Show MINE MYSTERY OF UINTA lAND Only Two Old Oa 1 Miners M Now Dead and the Indians Held the Secret Besides the Lost Josephine mine with its tales of ot fabulous gold sold recoveries recoveries recoveries eries in fn olden times Uinta Basin has another gold sold story of or almost as much Interest as ns somo of ot the Treasure Island stories Ono old Salt Lake minor miner a afew afew few tew days das ago was telling of ot having seen Indians bring in rom rom the Basin beautiful nuggets of or the tho purest gold That was In the days o 0 BrIgham Young when the mad spirit for iv old gold was held In leash loash that an agricultural foundation might first be planted Relative to the reviving stor story of or th the the Vernal Express of ot this week sa says s In addition to the man many other attractions attractions attractions of the Uinta basin is the possibility possibility of ot a old gold old excitement About thirty years ago two citizens citizen of ot Price Enoch and Cale Gale Rhoades made frequent trips to this country always returning well laden with nuggets and gold old dust duat It was known knon to the people peo were le leot of ot that section that their trips were made Into the tile e reservation but no ont one was over ever able to follow tollow t them em to their destination or to find tho the source ol or their supply of or the precious metal However theof the e Indians Indans of this section were ere aware aware of It and knew that If u a agold agold a agold gold excitement was started there thero would quickly be an Influx of ot whites white that would drive them to other huntIng hunt- hunt huntIng hunting Ing grounds Consequently in th the tho spring of 1882 Enoch Rhoades was es escorted escorted es- es carted out of tho the country by b a band ol or Utes and told that If It ho he ever over returned ho he would bo be killed Shortly after aCter th the the of ot July of ot the same year he left leCt Price presumably for tor the tho diggings and ancl was never again seen b by white whit men Cale Gale Rhoades came to t t c e reserva reservation tion a a. few tew times afterward but w was a always alwa's turned back by the Indians Orone Orone Or On one occasion he was escorted by a detachment detachment de de- of soldiers to tho the Rock creek erect section where the diggings were cre supposed supposed sup posed to be bo but was unable or pro pre pretended tended to be to find it A few month months before the tho reservation opened in 1906 he died without ever having succeeded In fn reaching the tho mine after his brother disappearance Man nD Maid Gold Goltl Ernest Yau Waugh h who was on the res for tor some somo twenty t years beton the opening prospected the Rock creel section a number of or times limes but wa was never able ablo to find anything On one on occasion he persuaded a squaw squa Ernes always was a a. persuasive cuss cubs aroun the ladles to show him where thE th money moncy rock Tock was to be found anc am they hey had started for Cor their f destination d when they met several other Indiana Indan After Arter a CL confab with them athe tW squaw lost ost her hor m memory mory and was abs absolutely unable to find tho the place a they were seeking A At t other times when Mr Mr Waugh tried to Induce Indiana to ij lead Din a him ilm to lO the place ho was told that any Indian doing BO so would be put v to death by the other Indians Old Mountain Sheep who died some lame two wo or three years ago knew all aU about ho tho scene of the Rhoades brothers brother Ir activity ac- ac and carefully guarded the upper nd end of Rock flock creek durin during hi his lifetime I back He FIe lo turned prospectors back at the point JOint or f the tho gun Sun a a. number of tI times time es During DurIn the past year a a. part party of of men composed of ot Frank and P P. py P. P Warren War or of f Price and W W. E. E E Cox and George Georgo Sumers Burners have been bean prospecting on Rock flock creek cleek Tho They have havo found Cound float leat that looked good and have havo been boen able ablo to get et colors In two or throb three places In the sands Bands of tho the creek Recently they the found a cave about fifty miles from Myon Myton My- My Myton ton on containing old cooking utensils and various other paraphernalia used by a prospector that wore oro rusty with age aee and showed all signs of or having lain there hero for tor years In a a. monument In tho the caVe AVe were found some old papers apparently an- an left by b Enoch Rhoades Just before his death |