Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-02-29
Lost C?J Mines

Scarcely An old timer lives in this ter
ritory who has not at some time search
ed for u ny thicai mine, one OF those
that exist oBly in legeDdaiy, history, or
stories that have been handed r. own from
the early pioneers, AMI TO some OF those,
no doubt, Imagination has lent an en-
chanting portion.
While this L. true, end The Niger
| Ben mine, the d.. Thorue or the Lost
Dutchmsn claim, al! of which are re-
Puted very ROB, and OF each, muen tes-
tlmOny may be secured, may never be
found, here is today firm belief that
The DR.. Thorne mine lies hidden some
where under the shadows OF the Four
Peaks. An old letter without day or
cate, or in fact without any marks to
identify it's author, has been found re-
Gently, and it sheds some light on the
subject.
10 1869. says this old manuscript, an
Apache who IA mseif and squaw had been
cured OF q ioathso,ne disease by the doc
tor VIII lie al +, ri Reno, took DE-. L horne
down the VERGE 10 Salt river. VII re there
are several cd arastras, aud then trbve'-
ed two DAY 9 east vito OUrros, and camp
ed at the spring near the Four P-aBs
The spring came out of cave, III q had
tules growing ar ound it. Here tue In
d N put ThOIns and took
o. IN ABOUT one b five min
utes' ride, blinGfoide6, to a small granite
WASH, where tEey licked up god On the
oed rock, aUd ab-uJ three quarters OF d
mile higher up branch wash, showed
hun sn iron ledge, two feet and six ill.,
ches thick, with plain showing IF free
gold. Thorne thought he vas four
miles north of Salt RIVER. Ga tue south
side OF the iron ledge stood q mountain,
called by the Indian Som orero Butte,
apparently eight pi'es from where they
stood. This mountain is thought to De
Viewers Needle, and the ledge, a spur
or part OF an immense ledge, running
north and south from the Four Peaks.
toward the rIver. Five years af erwsrd.
Thorue returned to Ar Zona and looked
IN this vicinity, but ia vain.
soldier named Stafford, carrying mail
from Mcdowell TO Reno, traced amuI =
ton to the ALsches fer gold, and in
elg hteen months took away S7,00C.
They told him they got it 10 the -Four
Peaks. de looked for It lu that vicinity,
along with Simon NoviDger, Who had
map Of the country from boy who had
seen it when captured by the Indians in
1860
A orospector named Bird, says he fourd
float in tina, vicinity Of an iron cha acter
aud very rich in free gold. Dick Welsh
says IIs partner IN trying t get through
from Sugar Loaf Butte to DR.. Jones
ranch, got lost and found float that assay
ed 81. 400 to s., 600 per ton.
A miner shot by az Ind al, who died
at judge Alsap's house twenty-five years
ago. found an old rock cabin wi b some
skeltoDs and cooking stools. a shaft q d
tunnel west of the -Four Peaks. 1t l.
SAID two Germans and band of Mex
c4ns worked three mines frCm 1861 to
1866, and that Louie, the IL terpreter,
VINO died four yeras ago at ScsUtOn,
helped to work il. Wallace Wise talk |
or Mexican who looks for ledge founc |
by himself and two DutchmeD 10 1868, |
on ne south west side of the FoDr Peaks, |
three-!ourths Of a mile from Il spring |
with tules growing around 1t, 1t was an |
iron ledge showing free gold.
DIR. Jones married M-x,csn woman |
who lived at Mcdowell. She once had /;
an Apache lover who gave 5000 I'D j
gold. which be got in that plare from
his description to her Simon Novinger,
John ontgomery. HI Med maid, Hack I
Williams, ID ,rrel Dupp-r and ell toe o!G /
timers who have looked for it, look IL /
; b Al county.
The above manuscript is evidently cd, !.
but ct recent years, many have sought |
the DR.. rhorne and Dut, b Jacob MINES, |
witch may be one and the same. !
Many people now living here, Re mem Der |
Dutch jacob. and know he did bring !
gol 10 quantities each time he vent IL
,be vicinits of the +. ar Peak. While |
on hie deatt bed. or SHORTY before, hp !,
sent for Bob Upton, sad offered to chow
him the place. which be described as al |
ID ost I'D possible 40 find, but AS a rich /
est gold mine IN TIE world. Without /
any tools but pick, shovel and hammer, /
J cob used T. qusrryit out
The old fellow died. how eve, without
being etl- t. 90 again t0 the mine. II.
tried r ard to ell! Ms Thomas, and she
has hunted in vain j E Barker and
Huse Ward have spsnt IL laEst 81 800
t'yirg to tird the spot. bnt they, too.
wers uasu..se vi. 2. .. Bicknsll, he
jnssnsli tic yr -pector, found the cave,
bu. was rot al Q 20 locate the ledge OF
gold. All tnA stories combine togethe
ith many o hers t&bt Wouid fiji vol
umes, shov there is a rich mine some
V here in the V cn,ty If the Four Peaks.
and some dav it may be found but if So,
it will u1ost likely b. by accideet, end
bya acknowledgements fdaily Gsz
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