HUNT FOR A FORTUNE.
BURIED 80 YKAftS AGO. A STORY FROM MEXICO. Back in the clays of the Mexloan-Amferi-can war o! 1848, a Spaniard by tha name of Socuridino Guzman™so the story runs—possessed an immense fortune. When the Americans began their advance into Mexico there was a group 01. doscirtors . from the army, according to this? talc, who passed through, this section vrhera Quaman lived. They attacked th« Spaniard ; - and took from hira his fortunes, which fop the most part consisted of American gold currency, Then they fled and Guzman went off in pursnit of them. Th-s deserters,. finding themselves in a tight position, with thd * American army behind them and the hostile Mexican troops ahead, left tha money behind them. Gozm&ia regained bis wealth. That incident made Guzman very fearfill and the story has it that he hid his wealth—totalling about. £2oo,ooo—somewhere ia the regiop. It was said that G uzra an had hidden the money in the great cave, known as "Do Razo." Hundreds of exploring parties have dug through various parts of this tiave, but have never found even a token' of the alleged fortune. la recent d«jy# the story has been going the rounds again and hundreds of persons are now digging through the cave. " '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19627, 4 May 1927, Page 11
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209HUNT FOR A FORTUNE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19627, 4 May 1927, Page 11
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