Arizona republican., 1895-03-30
THE GEN. DOOIr MINE.
Gold That Is Dug by Members of the Sal
 vation Army.

vation Army. Way up in one of the most lnacessl'
 ble portions of the Huachuca range of
 mountains, near Prescott, A. T., there
 is situated perhaps the most unique
 mining camp Ill 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
 nine 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 sue
 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 To-
 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 provocation. The pie
 turesqueness and volubility of his oaths
 were proverbial over the territory for
 many years. It is said that after each
 sale Taylor would invest in a years
 grub-stake and then proceed to spend
 the remainder of the money ill 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. her. His money once gone, he returned to his prospecting, and touched no liquor until his next. sale.
 It was immediately after the sale of : the Apache mine for fifteen thousand dollars that he started on his widest : debauch in Phoenix. For over month he did not draw a sober breath, and, at last. reduced again to poverty and 5 weakened mentally and physically, he professed religion at an open-air meet ing of the Salvation Army in Phoenix 5 For over two months he marched with the army at its nightly meetings, but l finding such a routine life t0o irizsome, : he again started for the hills Nothing : was heard of him for over two months, ) and it was reported that he had per I iShaH 1,1,+ h. again turned up in Phoenix with a 9 burro load of rich ore, which set the l town ablaze with excitement Some of s the nuggets which he brought were g valued at fifty dollars. Every one was l surprised when he announced his in : tention of turning his latest find over s to the Salvation Army. It was duly s protfered to and accepted by that or y ganization, and fifteen men volunteered 0 to develop it. Work was commenced
 over year ago under the direction of e Taylor, and has progressed steadily e since. The pay streak is sixteen inches | wide, and has pald well from the grass q roots. The ore is treated in two s crushers erected near the mine, but it is proposed soon to bring in ten-stamp }. mill. Strict religious discipline is h maintained in the camp, and the profits, l. after paying the necessary expenses, e go into the treasury of the army to aid :, in the work of that organization. Two e shifts of six men each work under e ground, while the remainder attend to e the treatment of the ore and transpor- ,. tation of necessary supplies. Supplies d are freighted one hundred miles,
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