The Arizona sentinel., 1897-05-29
THE KING OF ARIZONA.
The First Authentic Account or the Discoveries of the Gold Bonanza
 of the Southwest.
From the Story of Tucson.1

DldCGICdLly 0VOPPO the future looked very dark for Arizona, but necessity is not merely the mother of invention, she in stigates effort in all directions, and our prospectors soon turned thelr attention to the production oI metals whose values had not been 1 affected While considerable gold mining had been done, it had never received the attention it needed and we believe it was ex-GovernoF IL.C. Hughes who first called public attention to the fact that Arizona would eventually derive more from her gold mines than ever she did from her silver mines, and the dis coveries during the last few years seem to bear out his statement.
 The one that has attracted the most attention, cn account of It's marvellous richness and the extent of the ore body is the King of Ari- zona, located in the $. II. Mount aims about 45 miles north of Texas
 Hill il station on tht s. P. Railroad, in Yuma County and while the story of this mine does not properly come within the scope of our book, the fact that we are getting large
 share of the trade of that section IS
 an excuse for admitting it.
 Ever since the discovery of the
 mine romantic reports have been
 circulated respecting the original
 Iocators. and we take pleasure Tn
 presenting the facts as given by one of them.
 Wm. Henry B. Gleason has operated mines in Colorado and elsewhere before coming to Arizona, and while in charge of the power bouse at Yuma had the good for
 tune to grub-stake Wm. c. t.
 Eiehe!berger and in the course ot 2
 few weeks become a rich man. Mr . Eichelberger is no ordinary pros rootor but q scientific as we'll as z , practical miner and a clear-headec n business man. He found lndlca- F tions in the s. H. Mountains tha
 led him to believe that at least on 1 large ore body existed there but h d was without means and sought t
 interest some one who could suppl, 5 b1s needs. Two railroad mel
 agreed to do this, but procrastlnat ', ed until he lost confidence in them . and he then called upon Mr. GIea
 son whom he had known for years
 This gentleman promptly tltte
 him out for the trip and though W no more about it, expecting no bet q ter results than other simlIa is ventures had produced.
 y Some weeks afterwards, while | ,a n was lying i'll in bed, Eichelberge SC returned and reported his wonder in ful find, but MT. Gleason refused is is credit his story. His partn' ed persisted in his statement that | Id had discovered one of the riches 0l 3l gold mines in the world and he b
 gan to think the matter worth loo!
 ing into and sent out Mr. Fran
 Guerra to examine the prospect ' This gentleman returned with l. small sack of attracting sampb n and reported favorably, but Giea5c ITS still failed to enthuse and insjstf ITS that a few burro loads of the o C. instead of specimens would be mo nd convincing. Within two weeI m these were brought in by Eiche ol berger, and Gleason was induced '0- % out and examine the prospe -, for himself, securing leave of d
 sence from his employer for tn
 purpose. He found everything m hc represented and returned to 1un Iey and resumed work, so little was cir disposed to go frantic over his go ins nos fortune. The publicity given ter the matter, however, caused him ing be beseiged with people who wish :ng m to share his prosperity on tn pie own terms and he finely resign It's his position in order to escape tn 1n- =.
 importunities.
 tep It will be seen from this, Il as the owners of the property w slIC sa calm, matter of fact people and h 'oA not lost their heads. Their beari