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Show SEEK A BURIED TREABURE. Mexican In Concerted Effort to Find Hoarded Gold. Hellahle parties from Westphalia report that a number of Mexicans with teams, plows and scrapers arc excavating ex-cavating in that vicinity, claiming to hnvo In their possession maps and charts showing treasure to be burled tliero to tho amount of $100,000 In Mexican doubloons. They say that tho treasure. Is burled near what Is known as tho Hull Tank, nnd have agreed to pay the owners of tho land on which they are at work a certain per cent of tlio And for tho prlxllego of excavating This treasure treas-ure Is said to havo been burled during tho Texas and Mexican wur It Is said a tradition has existed that a laigo sum In Mexican doubloons was bulled somewhere on the banks of Pond rreek and another that Ihero was trensurc of considerable amount In Mexican money burled at somo point along the banks of the Ilraos river near Marlln Mnny excavntlons have been mado to locate the burled treaeuro, both on Pond creek nnd the l)ra7os river. These efforts were not only made by homo people, but strangers hae gone In nnd excavated among whom were Mexicans A few years ngo It was no uncommon tiling to see deep holes ih'g nlong the banks of these streams, presumably by parties In search of the lost treasure, but If any money has cer been found In this mnnner tho fact is not Known Oalvoston News. |