Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-01-18
- .-.--.-s. --------. --e- -, = THE GEN. BOOTH MINE.
Gold That Is Dug by Members of the sai-
 vation Army.


 Way up in one of the most inacessi- ble portions of the Huachuca range of mountains, near Prescott, A. T., there is situated perhaps the most unique mining camp ln the world, says the Mining Industry and Tradesman. The sixteen men who daily toll in the Gen. Booth mine are all members of the Sal vation Army, and the profits of the mine all go into the treasury of that or ganization. The history of the location and subsequent development of the mine is interesting.
 "Old Dick" Taylor, the discoverer, is one of the best known and most suc- cessful prospectors in the territory. Coming to Arizona in the early days. when the whole southwestern country was wilderness given over to the Apache Indians, he has prospected the country from one end to the. other, and made more valuable lo- cations than any other man in Arizona. The One Horse, Bad Luck and Desert mines in the Harqua Hala country the Apache and New York In the Expectations mountains, the King in the Bradshaws and many others were located by him, and have since made fortunes for the investors.
 Dick Taylor was, perhaps, the most profane man in the southwest, His vocabulary of invective was something phenomenal, and was brought into use on the slightest proyoeation. The pie turesqueness and volubility of his paths l toJ many years. It is said that after each sale Taylor would invest in q years grub-stake and then proceed to spend the remainder of the money in the widest debauchery. At one time he ran through with ten thousand dollars in two weeks in Phoenix, throwing his money away in the most reckless man. ner. His money once gone, he returned to his prospecting, and touched no liquor until his next sale.
 1t was immediately after the sale of the Apache mine for fifteen thousand dollars that he started on his widest debaueh in Phoenix. For over month he did not draw a sober breath, and, at last, reduced again to poverty and weakened mentally and physically, he professed religion at an open-air meet ing of the Salvation Army in Phoenix. For over two months he marched with the army at it's nightly meetings, but finding such a routine life too irl1some, he again started for the hills. Nothing was heard of him for over two months and it was reported that he had per ished on the desert, but one day he again turned up in Phoenix with a burro load of rich ore, which set the town ablaze with excitement. Some o1 the nuggets which he brought were valued at fifty dollars. Every one was surprised when he announced his in tention of turning his latest find over to the Salvation Army. It was duly proffered to and accepted by that or ganization, and fifteen men volunteered to develop it. Work was commenced over year ago under the direction o1 Taylor, and has progressed steadily since. The pay streak is sixteen inches wide, and has paid well from the grass roots. The ore is treated in two erushers erected near the mine, but ii is proposed soon to bring in a ten-stamr mill. Strict religious discipline is maintained i'll the camp, and the profits, after paying the necessary expenses, go into the treasury of the army to aid in the work of that organization. Two shifts of six men each work under ground, while the remainder attend to the treatment of the ore and transpor- tation of necessary supplies. Supplies are freighted one hundred miles.