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A HISTORY OF THE MYSTERY SPOT
ORIGINALLY WE WANTED TO GET THE LEVEL CROUND BELOW HERE FOR A SUMMER HOME OR MOUNTAIN
CABIN. BUT THE GENTLEMAN WE WERE BUYING FROM WOULD NOT SELL THE LEVEL GROUND UNLESS
WE PURCHASED A STRIP ACROSS THE ENTIRE SOUTH END OF HIS PROPERTY INCLUDING THIS HILL SIDE.
FINALLY WE BOUGHT THE ENTIRE PIECE, MAINLY TO GET THE LEVEL GROUND. AND AS WE WERE HELPING THE SURVEYOR
ALONG THE NORTH LINE WE NOTED THE COMPASS TO VARY A SMALL AMOUNT ON THE TRANSIT AND SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT AT THAT
TIME. HE SAID WE MIGHT GET THAT VARIATION ALONG A BARBED WIRE FENCE OR SOME MINERAL IN THE GROUND AND LET IT PASS AT THAT,
ON THINKING IT OVER LATER, THERE WAS NO BARBED WIRE FENCE NEAR WHERE WE WERE AT THAT TIME, AND AS FAR AS WE KNEW, NO EXCESSIVE
MINERAL IN THIS GROUND, SO WE TOOK OUR OWN SMALL HAND CcOMPASS AND WENT UP OVER THE NORTH LINE TO TRY AND CHECK ON IT. THE VARIATION THERE
WAS NOT CREAT ENOUGH THAT WE COULD TELL ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WITH NOTHING TO COMPARE IT WITH, AS YOU WOULD HAVE WITH A SURVEYING
INSTRUMENT OR TRANSIT. BUT IT IS QUITE ROUGH GOING UP OVER THE POINT OF THE HILL AND THRU THE BRUSH. ON RETURNING WE CAME
DOWN THE LITTLE CANYON OR DRAW ABOVE HERE. IN SO DOING FELT VERY LIGHT HEADED. OR TOP HEAVY, FELT LIKE SOME THING TRYING
TO FORCE US RIGHT OFF THE HILL. WE SAT DOWN FOR A WHILE TO TRY AND OVERCOME THAT FEELING.
WHILE SITTING THERE WE HAPPENED TO LOOK AT THE COMPASS AGAIN. THERE THE COMPASS HAD VARIED ENOUGH THAT
WE NEEDED NOTHING TO COMPARE IT WITH TO TELL THAT IT WAS NOT CORRECT. WE BEGAN TO CHECK FROM THAT
AND THE MORE WE CHECKED THE MORE WE FOUND, UNTIL WE FIND WE HAVE THIS SPOT OF GROUND HERE,
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FEET IN DIAMETER, THAT SO FAR WE.HAVE NOT FOUND ANY INSTRUMENT ABSOLUTLY CORRECT
OVER IT. A PORTABLE RADIO WILL PLAY ANY PLACE OVER IT WITH BUT VERY LITTLE VARIATION, BEING THE NEAREST
CORRECT THAT WE HAVE FOUND.
THE GUIDE WILL START THE DEMONSTRATIONS FROM HERE
PLEASE WAIT HERE
"At Santa Cruz, Calif.
Tan M 18
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