The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-11-10
LITTER From DR.. GOsewiseh.
Gold Mining Camp OF s%earehlieht
Nevada. Oct. 9Th, 1906.

Ii Is nov twenty years since list 1
spread my feathers throughout the
pages OF the INTELLIeENCER, and
although my old friend Mr.. Aller,
who so favored publishing le' rs
written from odd corners Of the Phi b
from old L,xinglonlans, has passed
toto the beyond, l send these few
items as though be were tnere TO
receive them as of old.
This coming metropolis Is situated
in the south triangle OF Nevada-called
the golden triangle. Il The midst OF
q forty mile square mineral territory
the .'Searchlight OIstrisI." 1t rs the
continuation OF the mineral belt
extending from Touopah, Goldfeld ard
Bullfrog. past here aud south through
Arizona aud New Mexico. Among
the many mines here is the
9 Quartette," the third greatest Ire
milling gold mine ia The wotli, having
ten million dollars in gold qrar,x
blocked out 10 It's su%btenaueau
workings which extend beyond a
thousand feet in depth.
Four miles south of here is the
range OF mountains through the passes
o; which Colonel John C. Fremont
c me on his way to the shores of the
Pacific in the forties, guided by Kit
Carson, a famous scout in the early
Gays. Carson, had as q boy been
before over this far west trail in the
company Of several old trappers who
got no farther into California than San
BernRrdino, where the mission fathers
met them, told them 70 come no
farther. "Backl backl SAID the old
padres-you must 60 back" which they
we're compelled to do. Thus Carson
had been twice over the route ere
pioneering the Fremont expedition
safely to the western sea.
Three miles east Of here is Summit
Springs,-water seeping from a
mountain top and for years the only
known water on the desert for many
miles. Two hundred feet away from
the springs and on the southern slope
Of The mountain yet remains the
arrastra or stone quartz mill, built and
worked by John D. Lee OF mountain
meadoG massacre fame. All will
remember and have read OF this
occurrence of the early fiities when q
party Of mOrmons, disguised as Indians,
mastered a company of emigrsnts
after they had surrendered their arms
to the mormons on promise Of safe
conduct through the latter's territory.
He was hidden far away here from
civilization and thought to pass ~
remaining years lost and forgotten.
Here are still to be seen traces or the
, trails over he mountains along which
!. the lutte burros brought the rich ore,
the gold of which was ground out in
the stone mill he built. Many
explorations have been made along
the now all but obliterated mountain
trails oy late prospectors in the hop'
of locating where the yellow harves
was secured by the mormon to supply
the mill. Waoever finds the sourct
will be rich beyond dreams, AS the!
had few facilities 10 those days in thu
%sagebrush country for deep mining, l
i, supposed to have been secured IRON
near The surface of the ground, packed
mites over the mountains by trans o
burros TO the mill at this cpriUg ant
there ground TO powder between th'
heavy s ones Of the arrastra As tn
refuse of the mill-tne ground roc
tint was thrown away and washel
own the gulch-on banning even nov
Shows heavily in free gold, wFat mos
the fresh ore brought here on burro
ncks have contained 10 weallh.-th
crude arrastra dong its work bu
fairly compared to The saving methtd
10 10 vogue TO-DAY. So here Lee worke
g away from sll the word aud doubt
es LEES thinking he had become but
c. memory. But the strong arm OF tn
Uuited States Government reached t
K wen these mountain Businesses Su
Is desolate wastes and he was caughl
y taken to Utah, tried, convic ed an
J, shot by o file OF the U. s. soldiers l
Ut '73, about twenty years after th
massacre. Oollnel Frank M. rboms
le a former L%exlngtonian, Is here
Interested like every one else i