The herald., 1894-03-05
HERE is ANOTHER BONANZA.
GOIdstOne Camp and Its Won
derfully Rich Ore.
A Lost Mine Which Was Found and Is
Panning Out.
The Indians Drove Away the Original
Locators, But Now the Place
IL Thriving Mining
District.

I
GoLDsToNE CAMP, March 2.-In the
year 1875 belated traveller vending his
weary way along the sandy desert waste
and through occasional intricate noun
I tain passes, presumably on his way
from the Colorado river to San Bernar-
| dino. halted near the head of o cafion
in what 10 now known as Winston's
Basin, in the Hustoreis mountains, to
| pass the night where two eulches
emptied their seething torrents into the
main cafion. With the customary acute
ness Of observation which comes from
experience in a life of activity and ad-
venture in unexplored territory, his eye
detected in the rocky sediment at the
juncture of the two gulChes some quartz
float, which, upon closer examination,
appeared to be mineral bearing, and,
carefully noting the locality, pursued
his way the following morning.
A month or two aiterward he put in
an appearance at Los Angeles, and, ex-
hibiting the quartz specimen, it was
found to contain gold which was visible
OF Los Angeles, DR.. Winston, now de-
ceased, who was then proprietor of the
Belle Union hotel, became interested in
the discovery, and, associating him
self with another party and the
finder OF the quartz, at once set
out for the place of discovery. Little
trouble was 1t to this party Of pioneers
to find the exact location OF the ledge
the quartz was originally part of. COM
pared to the efforts of score OF hardy,
determined pfospectors who, acquainted
with the story, have since that time
made trip after trip to the vicinity indi-
Gated. In a fruitless attempt to find the
ledge or location from whence the Win
ston party brought ore which asaayed
$4,000 per ton in gold.
The story as told your correspondent
by Mr.. P. r. DwyTe, the prospector who
in company with hia partner, Mr.. j. f.
Walker, finally discovered the rich yell
low metal. is as follows:
Zone by one the lost mine traditions
are working themselves out to be facts."
After enumerating several time-wern
traditions which time and enterprise
had fully established the authenticity
OF, Mr.. Dwyre continued:
"When the Winston party reached the
locality indicated by the discoverer they
at once set to work, with tools brought
by them, to uncover the ledge, which
they were not long in finding. After
two days of srduous labor, the party
were attacked by a rowing band of In
dians. and. after fierce struggle, during
which the stock of ammunition OF the
whites was much depleted, they decided
to abandon the project of development
until more settled state of affairs ex-
iste1. However. they did not break
camp until they had located and monu-
mented two claims, which to them ap-
g. ho ha IN, ha
On their arrival at Los Angeles they had
an assay made of the ore they had pro-
cured, and found, to their surprise, it
-saTff5u gnu 10 the exrsnt OF $50oc per
ton." So much for the original part of
the story. Now comes the more modern
experience of prospectors who have
braved the dangers of the arid desert
and snow-caPped peaks to find the
wealth of mineral.
Mr.. Dwyre continued: 1.-THE story
was given out by the returned party
that the lodges were located st juno
ton of two creeks, where plenty of
wood and water were ohtainable, but
owing to the hardships to be endured,
and later on illness of one OF the party,
the vicinity was never again visited by
the original lecators. myself made
four trips in search of the locality, in
vain. Early in December of the present
year my partner, Mr.. Walker, and my
self determined once more to try and
find the place, and while engaged in the
trip found rich float which we traced to
ledge, and later on found the original
ledge on which work had been done by
the Winston party. The "creeks5 OF
is years ago were dry gulches today,
and we had always proBpected too far
! M
are now running. We found the place
where the Indians had buried the bel
lows, broken the tools, aud pounded up
| the blasting powder of the Winston
party to use for gunpowder."
Messrs. Dwyre and Walker remained
on their trip 40 days and made several
locations of ledges that aaHayed from
| SIS to $l094 per ton in gold. On their
return the news spread like wildfre
! among the miners and prospecturs in
the Vanderbilt and Arizona countries
and a steady influx of enterprising in
dividuals with pack-laden burros and
mules is the scene presented at Gold
stone, for such is the name of the new
camp. Occasionally the scene is varied
| by the presence of q sober-faced Judge
or itinerant railroad man from the Col
orado river country.
GoldHtone is about 22lmiles from Fen
| ner, in the Arrow mining district, on the
| line of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad
and iH reached by daily stage over a
we'll travelled road. which, before the
mill burned some four or five years ago.
was known as the road of the Providence
Silver Mining company.
An immense dyke of iron matter some
25 miles in length follows this chain of
mountains north and south and Gold
stone has the distinction Of being nearly
the center of gold producing country
second to none, it iH believed, in the
state, and which development work ySsl
no doubt soon prove.