Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-05-15

fully, as that was my work with the company. It ran l6,500 ounces in silver and III ounces in gold. This is not a boast, for didn t find the ore, nor did l have anything more to do with it than merely to assay it. Vitelle said that he had met n man named Palefox, a rancher on the other side of the Sier. ras, on tho Obispo river. He put up with the rancher several days, he said, and in that time Palefox showed him a piece of ore from his mine. Neither 'of the two men had any idea of the value of the orc, but Vitelle had a more accurate judgment of it than Palefox. Vitelle begged to be shown the ore body and finally old Palefox consented to take him to the place, but stipulated that it must be at night. ViteIle said that he went to the mine at night and lighting some candles, he saw two seamsl of ore, one beside the other, and one much richer than the other. He said they seemed to be in natural cleft in the rocks and there were no signs of very much work having been done. Palefox, he said, was famous in that county for the rich ore hej found and he had his crude apparatus for extract. ing the silver and gid.
 "Well, within day or two Vitelle and l were on our way back on that irksome trail over the Sierras. WeI reached the ranch, but to our surprise found Palefox down in bed suffering from growth on his arm near his el. bow It came from poisoned arrow which some Apache had shot, he said. When l saw his serious condition. I per. suaded him to go with me to doctor whom know in the country to have an operation performed. This was done, but the doctor said the disease was likely to break out again. While he was in the care of the doctor I re. ,eived word that the president of my company and some of the direc tors were on their way to the mine and it was i'm. peratlve for me to return at once. The party of visitors were President Ram 'ey of the Big Four railroad and some other eastern capitalists. It was six weeks before I got back to see Palefox 'gain and found him back in bed with he same trouble returned It was then hat l heard of the famous Cinco de Mayo mine, only six mile away As 'ou all know, l secured possession of hat property and in the eighteen | months l had it shipped to Fl Paso over o4O,OOO worth of ore. Well, you know
 was to busy to pay any attention to he Palefox proposition, which for all I new might have, been just a freak of ature, if not a myth. I did see Pale. OK again, however. He sent his wife yer to the mine for me. He said that e did not want me to forget his proper and that he would take me there as oon as he got up. But Palefox never ot up few weeks after I returned 3 the mine the news came of his death K months after that Vitele died, Af er this came the climax in my disap. ointment. Palefox's wife had given le the only elew l had to the mine. he said her husband had told her that
 was in northerly direction up the alley, not more than six or eight miles way, and that the only landmark was n old ramrod stuck in the ground me little distance away, but pointing the direction which would lead to the nding of the mine. We'll, soon after lese ea!amities man by the name of rocks, who kept little resort there id me one day when I was in his ace and asked him if any prospeetors Id been in with anything looking good. No, the only prospector in that week as fellow that came the day before
 his place, saying he had been up 'rth a.ways, and that while he had und no ore, he had got some metal. Id exhibited an old ramrod Well. rocks never knew what that ramrod " cant to me. But I know the mine
 undiscovered, and that district is w being prospected so thoroughly that U believe some time or other the mine H ay be found. Some time I want to a mt for it myself. !" u
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