The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1891-05-02
THE BREYFOGLE MINE.
Found. Lost and Rediseovered = A
story Of the Arabian Knights Order.

ticle. accompanied by map, concern
inc The recent discovery of what is
believed to be the celebrated Brey-
fople mipe he Death Valley region.
From that description it would APP
pear altogether probable that this is
the same mine that was discovered
over forty years ago by Louis Nus
hammer. DOW deceased, an old AID
respected citizen of Alameda county,
and for wears resident of the Liver
more valley.
In the spring of ls4S Mr.. Nus
banner left New Jersey bound for
this coast. When he reached Salt Lake
the train of prairie schooners was 12O
10 number. Their progress was ne
cessarily slow, and Nushaumer and
other adventurous young men deter
mined 10 push Oh to the coast. One
CT the party named Smith declared
that he had made the journey before
BIZ a short southern route. and offered
to lead them 10 the promised land.
They abandoned the wagons and, driy-
ing some cattle with them, com
menced their fatal journey across the
alkalia plains.
Ii transpired that either Smith S
story was false or he had forgotten his
bearings, for they soon lost their way
and did not follow any definite trail.
Their cattle died for want of water,
4 Il al. al IA
bleach their bones upon the arid,
burning, sandy plains OF Utah aud
Nevada.
Abandoning everything but their
guns the men struggled on to their in-
evitable doom. Finding spring only
at rare intervals and being unable to
carry any quantity of water, and not
daring TO stop, they were soon in
terrible condition from thirst and lack
of nourishment. One by one tie
weaker of the little band dropped to
the ground never To rise again and
were left to their fate.
In his lifetime Mr.. Midsummer Of
ten related with great feeling the
pathetic heart-rending incidents OF
his awful journey. When a man fell
he knew il was for the last time, and
those " ho thus persisted met their fate
ike men. Once one of the party, be-
ing unable 10 arise, was left To die, he
declaring he could not go another
step. 4 few miles beyond the others
came to spring Filling his canteen,
1. ff.h Ia
comrade. But he was dead, and the
ground around him YVES all torn up in
his agonizirg struggles.
At last all had succumbcd to- their
hardships hut Nusbaumcr anil one
companion. While wandering about
Death Valley, scarcely knowing or
caring where they were going, and
borne along by their remarkable Vita
ity aud pluck, they discovered ledge,
Mr. Midsummer has stated, from which
the gold in the outcroppings OF rich
quartz glistened brightly in the sun,
and it was the shining metal that first
caught their weary eyes.
They broke some rich specimens
with their knives aud continued their
journey over the valley, subsequently
coming to the spring in the western
hills about thirty miles from where
they found the gold. They here rest
ed and ey, ntually struck the Williams
ranch aud bcheld the first human face
beside those of their Inflated COM
panions since they left the train. In
due time they reached their destina-
ton, but Mr.. Midsummer and his
brave companion never made an at
tempt To discover the mine in the
search OF which many have since lost
their lives. They took what bearing
they could, the principal point of To-
cation being the little spring in the
hills, whose cool, refreshing water had
saved their lives.
Mr.. Nusbaumer kept diary of the
events Of his struggle for life, and it
is thought still to be in the possession
of the family. He was small, COM
pactly- built, why man of great energy
and mental and physical force and of
indomnitable perseverance and pluck.
THE LOST MINE FOUND.
Three months man named Mont
gomery discovered in the rugged
mountains southeast of Death Valley
a location which answered the de-
scription of the lost Breyfogle mine.
When he prospected he found ledge
eighty feet wide and traced it 0 900