The herald., 1895-03-05

been worked by the Aztecs, and was rich
beyond compare. Tingman had heard
the story many times and when the Did
man showed him the gold he believed his
tale. At the Lost Horse mine, up in the
Morongo Mountains, Tingman and his
partner Holland, have three stampmll
and are working ore that pays $50 and
upwards. The day after the prospector
left, Tingman went to the Lost Horse and
told Holland the story. The McHapey
boys were there and all hands at once
took the matter in hand, and not less than
ten prospecting outfits were arranged for
and as many parties sent into the
mountains to find the canyon where the
dead men and the caves were. Is
Will Ball, nephew OF the McHaney boys,
aged about II years, and like all boys,
great hunter, has brought into the Me-
Haney ranch and given to his uncle,
marry Harrington, of this city, who was
tnen visiting there, an old bayonet covered
with hleroglyphics, which he said he had
iouna In cave in canyon while out
hunting. The boy also told of the spring
OF water and SO described the place that
the McHaney boys were sure it was the
FL Dorado they sought, but when it came
to going back to the canyon the boy was
at fault. He knew about where it was in
the hills, but for his life he couldn't find
it again. The McHenry's, nothing daunt-
ed, started on thorough search, with
Others for the canyon. Tingman and
Holland, with parties, were also search
ing, but after five weeks hard work, both
sides were ready to give up. The Nc
Haneys decided to abandon the quest, as
did Tingman, but Holland and one or
two more kept on.
The McHaney boys are stock men and
they were in the mountains for the pur-
pose OF finding grazing land where there
was water. One day Jim McHancy was
riding through the hills about shutdown
hunting spring where he could camp
when his horse struck an old Indian trail
and followed it. McHaney knew there
was water near from the way his horse
acted and gave the animal free rein. Bye
and bye the horse turned through mass
of brush and down a deep declivity, at
the bottom of which there was a spring.
a good big one with water enough for a
herd Of stock. McHaney camped there
and in ten minutes realized he had found
the cunyon that fifty men had been hunt
ing iOr i've long weeks. morning only
convinced him. There were the caves,
the skeletons and the lodges rich beyond
comprehension with virgin gold.
The rest is soon told. Jim went back to
the ranch and got his brother. The two
made the locations already named, and
then, before saying word, recorded them
in both Riverside and San Bernardino
counties.
I'VE won't sell foot OF our claims"
said Harry Harrington, the brother-in-
law of the McHaney boys, yesterday ga
million dollars for our claims would not
be a temptation. Why, man, you can't
conceive of the richness of the find until
you see it. We have all the water we
need, and the water belongs to us.
The ore we have already crushed rune
up in the thousands per ton, and
it is only poor ore in comparison with
what we have in sight. / am not an en-
thusiast but l say to you the boys today
have the richest claim ever discovered in
California. l don't care whether the
ledge is deep or not. The ore in sight
guarantees my statement. AS Bill said
when Jim led him into the canyon
We're all rich :"
Work on the mines will be started at
once. and big mill will be erected in the
canyon as soon as the road, on which the
men are now working, will allow its
transportation.