Arizona republican., 1900-08-30

ported from Africa. but somehow they { did not thrive here as in the land of their nativity, and We're found to be in ferior to the patien-. long-sIffeI ing bur ros who preceded hem and finally sup planted them as beasts of burden.
 The desert has it's legs nd cf lost treas UT s. and men have dieds in the vain hope f finding them. The Indians tell of huge ship that left Mexico when
 ,ha depression was a Waterway, with a cargo of gold and precious stones to
 be delivered to one of th= dependencies of the north. A great storm arose and the vessel was lost. The survivors made every effort 10 find the ship bu0. failed. The al has been handed down from generation to generation and is part of the lore of the desert tribes that
 ha Indians thamselV5s believe implic- i.Iy. Soldiers of fortune have heard the story and have sought the treasure. Eon-ancers have taken it as a basis for magazine stories. not once, but many times. Down n5ar the southern e>-
 rs-nity of the desert 4s a table land or mesa as it is called in Spanish. to which the Indians point as having been a dwelling place If Nontezuma when that barbarian was a. the zenith of his career The Tndia0s claim desc mt from the Az-ecs. a claim partially borne cut by discoveries in the table lands and mounds If their country which have yielded precious relics to the archa-ol- ogists.
 Rich as tn California desIt may be tu the scientific explorer. il is to the c.-s,.s -rc'aI man f thn p-es mt day that th.- a-a most attractive. Already dis- -sV--i.s .lve been maGa which would ir t,i tta- ,Gc treasure house of An -i-1 i5 here. Great bodies of ore have l., unc.ver,d. All minerals are fcgaI tl abUnGaEcn. Towns have zprung up in d day almost, erected in the ocean Of sand. and the burning, Un- protected trails that wind across the d-eary waste are daily u'aversed by hardy prosp. ctcrs who cream of wealth beyond bounds. RandSburg. Johannes burg and a half dozen other settlements ar. centers of promising districts. One miua assayel $25.000 to th. 5-n when only partially developed. and the Geep- CT the workings the richer the vein. which widensl with descent.
 A former newsrlp r man, r. D. Mo0ers. who died in New York recently on his way to Paris made a lucky strike Tn the Mojave desert that raised him from comparative poverty to wealth In his propectinS hc stumbled upon th crater rim Of an extinct volcano. There was color in abUn5ance. ana within year development showed i- e be one of tha rich st properties ever uncovered. and .h income from it ran up into the tens of tn -usands of dollars monthly. Down near Yuma rich placer diggings have been found. but the lack or water makes the ordinary method If working with cradles and sluiceS out of the question, so ic has been necessary L. use a dry washing process. Much gold that would be saved by the former method is lost. but there still remains enough to make the lucky man who can endure tho hga- If the sun well content with a few hours work q day.
 To the northeast Of Los Angeles. where the desert skirts yhe Pauamint mountains. lies Death valley. Its his Rory Is written in Iivas lost, and the req son for its grewsome christening is one of the tragedies of the early history