Show We Got Hasty There Actually 1 Was a Truelove and His Hid Gold II I I Mr Mrs Ray Wortley k kin l n a c I 1 y brought a a. book to us entitled Lost Loot Mines Mine and Hidden Treas Treasure ure- ure Inland Leland Lovelace of or to r ure- ure re by br Chandler Arizona and among mons other oher glories was was was' the chapter on Utah copied copied he here e to thank Wortley for tor the the- material as ae the letter received received from from John lr-John John P P. Levycky Levycky Levy Levy- city of of Philadelphia Pa and printed in The Park Record of February 19 caused much comment com ment meat and speculation and we regret egret to announce that our well known old timers and lite long life long prospectors Marlon Marion Lewis and D Dell n Redden have gone to their reward Marion Lewis having died three months ago and Dell Redden Redden Red Hed den several years ago Mrs Marlon Lewis tells us ue that Tom Chrysler was wae a resident of Park City but a short time and ahe abe does does- not t. t know w his hie whereabouts where where- or anything concerning him but reports report the trio made the trip and were gone for a number of days daye and wore them- them selves out combing the area for fora a trace of the the ledge Dan Don Pack of ot Kamas is le also familiar with this tale and gave much Information to Dell Den Redden It seems Truelove cut down trees trees and sagebrush and made stone atone markers at the alto of the ledge but the fire tire destroyed all an these and the treasure treas trea ure are has Lae never been rediscovered This tale may B s start art art a n Gold slush Rush in the spring to the Hayden nay Hay lay layden d den den n Fork district I All AU power and good luck to the prospectors hope someone finds the he gold ledge of ot Truelove Man Man- hear heart bears TREASURE IN UTAH Utah Is one ot of our states states states' which still Mill has considerable unexplored territory Tho Thousands ands of ot square miles of ot virgin wilderness dee J des desert ert and forest where forest where as as the he Irishman said the hand of ot man maa has Lae never set foot toot still beckon the ad adventurer and the he scientific pioneer D b But this will not be for tor long lone for the discovery ot of uranium that precious element so 80 ess essential for tor blowing man down es well as up has haa inspired the building ot or new roads and the development of old trail into highways highway Much magnificent magnificent mag mag- hitherto hidden natural scenery is being brought into view And here the geologist the he mineralogist the he oil prospector and the he seeker after gems geme and precious metals may may find their goal coal The hardships which usually accompany treasure hunting are being reduced or eliminated but it will it-will will be some Bome time before these there new moves affect the two diverse areas of ot Utah In which lie the values I shall shaU o outline in the to fol following lowing two tales 1 The L-The The Lost ost edge I ot of Truelove Away back Away back in 1886 1885 an anold old prospector known by the romantic romantic romantic roman roman- tic name Truelove reckonIng reckoning reckoning re re- that his hie years were numbered settled down in Park City in the northeastern part of ot Utah near the Wyoming line He lie Intended to do some 1 tole leis ls pr prospecting in the direction of Hayden Fork with Park City I as a home base before J proe- proe petting peeling days should be over He t I had been bee told by br an ol old crony I pt pf his hie younger young r days who had since died that In the Hayden J Fork country there was an exceedingly ex- ex exceedingly ex ex- gold vein eln where you would would least least expect it He meant to go after it In D a a manner befitting his hI years years years-by by taking It easy and not staying out too too long at a time Search for Gold GoldAs GoldAs GoldAs As he ex expected ted this t to be his last fling in search tor for treasure he took the prec precaution of ot making a friend of ot an assayer in Park City in whose assa assays he could have have complete confidence and whom he could trust to tp keep hi his secret when he at last made the great great strike Secrecy would be Imperative to protect him from claim jumpers The old man mail had luck Sure ure enough after atter a few days search in the Hayden Fork country he discovered d a very rich ledge of gold and sure eure enough just as he had bad been told it was In Ina a rock formation its In which yo you would least expect it With a good supply of the ore he hurried back to Park City Ina Ina in ina a high degree degre ot of excitement Forsaking Forsaking For For- his usual caution when he handed over oyer his hie samples for assay he told his friend the whole story In what direction ho hI had gone how long he be had bad be been n out and just how the ledge of ore lay The tests were made madet I without delay elay and the assayer I announced that the ore are specimens specimens- showed t to td th the ton Pending the tiling of his claim started immediately to assemble supplies and eq equipment for tor returning to the ledge and working the mine Meanwhile his assayer friend who must have ha been een related t td a woman lost no notime notime time broadcasting the news Though nobody among the local p populace could believe the he region Continued P Page ge Two I LOsT S l From Ilm Page P le One ore BO ao rich a u slam slam- pede ede began to sprout Suddenly Suddenly- and stud ra ou out t of ot a clear sky sky- sky t ky I the halted baited emergency a great gold old rush ruoh ru h I I j jV I Fire Holds Secret V and 1111 Intense Int A rapid moved up in the area between the Hayden Fork ork country country- ant and town tows threatening the Park City CUy with Alth destruction There had been beer many ninny months making BO so rain rata for Jor or an n to In In- vegetation dry the dense denISe All Al hands hand it were e ere to to flame flam IU n p i inert Il necessary n PI disaster ster gold gold hunting came of secondary Importance 1 When the tb Lire Ire was wall brought under control contro and Park was sate ate ufe the KOld told gold ed ledge e of Truelove love became once more the bUT over over u n ua flu mulled the town of tk tal talk and ami al at ever hour saloon a oon laid for lor lorIn were lI lly i schemes We In on the treasure been boe beenY bad had w whets ere there majestic trees treel Y ye and of ol nature pocks Me In la the colors nothing noW DOW landmarks black and d but charred hum hum- over burnt teed and kocka oc soot covered stones salsa a b el t of ol shrubs The landscape beauty now a o of rare desola e gloom goOm of funeral mark markI remained to Ue flop tion r the lost JOlt gold back to I A. covered growth pine pew ew trees t j po But poun nd Bl But the big split were pe ne U lb eat reat atones ia The region s.- s. aMM 6 an n i- i again ln look the same name ti io Y vY H. H s K Kt t t r v Failure find Ind ore Time e antes alter time Truelove Man Mans his hi heart hear attempted att atte to retrace r V I steps t In I tI the unfamiliar seen eking F to 10 orient by bl time lillie distance and and direction lint Hut never never could he bring himself him hinn self again to the place where th Ih ibId i bid ore lies Iles Ills His disappointment I at failure allure to retake the fortune 10 that had hall once lOce been within his grasp ht hastened the death death of the theold I I old man and tho the last rE regrets of or I I Truelove were for his I i lost g gild ll ledge j jj I II I I j I Many others have searched Inthe In Inthe I II the Hayden Fork ork country for the I rich ore In 1935 a trio of Park I City residents To Tom n Chrysler Marion Lewis and Dell Redden I prepared to spend the summer summer prospecting for the tho gold g old They They They- to go KO over den den- eft 1 Fork ork district once and tot tor all aliI Inch by Inch and find the vein velu If Ir It was wag there They went and went and returned If they round found found anything It was not the lost ledge The golden treasure la Is still hidden hidden- since the day Truelove left It lt a it Before going to Perk Park City CUr make Inquiry at the the United States Land Office In Salt lake City f for r the exact location of the forest fire tire about 1885 Then locate loco loc ate t that portion of the devastated area lying between Park City CUr and life Hayden Fork district Somewhere Some Some- where In fn the edge of that region about where the Hayden Harden Fork section b begins you begins you will win find the lost ost g h ledge edge of Truelove Man Man- heart beart In a rock formation rarely arely has baa gold The a aboVe e copied without pr per permission pern mission minion of the author from Ate M. book wok Lost Mines and ind nd Hidden RIdden Treasure Author j laud la Lo La o V v. u n V o-c. o handler Chandler |