The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-02-07
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Goid Fhnt 20 Dug by 2cn,;.c:s or tho Sal.
yation Eriny.

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Gold Thnt 70 Dug by a,cn,i.c:,s or tho sa,.
vation Army.
Way up in one Of thc NEST inacr"si.
BIO portions OF the Iluachup;, rnii,., Of
| mountains, near Prescott, Il. ~, t!rro
Is s!tuatcd pcrhal>G the l1o;t ,iiioi.
mining camp IN the Wur'l, says the
Mining Industry an Tiu,luainan. The
sixteen men who daily toll in the Gen.
Booth mine are al mCmbcr3 OF the Sal
VaI'on Army, ANA thr profits oi tho
p1lne all go into the Treasury Of chat or
ganlzatlon. Hhc history of the location
and subsequent development OK the
mine Is interesting.
old Dick InN NlOr, thn hi%covrrCr, ;s
one Of tho best known nnI most .uc-
ccSS1ul pro%pcctors il the territory.
Coming to Arinunn in the cnrlv ,nys.
when the whole Souihw,..tr"n country
was Il wilderness, given over to tnc
Apache Indians, he has nruspcctcl
the country from one end o tho
other, and made moro valuable To-
cations than any other man IN
Arizona. The One Horse, Bad Iucl,
and Desert mines in thc Uuroua
llala country, the Apache and New
y,
the King In tho Bradshaws and many
others wero located by him, and have
since made fortunes for the investors.
DICK Taylor was, perhaps, the most
proianc man III tho southwest, His
Vocabulary OF invcctivc was something
phenomenal, and was brought into use
on the slightest provocation. The pic
turcsquencSs and voluhility Of his oaths
were provcrbial over the territory for
many ycn 1t Is said that after each
salo Tny = would invest in II years
grub-sta o and then proceed to spend
the rem lndcr of the money in tho
widest dcbauchcry. At one time no
ran through with ten thousand dollars
In two weeks In phmnix, throwing his
money away in tho most reckless man
ncr His money once gone, he returned
to his prospecting, and touched no
liquor until his next sale.
1T was immediately after tho sale of
tho Apache mine for fifteen thousand
dollars that ho started on his widest
dcbauch III Phnnix. For over Il month,
| he did not draw IL sober breath, and
at last, reduced WGain 70 poverty und
weakened mentally and physically, he
| profcsscd religion at Gn oprn-nir meet
ing of tho Salvation Army in Phoenix
| For over two months he marched with
the army ut its nightly meetings, but
finding such Il routine life too irisomc
he again started for the hills. Nothing
was heard Of him for over two mon !s,
and it was reported ti!at he had pvr-
1Slcd on Tic desert. lat uuc G%v i,u
again turned up in pnonix with n
| Dnrro load Of rich ore, which svt tlc
town abln:c with excitement. sumr @,
the nuggets which he brought wcr,
| valued at fifty du!l:.t~. Every one wa;
surprised when hr ;,}nuunrrd his in
tcntion Of turning his, latest find owe
to the Salvation Army. IL wu, Gul
proiicrcd TO and accepted 10y that OF
gani2ation, and fifteen men voluntcrrc,
TO develop 1t. Work was commences,
over year ago under Tho direction o
Taylor, and has progressed stcudil,
since. The pay streak is sixteen inches
wide, and has paid well from The grass
roots. The orc is treated in twc
| cru&.icT:i erected near tlic mine, but il
is proposed soon to bring in II tcn-stamp
mill. Strict religious di@ciplinc i;
maintained in the camp and the profits,
after paying tho r&cc>sHry expenses,
20 into the treasury of the army to MD
III the work Of that organization. Two
shit" OF SIX Eicn C">h work under
ground, while the remainder attend TO
the trca atlnCnt of the ere uMI transDOr-
tatlon of necessary supplies. Supplies
hfe 1rclEhtcd one hundred miles.