SEEKS FABULOUS TREASURE UNDER CHALK MOUNTAIN
Cave at Base of Mt. Princeton Believed to Hold Chests of Gold and Jewels Worth Millions. MOON MUST SHINE RIGHT Said Its Rays Will Point Golden Path of Wealth to Lucky Searcher. Special to The News. BUENA VISTA, Colo.,
April 5 — Somewhere at the base of Mount Princeton, eight miles southwest of Buena Vista, where the chalk cliffs stand as mighty sentinels, in the Chalk । Creek canon, there IIes burled a Spanish treasure of fabulous richness, said ।to be approximately S80000000. stored away behind the mighty walls of one of the many winding secret channels, which penetrate that particular section. and reach far Into the bowels of this massive mountain.
It Is said these chests of gold are guarded by human skulls with strange and weird figures of stone. According to the man who is now in quest of this Spanish treasure, there are old wooden chests with rusted locks and worm-eaten covers, bulging in many places with gold nuggets running in yellow streams from the rotten sides.
They lay on the floor of the cave once used by the Spaniards as their hiding places from the roving bands of Indians, or when too closely pursued by enemies of other Kinds. (•rent Golden Nugget*. । Nuggets as large or larger than the largest Klondike nugget, and precious stones, and coins so rare that their worth can never be estimated.
This Is the dream of Thomas A. Summers of Nathrop, a few miles south of Buena Vista. He has been working on the secret of the old mountain for several years, and it was only recently that his strange mission became known. ’He has worked alone, confiding in nobody.
Little attention was paid to him. and. in fact, he let it become generally believed that he was simply prospecting. With dim and thumb-worn drawing*, to which he Is constantly referring, he believes he will again be In possession of the $80,000.000.
According to his story, there are certain skulls and figures of animals carved on the face of the cliffs, which are to be seen only when the full moon shines at a certain angle overhead, which will lead him to the entrance of the cave.
Thousands of caverns. There are thousands of these small caverns in the chalk cliff at that point. Just at what period of the year, month or week It Is that the rays of the moon will reach the certain spot on the cliff. Is a mystery he is trying to solve.
It is possible that the cavern in which the Spaniards cached their fabulous riches is burled by tons of rock and debris, washed down from the mountain sides. Summers is not the only man who has looked for the buried treasure.
Some years ago a man came from the East with drawings and sketches, through which he hoped to locate the lost treasure. He worked several years, finally giving up the quest.
We have Thomas Summers again?
We have to ask ourselves what is the connection to the cult searching for treasure. Did he made a deal with Penitente community? Did he supply information to them for a price?
And is there a connection to later Antonio Leblanc story in the 1920s?
Is Thomas Summers just deluded person engaging on mythical treasure quest?
Or is there some thing with his story?
Is he just a con artist trying to scam money?
Is he and his story just reporters invention and Thomas summers do not exist?
Crow