Show GOLDEN PHANTOMS fascinating 0 tale of ignon by editha L watson lost mines anu LOST DUTCHMAN MINE 0 SERI SS concerning golden NO would be complete without a story about the famous lost dutchman mine in fact a book might lie be written about it because in the century that has hag elapsed since its discovery legends have sprung up ap about it that would furnish a volume of interesting and often exciting even blood curdling reading the very location of the mine Is unusual it lies somewhere in superstition mountain that great picturesque tur esque labyrinth which stands out of the desert forty miles from phoenix ariz yet somewhere among these biding places where anything beautiful gruesome or strange might be concealed at least one person lives who it Is how he manages to exist what lie he knows of tte the secrets of superstition are questions which lip alone can answer but there he Is self constituted guardian of the mountain he Is armed and those who venture near ills his place of concealment ceal ment realize that fact very ery soon though all of them have not lived to warn others 1843 Is nearly a century ago it was in 1843 that a young mexican carlos the illegitimate son of don miguel peralto fled from his fathers wrath up into the winding ways of superstition he was followed by two indians indiana who had orders to bring him back but at last after many weeks had passed only one returned this indian had much to tell carlos had discovered ore of incredible richness and had started for home with the news hoping to soften his fathers heart one of the sudden mountain floods which sometimes catch wayfarers wayfare rs had swept him away however before lie he had come far and with him had gone the other indian and the horses carlos had lived only long enough to tell the lie survivor his story and to point out the location of the mine the indian was able to show don miguel tile the place all anil the of old don worked the mine for the me years becoming hell front from its proceeds then the united states santes became the owner of all that territory and don miguel decided to send in one lust last enormous expedition to take out all the gold possible and then to retire gracefully pour four hundred men accordingly and a thousand mules were sent to the mine there were apaches in the region to in those days as soldiers ofa of a later generation could uld relate the mexicans were finable unable to stand against them only two boys crawled away and managed to keep out of sight all the ret reit perished carlos gnp gave the mine its first bloody baptism the four hundred miners wrote rote the second chapter with their gore but that wits was only the start or of the lie story several years later hiter a german prospector named jacob walz lost his way among tile the twisted canyons of the eerie mountain wandering about without any idea where he tins its going lie he finally stumbled onto a camp where three mexicans re calved him with native hospitality and gave him food and water two of the men were the boys who had escaped from the apache raid the other was a compadre compayre com padre who was to share their labor and their riches they were working a wonderful mine they told the german pretended to be remarkably mar kably ignorant of such things thing as mines ile he acted indifferent but he looked and listened avidly and watched for a chance to do something that should make the mine his alone the cliance chance came lie he caught up tip his rifle rind fired bred three times the third sanguine chapter was written and now having gained sole possession of the golden secret the dutchman did a characteristic thing lie gathered up ua a load of nuggets took them lo 10 to phoenix grew garrulously drunk and told all naturally Katura lly every one wanted to know where when how this lie he would not tell the mystery pleased him the flattery exalted him but when anyone tried to follow he become became a stubborn old fellow who would not lead even murder did not keep back the increasing number who tried to trail walz to the mine he began to feel worried what it if some one should find it the only safe thing was its to hide the place so thoroughly that no one would know where it was he covered the opening with logs and concealed them with rocks so he went to phoenix and there he grew III and died As he felt himself going the old man tried to tell a friend aboaf abou the mine Hs he gave him a box full ot of nuggets and tried to describe where I 1 they come came from but who can describe salbe one place in that mysterious loui mount mountain oln and be understood the friend spent the rest of hit his life hunting the place hisson his son Is varr carrying arryl ying ng bit on the search find and so ar are a hundreds of others ot liers but the remains hi bidden d den |