Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-15

of the party gathered such of the min eral as pleased him most. After plac- ing the customary notice of discoy. cry and claim common to prospectors the cave was left.
 All of us felt rich; nothing was talk ed of but the cave and it's riches in silver; the specimens were examined often. Did the god who is said to preside over sleep visit us that night? It is doubtful; possibly at odd nom ents there was dropped into the eyes poppy juice when tired nature de- manded repose, but most of the time we were awake talking of our luck, while overhead the sky, studded with brilliants, looked down through that pure, calm and peerless atmosphere, keeping watch over the dreamers who were wrapped in their blankets. In the morning some of the party again visited the cave, others looked for mineral in other places, others sealed the peak, from the top of which was to be had on extended view of the country, which spread out beneath us like map.
 To the west and many miles dis tant are seen the Sugar Loaf Noun tains in Arizona and the Dos Cabasos; to the north of the country around Ft. Bayard. the Kneeling Nun, with it's embattled walls; to the east an al most endless plain; to the south the Boca Grande, with its eyer-changing hues of light and shadow as the clouds above drift by. Below us lay the onlS , spot of verdure visible for miles; all else was dry and brown, save on the detatched chains of mountains whose slopes and summits covered with trees added deeper shade of green to the scene.
 Returned Through Burro Mountains Tae general features of the country were elevated and distorted, assuming the forms of minarets, spires, castles, | battlements, monuments, houses and churches. Even the bayonet plants were queerly transformed into other | shapes. But these castles in Spain soon melted away as 1t grew warmer l With the rays of the sun, and with the l disappearance of these the foothills and mountains came into view. About noon Mesquite Spring was reached. and there the party had the first meal of the day. The prairie stretched around us. To the southwest stood the sombrero peak, good long distance away.
 The range visited is on our maps, 1 and known as the Ratchet mountains;
 it is partly in the United States and partly in Mexico. The burro or black tailed deer were numerous; a few were killed for meat.
 1 The party returned through a pass of the Burro mountains. On our re turn to the post blow-pipe analysis ' of some of the specimens obtained was had revealing lead and silver. A fire i test was made, showing silver to the extent of S30 to the ton of rock.
 In the fall of 1879 the writer was in ! Santa Fe, N. M, and there met man | from the east, who had with him du I plicate or the itinerary which was 1T the possession of Major Shorkley, diff l fering, however, in some particulars. This paper mentioned another range
 which the writer remembered having
 seen to the westward of the Hatchets 1 This man wanted an escort from Fl
 Bayard in his search for the cave, but as the troops of that post, as well al others in the district, were in thu field after Victoria and his band, wht had been and were then raiding tn; country, his request was denied A
 to whether or sot he succeeded in wis iting that spot and finding silver II
 more paying quantities than our par
 ty l do not know. Undoubtedly ther'
 Is silver in the region we visited
 and some day others will find the min
 eral in better paying quantities thai
 did our party.
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