Show y r. r t a r Y I J I I Doi What's THE tiIE CI GREAT W oU OUTDOORS Dool S' S u By By Stan start Taggart litter Brer hear beat eL et ot elON a Manhart MaDha t. t Braf bear hear r at of I to mine the W ord of or which as- as eased ayed ed at M 00 a ton plea Olen Thurston told me the oom complete story stay of Man Man- lest bait and hU his copper opper mint miDi More more than thana a 4 year MO o K u roU youre you're heard the tho tale or I not not not and nd even if U such sucha a mine really never never existed existed weD WA were we're gonna COMA tell alt anyhow I Ie lov e Manhart we was WM a I colorful character In la Morgan D. D IL Helner Heiner lie Ola did a lot of prospecting pr In la InthIs this area area e end and d could toll tell some great poet torte Truely lived with my mJ wile wife's folka folks for Many years rean and WM wen a a brother of her grandmother grand grand- mother Mr homers Helner's wife Is the former Il Battle Robison The story wai was Hanmer continues con that Truely had bad then lost bet losta beta a valuable sliver silver mine somewhere above Park City I dont don't know I suppose he might have He and hla his kids lived In Park City for quite a while while- Theres a good deep hole up east of Morgan Morian here in Pine Canyon Can yon JOn that he be worked Three weeks ago Mac McConaughy McConaughy McConaughy McCon McCon- received the following letter letter let let- ter regarding the early day Mor Mar Editor Park City Newspaper Park City Utah Dc Dear r Sir Bir Tho The Editor of ot the Philadelphia phia Inquirer Newspaper suggested I write to you you- For information re garding some person and events ill li your city In the late I realize this Is going back Into the years but I would appreciate it If you could ch check ck your our old i newspaper per records records' I IFor For the following qu questions I would appreciate full tull information information in in- formation on on an old Or known by the name of ot Truelove Truelove True True- love l Who settled down In Park lark City Utah In In- 1885 and died there later lie He was WI known to have hae struck k a s rich gold mine mIn assayed at a ton But I litter later r lost loit It Also I would like complete data and exact location of a Forest Fire between Park City and HayA Hay Hayden r.- r. den P Fork rk district In 1885 1685 My purpose In getting In-getting getting this Information In In- formation is la in reference to a a arn rn magazine article I am In the process pro pro- process cess of writing for True Western Magazine I II I would sincerely appreciate any assistance you can give me to the Above matter Thank bank you you- Until I hear bear from you you- Sincerely yours J c MR MIt JOHN P P. P LEV LE I Editor Mac was skeptical In InIn InIn InIn In the first place first place ce he reason- reason a prospector named Truelove Truelove Manhart would have been shot down downin In front of ot th Oak for having such a name In the second place no K gold ld mine so rich W was i ever eter discovered here And in the third place pluet no mag magazine mag- mag azine especially True frue Western West lItt ern will em-will will go ItO for that style ot of of writing Then Mrs Ray flay Wortley Wort Wort- ley Icy turned up with a book titled Lost Mines MineR and Hidden Treasures Treas ures ores and and new light was shed on the matter Contained in Mrs Mrs- W Wo Wortley's tiey'S book book written by Leland Lovelace of Chandler Arizona was a short tale titled tilled The Lost Ledge of Truelove Mr Lovelace wrote 1 The t.-The The Lost Ledge of Truelove Away back In 1885 an old prospector known by the roman romann romantic tic name Truelove reCkoning reckoning re re- cloning that lire years were numbered settled down in Park City City In the northeastern part of Utah near ule line line- He lie Intended to do some I lets lets- is prospectus prospecting In the direction of Hayden Fork with Park City as a home base before his prospecting prospecting pros pros- days should be over lIe He had bad been told by an old ci crony nY pf Of his younger days days who had since died dIed that in the Hayden Fork country there was an exa ex rich gold go vein where o a you w would uld least expect It il lIe He meant to go after It In a manner manner befitting his hla years years years-by by taking It easy and not staying out too long at a time Search Search for Gold GoldAe GoldAs As Ae S he expected this to be ye e his last fling in search for tre treasure sure be he took the precaution of making a friend of an assayer In Park City City In whose assays he could coul c have complete confidence an gad and whom he could trust to k keep ep his ecret secret when he beat at last lut made the great strike Secrecy would b be Imperative to protect him from claim Jumpers The old man mass had bad luck Sure SUN enough hafter after a afew few days search I in the Hayden Tork Jort country h he be discovered a very Tory T rich I ledge p of or r t I ri A I gold 1014 and and sure lUre enough lost jost as ai h be had been told it was wu In 10 a rook formation in ID In which you JOu would least expect it With a good supply of the ore he be hurried back to Park City in ina ina a high degree of excitement For his bis usual caution when be handed banded over hi his hie samples ample for assay he told his hie friend the te whole story torr in what direction be he had bad gone how long b he had been out and just how the ledge dge of ore lay 11 The tests were made without delay and the assayer slayer announced that the ore specimens showed to the ton I I Pending the filing flUng of his claim started immediately to assemble supplies and equipment for returning to the ledge a an working the mine Meanwhile his assayer friend who must have been related to a w woman man lost no notime I time broadcasting the news new Though nobody among the local populace could believe bellee the region could have haR ore so so rich a stampede stampede stam pede began to sprout Suddenly Suddenly- and literally out of qt a clear sky Sky sky- a great emergency halted the gold rush Fire Holds Secret SecretA A tor forest fire rapid and intense moved up In tn the area arell between the Hayden Fork country and Park City threatening the town with destruction There had been no rain t for r many mouth month making the dense dry vegetation an Invitation In invitation to to flame lame All hands hands' were necessary as firemen o Q avert Immediate disaster gold hunting gold hunting became of secondary importance When the fire tire was brought under control and Park City was wasI safe afe the gold ledge of or Truelove I became once more the talk alk of ot the town mulled over over ver in every very s saloon loon and at ever hour Many any schemes were laid for In on the treasure But Dut where there there ther had been green leen vegetation majestic trees tree rocks In the colors o and other landmarks nothing now remained but charred and black ened ned stumps over burnt hummocks hummocks hummocks hum hum- mocks soot covered covered stones and ashes of ot shrubs The I landscape ordinarily of ot rare beauty now had lad the gloom of funeral desola- desola tion on Nothing remained to mark be the way back to the lost gold ledge edge of Truelove In time new growth cover covered d the ground But Dut the big trees were gone the great atones split pUt 4 i ap l ta r piece The region would never again look the lam same Failure to Find Or Ore Time TilDe after time Truelove Man aD heart attempted to retrace his hid steps la in the unfamiliar scene seeking to to orient himself elf by bT tim time distance and direction But never never nover could he bring himself him self again to the pla place e where whre where the lies His Ills disappointment at failure to retake retah the fortune that had once been within his hil grasp graap hastened the death of theold the theold theold old man and the last regrets of Truelove were for hl bis lost Jost gold ledge Many others l have ave searched Inthe in inthe the Hayden Fork country for the rich ore In la 1936 1935 a trio of Park City residents Tom TOOl Chrysler Marlon Marton Lewis and Dell Redden prepared to spend the summer prospecting for fOI the gold They planned to go 10 over the Hayden Fork district once and and for for all Inch by Inch and find tind the vein if It was there They went went and and I returned If 11 they found anything as i not the lost ledge The l Sold golden n treasure is s still hidden bidden since the day Truelove left lett It It My wife's grandmother was was a love The old fellow live lived here herewith herewith herewith with Jabin and Harriet Robison Manhart O O. O S S. Syl Heiner and Helner and and a sister to True True- during the latter r part of his life I 1 think he spent his younger YO days mining up around Park City Tru lys ly's h hair was gray y Syl 81 recalls and he had a white but beard but a neat one I 0 Us sisters sis sic- ten nvere ere quite aristocratic ladles The old f fellow had a dry wit Once we were feeding pigs and they were w wallowing around inthe In Inthe Inthe the mud and slop a very messy lot Hell Uncle Truely remarked anybody what t name a pig This writers Titers mother remembers Uncle Truely well lie He was a avery avery avery very large man Q cna ena sa says t and had a peculiar kneed high-kneed walk 0 4 I knew Truelove Manhart Marihart for several years years' recalls Dick Fry He was a big fearless strong fellow and served as a peace of officer of- of f- f fleer h here in Morgan One day Dick relates a half half drunk drunk Indian stole a Morgan child and was threatening to drop It down one of North Morgans Morgan's lime kilns kUns Lawman Manhart called to the Indian demanding that he release the child The kidnaper kidnaper kid kid- naper Ignored the warning and Manhart shot him cleanly through the right shoulder The child was r 8 Ye Indian ent recovered ered from his wound und i 1 I I True Trudy Truely I Manhart MI was WM a hunter hanter hunt hant- er cr too Morgan folk folks cornered a lar large e bear down here on my grandfathers grandfather's farm ODe one day daf but nude made the mistake of letting say sev several eral d dots dogs p rash rush the the thick p brush brash after alter It The TIle wU wise o old liar Aar sneaked oat out lumbered acres acres' the valley and andon on up ap into PIne Fine Canyon Canon Manhart MaDha trailed It I was gone rone all I day daJ but found and killed the Use bI big b beast ut before dark That was wu about 1849 1888 according t. t to to my grandfathers grandfather's ers er's early history records I I suppose supine Truel Truely Manhart's first 10 love v e wash w was a i prospecting though Dick Rays flays I 1 1 used to I wat Watch h him and his his' companions pa pan for tor gold over In Deep Creek Seems Seema like they'd always get a abit abit abit bit of the stuff just stuff just enough to to keep them enthused Manhart Marhart wasn't a a. poor man seemed man seemed med to be quits utU well off oft in fact fact fact- fact so so he must have ha found something He Ue and an Evanston fellow fellO named Pepper had been n panning Deep Creek for about two weeks on one summer when Pepper fell feU dead of a heart attack Truely brought the corpse down into the valley alley and and was very bro broken en up p over the death droth of his Ids partner I remember when Trudy Truely himself died there died there In North Morgan I nick lck Fry ry concludes conclude his erbal verbal sketch of th the early pioneer The old prospector was about 90 je years n old and andon passed on In true w western tt m fashion fash fash- ion with Ion with his bin boots on I Checking a Hardscrabble trap trap- line on horseback horse Mart Lee and Mart Jr came upon a mighty strange-looking strange critter A wolverine Mart asked hims himself him him- s self He tie looked again more mate clos closely l then then realized that the small furry creature was a carbon copy of his old company mascot mascot back back at that southern arm army arms post 15 I Wears years fars al ago agu t Hut But ut wait a minute minute minute-a a RAC HAC- L COON COO In Hard Hardscrabble Sure 1 j enough a large fat tat raccoon I What do the We experts say ubo about t j this i Utahn Dr Steven D. D Durrant devot devoted 20 years to the compilation tion of his book Mammals of Utah and Utah and it catalogs every living lIving liv ing creature In n this state from train 4 1 mouse Jo moose to moose moose- What does Dr Dr- Durrant have to say about Marts Marta coon In all aU m my my years of trapping of-trapping and stu studying bing animals in Utah says Dr Durrant Durrent Ive Durrant Ive see seen but three raccoons I dont don't believe that any of them were were natives of ot this state more likely thy they y were escaped pets or fugitives from a local zoo zoo- I Id that say your JOUr raccoon w sass was someone's I loot bet pet But you can be sure lurel There Iben are only half a damn docen states state now you know that dont don't contain op op- ossum STAN AN |