Bisbee daily review., 1904-10-27

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 w. J. Lewis. head boiler maker of the F. P. 6. s. w.. was in the city yes terday. enroute home from a trip of much hardship interest and value. Accompanying him was Jack Goodwin also of Douglas. A third member of the party at the start of the trip was Mont Hedspeth. of Tombstone. He died before the destination of the pros pectors was reached. 8N
 As a result of the trip they have just returned from. MT. Lewis and Mr. Goodwin feel entire confidence that they will during the next year bring in another great gold camp, equaling if not exceeding the Ton opah and Goldhelds camps. Assays they have had made on ore they took from the ledge which they located runs S2SOO to the ton.
 The ledge is in what is known as the | Carson Sink country of Nevada. It is 45 miles from rail, in an exceeding | ly wild and rough country At the present time winter has set n, three | feet of snow covering the ground. From Tonopah the sink country is northeast about 200 miles. The ledge on which Lewis and Goodin located and did the necessary assessment work to hold the ground until their return. is % inches across and cuts the country for some disance. just how far the prospectors in the lim- ited time at their disposal were un- able to ascertain. It carries free gold in large flakes. in a sugar quartz,
 The story of the trip and the dis covery at the end of it in Nevada, was told by MT. Lewis yesterday for the first time. It makes a narrative of thrilling interest. Departure was made from Douglas by the party August 24th. Two good teams. a camping wagon and food supplies together with the other usual items of a pros i pectors outfit composed the equip ment of the party. From Douglas drive was made to Benson, thence to Tucson. Phoenix and Kingman. From | the latter place the hardships of the party were increasing and at times | the stoutest courage alone kept the members from giving up the trip and i route vas northwest through Nevada crossing the Salt Lake line. to Clover | dale. The next point beyond this , was San Antonio, 140 miles from Ton opah Between Cloverdale and San Antonio. Mir. He6speth was taken sich | He was a man of large build and though 65 years of age had been one of the most active of the party. His illness began with diarrhoea, attri- Duted to the bad water the party had been compelled to drink. At first il was not thought that the sickness oi Hedspeth amounted to anything. he himself protesting that it did not. Tn a day or so. however, it became ap- parent that he was suffering greatly and failing fast. Every effort was then put forth to aid him and all possi- ble speed made to reach San Anton 10, where it was hoped a doctor would be found. No physician was at the point. however. and before any ar engagements could be made to even send a messenger over the more than 100 mile route to Tonopah. Hedspeth died. Everything possible had been
 done for his relief by his companions and the people at san Antonio. but to no avail.
 With the death of Hedspeth. Lew is and Goodin were left without any definite knowledge as to where the ledge the party had started out to reach was located. They were conse- quen;ly in a quandry as to whether to proceed further or to turn back toward home. It was finally decided that they woul do on in the gen eral direction they had been follow cred from the conversation of Hude ing and with what idea they had gath peth and the final description he had taBsp sIq uodu msW sAIS ol psg1l bed. endeavor to find the object of their search. The fact that it had been twenty years since Hedspeth had been in the country and the further fact that he had made discovery of the ledge in an accidental manner and been upon the ground but once made his description of the country dini- cult of following ct the best. The manner of the discovery of the ledge by Hedspeth, as has been said. was occidental. he stumbling upon it with a fellow freighter twenty years ago while looking for a stray bull team. At the time he did not know the val ue of the ledge. but he remembered where he got the samples that he took away and upon having them as- sayed concluded that at the first op- portunity that came to him he would return. This opportunity was slow in arriving. and sadly enough brought for him only death.
 Lewis and Goodin courageously fol lowed the country according to the idea of it that they had from Heds- peth. and after a severe struggle