Mohave County miner., 1894-02-03
On the Colorado Desert.

great wealth producer is plenty Of
giant powder and beans properly applied
and mixed with little brains. Last
winter when We came out here a one
half interest in claim was offered Us
for sinking so feet on il. The owner
begged us to take il. IL did not prospect
over $40 ton on the surface, and my
partner refused to touch it, offered the
opportunity to several parties, among
others to couple Of enterprising citizens
OF Santa Maria, who declined. Finally a
Frenchman took it, and sunk IS feet.
At so ieet be had six.foot vein Of ore
milling $50 ton and some OF it away up
in the hundreds. ~ the present depth
the ore has turned loose, but richer still
A one-half interest in the claim is worth
over s25, 900 today, and there is double
/ that amount in sight.
There are more such opportunities for
men OF small means and backbone
enough to undertake them. Still, you
don't get such chance every day. An.
other clsim-the CArlisle--was purchased
un'leveloped sll00. An expenditure Of
$500 more has put about 5000 worth Of
ore on the dump and about $50, 900 with.
in sight below.
| have never been in a camp where
Won clnld 20 out aud bring in 80 many
samples OF rich ore IRON diffsrsn, IL iyss
as in this old Rather district. In most
camps there are only one or two or at
most three good claims. Here are doz-
en- within ive miles that will all IN IKE
properties worth six and seven figures
with proper development, and plenty
more TO be found. OIe claim in which
| was interested l6 years ago. and abao.
ioned. was recently sold, and one-balf
interest brIughts 300 Imet the lucky
seller, and We had laugh over 1t.
have in my pocket specimens Of float,
stephanite (75 per cent silver hat year
ago was worth over $50 900 \ ton, hut
IN :nks 10 Grover il s not worth looking
for now. There IL plenty here for all
who have the necessary capital and sand
enough TO tackle the desert
In nv last letter told Won OF being
caught in he, IVY thunderstorm in the
middle Of July and camping all night in
the mud IN tn. mid lie OF dry lake.
The elm lte Is rapidly for wetter one,
for n0rih ago | was caught in the
same locality in snosstorm Of two days
duration. M)-t people have altogether
mistaken ideas OF the desert, and il il a
b1gab1o to the majority OF people. The
few drago Ick1 can bs easily overcome
after Won get used te the change OF con-
ditions. Water ~ scarce and poor, but,
by boiling Thoroughly and using citric
acid freely. il overcomes that difficulty |
Experiment has proved that water. can |
be had in wells in many places. Fuel is |
scarce, hut gasoline is cheap and no, as
expensive as coil and ODD on the |
inside.
Timber is scarce to, but little il |
needed in ordinary mining operations,
as no water Is met with in any OF the |
mines so far explored There is no ex-
pense for pumping machinery. To sum
it all up, our ores can he mined and
mllled at the same or less expense than
those closer 10 the coast an inside, :"
which run from SIS to s25 per ton, while
our ores run from s2j ton up into he
thousands.
There is very little danger in getting
lost and dying on the desert IL one uses
ordinary precautions and has little
horse sense. Most OF the cases have
either been intemperate men or those
who we're too bnll-headed TO take advice.
More than 80 per cent OF them are whisky
Or beer drinkers. There are many more.
however. than are ever reported in the
newspapers.
The notorious Breedlove case two years
ago was evidently not from want of water.
but poison from something they had all
eaten. Men dying from thirst do not die
as they did, nor should men IN ordinary
health perish in so short time after
water is exhausted. IL is the healthiest
country on earth. No one has been
known TO die natural death ont here.
disease man may have--the
rhenmatism, catarrh, throat or lung com.
plant especially the climate is a specific,
and for eight months in the year is as
delightful as can be asked for, never any
og, and so warm that | never put on