Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-06-23
INES have been Discovered
IN many strange ways, IN,
any one from lila Bend 10
, t,,,..a.. ..,fIl lail X.t. tIug

Henson VIII lcll yen 'lh'
there II nothing stranger IN the iHin
ing history ~ Arizona Than The way
IN which Tom" Harper then n raw
Fastener. found the lost mine OF The
iicncho Teak, Most people IN ilhl
country say IL was "Iendcrfool luck
hut the lion, James rcntelL contends
llpl Ills partner worked II all out W
his mind beforehand,
Harper WAS then u young man ff'hl
the East. who bud little money
pcnlcl,l was u young man from he
West, who had no money, hut who
knew cattle, This was the basis OF
their partnership They leased The
Tortllia Ranch IN Arizona for len
years, with the privilege Of purchase
at tile end OF the time,
F, Penield one day bought q pair OF
mules. led them home, aud turned
them into the stockade corral; then he
went into the house 10 supper.
Too dark 10 see them tonight he
said 10 Harper, rs no tossed his som
brcro IN the corner and sat down NJ
the lahlc. hut we will have look ~
them In the morning. ! know thsm
of old, and they arc all right. Used
10 belong To Barlow. But ! was forget
ding YOU never knew Barlow. II .ou
like. IN tell you his story after sup
per-"
s.Weli. It was this way" Pcnnrld
went on. later. Barlow kept DO 'lrsf
stage station this sidn Of Plcnch0 Peak
for twenty years. He was IN eoc"n'
trlc uld fellow. with Il taste for soil
iudr. and he kept no one about Ills
place except II Mexican half'brced
who acted az cook. In fact this Mcyl'
can was the real manager OF the cs'
Establishments. Barlow dev0iing most VI
his attention to embarrassing IN Il
small way.
"One morning, about three years
ago. he found that his only pair of
nulcs had escaped from The corral ANA
taken 10 the brush. So he started out
on their trail. In The evening lie re-
turned with them, but stopped NJ 'he
station only long enough 10 eat sup
per, which he ordered the cook to get
in II hurry. The Mcxican.was used to
Barlow's ways. and paid little Or no
attention to his movements. When
questioned afterward lie remembered
only that Barlow changed his clothes.
which We're very wet, ate "a. hearty
meal. .iummcd some provisions into
his suddle- bugs. saddled II horse and
rode Off IN, the darkness. The Acxt
day. near SHUTDOWN, he came back,
again ordered, hdsly supper. ana
took the west-DOund stage, which
passed his place about 8 o'clock that
evening for Casa Grande. .....
when Barlow had been at: Casa
Grande twevc hours. and had made =
visit to the nssayer's office
every man in the town knew that the
grumpy and drunken old fellow had
struck one of the richest gold mines
ever found in Southern Arizona. His
pockets were crammcd with Spcci-
mems which nssaycd $1,000 to the ton
and this in Il country where ore which
runs 500 to tho ton Is considered
rich.
'"Barlow told everybody that he had
come to Casa Grandc to get men ana
tools to work the claim. lie blabhod
this in all the saloons, and that was
the beginning Of the great spree that
killed him. Two days-afteE he YVES
dead The secret of the location OF
his claim died with him. He had
been Piled with questions, but had not
given the slightest clue which might
lead others TO his new mine.
when it was told in Casa Grande
that Barlow was dead, there was
great hubbub. 1 was there, and was
)ne Of the first to leave for the Picacllo
All the men of the town
were racing at the heels of my horse.
1t was then that we put BarlOw's
Mexican cook Nnder crOss-examinn-
lion, but we soon saw that he knew
nothing. ....'.
"Thc one important piece Of infor
nation he gave was as to the length
Of time Barlow was absent from the
station wien he went after the mules.
AS he had been gone only twelve
hours or so, we knew that his discov'
cry must lie in'the Plcacho PEAK yon-
der, for It is the only elevation within
thirty miles of Barlow's place, and so
the fact OF his being absent only
short time was positive evidence that
the rich ledge was somewhere in thu
pioncho Peak, So we went straight
to IT, Y,.. ..~
II think that in twenty-fOur hours
almost every stringer and OutcrOp Of
quartz on the sides Of that mountain
were located. From the very edge Of
the desert on the cast. up the long
slope to the high peak at the west end,
the surface of the mountain waS
dotted with corner posts Of ck,ins.
In fact. the mountain was exaninc1.
as 1t were, mlcroscOpically.
But nothing more valuable than
The c0mmOnest kind Of bronco quartz
was ever discovered. The location of
Barlow's gold-bearing ledge is mys-
terry TO this day
II would like to find that m ne."
said Tom Harper.
80 would every man between Tue
SON and Yuma" Penfield replied.
But where the most expert mines Of
have failed. 1t is not likely
that New Jersey tenderfOOt would
succeed. 1t would be fun to see you
Try it,.
II intend to try it," said Tom, resO
utcly. "Will you come along:"
Why, certainly. nothing woull
please me. better. 90 But what line n"
rou going 20 work on:"
Did any one think Of following the
rail. Of the mules from, the Ticach0
station aud back agirin:" nskcd Har-
per.
penGeld says lie had to laugh before
hc replied: az suppose that the idea
If tfaIiing the mules vas uppcrmoss
n every man In the crowd ut the
I'icacho station the morning after
Barlow's death. But every trace left