Williams news., 1906-02-17
HUNTING THE
 PEG-LEG MINE
Williams Prospectors Are Convinced that Sea
 Has Claimed It

R. Nellis, Tom Barney and John Nellis left Williams, equipped with a wagon and team and two saddle horses, and supplies for long trip, bent upon finding the famous Peg Leg mine somewhere in San Ber- nardino or San Diego counties. The fact that the desert sun is now whitening the bones of many men who have gone forth on the same errand did not deter them. They had possession of what they con- sidered exceedingly promising data, and the lust for gold and the love of excitement was sufficient to do the rest,
 Yesterday Bert Adams reached Yuma by rail from Mammoth Tank, and his partners are expected daily. They are bringing their outfit over land. An account of the journey, as secured from MT. Adams, is ex- ceedingly interesting.
 The party made it's way to the Colorado by way of Congress Junc- tion and Quartzsite, and crossed the river at Ehrenburg, from which point the old trans continental But terfield stage road was followed to Salton. The road long ago fell into disuse, but it is still distinguisha- ble, and the old stage stations, about thirty miles apart, have not entirely crumbled away. They are no longer serviceable, but portions of the walls show where they once did service for overland travellers. Skirting the present coast of Sal ton sea the prospectors finally got around the south side of the big lake. and they spent the most of their time from then until starting for home few days ago prospect ing the region between Salton and the Mexican line. San Felipe noun tains claimed a share of their at- tention, but they had reasons of their own for becoming impressed with the district close to the sea- the closer the better. Their direc- tion led them that way, and they found the country which answered the description given them in the source of their information. But they were unable to go as far as the directions indicated, because of the water now covering that country. AS consequence the prospectors are firmly of the opinion that the lost Peg-leg will remain lost just as long as Saltop sea remains in ex- istence. In other words, it is their opinion that the fabulously rich de. posit of gold they were seeking is now fifty feet under water.
 In addition to the evidence of their own eyes. and the discovery of marks conforming to the direc- tions guiding them, they were con- firmed in the belief that they struck the right section of the country by another circumstance. They found the abiding place of an old man who is engaged in the raising of cattle. who apparently lives apart from the world and never goes to any more important place on the map than Calexico. He acted in a queerly restless manner during the stay in that neighborhood of the searchers for the Peg.leg, and ex- erted himself to dissuade them from further search. His stories of the losses of life that had come within his knowledge were terrifying in the extreme-so terrifying, in fact, as to make his hearers suspicious that the narrator must have deep personal interest in keeping every one out of that country.
 The party did not come home empty handed. however. They To. cated some claims in the foothills lof the San Felipes which look good,