Friday, August 22, 1924.
THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SEVifT
HIND LEAD OF VALUABLE
ORE CROSSES CATHERINE
burled .nilh tho accumulation of
matter from years of erosion.
.-John Wallace Hoylc. now of Cor
vallls. Orrgon, but an old pioneer
of this roRion, huvlne coma to the
Park tn the early seventies, tells
an interesting story of a "lost nilnu"
hoint'whoro between the South VvrU
und Buck creek.
This story seems to be at about
(1m sanio time of tho old lndluu's
active mining for cold.
An old prospector from North
Powder, In the summer of '71.
i-timo down from tho mountains
with rich gold bearing quarts. He
told his "batching partner" that he
and around the forks, but none of took sick right" after discovering
them tap the coveted body of rich tho ledgu of rich rock, and left an
mineral. s old pick and uhovel In the prospect
It remains for the future lucky 'hole, which was about eight feet
(By Jwk Hunter)
THK I'AltK. (.Special to Observ
er) With the many stories told by
the several prospectors tn tho lasl
tlCty years, coupled with both au-
tlent and modern Indieatlons. then
remains no doubt whatever, ns to
the existence of a lead of valunblt
ores crossing the country some
where near the forks of Cutberlni
creek.
But this lead Is one of many re
ferred to by the old' prospectors
&nd miners, as "A blind lead."
Tiler o are several cuts, shafts
and tunnels dug by the gold hunt
ers in evidence everywhere neur
digger to strike this vuluable, but
well hidden treasure.
What seems to have started the
extensive search for gold in the
deep.
I 'pon being taken with the moun
tain fever, and seriously sick, he
gave this man all the Information
Cathorlno creek district, were the .nosslble concerning tho Hnd. Then
activities of an old Indian. br-h Wtta (Hken to Portland for uet
tween 1870 and 1K9U. Nearly everyjtt.r care, but died shortly after be
st miner this Indian- would com
out of the mountains, exchanging
gold bullion for supplies at the
Cove 'store, where he traded,
; While men followed him. trying
to spy tho place where he found
the gold, but the crafty old man
evaded all observations us to the
exact place of his find.
He operuted somewhere between
the Houth und the Middle Forks.
' He invariably made- camp for his
family on the banks of (he North
or main brunch. Old lodge poles
are still in evidence at that . pluce
which Is called to this duy, "The
ludlan Camp.".
Among the. many prospectors on
the creek, the lute William (Hilly)
James of l.a Grande, wus the most
active. With Jits partner he start
ed sverul tunnels, two of ubout
lug admitted to tho hospital
The partner made several trips I
In search of the mine but finally;
gave It up. Hut tho story went the!
rounds, und many were active In
Hid search Tor the mine. Tho story,
was veriried by the quarts which;
was kept lit evidence of tho actuul
find.
Them Is yet some of this quartz
shown by a Tew old timers, of. which
Mr. lloyle Is one of .the possessors
of the rich old relics from the
"Lost Mine."
Mr. Hoylc made several attempts
ul locating the lost treasure, as It
was then called. Hut never had
tho good fortune of even finding a
plhce that looked like the describ
ed spot. Finally like many others;
he gave up tho search. The story
passed us one of the many fabu-
151 feH eaehv mar thu forks, and . ,,m..u ....... ti,,. ,...,
on ofsliiillar size up on the Houtli ,m! hd . and cuwpullch.
Kdrk.4. There still remulns the old;ers .
dilapidated "cabin, which stands as: ' ' ,
aU..d -mark called "The Hilly In tin summer of I $R" Mr. MoyU.
,u . cubln"" lI,ml ,wo utn"r foffb"" wor0 look--
n...,nv thlrtv venrs Mr.;"ff over tho country for cattle;
.Ijuites hus looked for this "blind
lead." HeHldes these tunnels, tin-re
are several .dugouts. . showing Ihr
largo amount of labor he expended.
Tom IJrown of I nlon nus none
when thy came to a cold spring
on the north slope of the Main
Kldge, looking over the deep can
yon of Huck creek. , They agreed
to separate there, each going In
much prospectlMB for many y,urs. wrorcnt dlrocUun... und to mod hi
II- Bduully holdH rolurna uf uatmya ' ' apot whi-n n-ldrntng homo In
from rockH found rlKl.l uround tho ' '" l,v,'nln- ?,r-. "W"
furlia. which wont n iilgli u H
'te'lli'B ton. '"
Murlln Coinvuy of Union, proa
puotcd much In llila loeullly. H
fviund u piece of pure nullvc silver
nearly the alie of un esif. on Hie
Bide hill north of the creek fuilllB
the forks. Thin shows thai there
must he silver us well lis Bold. And
specimens of copper oruliuvu hcen
found. ' ' '
Jnck Hunter. Jr., found n rocU.
ilol fur from tho forks, which wus
a connlomerullon of slate nnu limn
lle. TlilB evldenlly-.lu;ow.'.J.liX A
jolltut-t belween Rrillllt" "iuid slut D
which Is euslly noticed on the sur
face formation. And this rock of
lead matter, upon hreiiklnir. show
ed the Inside; uslnif the millers'
Blans. "was lousy with gold."
TlierB are' also Indications or 11
contact between . slatu and lime
rock, plainly noticed on the sur
face. They run In tho natural di
rections or mine lieltB. They run
northeast and southwest. Ann In
line with the Suuiplcr mining dis
trict across In the llluo mountains.
I, Ike. niuny other places where
mining activities have been In oper
ation, this place- has Its strange
Bloriea.- Hut these storlcB Identi
fied -Willi this district, seems to cor
relate with Its object, namely, that
there Is gold and plenty or It hid
under a heavy flow of biva anil
Camera Shy
rlrHt to come back to the spring.
Then one of the other men Joined
him. Hut the third,' who. was a
young fellow, and a stranger In
the country, did not make his ap
pen ranee for a while.. Thinking
perhaps, that not knowing the
country, lie could-easily get lost
they begun shouting and firing
their guns as a caJI 'for their be
lated companion.
He finally answered them, ap
pearing soon leading his horse. By
his appearance It wus plain that he
had taken n tumble. For his face
und hands being scratched and hi a
clothing somewhat torn.
"I came very d- near" killing
myself." he ejaculated.
"My horse fell In a prospect hol
In a bunch of chaparets. Hud I had
some time In getting out. 1 found
un old pick and shovel all rusted
out In that hole."
Now this man did not Know a
word of this story concerning the
"IoHt Mine."
Hut Mr. Htiyle und the other man
knew of It. It Interested both of
(hem. being a genuine verification
uf the story. "An old i .pick nd
shovel in the hole." - -
He told them that this bole was
about a quarter and not over a hulf
mile from the spring. In the direc
tion of Huck creek.
Hut they could not find the place
Mint evening. . V , . V
Then Mr. Hoyle renewed his ac
tivities trying lo find the? place
again. Hut . he states tljul he has
jmudc a thousand circles around
1 1 hut spring no avail.
I Many others have tried wllh the
'same luck. Hill,- it Is a certain
thing that the mine Is there. How
could this stranger have found
the prospect hole with the pick
and shovel in II. ut ubout the right
locution according to the original
story, if It was not there
most; inpcnetrublu juugle. ' .
It was while looking for a lost
lamb that ho discovered this find
Now then there was an old cabin
there, and attested by these re
mulns. proves that human beings
did live there. And the growth ot
pines and . firs denotes that It was
very long ago.
And here Is where the story be
gin to dawn, that after all its le
gendary aptitude It wus neverthe
less true.
In the latter part of June, liH'C.
n purty of, three men etinie to 4he
big cabin at the Forks. They en
gaged tho writer to guide them up
the Houth Fork.
Kor one week the outfit seemed
cnt on trying to find locutions, bit
returned appurently with no satis
factions. They pu Id the guide wel'
for Ills services and the night be
fore leaving, the "head man" told
ti strange story.
'Upon Inquiry as to his name, the
Utile, old man told that hu was
front Hoston, Mass, His name was
"Oregon Duvnt."
: The old. man hud-, acted very
lueer during that ex)M'dlllon. look
ing for something, secretly guard-)
eu an tne wniie. iso wiieii ne low
of hs name to be "Oregon" this;
more than cmphualaed the fiintus
lie behavior of this mysterious uet-
ing Individual. , I
Hut. the climax of the realisation!
that the old man was absolutely i
demented, came when he told thel
weird and strange tale, of his sup-j
posed uncestors. , ,
Until the finding of the human 1
bones and skull with 'the ball of
Lead Inside, and the Indication of
the old cabin at Hluck Pine (Springs
did the Htory. reveal Itself Into it
most mysterious and wonderful bit
of history, at the sumo time prov
ing that there Is gold In this country.
The slory Ihul he told is In real
ity the part or the lives uf his fu
ther and mother up lo the time
that he was four years old. He
claimed to be 84. ho It brings us
back to ISIIO und before.
It was a long Htory that Mils mys-
tcrlous old man told. It wus re-
plete with . pathos and lrug dles. In
terlaced with humorous little Inci
dents of the wild doings of a peo
ple at once savage und naive. Hut
we will only relate the main fnetH
Mrs. Nan Kichardson of Vonkers
N. V.. a sister of John W. Davis.
Democratic nominee for president.
Mt ended the notification ceremonies
Ut Clarksburg, W. Va., and. though
h tried to dodge the camera man,
he caught her as she was' leaving
church.
connected with the soul of thii
btory.
ADout I7tii. I'aui Duval wut
born in Cumidu.. And about 171'
he ran way from jUHtiee luiultn
soiuewhen on (he Columbia river
which according to this old man
was then called "The Oregon."
After a life of much adventures
he formed a partnership with u dis
satisfied old trapper, uumed Jo
Sullivan.
; Mulllvhn was n squaw man, hnv
lug for u wife u wiuuun of the Iri
quols tribe. They were also frou
t.'anada. They hid one daughter
lamed Katie.
Duval wunted Katie, but the oh
folks did not listen lo his plei
whatever. Hut the girl never mar
ried, ami when J nival was ubuu:
56 years old the Iroquois uumtw
was found with a bullet hole it
her head, dead by the old I mil o
u tnip line.
Ami then iMivul married Katie
Hut II was ii rt it u hard quurre
will) tl e father, Jo Hulllviui. If
which Duval threuteiied lo kill. 1
ibe further objected.
Katie never cared much for th
rough Uanudluu trapper. Hut sIm
I iiiul u great love for her futhei
The baby whs bnrn and she eallet
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raelly of this story.
Itul Hie most Inleresting or the
slorlcs told ubout this lust mine.
tins been rerrelted out by llm writ i
er, while gathering true ilula Tori
tho composition of this article.
A story which Is known to veryj
few of Ilia old pioneers, and then;
so old that it wus relegated to thel
traditional legends or old at t hut I
remote time, is still told. It is
the mysterious living or a family
in a mysteriously built log cabin.:
somewhere on the banks or u small;
lake, which was supposed lo be at
one time where the lllaek 1'lne,
Springs are today.
The fragmentary narration tells
that this family lived for years.!
summer und winters, like wild anl-j
mills. Although they were whites. I
lliey lived beyond any wild lire ofl
the wildest Indians. I
'this Blury in Itself hud no weight
whatever, until the first Incident
related below. t
In July. 1523. whll" visiting k
sheep camp In ihe vicinity of lllael.
Hue Spring, the writer found lhej
herder to lie a very bright and III-!
telligent young Frenchman, l-iiuiii '
Lyons, who is now in Gooding, Ida !
Among the thick and tall black
pine poles Mr. t.yons found two or j
three human bones. Including b'
purt of the skull. In tills skull a I
large hole Is in evidence. And In- I
side or Iho skull he round a hat-,
tered bullet the sle or which cor-'
responds to the halls of lead fired j
hy the undent arms or the pio
neers. No doutit w liatever that this per- 1
son had lust Us life hy being shot i
in the head. '
I pun tile close observing lla(ure
or tills Frenchman, ho could find
signs of an ancient habitation. I lie
most remarkable sign being un old g
rlreplace. lint It was entirely oh-1
lltwrated by the many fallen dry(
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ho boy Oreron, lifter (ho great i
Iver which oho had learned to!
ovo so well.
Oregon tmvnf was horn In a
trap pert? hut on tho banks of Min
im lake.
This lake then wus called by the
Indiana "Hhoosheeauoo" Happy
Hunting Ground) for It na the bo-
lef that this lake wus a passage
way to tho home of tho Great Spir
it. '
Jo Sullivan and Paul luval JUd
not get along very woU- They
would go on long journeys hunting
ind trapping over the high moun
tain range, into the lower fool hills
When Oregon was three years
ld he remembers them eonilnn
home with a heavy paek of white
rocks. They puumled this rock In
some sort of st one mortar and
round much yellow gold. A nuur
rel over this gold ensued.
Oregun remembers well when his
father struck tho older man over
tho head with a stone mortar.
which resulted 111 tho death of the
old man.
Then hp remembers well the trip
when they moved to the side of a
much smaller lake Into a new cabin
And when he was four years old
his mother nhot his father while he
was asleep.
Taking the one poke of gold, she
lead the boy out and joined a few
Indians that were on their way In-
lo a big round valley (Grande
Hondo).
Krom there Ihey went from place
somewhere at some Indian's home;
In New York state.
4 Oregon never had a day of
schooling. Ho was partly raised
unnoticed by Indians of the east.
He followed tho trapping game all
the while. And upon the capture
of a valuable silver tip fox. mak
ing him quite a sum of money, he
ventured to come out In search of
the mine whero hi father and Jo
Sullivan had found this rich quarts.
All he had w the story that his
mother told, wllh the faint recol
lections of his childhood days in
thesa mountains.
He swears that Hluck Pine
Springs was the place where this
HMinll lake was located. And that
la the place where his mother kill
ed his father.
Now then, how that skull could
be else than Paul Duval's remulns?
And If It Is, the gold which was
found then 'and later by the old
Indian miner, must of consequence
bo true.
Oregon !uvul believes that his
mother told the Indians of this
find, and tho old Indian miner
found the place originally discov
ered by Paul imval and Jo Sulli
van. - '
It Is for the old spirit of by-gone
daya to revive, which will snd the
daring pronpector to find this rich
vein of gold. And remember that
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was dlHoovcred upon a much more
doubtful theory at the time, than
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