Show RICH MINES LOST TO HUMAN GREED forgotten drifts known to be kalua that keep the gold seeker constantly on edge locality of famous kalopa mine a secret hid den in the breast of canive ind ans among the rich mines worked by the spaniards was the tarasca in sonora 0 which humboldt writes so fascinatingly and ward and other his mention favorably the history ol 01 tarasca Is one 0 evil deeds of lu of theft of greed and all the base passions incited by the love of gold says modern mexico the mine was worked long before the spaniards arrayed in mexico and the gold and silver fashioned into ornaments by the aborigines A family lu guaymas has a necklace of flying ch bought from a pima indian chief who stated that the metal was dug from tarasca the mine was worked by various span lards and later acquired for the crown of spain it was extensively worked barring certain periods during apache wars until the epoch of the french intervention when the shafts and tunnels are said to have been con cealey by the administrator don juan moreno an imperialist who waa forced to seek safety in flight after the restoration of peace tarasca was looked for in vain and to the i resent time no one is certain of its location though the mine now known as tabar bo had been extensively worked when rediscovered years ago and the shafts and tunnels concealed under earth and brush but the mine about which tradition gathers thickest is kalopa supposed to be located in the dis brict in sonora little documentary evidence exists to prove kalopa s real ity and that has evidently been manu fractured by unscrupulous manipulate manip ors A wealthy mexican recently made a trip to madrid and after minute search at great expense found abao cutely no data to prove that such a mine was worked tor the crown of spain and no reliable data in the lean archles or elsewhere to prove tl at such a mine was ever known but quite as trustworthy aa most written documents are the traditions gathered the pima indians they stoutly maintain that kalopa exists and a few claim to know its locality small quantities of very rich ore are occasionally sold at the goirn tain mining cami s and art attempts to follow the indians to the spot where it Is to nd or bribe them to it have failed wanting but little in ad dialon to the corn they grow they are imbued with a superstition that it they reveal tl e locality of a mine they will instantly drop dead to one unac with the indian character this statement may seem incredible but any prospector or miner in the sierra madre will affirm its truth large sums of money have been of the aimas pimas to tell where the lost mine is they scorn money and the only open sesame is mescal by the liberal use of which the indian may be made to disclose many things but so far he has held inviolate his vow to reveal to no man the famous kalopa |