The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-24
CHAPTER VIII.

II was near the middle OF the month Of April
when Enoch Hale decided to go on u prospect
ing tour with the old desert Arab called Theron
season was already to be felt. Stories without
end Of tho effect Of this heat on I'll. desert wan
derers had been told to Hale during the days
that he had been in the camp. and when 1t was
learned among his associates that he Ind made
tell the stories over again and add more. Mr..
Terry. among the rest, came to warn him OF
the danger he ran.
Terry; and the worst of 1t is that HnvershRw
will desert you the moment any real trouble
the wrong time. for instance. enough may be
le!t for one, and you Will not be the one,
never strike II working by the day In tho Dolly
Warden you know. Two got to learn pros
- Sure; but wait till October. The desert is q
flower garden then to what 1t is now"
81 can't. I've got to Get out Of this camp for
time. Aud look at the Trail claim of the Mon
tana man. and me walking over II and seeing It.
too ami afraid even to get an assay lest some
one laugh at me. MIR. Terry. you're right good
friend. so am free TO ak you not to discourage
me when I'm ready TO make venture. don't
cant wait What ain / here for. anyway
SO Terry gave IL up. and Hale bought an ont
ft-burro-. -four, bacon. beans and dried apples,
sheet-trun frying pan and n Kettle. kegs and
canteens two blankets shovel. picks. u short
drill. and couple OF sticks OF dynamite Haver-
wanted coffee and coffee pot Instead. but
Hale, while willing To- add the coffee. held on to
tne URN anu dynamite. men, last OF nll ne
had q small shelter tent made. painting the top
white aud the inside green. That made the
deer, men stare, fnr they ma never seen suGl
he comfortable To sleep under during the heat
81 the day. they approved with tho remark that
Hale had something in him. after all.
Finally. all being ready. they tramped away
over tho trail that crosses the Calico range, runs
down through Paradise Valley. up oyer GRANITE
Ridge. down into the Amargosa Valley. over
another ridge anc down once more Into tho
H.. 'I ss Frn 0 RAM. ''
that no Ti. on The cast 'ido Of the dreaded
1t was among the Funeral peaks. near the
foot of Naghi Mountain. that Hnv-rshaw .aid
he had found tho ore, and he told often, "a they
oNns s IN Farn large fS.lH''' and
the size OF tho mesquites 1T for fuel
the s"s r he was IN NO hSras
| TO yet there. ~ Hale observed soon after
:sT.ing !. wa, ,h!r,ycone m,l, ,,, 10 Carte lie
trainping until late at night. aud starting on
again very early the next morning. they reached
Here they eanped, OF course. Hale expected
To so on the following morning. but Havershaw
ITS been tramped over by ahundred.' lie
| explained. " but the md OF that Montana man
down by the Dolly Warden shows how thes.
| lazy and ignorant bcgears do their work. I
never s'opped here c"pt over night but now
50 for three day. Haver.haw knocked about
| the rocks there in the cooler hours OF the dny
and slept through the heated hours in the shell
ter Of the Iittlr tent. Hale could see that the
| man was killing time. but made no objection.
for II was novel experience, and he himself
| was max ing such All exploration ~ fixed In MS
mind hrmly every formation within two miles
| Of the camp.
| Then they went on to the cave spring n spring
that came ont OF II cave In Grant. Ridge, where
| stay of cuGpl. OF days male. IL was n
most comfortable, place 70! camp aud liaver.
shaw would have been glad TO stay week. only
| that the feed for the burros- bunch grass was
very scant. lie made up for T.. however. at sar-
at0ga spring. In the next valley, because there
| the grass was abu ndHnt and Hale was persuaded
| 10 explore the region for four days And. as II
| happened, Hale was more willing to do this
| from the fact that on the first day there he
found n somewhat prominent cropping, Of which
he said nuthinG to Havershnw. His conscience
| Hnvershaw was In = sense his partner. Hale
soon QUOTED that. however. He had paid for the
| adventure and 1t was the bargain that he was to
have a pnrt OF what HAvershaw had already
| found. Why should he give away " hat he him
| And 1t m ghi turn ont to be a great mine. Hale
was mot roln; to make a fonl" OF himself as
$500 SIN through his hands lie had gone
down the valley ~ nile or more from the springs
to loci a. very 5 REL ridge Of white
wave 800 feet, high, had rolled along pntll
thrown up across its path. and was at least 700
feet higher than the wave itself. But the wave.
rs waves Of the sea do, hat ro;led up over the
| reef and was pouring and tumbliny down the
| lee In the semblance OF foam aud spray most
| Hale. while climbing up a nearby mountain
| sid. Tor better view Of this pirturesque scene.
had happened t. stop onn croppny that showed
n wcl-dctned wall on one side, with u large vein
that might very well carry mineral. The more
he looked at the material IN this vein the better
| posed to lotcr. Hal. came every day to examine
it,Gnd make new selections of samples.
However mn the two went Mt last. and after q
stop Mt the boiling springs In the .Amarcosa
Valley went on To an abandoned mine with n
iow.sr"de gold or. had been found and work ed
| by Spaniards from Mexico until " the FLUTES
Killed I'll" whole OUTFIT" Later white men had
come and tried TO make tho vein pay and Ind
for fne here, seeI Walt iii .y"rrt over to the
Hale found iInvers',Nw full OF stories OF adj.
venture on the dcSert mort interesting com;
ne made no real effort to prospect the regions
| whore stops were made: he Openly gathered the
choice, sampl.s OF T.. ore ir%m the o.L DUNN
| comparing with the IRE they were go!n. 20 see.
| when. OF course. he wanted them for use IN de-
! he hal great bonan2RN out % the desert some.
whore, but no matter, Hall was learning rap d.
| y the art OF living On the desert and was en.
J Toying II immensely.
We probably won't locate anything this
kn"@ how %vTr S"s ,5ss
we'll see how that 'Sea.washed Reef claim or
some other claim pans out
| So far as finding any mineral on Naghi was
concerned. Hales prophecy was entirely ful:
filed. They reached Furnace Greek and found
iIavcrshaw had said, Bnt when il came To- l o.
cntins tho cropping where the wonderful piece
| III pOld-hecEel ore had come from, HRvershaw
| had the u"ua story OF he desert tramp 10 tell.
| a Cloudhurst must have washed away tho mon
nments he had put up and Ind 30 changed the
canon tnat he was wholly unable to tell where
| to LOOK for II,
| liavershaw said all this with such well. made
| evidences OF distress that Hale couldn't help
| Laughing III his face.
| "You never should have come to tho desert,
| my friend" said Hale. You could have given
points To Booth AS AN actor There isn't any free
| milling gold hereaoouts hutwe'vc had pcnc.
| Where shall we 70 next
| Hav-rshaw began to protest his sincerity, but
| Hale stopped him abruptly and then, seeing
that II was useless To protest furthery llaver-
| shaw very frankly admitted the whole truth.
| He had but one object IN lite. he rad, and that
WAS TO tramp over the trRils OF the desert and
| camp by lts scanty springs OF water rs long as
the grub lasts" He had begun the life hoping
| 10 lind the fabulous Brefngle buttes. with their
nuggets OF gold to b. picked out by the max ed
| hand, hut he han given up that hope now.
| 1.-THE deserL'H both whiskey and opium Ia
me-" he said. where can anybody find such
pictures ms these mon ntAins. and where's life 40
sol don't know--like II Is here2 III miss the
trail some lime; know; tho suns that dazzlin
i get confused. but"
He stopped talking and gazed away across the