Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1906-10-28

far gone-a mile or two, perhaps
and in this area of the wide mineral
belt and zone the shadowy bonanza
can be found.
Arizona 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 deep
est interest is only fathomed in the
songs and stories of lost bOnanzas, the
prospector and discoverer of which
were either killed by Indians or perish
ed amid the horrors of the desert
leaving the identical place of dis
covery for future generations TO find
The present expedition, however, must
not be COMPOUNDED with the stories of
other lost mines in Arizona, for these
cannot be enumerated on the digits
of the two hands. but if Mr.. Hilty is
successful in his quest for lost and
hidden gold, it will be purely original
and at first hands.
There is no doubt as TO the wonder
ful and SURPRISING richness of the big
boulder of ore which had become de-
tached 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 occa-
sion and they turned their faces in
land until some future opportunity
presented itself for a renewal of ex-
plorations Mr.. Hilty is the only one
of the two partners of the old day left.
and after these long years of waiting
and watching have fed he has resum-
ed the search alone. The subject of
lost mines is wide and full of romantic
fr0fa NIB ehf of ab ms
of the prospector. and this is only
one in large number that is full of
the glitter and golden hue Of wealth,
and to sit around the campfires and
hear the old timers and frontiersmen
relate their sensational features. their
variations are so vivid and life-like,
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 coun-
/ try to seek his fortune, leav-
ing his wife and children on a Mis-
souri, farm. His health began to fail
soon after his arrival and to make
/
( from home. for. to make the journey
to the gold fields he had borrowed
money from a rich neighbOr. in former
( days an unsuccessful sultOr for his
4 wife's hand. The wife wrote that theiI
creditor threatened TO fOreclose his loaT
and drive her and her children from
/ home. The news made YoungblOoC
| desperate. He sold a portion of his
! scanty belongings, exchanged the mon
{, ey for provisions and set out alone foI
. the mountains He was sick unto
death. but desperation nerved him on
He reached the mountains and begaT
prospecting on unbroken ground, but
day after day disappointment attended
his efforts. In a short time his prOVis-
! ions were gone. and he now saw that
I only starvation or retreat lay before
him. one weary day shutdown found
him sitting on a heap Of drift at the
base of a great rock. He was sorrowfu
p, and hungry, and WEAKNESS and the cold
winds oppressed him. Then came q
/ discovery such as is seldom heard OF
outside the annals of romance
I What was that he saw in the rock up
/ on which he was sitting2 GOld2 Not
quartz nor glance but virgin ore The
4 vein was as broad as his hand in the
middle and dwindled away I'm waver-
ing lines a yard in length. He sprang
! up and set to work with feverish en-
] ergy and the strength of
giant 1t was a bright moonlight night
/ and he labored without pause until sur
/ rise. When morning came he haC
/ mined more ore than he could carry
away with him. He saw clearly thai
( the vein he had discovered was a true
one, and presumably extended a grear
/ distance Within his grasp lay a for
/ tune of millions. He made a careful
! reckoning of his bearings, staked his
( claim, concealed all traces of his Ia
I bors. and, collecting as much of the ore
! as he could carry with him, set out fol
! Prescott, which place he reached II
/ two days. He disposed of his ore and
( purchased an outfit an abund-
ance of provisions and a mule
Z and again set out for the claim. With
/ n a month he had mined enough ore L
I load a 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