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GHOSTS ROUTED WORKMENOwner Unnble to Get Men to Work In Famous Haunted Mine.(Continued from Page One.)sidcrable size froin which it appears a considerable quantity had been removed at some period, in the history of the property. This is evident from the fact that a large pile of rich silver ore was found at the far end of the chamber.Soon after their arrival at the mine Borgris set the men to work cleaning out the shaft and straightening- up the decaying timbers. Some of the Mexicans remarked while employed in this work that they heard strange rumblings which seemed to come from the interior of the mountain. Borgus laughed away their fears and told them the noises were only the echoes of the sounds from their own picks.When the shaft was cleaned an exploration of the tunnel and chamber was made. Borgus set the men to work carrying the ore which was in the chamber to the surface. Shortly after they started in on this the skeleton of a man was uncovered from the rubbish. This grewsome sight unnerved the superstitious Mexicans and a few minutes later when a sound which seemed to come from under their very feet was heard and was accompanied by a strong gust of wind that extinguished the lights every man of them dropped his tools and fled in terror out of the chamber and up the ladder in the shaft to the open air above.Borgus was at the surface and witnessed the exit of the men with nlt; little t dismay. He could, not induce ■ i to return to'work and despite his entreaties they all left the place and came to Marfa. The men claim that when the skeleton was disturbed the ghost of an old Spanish conquesadore, clad in the armor of his time, sprang at them from out the gloom uttering a wild shriek of anger. Terrified, the workmen fled screaming to the opening of the mine. •The ancient mining records on iile in the archives of the State of Coahuila, I Mexico, at Saltillo, are said to show that the Muerta mine was operated by the Spaniards more than a century ago. It was abandoned on account of the mysterious and weird demonstrations that were said to have occurred in the under-, ground workings.
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Chicago Saturday Blade
Chicago, Illinois, US
Sat, May 11, 1907
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