Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1889 — REDISCOVERED AN OLD MINE. [ARTICLE]

REDISCOVERED AN OLD MINE.

A Rich Treasure Field Found by a Hunter In California. Monterey, Cal., dispatch: Intelligence has been brought to town by one of the Foreman boys, who lives near the head of the Carmel river, that the long-lost mine known to early settlers aa the “Maria Homan Mine n had been found. He had often beea told how an Indian woman used to go away and in the course of a few days return with large amounts of silver ore, which she would assay herself at the mine. Where the mine was located had always been a mystery, and even to-day some old Indians around Monterey tell about the lost mine which old Marie Roman had. The mine, if accounts are correct, is located near the head of the Carmel river, about fifteen miles from Monterey, and was found by Mr. Foreman while deer hunting. He also found the old furnace and instruments with which Marie used to crush ore. The news has created great excitement here and several parties are making preparations to go the mine. Insist on Having Tlieir Silver Coined. At Denver, the Colorado mining exchange has adopted resolutions to investigate the constitutionality of the act restricting the coinage of silver, and appointed a committee of three, consisting of Messrs.. Wynkoop, Gillespie, and Weston, all prominent mine owners, with authority to employ the necessary legal counsel. The committee purpose visiting the mint at Philadelphia with 100 ounces of silver and demanding that it be coined into dollars. Thi3 being refused they will bring suit against the director of the mint for damage*, thus bringing the subject to the attention of the United States Sucre me court.