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The Gl o b e contained in February
brief dispatch from Yuma annOunc-
ing the discovery Of a wonderful gold
mine, supposed to be the famous Lost
Frenchman," for which prospectors
have been hunting ever since the
Frenchman brought his marvellous
samples Of quartz into Los Angeles
twenty years ago and. returning to
his find, was never heard of again.
Details Of the discovery given in the
G l o this week gave assays running
from 81 600 to s6, 900 to the ton, and one
rich piece ran 81 to the pound Of ore.
The Phoenix Republican, which has a
mining department. sent George II.
Smalley, its mining editor. to investi-
gate the mine, and from his account
the following interesting extracts are
taken:
Camp Gleason. Ariz., March 81. 1871
viii sell my interest in the King OF Arizona
district for $500 900 and not cent less. -
These were the words Of Edward Eichel-
berger, who discovered the great deposit Of
gold in the s. II. mountains IN the middle
of February, and for u1tering them he has
been called insane. But Eiche1berger is not
insane. He simply knew a good thing when
he saw IL.
But he has sold an interest in it. for what
part of S590.04 has not been disclosed. A
fourth interest in the big strike was sold
last Tuesday TO Eugene s. Ives. Of Phoenix,
and Supt. Epes Randolph. Of the Arizona
division Of the Southern Pacific. A large
sum Of money was paid 70 Eicheiberger and
I Gleason. a further consideration Of the deal
being the erection OF machinery for the de-
velopment Of the mine. The business-like
manner in which the work is going 70 be
! carried On Is shown in the circumstance that
/ the machinery has been ordered, although
4 the deal is not three days old The ma
I chineTy will be erected on the river thirty
/ five miles from the mining claims.
Eichelberger has little to say about the
! deal II is satisfactory TO him though.
! Speaking Of the discovery. he said: Il went
/ I'D into the hills punching a burro, and I've
! come back in a private car" Whether he
used the terms 'sburro'' and private car
Z TO express the difference between the con-
pector and the capitalist who has become a
( capitalist through the sale Of q rich pros
peet, IS a matter OF conjecture. Maybe he
( attached q literal meaning 70 the words for
I he had been aimlessly punching a burr0 IN
I and about the s. H mountains only two
Z months before he rode into Yuma from Tacna
I N SUPP hanoolphs pIlFS1e car, san Car
/ los The experience OF EiehelheTger proves at
/ any rate that q man IN good health may find
( sudden wealth hidden in unexpected places
( IN Arizona mountains
HOW he FOUND IT.
All during the heavy rains that continued
/ for ten DAYS in the mountains early in Feb
/ ruaPy this robust nervy TeUtOn kept up q
/ diligent picking in the low HIS on the south
4 eTn slope OF the great range OF dark. sun
I burned mountains in the southwestern part
/ OF Arizona He WIS wet 10 the skin most
( Of the time. but he kept at work until con-
tact with the rocks tore his garments almost
from his body. The rain SPOILED what re-
/ nained Of his grub stake. and he was finally
compelled 10 give Up. When he arrived al the
hospitable ranch house Of George W
Norton, thirty miles from his prospect, he was
/ a sorrowful looking object His clothes hung
1 in rags, his hat fell about his head heavy
with water. ne was hungry and tired but
1 still filed with hope he provided himself
I with new harness., sat around the FIRE for a
day or so. and soon was again. Of 10 continue
( work on his favored prospect. What was left
| OF his disordered and disjeiRted trousers was
| hung On nail Al the Norton home.
He was not absent long when the news OF