Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-06-19
An Indian Meal.
Los ANGELES, June s, 1SSt

Los ANGELES, June s, 1886.
 Every school boy has read the story of the discovery of the silver mines of Potosi; how the Indian hunter Diego Huslge while climbing the mountain in chase of a lama tore up a bush by its roots and found native Jumps of the precious metal clingiuz to it. These mines have yielded in the last 300 years over sI,5OOOO0OO0 or about five times as much As the total output of the Com stock Lode. The mines of White Pine mountain in the State of Nevada were discovered in 1868 by Shoshone Indian, who led Eberhardt and others to the favored spot in consideration of a square meal of pork and beans. There are only two instances showing the agency of the red man in the discovery of mines, but the history of inning fin North America as well as in South America Is full of similar cases. IL was by means of sn Indian that the cele
 brated tin mines of Temescal were first brought to the notice of the whites. In 1857 one of our old settlers was engaged in stock raising at the Mission of San Gabriel. Among his vsqueros there WAS an old mission Indian answer ing to the name of Manuel. He was a good hand and a great favorite oD the ranch. One day Manuel was taken sick and was obliged to go to bed. His boss visited him and wanted him to send for an Ame1csn IhysIcian. The Indian objected to tbis, saying that be knew he could be cured If he could only get little piece of that black rock" from the Temescsl mountains. The American was sstonlshed to hear the Indian talk in this manner and came to the conclusion that he was "locU-ed' and out of bis head. As he stubbornlY refused however to take any remedy .he rsnchero began to fear that be would be carried of by death, and not wishing to lose good vsquero he finally told the Indian that if hs would give him directions how to find that "black rock" he would go to the Temescal range himself and bring him back a piece. The Indian gave him the location of the csiion in which the rock was t. be found and the white man started of on his journey. He had DO difficulty Tn find ing the place and, breaking od some of the black rock which was scattered around there in abundance, he returned to the sick man. When the Indian saw the rock he thanked the white msn effu- sively and taking a small piece, ground II up into fine powder and swallowed it.
 In day or two 10 the great surprise of everybody on the ranch Manuel was on his feet sgsin and attending to his regu- lar duties This seemingly miraculous cure excited the curiosity of the white man, and taking a piece of the rock he went into Los Angeles snd submitted 1t to the inspection ot a chemist. A sim pie test soon disclosed its nature. IL was tin ore. This metal in 8 powered condition IS 6 sovereign remedy for what the doctors in their hog-latin call the "bothriocephalus lstus,' or in plain English it will kill the tape worm. It wac for tbis purpose that Manuel hsd swallowed the rock. and doubtless his father and his tsther's fathers for generations before the appearance of OorteI and Coronado had proved the efficacy of this remedy. As soon as the rsncherO got the chemists report be struck out for the Temescsl range and made his location. This location he afterwards sold to s,.Ssn Francisco com pany for S6.0O0. When he got his mon ey be didn't forget Manuel. He gave the Indian the finest saddle and brijle to be found in Los Angeles. The news of the discovery of tin soon spread and 6 big rush to the mines set in. A town sprung up like Jonsh's gourd in s single night. San Francisco capitalists in vested heavily in the ground and pre- psrations were made for @ vigorous min- ing campaign. Miners were imported diract from Oorn wall. the aC Couein Jacks"