The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1890-12-04
OLD MEXICAN MINES.
A Plucky Young American Has Become
Rich Developing Them.

A P1ucky Young American Has Become
Rich Developing Them.
William Miller, a young American
with world of pluck and very little
money, left here three years ago to ex-
plore some mines that had been located
for him at the head of Yaqui river 120
miles west Of Ell Paso, Tex, and about
the same distance from the Arizona
line. He took with him three carpen-
ters and a professional hunter, who was
also a prospector. He has returned
with pocketful of money.
He says that his party, after wander
ing ten days in the Sierra Madre
and enduring incredible hardships,
reached the point for which they had
been aiming Miller, who claimed to
have derived his information and a
map from an old German S-1ao died
here five years ago, says that they
pitched their camp between the eastern
and middle forks of the Yaqui It is a
country under the dominance of
tribe Of Indians that even the Mexican
military force has been unable to sub
due, and has been hitherto barred to
the entrance of any metal seekers.
They found an old Spanish mine
that was especially rich in ore streaks
and worked there for two years. One
of the carpenters died before the place
was reached, and the others built
hin o,,I ol~
They worked two years and took out
about $50, 600 worth of silver, which
they managed to smelt after fashion,
and which they stored in camp. Then
another of the carpenters died. The
third was drowned bathing in the river
while heshet was on.
Miller described the mine as some
thing altogether wonderful. The seams
OF precious metal ran along the roofs
and sides of corridors that were made
by hands that had crumbled into dust
before George Washington was born.
Miller and his company found their
way to the Mexican Central railroad
and went to the capital. There they
saw the official and claimed the mine,
which was started by old Spanish ex-
plorers and settlers more than 200
years ago. They formed company in
which some Boston people were inter-
ested, and are now taking out 81, 900
worth Of metal a day. This stuff is
shipped to smelling works in Colorado.
Miller has married Mexican wife since
be left here, and is apparently very
wealthy: His company is called the
Yaqui Mining and Land company. He
states that he has never seen finer farm
ing territory than that which forms the
banks of a stream that is almost alto
yether unknown to the whites, and that
President Diaz is much interested in a |
scheme for colonizing it.-San Antonio,
Tex, Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Peter Scheer, superintendent of the
Nonpareil mine at Medhurst, came to
own yesterday aas swore out warrant |
or the arrest of Henry Guibbon, keeper |
If saloon and boarding house at that
,lace. It appears that Messrs Sheer and
3uibbon had some argument about an
rider that one of Scheers men had given
O Guibbon while under the influence of
iquor, and Mr. Sheer refused to honor it,
vhereupon Guibbon pulled out his gun
nd shot once at Sheer without effect.
dr. Scheer then rushed upon his assailant
nd tool- thu ,uo fro,,, him, lynaol;n ~ b;,, |
lown, and pulverised him pretty badly.
iuibbon is badly injured, however and as
ve go to press we learn that he is IN a
erious condition.