Arizona daily citizen., 1901-08-21
Prospectors Tales
OF Mountain Life.
ORACLE. Ariz., Aug. 20, 1901.

ORACLE, AriZ., Aug. 20, 1901.
The account OF the trip, Messrs +. s.
Dodge and Geo. Bronson made to the
Galiuro mountains as put down by MIR.
Dodge In little note book, reads more
like the stories of the adventures of
prospectors in early mining days than
In the Arizona Of our day. Among the
the many novel experiences they passed
through few are Of special interest.
On the morning OF July 4th, suppos'
ing there yet remained but five miles to
make to Jack Garten's camp, they start
ed up the steep mountain tran with
but one canteen OF water. BY midday
this was almost consumed and during
the afternoon they used bat teaspoon
full at time. Following the trail pntil
the stars shown in the sky, they un-
packed their burros and laid down. At
intervals through the night, they slipped
the Juice from two cans Of oysters. AZ
soon 40 the trail could be seen in the
morning, they saddled two burros to go
down into the canyon in search OF water
but found Garten's camp deserted and
not drop OF water in sight. Both men
became somewhat alarmed as it meant
that IL might be necessary TO travel
back over the same trail without drop
OF water and ~ every hour counted. too
much time couid not be spent in search
ing Tor water. They however concluded
TO 20 down the canyon half mile and
to their great Joy found a little spring
with just two canteens OF water in It.
There they camped tina. night and at
breakfast they were paid visit by the
only living man in those mountains
whose invitation TO his camp, they ac-
eepted.
One morning Dir, Dodge vas sitting
up In tree above the water IN Rattle
snake Canyon waiting for deer 10 come
to drink, wheE he heard cries to bring
his rifle. He instantly left the buck he
had been watching aud iound the boys
had discovered that bear had dragged
one OF the traps. The party then con-
sissing Of Molvsrton the trapper. Black
Jack, Dodge and Bronson started out 10
track Mr. Bear, and found some difficult
ty in getting his trail, nctsitissaaa he
Was dragging foriy.two pound trap and
pole five feet long and five inches in
diameter oser q rough and rocky coun-
try. The faster they followed him, the
larger the bear grew Ia their minds.
When they first struck the trail, he wac
on ordinary brown bear bat " hen they
found cliffs Of rock up which he had
dragged the trar. there we're cries oi
silver tip and after following him stiIl
further, in more impossible places,
there were erica of grizzly and calls 10
the unarme,l boys in the lead TO come
back. Finally. at the head Of rocky,
steep canyon, Black Jack called back
al hear him pounding the trap on the
rociA" and in an instant all acre togeth.
or peering through the thickest spying
a brown bear at short distance. Dodge
| put a bullet through his head and the
excitement OF that day was at an end.
One day after some hard work pros
| pecting, the four men sat down to rest
| about clock. They were just com
! Portable when tao men appeared on the
scene from behind the bushes, each
armed with Winchester and six-shoot-
er. In an instant the opening salute
from them was ''hands up" and the next
moaent the four might be seen with
hands up, peering down the barrels Of
two 30 80 Winchester rifles. The next