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#30^ ■ ■ A »7*B y4BV 3 ■ JT-CP RES J3»fcRHnQTR RH HOnmii,i rfUUiLuMEXICAN WORKMENias Rgi nsn rj^iisr5Sul ft nl MS 19 Kflfi S EiS 2- I Is IbS Bp? | s ijfj a if.sB 3sH nil ULU III I li tOwner Unable to Get Wien Who Are Brave Enough to Work in Famous Haunted Wiine.MARFA, Texas, May 10.—Torn Borgus came in from the Chinati Mountains, 5 sixty miles southwest of here, tliis week and laid in enough camp supplies to run him and his men several weeks. He Is trying to reopen the famous Muerta mine, which is said to be haunted. The mine is the terror of the Mexicans of i the upper portion of the Rio Grande t border and they can not be induced to visit the locality where it is situated, much less enter its dark and grewsome shaft.Borgus is an old mining man. He has prospected all over the West and Southwest and in many mining districts of Mexico. He was in Chihuahua a few months ago when the story of the Muerta mine was told to him by a Mexican who was down there from Presidio del Norte. Borgus made up his mind to take hold of the property. He came to Marfa and had no trouble in obtaining title to the mine. He spent some time trying to organize a working force among the Mexicans of this section. Not a man' could be found who was willing to go with Borgus to the mine and help him work it.Finally Borgus went over into New Mexico and employed twenty-five Mexicans to work in the mine. He said nothing to them about the shaft and underground workings being haunted. Ho brought these laborers to Marfa by train and rushed them out to the mine without giving them an opportunity to talk with any of the local Mexicans.In loss than a week the whole body of laborers were in Marfa again. They had deserted their work despite the vehement objections of Borgus. When questioned as to the cause of their quitting the job the Mexicans shrugged their shoulders and answered:“Ghosts!”The leader of the gang of Mexicans told a thrilling story of the adventures of the men. He said that the shaft is about 100 feet deep and at its bottom a shaft or tunnel extended to a chamber of con-(.Continued on Page Two.)
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Chicago Saturday Blade
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, May 11, 1907
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