The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1904-07-29

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him To their camp, tied him with buck
skin thongs to Keep him from getting
bodily into the water. which 1t wanted
To do upon seeing watcrin r the first time
i'm fortv-cight hnurs.and kept him under
guard for Il week. ~ 1t j. related by the
head man of the S~hoShoucs. not even
allowing him free access tn tht water he
"ravcd. In his delirium he had thrown
his hat away during his wandcring- and
his head being partially bald, the top OF
his head was burned to Il solid blister.
thus giving rise To- the story ut the time
bv men who got a glimpse of him, that
he had htcn scalpcl 10y the Indians,
when IL a matter OF fact they had pre-
served hi, life; for it is probable that
under the same circumstances white
men would have killed him by letting
him havt all the ate he wanted to
drink.
During Brevioglc's stay in the lamp
the Indians would remove his clothes
dllu SINUS. Iil Il'u II VI
the "napiyasi" GOLD in the rock, he
would struggle to retain possession OF
the sack. When he was ready TO travel
the Indians set oSt 10 the northwest
with him. and in less than one days
travel we have hi. own words from this
point on. they put him ON the Silver
nh -. Actin, nod Tho Indians h1tl
found his horses in the meantime. and
he went back to Austin by way of SAN
Antoine. arriving there before the end of
the fifth week from the time OF his de-
partlrc. He Immediately reported to
the men who had grubstaked him and
they kept the story secret, %gcttin" four
men and himself to 90 back and locate
the new Eldorado. This party had to
give UP the search. Again they started
and this time went a lar "a Death Val
lev before they gave up. other parties
To whom the story oi the rich strike had
leaked out. followed them secretly, n
party camping at what was then known
as plunkett : springs, but now known
as Montezuma.
one story which Is given much ere
! dence was told by Il man claiming to
have in his possession ~Breyfogle's Win
chester rifle, which he claimed to have
bought from Breyfogle in 1867, when, as
a matter Of fact, the first Winchester
was not turned out until 1873. He saws
that B~reyfogle found the rock on his
way ron S4if Lake to Los Angeles apA
took in r,mfanE OF men str@Tig enoug
70 fight - IullHt. -, and that the search
.,,u Breyfogle failed to find tn
{ place. threatened To hang him to IL
t first tree they could find, and that
LETT IN the night alone for Salt Lake.
r B~cqfoziv ira- many Estimate Irleno
t and acquaintance in this part of tn
. country who have always contendcd tina
the section OF country in which he foun
his rock must lie between Tokop, Lid
= valley, Kane springs, Goldtield an
: klondike. The time he consumed i
, reaching the place where he lost hi
. horses, the distance OF that place iron
Silver Peak and Austin, and the direc
/ tons. all Indicate that Goldiield distric
: is the section Of country he vas in, an,
r. comparisons of the Breyfogle rock, {
which there are only two authenti
| specimens in existence, with the Jumb
/ rock in Goldtield, will prove To anyon
verScd in mincralogy, that they are tn
same. The nature Of the quartz, tn
large percentage Of gold and the abSenc
E of the coarse yellow color 50 prevalen
in rich gold specimens, together will
! the ~finencss of the PARTICLES, all go t
prove conclusively that the great Brey
fogle mine, so long lost. has been foun'
| (at last.