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imperishable alloy, all having evidence of being undisturbed for count less centuries.

    “And in 1904 a man known as J.C. Brown discovered in the slopes of the Cascade Mountains an ancient tunnel cut into solid rock, ‘lined with tempered copper and hung with shields and wall_pieces made of gold.’ Other rooms deeper in the tunnel contained similar objects, some carved with drawings and hieroglyphics comparable to Churchward's Lemurian art. The floor of these caves were strewn with the bones of giant humans.       “We should stress that these are not wild_haired tales but facts corroborated from various sources. It is a matter of record that in 1934, when J.C. Brown tried to recover the ancient treasure which circumstance had forced him to abandon 30 years earlier, he disappeared without a trace."

 

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Following is a story which appeared on page 13 of the November, 1954 issue of FATE magazine:

 

    "...They were drilling for oil in Alberta, Canada, recently, and an oil exploration crew put down a 500_foot shot hole near Bentley, 80 miles south of Edmonton. Suddenly a stream of water gushed to the surface. The water was filled with thousands of small fish, which Dr. R.B. Miller of the University of Alberta identified as five_spined stickleback. Apparently the drill had tapped an underground stream."

 

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This story which follows was told by the Sioux Indians to Marie L. McLaughlin, and is recorded in her book, "MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE SIOUX", on pages 104-105, under the title of "The Mysterious Butte":

 

     "A young man was once hunting and came to a steep hill. The east side of the hill suddenly dropped off to