Hello Every body
There has been many claims and counter claims about the Lasseter legend. I read about one such a claim in 1992. This researcher explorer claimed that Lasseter was not the original finder of the lost gold reef.
It was a old stock man who found the reef many years ago. This old stock man had told Lassiter about the reef, trying to interest him in organizing an expedition. Lasseter became obsessed with the story and tried to claim himself as the discoverer of the reef. Hence the story of the fictitious surveyor that Lasseter said was with him on his discovery.
The character of Lasseter was of a man who needed to prove himself,as this for him it was his moment of glory and fame. If he had to lie to get what he wanted he would of, and did. In some respects he achieved fame, because even in failure and death he became the legend we hear today.
What Lasseter failed to realize was the stock man who wanted to interest Lasseter in helping him recover the treasure, used an old prospectors trick while trying to get backers.
The stock man told Lasseter the directions to the treasure in reverse. This was to protect the old stock man from being excluded from the deal.
This researcher used copies of Lasseters diaries of the drawings of all the landmarks and went East from Alice Springs instead of West, into very rugged gold bearing country. after numerous fwd misadventures the researcher and his team discovered land marks that Lasseter was looking for recorded in his diary.
The researchers showed photographs of their find showing a long quartz reef of gold penetrating the rocky ground like a broken down wall that seemed to go for ever. They had made a deal with Western Mining Company I recall from memory at the time for an undisclosed sum.
A reporter asked them if the Lasseter purists would ever agree with them that they had found Lasseter's reef? The answer they gave with a shake and a smile, and said it does not matter because the Lasseter legend is so strong people will always search for it and for them thanks to Lasseters dairies they are now millionaires.
Hardluck
Linkback: You are not allowed to view links.
Please Register or Login
http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,3786.msg53697.html#msg53697
There are 2 attachment(s) in this post which you can not view or downloadPlease register for viewing them. 24A.jpg Harold Bell lassiter.jpg
|
|
Logged
|
|
