Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-11-25

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 for the rsress con-
 Inc imsginasion5. Not
 age I Wae rambling
 gsolete canon in She White
 a fne appearing young
 Enters garb and Wincbss-
 6s arms appssrsd, ,snd at sight he
 sd toward me, delirious with joy. Id trembling with delight. He was ynot yet suffering, but moment before he was lost, when the thought of gold and glory, and even of love itself, are driven from the brain by intolsFable, excruoiating thirst. death, death, in the form of lingering and exquisite agony.
 1 An hour before a msgnificent buck had started up before him, had turned and tossed his imperial head in way to tempt the enthusiastic sportsman to madness One moment, the lock had cliqued, the gun WAS against the hunt CTS shoulder; the next, and it sank back upon his arm. No, he had but one cartridge left; he might need it for ever moFs nobler game. He WAS lost, and as he drew back the leves and dis closed the head of ths cartridge, it struck him with 6 wonderful fss- oination. D4sth in this unspeskgble form could not claim him while he had that, one treasure left. The primer in the base of the cartridge to him was sn eye Of gold, the glance of which assured him that he need not die upon the sands, witheFed, tsmish ed, frightfuI maniac. No wonder he was glad to meet me. No wonder that cartridge now hangs from his watch guard.
 The party left the Agua Fria at the DunkaFd settlement, and consisted of four men, four horses, 8 wagon and four of the most socie ble dogs that ever evRded the City Mar ehsll's g.
 Oh yes, there was half-gFown mule named Calamity. That mule is one of the best prospeotoFs in the Territory. About two miles from the foot of the mountain Calamity stopped on low ridge, paving and praying like mad. The othaF tenderfoot and I tried in Hs zI.k him with an ocssills club, when his owner came up and explained that Calamity had smelled gold rock. Sure enough about ten minutes later pick and shovel uncovered a promising } ledge right where Calamity had been performing. NJ amount of money can buy thst mule.
 We entered the White Tank noun ssins st the mouth of a canyon and ex- peoted Go find an abundance of the crystal fluid bouncing over the rocks, but the Celestial irrigation company had thrown up the charter and we found our diminitive tenke, about the sizs of Mrs. Lssse's bYsin, away up where Rocky Mountain goat would shuddeF to jerk his tail. IL was she most densely populated fluid I ever drew under my nose, and as 1t passed my lips some of the bugs were so large 1 was afraid I would bs charged with infanticide If not meuslaughter.
 The edge of the desert WAS covered with chollss and brsn-neV oolt, whose experience had never extended beyond the confines of a placid pumpkin patch in the Salt River valley, got mixed with them, and whsn the extracting process wsa over va had to pack its limp form away in She jockey box for the remainder of the journey.
 One of the most interesting features on the desert were the innumereble rabbit trails, as straight, narrow and smooth as a cabla slot Tha bird known es the jack rabbit sttains 8 size and perfection here unspproschable elsewhere upon the earth. Whether in the head of the chase, the arms of 1 slum Der OF the gasps of death, hIs big 1 lustroue eyes are staring like the full moon. He sleeps iE the center of the desert, he ekips over to the Agua Fris tor breakfast, nibbles a grease wood in the bosom of the HsFqus Hslgs for dinner sips.as ths margin of she histo- fic Hasssysmp8 st sun down and is home st early bed time. We finally camp in the heart of the White Tanks at Willow Springe, with an abundance of good water and fresh venison dang ling from the Palo Verde in front of the tent. Dser are very plentiful, but She game laws require you to rope a deer and examine it's teeth before you kill if, so every one ot tho boys accused the other Of killing that deer.
 This is the most promising mineral distrios from surface indications that I have seen in the Territory. The whole earth is red iron gravel and good quartz float is found in abundance. J. NJ Ford and son have several properties which are exceptionally promising, while the extension to those properties owned by Buchanan and Powers aFs being developed to the i rarest satisfaction of those interested. | Two miles south Of Willow Springs Is 8 | tremendous canon abou ding in ruins | and hisroglyphios that would pay an