Show CAVE IN guadalupes GUADA LUPES r says that the richest mine L L in the world Is the lost sublette which lies hidden among anion the gihad alape mountains la in texas and new mexico nen ben sublette Su biette rode into town one day dar with a buckskin bag full of oue outlets outsets is and the boast that he had wealth enough to buy the state of texas contrary to the usual manner of miners he spent his money wisely building a line home for his family and when the sold gold ran out he managed to slip away and get more taking only a small wagon wag o load on each trip for or many years he refused to tell the source of his wealth fin finally 1 j feeling that some one else should know tie lie secret lie took his sou son ross koss and a friend wilson Ml lson iooss was just a youngster ue he was impressed naturally by the secret trip but the golden phantom Is not taken seriously by children and in after years all ross hosa could recall was vas that the mine was in a cave near a spring in the russell kussell hill lillas with such meager memories he be tried to retrace the journey but it was not possible blike alike allson who was older was said to have gone back after sublette died and he brought home a sack full of the rich ore lie he went on a rather marvelous spree that lasted as long as the gold held out and then tried to go hack back for more but this time he be lost his bearings and for some reason never could get straight again lie ile spent the rest of his life in a vain search for the gold that had bad once been in ills his arapp laler laier two mexicans found the place and ii nd took some of the ore they were trailed by luclus lucius arthur who came in with pil all be could carry and he be at last hist was loquacious about the mine sold gold he said was broken from a ledge near the brink of an 80 foot wide chasm and there was a cave below that must hold wealth lie ile bought a rope that he might ex alore the depths and went out without telling anyone where lie he was going if there really ts is gold in that cave no eyes have seen it since if it Is I 1 eer bier found there will probably be a 8 story to tell regarding a guardian skei shei eton for luclus L arthur has levei coina hack back I 1 I 1 I 1 0 |