"The Tale of Tantiusques.".

The article presents an overview of the history of the Tantiusques mining ventures of Massachusetts. Introductory comments are included noting the ongoing operations of the area throughout the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. The article focuses on the early mining ventures of the earliest New England colonists in the 1630s under governorship John Winthrop Jr., citing common enthusiasm for early legends of El Dorado. Accounts are then described regarding mining prospecting in various phases continuing for the next 200 years.