Arizona republican., 1909-07-28
.BOHEM|AN'S SEARCH
 F0R A LOST MINE
He Believes a Wonderful Gold Deposit
 May be Found Near the Four Peaks.

If very small part of the many
 stories which are told by prospectors
 were to be given credence or were proven to have even a small element
 could soon boast more than one pro ducing taxpaying mine. In every min
 ing district, in every country where
 there is any possibility of mineral de-
 posit there are stories of mines which
 are richer than any being worked but
 which by some misfortune have been
 lost and ever since have remained be-
 yond the power of man to relocate
 In the legends of lost mines there are
 richer fund of stories than the section lying near Phoenix Of the stories of the more familiar type there are some exceptional stories that have never
 been published and which those who have heard them cannot but discredit although at the same time harboring a secret wish that the romantic imag
 things might be proven true.
 A prospector. Bohemian by birth but since his early youth resident in the United States, who has prospected the west from one end to the other has returned to this section after an ab- sence of two years. He does not give his name but he tells story the truth of which he believes he can fully es- tablish. and if he is successful he will not only open up one of the greatest gold mines the world has known but will also shed interesting light upon period of history of which there is very little authentic information
 The man was in this section in the early spring of 1907 in quest of the same mine. At that time he was un- successful. finding no trace of the wonder After the first disappoint- ment over the failure of the project to which he had given several years of study and rather dangerous work and on which he had spent all the money he was able to gather. he decided that he had made some mistake in his search of the records in which he learned of the mine He returned to Mexico where the information he de- sired was part of the documents of the state and now he returns full of hone of the certainty of his being able to locate the old and rich propJ erty
 On the occasion of the prospector's former visit to this section the story was told to an employe of the recIama- tion service. It Is from him 1t is learn ed that the Bohemian has returned to resume his search. He reports that the prospector told the story in a much more interesting waY. and with a yo- cabulary indicating years of reading and study of the English language, All though the man spoke with a brogue somewhat pronounced yet his appear ance. manner and conversation mark ed him as man of intelligence and some education and led to the belief that he would hardly be devoting his time to the pursuit of some figment of that had no considerable foundation in fact
 The tale of wealth and riches refers to the MaZatZal or Four Peaks range the southern part of which is usually avoided by prospectors as having no mineral bearing formations. although there are several stories of old lost mines in that portion of the range Many old tunnels remain to mark the work of men of whom there Is no knowledge even on the part of the old est inhabitants but in none of these old workings are there any indications of the precious metals or even of cop per. And yet the tunnels were evident ly not used for habitatiOns and there is every indication that they were made by men in search of gold. Another condition that deters prospectors from working in the portion of the range to which the stories relate. Is the thick brush covering the mountains which