The herald., 1897-03-10
ACROSS THE ARIZONA LINE
Where the Mercury Climbs Up Through
the SkyIlght
A Timing Strike Near Yuma Which Premises
TO Break All the Records Of
nlnsrsi Richness

YUMA, Arix., March 9.--Though for
years and years maligned and DETAINED
abroad. until the name of Yuma became
almost byword and a reproach a syn
onym for blazing hot" rivaling In tor
ridity the reputed abode of his satanic
majesty, our county and town are
finally showing signs and unmistaka-
BILE signs of recovery from the vilifica-
tions of their traducers. People are be-
ginning to realize that instead Of naught
but far-reaching waste of sandy des-
ert we have here thousands and tens
of thousands of acres of agricultural
lands with capabilities unsurpass ssed:
that instead of few ranges of bleak
and barren granite hills, with no virtue
in them, we have towering mountains
containing riches untold, awaiting but
pluck and money to demonstrate the
golden secrets they might unfold. That
hardly expresses Ii either-rather need
Ing but pluck and money to more fully
demonstrate the golden secrets our
mountains are unfolding, and readily
will they be forthcoming for when the
reaction sets In from the distrust which
has unjustly existed with regard to
Arizona's mines, the eyes of the mi ing
world will be directed toward Yuma
county as they have In divers times past
to the famous bonanzas recorded In the
history of the west.
Even now, many eyes are turned this
way, attracted by the fabulous strikes
recently made and still being made in
the s. II. range of mountains situate In
the northeastern portion of Yuma coun-
ty. And fully do the discoveries made
justify all the excitement they have thus
far occasioned, or are likely to-
For fifteen years prospectors have
been searching for the Lost French
man" mine, without success, but 1t re-
NAMED for Edward Eichelberg to make
the lucky find. On lone mountain OF
malleable iron. standing a mile apart
from the regular range OF hills. Eichel-
berg discovered the rock which has set
the mining world agog. Its richness is
almost incredible. 1t Is perfectly free
milling and almost any OF It. pounded
up and horned yields dollars worth
of gold to the pound.
From all indications there is a large
body of the rock. The first report of the
original discoverers was that the ledge.
varying In width from four to six feet,
might be traced from one side to the
other of the mountain of malleable iron,
but no further on either side. That re-
port. however. vas exploded by pros
pector named Ed Kane, who foil. wed
place by stealth and discovered and
followed the ledge for a distance of at
least three miles. The rock brought in
by Kane, secured from his locations,
showed the same fabulous richness as
that coming from the claims of the
original locators, Eichelberg and
Gleason.
When Kane brought in his rock and
reported a ledge three miles long. the
excitement which was smoudering
broke forth and rush was made for
the new gold fields. A stage line has
been established from Tacua, on the
Southern Pacific railroad to the scene
of the strike. forty miles distant. A
store has also been started at the gold
field end of the line to supply the pros
pectors and SPECTATORS rushing there.
AS yet the place has not been chris
tened. There Is no saloon. and so far
as known in town no one has been
killed, so that it can hardly as yet pre-
tend to the dignity of a full-fledged min
ing excitement camp. If the reports
which continue to come In be but half
true, though, and there has not yet been
single indication that they were al all
exaggerated. there will be no lack of
excuses to assume these essentials Of q
first-class mining camp
The oneg reat drawback to mining
there lies in the lack of water. which
Will HdNt W Dt Phnpth AAOii thc Via
river, thirty miles away, to secure water
in sufficient quantities to run the ma
chinery of a mine.
The hills close by contain many tanks
supplied with plenty of water for the
ordinary uses of good sized place, but
not enough for mills and so on.
A prospector by the name of Adams,
the other day, brought In some ore sim
liar to that already seen. which he
claims came from q parallel and sim
liar ledge. 1 say II Is similar. but 1t ex-
ceeds in richness anything yet brought
in, some of 1t going as high as $4,000 to
the ton.
From every indication It is the greatest
strike ever made in Arizona, and per-
haps in the west. and were the people
of Yuma not so unexcitable and easy
going the town would have been be-
fore now half depopulated.