Arizona republican., 1909-03-29
THE GOLD SEEKERS
 EXCURSION TRAIN
About 25O Lowlanders Took To the Hills Yesterday and Few of Them Came Back.

' It must be SO If it isn't so the i people inteersted in the gold strike ex-
 citement must nail every knOcker and
 stretch his hide over the nearby rocks, ! for certain it is that nobody who goes | out. comes back with his hammer out. | even if he was not able to get on the
 track of a bonanza himself The only ! criticism is that offered by those who have not gone to see and speak of 1 their own knowledge, and come to | think about it. that sort of knocking | is the sort that boosts.
 | The excursion train that left Phoe- nix yesterday morning for Bouse and | intermediate points had about 150 peo- | pie on board. The number was nearly doubled by the time the train had reached Wenden, by those getting on at way stations. Half of them disem- parked at Salome and Vicksburg and the rest went on to Bouse. At Bouse the Glendale Bean Eaters. the sugar
 stick baseball team which went with
 the crowd. engaged the BOuse team in
 battle and ate them alive by a score
 of r to 13. while the fans in the crowd
 and the Bouse people stood around and
 Eibdil'A- III AAlf AAl' " ti~7il
 ington street mining experts sauntered
 through the PoUse hills and passed
 judgment on the dumps of the boom
 ing little copper gold camp.
 About 6 o'clock the train started
 back but only part of the eXcursionists
 were on board. The rest were taking advantage of the longer privilege giv- on by their tickets tO look around for a few days. They will probably work back toward Vicksburg and Salome and size up the whole country before they return.
 At Nicksburg and Salome probably fifty more eXcursionists were picked up so that only about scventy-fiVe of the 25O or 300 people who went on the trip. got home again last night They are mostly those who went for the ride and what they could see from the train. or who spent the day in Salome. Rouse or Winchester. seeing and hear ing all they could without attempting to reach the actual ground where the strikes have been made so recently and which is a little further back in the hills. A half dozen. perhaps a dozen. who had previously arranged for con veyances at one point or another. did get to one strike or another and by strenuous activity. get back again in time to catch the train.
 A. A. Betts. an employe of the rail road. who did not leave the train. vas asked concerning the sentiment of his fellow passengers He said there seemingly was not disappointed per son in the crowd. Most of them of course only saw the ore displays at the various depots but even that was worth while. and of the few who ac- tually made the trip to the mines and back. not one had his hammer out or an evil report to make.
 He said there was one lady on the train who told n fellow passenger that she had owned property in many camps. among them Rawhile. and that she was interested in a claim some where in the vicinity of the Arizona Northern. but he did not learn just where. She made a quick trip to it yesterday and during the two hours she was on the ground she saw what she estimated to be $500 worth of gold taken out. MT. Betts at that time had no notion of being interviewed or he would have tried to learn her name. He said there were many women among the eXcursionists but most of them did not undertake the rush into | the hills.
 One sight noted by the travellers was quite suggestive of the intensity of the excitement For a distance of about five miles between Salome and Vicks- burg. monuments and stakes were in evidence as far back as one could see from the railroad as the train went by. It appears that enthusiasts are locat- ing ground on suspicion in the mere hope that something will turn up in their vicinity, while the big strikes are several miles away. Of the many who so locate the few who go and dig per haps have just as good a chance a. anybody for the whole country. is min eraliZed. It is only a question of how strongly and where the richer places