Bisbee daily review., 1906-12-02

Arfz0na has no more beautiful leg
 ends and traditions than that of lost mines. There are many pretty songs
 and stories handed down from the early pioneer settlements. but the deepest interest Is only fathomed in the sopgs and stories of lost bonan- gas, ihe prospector and discoverer of which were either killed by Indians or Derished amid the horrors of the desert, leaving the identical place of
 discovery for future generations to find. The present expedition, however, must not be confounded with the sto- ries of other lost mines in Arizona, for these cannot be enumerated On the Hfkty is successful in his quest for lost and hidden gold. it will be purely original and at first hand.
 There is no doubt as to the wonder ful ard surprising richness of the big boulder of ore which had become de- taehed from its mother holdings and which the two lucky prospectors so fortunately found. But this was the only successful discovery made by the two men on that prospecting oc- casioH, and they turned their faces inland until some further opportuni- ty presented itself for renewal of explorations. MT. Hilty is the only one of the two partners of the old days left, and after these long years of waiting and watching have fled. he has resumed the search alone. The subject of lost mines is wide and full of the glitter and golden hue of wealth, and to sit around the camp fires and hear the old-timers and from tiersmen relate their sensational fea- lures, their narrations are so vivid and lifelike, it seems that the yellow gold could be had by the reaching forth of the hand and grasping it.
 A strange and pathetic story is that of the Lost Dutchman mine, which, as the story is related, is situated some where in the Bradshaw mountains, Yavapai county. In the early sixties Henry Youngblood came to this counu- try to seek his fortune, leaving his wife ard children on a Missouri farm. His health began to fail soon after his arrival, and to make matters worse came distressing news from home, for. to mako the journey to the gold fields he had borrowed money from rich neighbor, in former days an unsue cessful suitor for his wife's hand The wIfe wrote that their creditor threat
 
 her and her children from home. The sold a portion of his scanty belong inss, exchanged the money for provis- ions and set out alone for the noun tains He was sick unto death, but desperation nerved him on. He reach ed the mountains and began pros pecting on unbroken ground, but day after day disappointment attended hrs efforts. In a shaort time his pro visions were gone, and he now saw that on3y starvation or retreat lay be- fore him One weary day sundown found him sitting on a heap of dirt at tho base of a great rock. He was sorruwfui and hungry, and weariness and the cold winds oppressed him. Then came a discovery such as is seldom heard of outside the annals of rumAnce What was that he saw in the rock upon which he was sitting? Gold? Not quartz nor glance but vir- gin ore. The vein was as broad as his hand in the middle and dwiEdled away in waveriRg lines a yard in length He sprang up and set to work with feverish energy and the strength of giant It was bright moonlight night, and he labored without pause until sunrise. When morning came he had mined more ore than he could carry away with him. He saw clearly that the vein he had discovered was true one, and presumably extended great distance. Within his grasp lay a fortune of millions. He made a care ful reckoning of his bearings, staked his claim, concealed all traces of his labors, and, collecting as much of the ore as he could carry with him. set out for Prescott. which place he reached in two days. He disposed of his ore and purchased an outfit, an abundance of provisions and a mule, and again set out for the claim. With in a month he had mined enough ore 10 load train. Moreover, he had traced the Assure to its origin in the hills and satisfied himself that he was the owner of one of the richest claims in Arizona \
 Then hemorrhage struck him down, and it was a miracle that. blind and str= ggiing, he reached Prescott alive. AS soon as he had gained suff-