Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-07-22
THE LOST MINES.
4 Great Discovery in the Southern
 Portion of the Territory.

1 A 6fe6b OlSCOVory III In0 SOutn0rIl 1 Portion of the Territory. | The HERALD 8 few days ego told a
 story of the fndipg of some lost mines
 in She southern portion of the Territory
 by couple of prospeotors, but the
 story was FatheR vague from the faot that the reporter received his informs
 tiou from gentlemen with whom one 1 of the discoveFers had talked and many
 material points had been overlooked but today the reporter met MT. J F James, the discoverer of the old mines
 and held very interesting conversa-
 sion with him regarding the finding of the mines and the pFivations to which be had been subjected in she search. MT. James and his partner had been in the southern portion of the Territory for soms time prospecting and had in
 their minds the stories they had heard
 to the effect that several years ago
 prospector named Horcoyt had located some mines south of Sentinel and
 after assuring bimself of She richness of
 his finds had gone to California to inter est capital, where he died, but not be-
 fore he had given a description of the properties and their location to some friends, who have ever since been hunt ing for them. In fsct the sesrchers for these mines sge now iu Phoenix, having returned short time ago from the last of their several unsuccessful searches for them.
 Is was from 8 point on the Mohawk range of noun tains that MP. James saw through his field glass what he thought was 8 large white stone house in a range of mountains to She south and which from the inform stion he had was in the same range as the lost mines. Mr. James and his partner travelled as near to that range as they could fad water and here Mr. James left his partner and made the balance of the trip alone
 After reaching the mountains, which he says are between forty five and fifty five miles south of Sentinel, he trsvell- ed through wash and came upon some burrow tracks, which led him to one of ths shafts on ths lost mine. This shaft was but few " feat deep and the ore did not horn very rich. He then found cRohs containing a number of orucibles and near by g small forge. The next find wss smother shaft eboat fifty feet deep, the ore of which was considerable richer than that in the first shaft. He also found some very rich float in de- composed granite which will go several thousand dollars to the ton, but es be Eae out Of water and there wss no water l to be found he dld nob pursue his in investigation farther but returned to his partner.
 The story of the lost mines describes | shres mines, two of them just es MT. James found and the third one ae being extremely rich. This last MT. James | did not find though he is confident that | when he returns he will find it without | trouble.
 MF. James left his partner at water as near the find as possible and Is now | at Phoenix arranging to return in a | short time with provisions and the | necessary tools to develop his finds and | prospect for She other ledge from which | he is cou6dsnt She float which he found l is from and which he anticipates no trouble iD finding.
 In speaking Of his sufferings while for five days he eubsisted on Bull head cactus juice Mir. James said it was an bs did not care to again be to endure, built was fsr pre- feFsble to pertaining from thirst.