Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-01
DESERT REFORMS 1ENDERFOOT vsits Gold Mine and Mingies With Real Men of the
 Desert Sunset Among Sage and Cacti Extracts Sentiment in
 Punches


 to purchase stock in the Lucy Gray Gold Mine. He said the property had great future and that the company was giving stockholders fair run for their money l had never seen a gold mine. so sent word of my coming and boarded the Salt Lake train at Los Angeles. l looked forward to the experience with delight, but when the shadows Of night had fallen and the dreary desert contrasted so poorly with the lighted car my spirits droob ed. When a little later the con ductor called Lyons, I was put off at a pumping station they were at low ebb
 A Sucboard and pair of jackrab- bit horses were waiting. After a short greeting from the driver we started. I viewed the solemnlooking night for what seemed to me an age, then ventured: You get quite lonely up here. don't you?" Nav. we're busy. Don't have time to get lone l some.' When I could stand it no longer I again tried: But this desert | these hills--don't you get tired of them?" Any one could tell you were from the city" was the answer. Hours later 1t seemed We arrived somewhere. was introduced to a cot, the driver said good night and was alone.
 Sweet Sounds at Dawn
 | am awake, a.rly What sweet sounds are those? The thrill of wild birds singing for joy. bOyhood's mel ody. I tried to distinguish one birds carol from another, but the hustle and strife of city life have plotted memory's page and I cannot. Then a triangle sounded and a cheeTy voice called: First bell" I lost no tint in getting outside into the freshness of the new day and was surprised to feel young and energetic. Drinking deeply of the morning air and deeper still of the dela ghtful airs of my awak- Icing songsters, my nature was ready flor the reception l received from
 happy mining family at table. The
 cover was oilcloth. the plates and cups lof granite, but the men-kindly eyes, lsincere voices. natural manners and
 yuoyance of spirit that was positive llv contagious. Why, they mace me feel right at hone in a mCmsnt. l Taking their lunch pails the men
 were soon on their way up the hill land shortly after We followed. At the main shaft my guide told me 10 climb onto the rim of a big bucket
 looked over the edge, saw just space
 below and my knees sank. l heayed
 2 thankful sigh when the order was
 given to go slow. Down. down, down,
 We passed a gate iA the wall. That is the 10O,foot level" said the guide.
 ''There is nearly a quarter of a mile
 of work done there on the eighty
 And did you not find any ore bodies
 IT asked "Oh, yes, good ore, but ithere is better down below Then
 the cable stopped. All was darkness ? but soon l could discern tiickers oi
 light ahead. A candle was put into
 my hand. "Be careful of the track, said my guide. Just then around a
 curve came an iron car loaded with
 rock. inquired of the man in charge what it was and he re lplieG: Muck"
 Stalls on Muck Way
 I wonder what muck is? We stop ped at an opening. Here" said my instructor" is where we got the s9i, . loco assay. Take this pick and knock of a piece" I did and was , told that it would assay into thou ands. And here" said he, after we had gone in and out of number o lopenings. lis where we found the |, l twenty-foot vein" Next we went dowi lanother tunnel and found a miner
 sorting ore that had been blown ou' lby the last shots Take some oi that said he Tt will go from S2l to s40O. We have over five feet or l lnow" Everywhere the men were
 working with a will. There did not . seem to be any boss around, either
 One was shoveling, another picking { another getting ready to -lrilL Ant F so We went in and out of tunnels tml ? Iguide said they were levels, drifts land crosscuts, but they were just , ltunneIs) until my head was full o
 figures and my pockets full of rocks
 Then we went back to the hoist Tw' . men were working under the platform
 there We are sinking to the 5oV foot level" they said. l did the bai '' ancing act on the bucket again ant
 soon was out in the sunlight. HoV
 pure and sparkling it was and hoy reyeled in it. Next l was intro
 duced to a furnace, lot of little flower pots, some medicine bottles and a pair of scales that would weig = a lead pencil mark. We have niac o over 200 assays this year" said m! "a friend Then I was shown the larg .d bins where the ore is dumped. som 10 sacks attracted my attention. That ,e lhigh-grade ore-s200 a sack. Nov K will you please excuse me- he said H. T must go to work. Just make you le self at home at the camp.
 Is Gets a Desert Appetite ,y On tle way back I felt peculla 10 lsensatioh. Somehow, piece Of ar
 bread would taste good. It was onl
 lI1 o'clock The good-natured coo
 st ne out a bite I spent the aftel
 noon with the wild flowers. admir.n
 wondering. variety after variety. 1 " the bunRhouse. Then came another h- r then found a dagger cactus in td if bloom. Has any one ever been To ll Innate ennuel to see it's hundreds ., buIbs-with each leaf SO delicatel nf waxed anA in place-and not felt ,T. reverence for something? The touc te. of man would ruin it. l left 1t of the stalk.
 ed Al o'clock the men came swingi' down the tra-b net with delecte