all mines operated in mexico during spanish colon colonial lal days bad to contribute a part of their output to the crown A careful record was kept of the output of each mine its ita location was waa a matter of official record recard with the government duplicates of these ancient records are ara to be ba found in the archives ot of many ot of the old towns and cities in mexico it la Is said caid that the output of the santa teresa mine was BO 80 large that several hundred pack mules were constantly employed carrying g the ore to Gua guaymas Guay roas from which point it was shipped by boat to reduction works the underground system of workings la is extensive |