The Forrest City times., 1902-01-24
TYPICAL OF HUNT FOR co,.
A Camp Cooks Stirripy "nearins Tree" in an ,,, a'''t
 zona Desert

zona Desert.
 During the summer of ,so. been on a prospecting trin :, h' the deserts and mountains '. '1soos and western Arizona. which eenlf' ated in Yuma county, where am ie1nil of my burros. and. aecompan,ip'0' pos freighter. started for Copprssls the Bonanza mine in the Harons !, ' mountains. Harrisburg and ica c,, nal Well, says writer in the Los ,l aAtl Times. ~see
 l had been asleep in the bo,,. the freight wagon, but the bs.. q so intense that I was awake,.s stF sitting mp l noticed the yucca ,,.' .s @ the letters E. T. cut in The h,l a near by there was an old camns@ @ strewn with rusty tin cans 1inary observer might not b,, iced the tree. but as have ior.i surveying l recognized the vna.' ! bearing tree" of som. Sur,.. vas surprised at seeing il. as sns,..., he country never had been sur,..'s .s'
 On arriving at Congress Jupe,...@ station on the Santa Fe. preso,a 7 Phoenix railroad. found n. .s n De a friend. and as at tba, s-
 re Was TO place of aeeommo8,.
 re but the railroad seetior t.a l.. invited me to share his m,,
 T. the train for Prescott a,,.', r Nt nror1.ng.
 While enjoying cigars afier .g,.. I was giving my friend historr 4 i | trip. and incidentally mentiore5 ,., ing seen the bearing tree when s,a ln interest greater than he ha1 b4,.. hown he said:
 "Did you notice signs of an o,a s.. ground anywhere about there2p
 lies, not more than 100 wards t,, he bearing tree Why?" E
 Well. there were three mo, l.. Z vho were looking for a yucca beass K --er near an old camp ground. Ra E spent hree weeks in the search .,. ing here with enough water or ts.. wagon fer one nights dry camp N returning every second night to, r, ter. After three weeks search v.A out finding the tree. they gave fy E and went away. only about nmI K ago"
 Why were they so anxious to fl G -hat tree?" said.
 Well, it's like this" my fri,Da n pied. One of the three men bs54s as a cook with the surveying party Es K marked that tree; the other txovs enployes of the Fargo Err.s N ,1mpauy in San Francisco whom s N had interested in bis tale. aud vil were bearing the expenses Of \ seq reh. IL seems that the cook. q cordiug to his story, had bseu s hr surveyors all through thsir ID The party were accus toned to as amp early every morning and note turn until night. and as the cookh. 1ut lite 10 do during the m5af he day. he used 10 prospect syu among the hills. within waking 'aBce of camp. and il was whie r gere camped near this bearing I hat he found the wonderful rchg mine. and he wanted to find ihai af ground. calming that fl he eou'ta have that place as starting h. could find the mine
 How rich did he say the mineEis asked.
 He knew nothing about miHiAs he said shat with only ease kaf pried out over $40 worth of god | he rock"
 Gee whiz," I exclaimed; found such a bonanza as that E'l he not locate it or stay with il3
 Well. there were several rsi To begin with the cook was Englishman who had only ss this country 8 short time, '' was afraid to tell anything what he had found. or to saa gold. fearing that the rest party would rob him of Ool and claim: SO he kept the "n'f ter secret. intending to com afterward: but it was seFa. before he got around to It. iS he happened to come back H, this: He had drifted to saa cisco. and was there deaa when he happened to mentor he had found in Arizona onaintance. an express drHe' told the two men that eap' here with him. He told 'S. with the bearing tree as he could go right to the '1 he had no doubt about being find the bearing tree; but ,s you. they spent three ~s'' ing for it.
 Now. if you can only q of these three men," my frss tinued. they would proOaas, K in on it. if you showed
 lost camp. Do you 'hihA
 find it again?"
 Most assuredly l can ..s F I af
 Well. I'll try and reaeD
 and let you know. .k
 The next morning l s' colt. mg
 When in Congress Jups