part 2: if swift was smart he would never put his name near the mine. after one trip they would know how to get there.
why all the carvings? to sale land, to sale maps and it would be a way to send people looking in the wrong direction.
is this swifts map. no idea. there is a map of the beaver creek furnace for making pig iron, that has the same X's on
it. showing where the company store, the furnace, fire clay and limestone are. cold cave branch in the early days
was known has coal cave branch. odd that the ladder could also mean strip mining. cold cave was where they mined
coal.
I was going to finish the first part on the swift map, but a surgery on ankle and this fine cast kind of slowed me down.
One thing about this map as my little gray cells working overtime. But first the map.
1. Anchor: this is out of place, i feel this may be the key. the anchor is used to hold something. but what?
1A. Three creeks come together. the west branch is shaped like the
anchor with two drains like the cross bars. the chain or rope eye
is where the tea kettle rock is.
2. Waterfall: Broken leg falls next to RT. 460. there are two other
journals that have different story lines, but they say that bars,
coins and money molds are hidden near a falls.
3. Wagon Wheel: as we go along RT. 460 on the left is where a sink
is, shaped like an upside down cone.
4. Turkey Tracks: There are 3 creeks that come up from the red river
with three forks each.
5. Caves/Indian Mounds: there are 4 mounds on McCausey ridge or
whats left, 4 small humps. kept walking to many people around.
the caves are on the upper east fork of indian creek. there are
several close together. indian creek comes up from the red river
and was a trail used for hundreds of years. there is one small
section near the end of east fork that you can still find, if its winter.
it is almost 2 to 3 feet deep and just wide enough for a horse to
pass.
6. Bell: just pass the RT. 36 salt-lick turn off on Rt. 1274, second
hollow, suiters branch near end on right, top of ridge. bell shaped
rock. i did not go to top of ridge. but there is a reason for this bell?
6A. look at google earth, you can see the outcrop. i wonder how
they found this. its the middle of nowhere?
7. Halfway Branch: this is an odd one, the branch is to short. this
may mean to go to the end of the branch and go over to a
large hill just to the northwest of the left branch. on the south side
of this hill there is a rockhouse. X may mean this. never got to go
there. i did see a vary old path going up the creek. topo map
showed most of this.
8 and 9. Layers of Limestone: to the right of halfway branch is a drain
that runs straight to a cliff face that is layers of limestone. look at
number 9 and notice that the road runs straight and is long, than
bends to the right. on a good topo map, you can see the drain
runs straight and up on the right is a large rockhouse. this fits.
never did get to go to this rockhouse.
10. 7 Dots: this one is anyone's guess. between clifton creek and
hogshead branch is a narrow ridge that runs north/south and has
small knobs on top. than again it maybe hogshead branch, it
runs straight than bends to the right. there were ancient indians
living on beaver creek and one of their snake mounds is on
clifton creek. they used round rocks for the body. i wonder if this
could be what was seen. the rocks were rolled over the cliff from
above. i saw one pile of those rocks near hogshead branch on
the flats.
11. Needle Eye Rock: this i put on map because there has been talk
about it. its between long branch and main beaver creek. it looks
like a needle stuck in the ground. on topo map its called a natural
arch. someone destroyed a carving that was on floor of needle.
12. X : the location is between meyers fork and ratliff creek on
beaver. the bottom land has changed so much. i have no
idea. unless they where meaning, go up against the ridge or
maybe the caves?
13. Half moon Shaped Ridge: had no other name for it. ridge vary
high. ridge line vary long and narrow on south-side, just like the
drawing. there are caves near top.
14. Long Arrow: it means long way to go. search for arrow.
15. Star: long arm points north. there is a hill that has 5 arms. never went on top.
16. X: in april 1793, indians captured 19 women and children of Morgans station.
killed all in cave there. now called murder branch.
17. Some call it a ladder or British flag: The odd thing here is cold cave branch is not shown.
there are 7 drains that flow into cold cave branch, the last 4 or crossed out. the two lines
may be the stream bed with the X crossing at a spot on it. notice the two lines stop at the
last line, may be a cave at the end of the creek sealed over. but what ever, the last four or
crossed out. longbow boat dock is across from cold cave branch.
Spaws creek in red: money molds and mining tools were found there. gold coins were found at
mouth of same,
ORO in red: at the end of ratliff creek, there is a slanted rock with the the word oro and a faded cross
pointing northwest. i wonder if this has anything to do with number 7?
below number 13 are 4 sevens. this area is all farm land now. no idea?
why all the carvings? to sale land, to sale maps and it would be a way to send people looking in the wrong direction.
is this swifts map. no idea. there is a map of the beaver creek furnace for making pig iron, that has the same X's on
it. showing where the company store, the furnace, fire clay and limestone are. cold cave branch in the early days
was known has coal cave branch. odd that the ladder could also mean strip mining. cold cave was where they mined
coal.
I was going to finish the first part on the swift map, but a surgery on ankle and this fine cast kind of slowed me down.
One thing about this map as my little gray cells working overtime. But first the map.
1. Anchor: this is out of place, i feel this may be the key. the anchor is used to hold something. but what?
1A. Three creeks come together. the west branch is shaped like the
anchor with two drains like the cross bars. the chain or rope eye
is where the tea kettle rock is.
2. Waterfall: Broken leg falls next to RT. 460. there are two other
journals that have different story lines, but they say that bars,
coins and money molds are hidden near a falls.
3. Wagon Wheel: as we go along RT. 460 on the left is where a sink
is, shaped like an upside down cone.
4. Turkey Tracks: There are 3 creeks that come up from the red river
with three forks each.
5. Caves/Indian Mounds: there are 4 mounds on McCausey ridge or
whats left, 4 small humps. kept walking to many people around.
the caves are on the upper east fork of indian creek. there are
several close together. indian creek comes up from the red river
and was a trail used for hundreds of years. there is one small
section near the end of east fork that you can still find, if its winter.
it is almost 2 to 3 feet deep and just wide enough for a horse to
pass.
6. Bell: just pass the RT. 36 salt-lick turn off on Rt. 1274, second
hollow, suiters branch near end on right, top of ridge. bell shaped
rock. i did not go to top of ridge. but there is a reason for this bell?
6A. look at google earth, you can see the outcrop. i wonder how
they found this. its the middle of nowhere?
7. Halfway Branch: this is an odd one, the branch is to short. this
may mean to go to the end of the branch and go over to a
large hill just to the northwest of the left branch. on the south side
of this hill there is a rockhouse. X may mean this. never got to go
there. i did see a vary old path going up the creek. topo map
showed most of this.
8 and 9. Layers of Limestone: to the right of halfway branch is a drain
that runs straight to a cliff face that is layers of limestone. look at
number 9 and notice that the road runs straight and is long, than
bends to the right. on a good topo map, you can see the drain
runs straight and up on the right is a large rockhouse. this fits.
never did get to go to this rockhouse.
10. 7 Dots: this one is anyone's guess. between clifton creek and
hogshead branch is a narrow ridge that runs north/south and has
small knobs on top. than again it maybe hogshead branch, it
runs straight than bends to the right. there were ancient indians
living on beaver creek and one of their snake mounds is on
clifton creek. they used round rocks for the body. i wonder if this
could be what was seen. the rocks were rolled over the cliff from
above. i saw one pile of those rocks near hogshead branch on
the flats.
11. Needle Eye Rock: this i put on map because there has been talk
about it. its between long branch and main beaver creek. it looks
like a needle stuck in the ground. on topo map its called a natural
arch. someone destroyed a carving that was on floor of needle.
12. X : the location is between meyers fork and ratliff creek on
beaver. the bottom land has changed so much. i have no
idea. unless they where meaning, go up against the ridge or
maybe the caves?
13. Half moon Shaped Ridge: had no other name for it. ridge vary
high. ridge line vary long and narrow on south-side, just like the
drawing. there are caves near top.
14. Long Arrow: it means long way to go. search for arrow.
15. Star: long arm points north. there is a hill that has 5 arms. never went on top.
16. X: in april 1793, indians captured 19 women and children of Morgans station.
killed all in cave there. now called murder branch.
17. Some call it a ladder or British flag: The odd thing here is cold cave branch is not shown.
there are 7 drains that flow into cold cave branch, the last 4 or crossed out. the two lines
may be the stream bed with the X crossing at a spot on it. notice the two lines stop at the
last line, may be a cave at the end of the creek sealed over. but what ever, the last four or
crossed out. longbow boat dock is across from cold cave branch.
Spaws creek in red: money molds and mining tools were found there. gold coins were found at
mouth of same,
ORO in red: at the end of ratliff creek, there is a slanted rock with the the word oro and a faded cross
pointing northwest. i wonder if this has anything to do with number 7?
below number 13 are 4 sevens. this area is all farm land now. no idea?
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