Show golden goldell h S FA sc T ALES E OF LOST MINES dif THE WHITE WHIT E CEMENT N OLD man exhausted and it 11 A AN started a stampede that was once the talk of the southwest it was in july of 1803 1868 that tile the prospector who ho w was as named white staggered into horse florse lead head gulch earn camp near Ani amarillo arIllo texas lie had tome tame pecullar peculiar looking stuff with him much as w white hite resembled nothing so cloy clay or cement and this 5 strange tran e ore was specked with flecks of gold in alie lie stuff would fact assay showed that I 1 run a thousand ounces of gold to t the ton whites sold gold find could not be kept secret the news cashed from min man wh who heard it to man and everyone was eager to know where the location was so that he could get some of this wealth for himself W white hite tried to keep quiet he h had ad no desire to tell when ahen he knew that every man who hoard heard it would dash out and stoke stake claims rut bill his wish for secrecy was not respected when tie he refused to answer questions the men of the camit gp gathered about him and threatened to kill him if he would not show thern where he found his gold after such threats white could in do nothing but promise to lead them to the place right away As many ns as c could uld possibly get away followed him blin and the strange fierce berce cavalcade SP sil out for n northern new mexico the journey was not a pleasant one many of whites party were suspicions of him end and when time went on and no gold appeared they threatened nei again to kill him if they found that he had bad been misleading them at last one night the party reached abelind a blind canyon and made camp one om mode more day white announced would se see 0 them at his find and which was thirty five miles to ane northwest tired out their suspicions ill lulled led by whites words the men slept soundly all but white himself ile ie said that he was nervous since he was so close to the mine he could not sleep for thinking of it it and since he was wakeful he wo would ulet stand guard while the others slept this was agreeable to the rest they were soon fast asleep resting for the long ride ahead of them morning came and with its first light the men awoke eager to press on but what was this white was nowhere to be seen and his bis horse also had disappeared disappear edl I 1 ile he had slipped away in the night leaving them as ignorant of the location of the gold as they had bad been at oral three years after this clever ruse white was seen in salt lake city where he spent money liberally tie he loaned a man in provo OHO in gold dust so apparently his cement mine was still producing then he be disappeared ue he never returned to claim his money no one heard of him or saw him again |