The Arizona sentinel., 1896-03-28

 of theosophy to every day existence and l am told that such subjects art , commonly discussed and usually uu- , derstood by the average miner. The Superintendent of tl.is mine
 Robert Strauss was not in camp the day l arrived so I waited. I am glad did for by so doing I met polished gentleman, a manly man and a thor
 ougE miner. Mr. Strauss met me with hearty kandshake and from the first treated me with the utmost courtesy. It gets warm at Fortuna
 and the last day of my stay the
 weather did get 8 frst-class hump on
 itself. In the shade it was pleasant
 however so we elected to sit in the
 office where a cool breeze blew and
 where Superintendent Strauss told
 me the history of the mine. It was
 Tn the spring of 1894 that four men
 W. Ii. Halbert, Lawrence Albert, c.
 w. Thomas and Peter Farrell-out-
 fitted at Yuma for a prospecting tour of the Gila mountains. They were
 "broke" when they left and had only
 their outfit which had been secured
 ''on trust" It Is not necessary to i follow them in their wanderings. It
 is enly sufficient to say that in the
 latter part of the same year they
 struck the out-croppings of what is
 now the main vein. Keeping their secret they did a good deal of placer
 ing about and around these ont
 croppings by which they obtained a
 sufficient amount of gold to enable
 them to develop the quartz vein.
 when they had done this they at
 tempted to sell to several parties all of whom refused upon the ground that according to the geological for
 nation t was not likely that the vein
 could Ego down." While they were fruitlessly dickering with these sev- eral parties. Mr. Strauss, who was in Mexico, heard of 1t and wrote to II. l.. Pool, Recorder of Yuma County. telling him to "tell the boys not to give the mine away" MT. Pool did this so well that "the boys" held on to 1t until NIT. Straus arrived. They had only sunk fifteen foot shaft when he examined it and two days later negotiations were completed and the mine bonded for $150,0O0, C.. D. Lane, the wealthy mining man Of Angels, Cal, putting up most of the money. Work was immediately com menced upon the shaft and steadily continued for six months by the end Of which time the 200 foot level had been reached and considerable drift ing done. Seeing that the vein was holding out the sale was consum- mated and the erection of 8 mill | commenced by the owners while the yclept prospectors left Arizona to spend their individual and several ! shares.
 From where we sat in the office the { mine could be seen perched upon little hill about 200 feet high, which looms up like the hump of buried camel. To novice the "workings" are somewhat confusing but the lucid explanation Louis Lane--a young but experienced miner who will some day take charge of his fathers vast wealth-the manly son of the chief owner made everything simple-"dead easy so to speak"
 From the original prospect hole shaft is run with the vein, which is, by the way, the largest continuous ore body of like value ever discovered in the coast country and into the earth 220 feet. There are three levels or drifts running between the wall of country rock. These are pierced at intervals by crosse cuts showing width of rich ore of from 10 to 20 feet. From two of these levels I took samples which 1 crushed and banned myself securing prospect of $120 free gold. was informed however that this is above the general average. Upon one of these levels while makiug a cross cut a new vein was tapped. This was entirely onsuspected aud while work upon it is being pushed no idea of it's true worth was vouchsafed.
 From the highest point on the hill the working shaft IS being sunk. Work upon this is progressing rapid ly there being three shifts of ten men eight hours each aud the nervous puff, puff of the little hoisting engine can be heard all through the 'ov d night broken only at intervals
 muftied roar of an underground blast. At the north of the working
 itands the fourjy-foot gallows frame lpon which the ore Is hoisted