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Show 8 STANDARD NmuHim September 8, 1977 hi LAPOINT By Ma MaasfisM Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Mansfield and Mr. and Mrs. Golden Winn took their grandchildren to meet their mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lee in Las Vegas. The Lee's came from San Diego and met at the home of Ann Reynolds. Shawn and Verlin stayed with their grandparents for a month. The Jacob Rasmussen family held their family reunion Saturday at the new Rasmussen Park in Lapoint. There were over 200 family members present They had a beard growing contest and we had to look closely to recognize who the different members were. They had a dinner at noon with activities in the afternoon and a program and dance at night. Mr. and Mrs. Alan Walker had their baby girl blessed Sunday. The baby was Messed by the grandfather, Elroy Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Mansfield went to Salt Lake City to see their new grandson last Saturday. The baby's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Kim Mansfield. Visitors in Lapoint during the week were Nora and Paul Marshall, former residents of Lapoint Mrs. Marshall is a sister of Ethel Taylor. Mr, and Mrs. Reed Hartle went to Logan and helped his brother, Don, move into his home. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Jenkins rrom Payson visited in Lapoint with relatives. They all went fishing in Uintah Canyon. Mr. and Mrs. Basil Atwood rmerly of Tridell, visited Saturday with the Golden Winns. Ntwi hsmi By Urrains I Mrs. Bryan Ro Salt Lake City, Mr. and Mrs. The' jb. Mr. and Mrs. Salt Lake City Gary Robb all u Mi Robb who is visit ron to Friday in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. ri r ron Robb spent a few days in Pocatello, Idaho, visiting with their sor and his family. The past " ' nd Kent Birch was ' m Salt Lake City. homewt.:ih: Mrs j (. 'lew to Colorado return her son Springs 1 Mathr; ms . ! Mr. Mr Eugene Ahplanalp and son 1.4 v mi sis family motored to ui ess. Helper Mia. C. E. Mullins and son Bob, i ovp to Salt Lake City Wednesday on '- . . Utahn extends congratulations to the new presidency of lee Duchesne 2nd v.ard Relief Societj. Naomi Taylor, Barbara Rowley, and Nadine Paulson. The Iichesne 2nd Ward will hold their Relief Society meetings on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Mrs. Alice Firth and daughters drove to Salt Lake City August 26 to attend the wedding of Alice's granddaughter. Eleven couples enjoyed an outdoor cookout at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wright in honor of the outgoing bishopric and the present bishoprics. Mrs. Pat Canter and two sons from Rock Springs, Wyo., are visiting at the home of the Verl Ivies. BUMPER STICKERS One never grows by shrinking from responsibility. Rhoades gold mine find claimed by pair in Polecreek Canyon Discovery of the lost Rhoades Gold Mine in Pole Creek Canyon north of Roosevelt was claimed this week by Gale R. Rhoades and Ferno Lee Dubray of Price. This legendary gold, according to Rhoades and Dubray, was originally discovered by Indians living in the area and later taken by Spaniards, who dug mines and forced the Indians to work them. In 1640 or 1650, and again during the early 1800s, the Indians rebelled and killed or drove every Spaniard from the region. In 1852 Thomas Rhoades, and then in 1855 Caleb Rhoades, became liaisons between the Indians and Brigham Young in retrieving the gold for the L.D.S. Church for the betterment of the Mormon people. The gold, taken secretly from the mines by Thomas and Caleb Rhoades under the v'atchful eyes of the Indians was used to mint early Mormon Gold Pieces as a form of monetary exchange. Much of the gold was also used for the interior decorations of the Salt Lake of the Temple and for the statue Angel MoronF. With the deaths of Walkaro, Aropene and then Black Hawk, Chief Tabby ascended to the Ute Chieftainship. Tabby continued the peace and adhered to the agreement made between Walkaro, Aropene and Brigham Young, allowing Caleb Rhoades to take what the church needed of the sacred gold. When Brigham Young died in 1877, Tabby informed the new Mormon leaders that they could have no more of the precious gold. The influence which Brigham Young had over his people was no longer in force. Nevertheless, Caleb managed, on more than one occasion, to retrieve more of the gold for the needs of the Church, but did so under the cover of darkness and without Indian knowledge. But that became too dangerous, and he ceased operations in 1882, moving to other Spanish mines in the Rock Creek area where the Indians seemed less militant. On June 2, 1905, Caleb Baldwin Rhoades passed away at his home in Price, Utah, triggering a long, massive search by the general public for the fabulous lost gold mine. Rhoades and Dubray, as have many others, have long shared an emotional attachment to this lengendary gold mine of Utah their history. Together, experience in the search totals 28 years, much of which became synonymous with hope, hardship and disappointment However, after March of this year they say they may be able to sit back and relax, knowing that their desires have been at last fulfilled. It was in March, they explained, that they located the old gold mine with the aid of a map found in 1907 carved within the walls of the old log home of the late Caleb B. Rhoades. "I withheld this particular map from my bode," stated Mr. Rhoades, of the book, Footprints In The a history of the Lost Wilderness; Rhoades Mines, simply because of our own interests in regard to the old mine once worked by my forefathers. But I did tell of the maps contents and I even revealed, unintentionally perhaps but based upon facts available at that time, the exact location of the mine. I dont understand why someone didn't stumble across it. The map in the possession of Rhoades and Dubray seems to establish, nearly precisely, that the mines are indeed in Pole Creek Canyon. Although unnamed on the map. each major drainage coincides with those of existing creeks and rivers of the region, including such definate landmarks as the Red Ridge. Stillwaters, Sinkholes, Hough (hugh) tadge," Tunnel and Shafts and nearby takes. In addition to this, eighteen of clues left to the family by twenty-onCaleb Rhoades and all three clues left by the Indians have been placed within the mine site. We have a tunnel situated within a fault and at the mouth of a natural cavern or water course entering the base of the huge limestone ledge, said Mr. Dubray, and at the north end of the ledge a shaft, tailings dump and two small stockpiles of badly decayed mine props. It appears that sometime in the past both mines have been covered intent ionally by use of dynamite and excavation of these mines have proved both tedious and dangerous. More than thirty feet of rubble alone was removed from the lower mine and the ancient water channel. In years past as much as twenty five feet of water had covered the old mine because of this blockage. Shortly before the turn of the century Caleb R. Rhoades produced assay certificates from surface outcroppings from within the vicinity of his mine showing values of $21,600.00 in gold and silver to the ton. Assays obtained recently by Rhoades and Dubray, considering inflationary prices of metal today, are very comparable, showing exceptional values in gold, silver, molybdemum, copper and titanium. Even the barren rock of the ledge." of an said Rhoades, runs gold-platin- g ounce in silver to the ton. Caleb's pay streak within his mine ran as high as $150,000 in gold and silver to the ton. If that was the case, and judging from samples taken from the old dump we believe it was the value of this mine today would be staggering." The actual ore body on the surface, explained Mr. Dubray, is well defined and can be traced the length of the fault and the limestone dike, where it outcrops in various localities between limestone and Bishop conglomerate on one side and Weber quartzite on the other. The most valuable ore, of course, being located in pure quartz at the mine dump and in rose quartz in the fissure near the base of the limestone ledge in the Pole Creek Sink. And, according to Rhoades, that is precisely where Caleb Rhoades was reported to have retrieved his gold, from the base of the huge gray ledge. We were very careful from the said Mr. beginning of this project, Dubray, to move slowly and to move well within the law to obtain our goals. We cleared our mining operations first with the State, then with the Bureau of Land Management and then finally with the U. S. Forest Service. To date, it is estimated that about 65 percent of the work planned for the reopening of these old mines has been completed. As to the extent of future operations, it is generally agreed by and between Rhoades, Dubray and their sOent partner (who obtained an undivid-one-thirinterest in their claims for a d substantial fee and for the costs of excavation) that once the work has been continued and when the mines have been reopened, explored, photographed and sampled, a reputable mining company will be contracted for the purpose of completing the operation on a basis, thus assuring a healthy and prosperous economy within the Uintah Basin area. Other items of interest discovered recently by the two Price prospectors, in addition to the old mines, have been two ancient Spanish smelters (their walls galzod from tremendous heat,) trails and a dilapidated corral once used during the height of Spanish mining activity, and numerous Spanish Treasure Symbols dating back to 1770. The trees and rocks of the region, with their deeply-carvesymbols, tell much of the story," explained Rhoades. The fact that this evidence is there clearly shows that the Spaniards had once worked these mines and that lends credence to the legend. Maps, clues and stories passed down from generation to generation establishes part of the history. And our discovery of the mine proves it all as a matter of fact." When asked if there wasn't at least some doubt about their discovery beig that of the Lost Rhoades Gold Mine, Rhoades and Dubray replied, None at all. It's there, and we have it. Everyone would understand this, too, if they knewk the entire story. Of course, the rumors are sometimes more exciting to hear than are the facts," the propsectors full-sca- well-boaie- n d Gale R. Rhoades, lower left, and Ferno Lee Dubray look over an old Spanish smelter, discovered by the two prospectors while searching for the lost Rhoades gold mine. FIND MINE REMNANTS concluded. . 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