Show v 0 I SEEKS LOST LE LEAD D' D fO FOR HALF CENTURi CENTURA T Taylor One of Last of f Old Old- Time Prospectors Prospecto N. N M. M After M.-After After 5 years of sear search h for COl a lost lead eull f o r red ll on sald b have Im assayed gold Ohl t tr tl the Ion lon M Manuel Taj Taylor lor ag a but ac active the tive Amerl Mexican nr- nr who says sars hi In InIs hiIs hiis Is a 11 descendant of Gen Cen Zachary ary Taylor Tay Taylor lor tor still pokes about this this this' this section section o OJ of the Southwest with two t buys cs con that lie he yet jet et r rich y Ills His life and the f faith that lh pes es s with It stamp him halm as us one of Ule q of that thai picturesque lue the type the ul wt t gold prospector Oil aBe Taylor Ta l now is el eking ing ou al In via and saving sa t ton toward aid one more grubstake 1 b hj by prospecting and placer mining nc near neni ar Gold Dust X N. M M. l. l with primitive machine lie he calls the pool pooi tans tan's con But Hut he lie Is reputed l to have mined on ou a 11 aast ast vast scale at arrous timer Ume In his life lite a and d to have e made hat at least t six SIL big mineral strikes and and spent nt a ar a armany man many fortu fortunes s. s For For instance In In 07 when n en an epidemic of influenza struck this part of the country Taylor Is cr credited with haying hating ln bought com coffins s yard and paid the funeral expenses expenses' of ot as of or orthe the poor of ot his community Earl Early In the tho an nn anI Indian dran i friend told young joung oun Taylor he iJ him to heap heup much much- gol gold 1 They outfitted and penetrated the wild will Sun Sah Safi i mountains mountains country countr the reached u a U spot from where Ill the H Red Hed Redskin ll skin pointed to a streak of ot red led red earth much lIk like brick k du dust t un and grunted dra I nu Here heap much much gold gohll l Taj Taylor lor was disappointed to see no truce trace of ot gold Jold fu 10 In It He ie was then Ignorant Ig Ig- nora t of of metallurgy However r. r he w wrapped some of U the stuff in Ino Inu a handkerchief handkerchief hand bund kerchief and threw threw It Into pue cne 91 of lilt hit pack bags They returned to Silver City N. N M. M r. r One day m months later laler Taylor was cleaning his bugs bags and aull found s ome some O oi the red dust Idly rubbing It be between tw tween en his palms he suddenly n noticed mon many particles les of fine flue gold appearing as the ser courser coarser grains broke own away II lie went to An assayer el to learn that th the dust tested 2100 gold to the ton J In Iii tic the meantime his Ills Indian guide bad M died ll And Anti for for TX m A years cars Taj lor has failed to relocate the treasure spot main again Io |