Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-03-08
TIE LOST FRENCHNAN.
lslNmatsa Concerning tAs iseahsa a ihs slns ssarias IAs
 sbsFs Name.
ProoshlElg at iis Re-aiseosery Bslnx Made sooa- Charles sehuaI Is on a fioi Traa To-
 sards it.


 Chsri.s Behm, uaeation of wh.., 5 Fvturu freu a prospecting tour og severai mouths uas made in yester-
 days issue, WAs lateFxiewed bT the ? JoysNA1 AlNEE ln regaFd to his trip. 2 sHl ns sQcoess. dnrsRg which ks , said;
 "i haze been out of YavaTai caaniy for the 6Est time in ssEersl
 years. l have been in Yuma county
 ln the SaoFt Horn mountains look
 tor tse Lost fpnchmAe,s mina. I
 bal information from an Indiaa
 soaaaa shieh led ne to believe i
 eoaiG hua It, bat did ul. d of esY
 pfospeCt1og about two and one-kslf
 miies ifom s here the rsmainx of tha
 FEeachmsa were buried. Since reT
 raiufa have received additional in-
 taFmafiou. aBd knowing the eountrv
 can noW @ to where the remains
 are buFl,sis The mine, was told.
 is near tbern.
 faFapai clgnty today has one
 aunircd prospects working to oae
 aouu ths and in live camps i. far
 ia tse lead. At tue Harqua Hala
 lhsy are W0rking a small force.
 at'ir pumplug station is located s.soiii Eve miies from the nina.
 V ssaS is pamped about 70 and one aaif mlles snd then runs by gravity to the mall and mine. Wood s hauled 6iteen miles and Is gsttiaR scaEcere every day
 "l did pot go to the King of AFi- zoaa, buE from al reports that isa big m,ne. They get their water twenty miles away and it is worth seven cents per gallon. Their ore is hsuled forty miles to the mill oa the Gala at cost of 6 per ton. All bu, four or i've of the miners wsrs disehaFged while was ia the Short Horns. There is a misunderssand- log among the owners and by the kindly legal advice gwen to both parties it is fast drifting into litign- tion ia very poor formation) but . sleh mIas makes good rich legal plcking.
 Prospecting is done altogether differently from in this section. One 'ees not more than one burro outfit here Co four here. All kinds of s beef vehicles are also used as the mountains are out in the desert 60 hat one can drive 10 any poInt you nay want to prospect. It also gives person an opportunity to haul water
 Every station keeper has a lost nine or two on hand and there ara 'efy iew prospectoFs but what will rg To s''e if they are the lucky oDss 70 ind then.
 There are several Yavapai people ioWn there rho wanted me to re- urTui1v-s them tu tkssr Fsfooa.. A Harrisburg Jim Vickers and family .re now located. Jim has a wood ontract there. Near by Mir. and irs. Reed have a ranch. Mir. Reed urnIshes Harrisburg and the mine Flib beef Here l also found Mrs. .ampbeil, Jack Raricx. Dave Fink lndsr and the Devius boys, all old 'avapaians. Reeds ranch is head uarters Tor parties from this sec lon. 4, Cullen's wells Joe Drew, Q old timer, keeps a store and sta- ion. Not to be out done by his sliow station keepers he has a lost ilne or two ou tap. too.
 ~lt was windy, cold and disagree ole while l was m the Short Horns. 'e formed several nights and three ' four days did not thaw in the ln. 1 would advise men who are .oking Tor work. especially those ho are broke, to keep away from lat section"