| Show THE OLD MINE r r I Jt Traditions says that in th the early history of this state state state-hi iri fact 1 bei before re t had a history Spaniards history Spaniards worked their heir way north through the wild wild- ernes from from Old Mexico in n t their search earch for gold and that they found very rich mines within rIle die present confines of this state v ff S Nearly every county in in- in inthe the state has las at some time eQ of other claimed to o have within its its its' borders n one one- of these hese old Spa Spanish ish mines Sanpete has las never made any great preten preten- ions in this regard but bus J now she comes forward with her claim if the discovery of one of of- th these e I a ancient s which gives greater promise prom promse promis is ise se of proving a genuine article t than any disco ert d. d A bri brief ef history of its discovery may pr prove ve interest interesting ing to ENTERPRISE readers readers- Se Several eral years a ago o while Andrew Jensen ensen of this city was herding sh sheep ep on the Cedar Ridge about t twenty v nty five miles west vest of here he ran across a peculiar lo looking king place on ona a rocky side hill hiU Upon exam examination lation he found that it was some kind ind of a shaft shift that Was vas as ailed with a material resembling fine line sa sand Mr Jensen di make much of an investigation tion at that time but in telling the tre story of his find to some friends s some me time afterwards he aroused their curiosity and by Ole Larsen and M. M F. F Murray made another trip to the place about abou I. I two years ago ago A careful ar ful examination ri of the sur surroundings ur- ur round at th that t time dis disclosed los los' an an m anold md old d trail l leading to the the shaft f from o othe the south Tb ih This trial tria w whiSh which ii h could ou d easily i be traced for a about out h half lf a ai amile amile mile south of the shaft was so old that in some places cedar tre trees s ten tenor tenor tenor or twelve inches i in In rr ter were were grow growing ng up in it f he le party dug some distance down clown into the sh shaft ft but n C t being prep prepared red to stay to-stay stay fo for forC any length of time t they ey left ld JV in intending tending to return in a few days ys to complete the their r investigations investigations' Other matters interfered Vi with J the their return return and it was only orly cO of weeks ago when Mr Lar Lareno eno by several others other's went others t over ove prepared d to tay stay ys anc and d dig i the sh shaft dut They huk d C 11 sOnic thirty feet and their excavation excavation excavation excava excava- tion di disclosed a flight oi ot stone Steps step leading down into the mine The Flue sand like c material with th the th nine mine is filled up is suppose to be the he tailings tailings tailings tail tail- ings of an old mill Some of it jt was washed by a and ad d show showed ed traces of gold A A force force- of four fou men went over this week to continue the work of of excavation T 1 The he parties parties parties par par- ties interested are satisfied d d' d the they have struck upon a rich mine |
