Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-22
ACRES OF GOLD
IN YUMA COUNTY.
An Entertaining Mining Story With
Local Coloring That is Decidedly
Warnaekesque.

The Yuma Examiner. in a recent is
sue, says:
with $40 acres in a highly miner
allied zone and every acre blazing
with a float beautiful and startling in
its richness, the chances are that in
spite of the fact that they have a
world of copper, the Thumb Butte
people have far more gold. Two things
are liable to prove this. One of these
il the slightest development of any
one of twenty gold-bearing quartz
lodges cutting the surface at a hun
bred points. The other is the chance
that the heavy copper veins form n
huge cap rock, perhaps hundreds Of
feet in depth. covering the main body
of ore beneath 1t.
That the Visalias Nos. l and 2. and
also the mine they call the Mystery.
will prove high grade silver-gold prop
ositions is another conclusion which
time and a little work are almost GER
tain to prove.
Returning from the Thumb Butte
camp in the Dome district Friday
night, !. Porter Moffett, Sheriff Gus
Livingston. II. E. Benny. f. NJ. Ben
ny, James F. Findley and Henry C.
Huffman preparing TO enter a vigor-
Gus campaign of development. Huff
man is making a study of the proper
| tvs formation and on the return of
President Moffett to the camp Mon
day morning they will agree on a plan
of action.
THE Thumb Butte company's camp
remains where 1t was located by Por-
| ter Moffett twelve years ago. At least
it is in the same canyon and only
few yards from the first campfire
| built by that rugged pioneer. Indeed.
the tents are under the same iron
wood clumD. the glory of which is one
| stalwart tree made memorable by two
exciting events. On one occasion a
roaring torrent came surging down the
canyon and Mr.. Moffett spent the night
in the highest forks OF that trees
branches. softly swearing to himself
| because his grub-stake was afloat on
| the breast sof the flood-waters swirl
/ ing toward the swollen ella. Another
such night Of storm Moffett sat be-
meath that tree patiently regarding five
| black bears who had decided to make
| themselves at home in the camp, and
who took to the tree-top to avoid
| Moffett's gun and dogs. Moffett had
few sheep in the camp and in their
interests he sat beneath the tree and
waited for daylight, to direct his aim
| at the enemy. He built a fire under
the tree. which helped some. Also,
whenever bear would try to descend
| for conference of war at close quar-
tiers he would land heavily on bruins
| headquarters with the butt OF his gun.
When morning came his gun was
busted and out of commission and his
siX-shooter refused to kill five bears
at one round. A party of prospectors
drifted by the camp and Moffett was
so mad at those bears he insisted on
| killing them all himself while his
friends stood BY hungry for a shot.
After that Moffett had bear action
until he believed in providence"
This is about half the story and in
cludes the Warnack part. The rest of
| it pertains merely to mines and min
| erals and is less interesting. 1t is sus-
pected, however. that Mr.. Warnack is
nature taking. Many well defined
bikes in these southern parts sample
well in lions and wild cats but no dis
| covery hitherto reported has shown
such remarkable values in black bears.