Mohave County miner., 1895-02-23
4 New Gold Discovery.

One day last week Mexican, Jnan De
Armitt, came In from Brsdy's ranch and
brought with him q little piece Of rock
that was fairly hrisiling with gold. Til.
specimen was shown to number OF our
local experts and pronounced very fine.
AT once number Of our mining men ar.
ranged 10 pay visit TO the newly d,scoy.
cred source OF wealth, intent upon locs,.
ing extensions, etc. Great secrecy gov.
erned the actions OF each party. and they
Oh left town un1er cover Of night, each
believing that he vas the only and onli.
est one that Dame Fortune had favored
In the premises. The first party arrived
on the ground late at night, and were
congrstula'ing ihemselves that they wer.
alone in the great camp, and golden Wis
ions Of unlimited wealth. were looming M
In their imsginations with all the fervency
Of actual possessions when they heard the
rumble Of wheels, and discovered IN 4,
close on their heels WAS another party
equally anxious and eager to share the
bo,mtful gifts OF nature. THIS latter
party was composed OF some Of the sub.
sfsniisi business men Of our iitile city,
and the ingenuity they DISPLAYED In GOV.
ering mp their tracks - avoid The posi-
blli'y OF any one discovering the rouie
they had taken. Was certsinly \ surprise
10 their most intimate friends. An ex.
plsnaiion Of their conduct after they had
left the confines Of town does not leave
their exact oil sct clear in the minds oi
sll, bnt We are Of the opinion that the
genilemen can give n satisfactory inter.
pretaiion II called upon. They took
hsichet and began cutting the mesqni,p
trees along their route, and some do say
that fhe object Was to blaze q trail 4 y
which they might be able to retrace their
steps to the original starting point.
Whether or not this he true We are una
BILE to say at the present writing. just
after crossing the canal they cut large
mefqrite tree and tied it behind the
wagon where 1t dragged such deep
-csevice in the road that those passing by
that way the next morning thought there
had been gigantic f1,od in the night and
that Il had washed y deep canyon In the
previously smooth road. The tree was
tied behind on the brilliant suggestion Of
one Of the shrewd ones of the party, for
The purpose Of obliteraiine their trail aad
rendering II impossible for any inqnisl,ivr
ones to follow tgeir lead, So ingeniou-
Was The plan that il has excited general
comment among the old.tilne .Jailsrs and
scouis, andshey wonder that the idea Of
snch an effective method never entered
their brains Ia the long, years. OF expert
ence they had had in trailing.
The parties all rot back. and while
away made numerous locations. One of
the gentlemen told the TfiSune man that
he had located l60 acres Of thegRnest
timber lsOd In ths territory, and was
greatly pleased with his trip.
But all j,kes aside. .raere il no doubt
that an exceedingly rich body of ore has
been encountered, and already prepare.
liens are being made for some ;extenzivr
Development work. The find is aooui
thirty miles from Florence at the point Of
Black mountain, between Brady's horse
ranch and the Mammoth road. We hop~
10 be able 10 report another rich gold
camp In active operation before long
Florence Tribune.