Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-01-15
Eos Sueeles Aerald.


No AU8L 04x08 = 0uuus
The Arizona Citizen says. FIJI
teen years ag0-almost an age in |
frontier town, to judge from the
progress made in that period of
time-Mr. Isaac Goldberg, P. w.
Dooner and others, made pros
pecting trip 90 the Santa Catallnas
after fabulous gold mines that
were supposed to exist somewhere
among the summit peaks of that
rocky and almost inaccessible
range. To reach the higher por.
lions it was necessary to take
circuitous route aud ascend from
the side opposite Tucson. In ex-
ploring the dizzy height and dis
NAL cations the party lost their
bearings and wandered about the
mountains for several days, until
their provisions were about ex-
haused, and in their uncertain
wanderings discovered huge
ledge of very fine copper ore. AT
that remote period of time copper
mines were not thought
to be very valuable, and
but little attention was
paid to the accidental discovery,and
its location was not accurately OBJ.
served. The party made their way
out OF the mountains with o rapid
ity accelerated by the pang of hum
ger, and congratulated themselves
more upon safe return to this
city than upon the results contin-
gent upon their discoveries. They,
however, made four or five subse-
quent attempts to find the copper
ledge so curiously discovered, but
always with uniform want of sue
cess, and the nine days. tireseme
wandering of the previous trip
were set down rs barren of all
profit. Very recently, Mr.. Isaac
Goldberg made upa party, includ-
ing . member of the former party,
and started out with q determina.
tion to find the lost ledge at all
hazards. They were more fortu.
nate this time than before, and
succeeded 10 re-discovering the
bonanza, which is but q thous-
and feet from the mountain
stream, which below the noun.
tains is called Rillito Creek, and
but fifteen miles in straight line
from Tucson, although eighty miles
by the only feasible trail. The
ledge was located by Isaac Gold.
berg, Andrew Crowley and James
Lee, and Samuel Hughes was To-
GATED In an exte nsion. The crop
pings brought in were very rich,
and average specimens gave by as
say over 81 per cent. copper. The
ledge is said to be enormously wide,
with strong and bold groupings.
Old miners who have heard the
particulars of thg find and have
seen the ore. say that it is the most
important discovery ever made in
the vicinity OF Tucson, and its
value to th0Uwners Is beyond com.
putatiops The romance of its orig.
inal ditcovery and the subsequent
search for it have woven an inter.
enk about the mine that will be as
lasting as the wonderful lode itself.
True to the letter, but not the
whole truth, fnasmueh as the Incl
dents of the romance do not ap.
pear. The eighth day of the "pros-
pect" found seven dilapidated ad.
venturers in the heart of the Santa
Catalina mountains with the
clouds at their feet, and five pounds
of p0n0ie and half as many pounds
of coffee in the commissary. The
rocky sleeps Of the Catalinas had
left but one pair of foot.gear in the
company, and that was q
pair of Apache moccasips,
worn by the guide (Dl
A drenching thunder storm added
to the charm Of the situation and
made q fire impossible. Bill of
fare: coffee stepped in cold water;
q few ounces Of p0noIs, ditto. Three
days latter found the party on the
mesa, after performing some gym.
Dastic feats that would bring q |
flush Of envy to the cheek of a |
Brazilian monkey. And they re-
sembled troupe OF monkeys, in. |
asmuch as the clothing that re- |
manned upon their persons was OF
. very nondescript cut. The PAN
falcons from the knees to the bot
toms had been converted into i'm T
prOvised mocassins; vests and shirt !
sleeves, ditto. A picture of that |
crowd as it eamped on the outskirts |
Of Tucson in order to make
the entrance under the friendly
shadows of night, would be an ac-
quisition to any pictorial collec.
ton. Yet q jollier set of ragmuf-
fins never contemplated the ridic-
ulous in art. The intervening
years have dealt kindly with some
OF these, and two or three have
been gathered to the Fathers. But
II the intrepid Goldberg, who made
most of the crsggy passes upon his
hands and knees and laughed as
much as all the rest of the party |
combined, has struck fortune in |
the re-disc0very OF the lode, then
the romance has ended we'll.
Albert f. Kercheval, of Los An
geles, must have more Japanese
persimmon trees than brains. He