Arizona republican., 1910-11-06

They made a location there known to this time as the Globe Mine," and they the name to the district. The next year. 1875. MT. Mason and
 one of his neighbors. Benjamin w. Began, formed a party of five, con sisting of them selves. William H. Long, Isaac Copeland and another to go again to the Globe mine. taking a train of animals to fetch out some of the ore. On their way back
 March 21. 1875, they were attacked by Apaches, and one of their party was killed. His body was taken to Camp Supply. at the summit of the Stoneman Grade, and was buried by
 his comrades in one of the old stone baking ovens used for baking bread by Stonemans soldiers. When the survivors reached the foot of the grade near to the water and camp ground Copeland was sent to fetch a mule which had strayed. and found it standing on some croppings at one side of the trail. some of which he broke off He soon after came hurrying into camp shouting. "I have struck it." and it is good enough for me" The excited and hopeful prospectors gathered around him, and the pieces of croppings holding the long sought black silver ore passed from hand to hand: they all said
 Tt is good enough for us" and con- cluded that at last they had discov
 cred the place where Sullivan had found the black stuff" the nugget silver But they were in no condi- tion to remain at that time to eN-
 plore the locality or to make their prize more certain and secure Tray elwOrn. weary, and saddened by the loss of their comrade. and without provisions. they hastened on to the settlement on the Gila, at Florence
 crossing the dreaded desert at night The next day. jealously guarding their secret. they gathered supplies together and hastened back to the discovery point There. sure enough. they found the little black nuggets strewn on the surface, and mineral stains of many colors, including green and blue in the substance of the rock The long sought treasure was found at last Sullivan's discov- cry was no longer his alone. Stand ing upon the highest point of the mineral stained rock, they made the Silver King location, fifteen hundred feet long. in an easterly and westerly direction and six hundred feet wide.
 in a northerly and southerly direc- tion This was on the 22nd of March 1875 II was the initial location of the district. now known as the "Pio- neer Mining District" This district was immediately laid out, or desig
 mated as twenty miles square, eX- tending ten miles each way from the initial point of the Silver King location. with the boundary lines running north and south east and west This location and the location of the claim. was properly made in accordance with the laws. and they wore recorded in the county records at Florence. the county seat.
 The ownership of the location Of the Silver King claim was then equally divided between the four sur vivors of the party of five. each holding one-fourth. On the 30th of June. 1876. Isaac Copeland sold his quarter to Charles c. Mason. and William H Long sold his one-quarter to Benjamin w Began. On the 9th of January. 1877. Charles G. Mason sold his one-half to Col James M: Barney. and on the 5th day of May,l 1877. the Silver King Mining com pany was incorporated under the laws of the state of California On the Sth day of May, 1877. James NJ. Barney and Benjamin w Began deeded their entire interests in the mine to the incorporation
 One day, about three years ago. an aged man came slowly into the thriv- ing settlement of Picket Post, and with great interest wandered about the Silver King mill. where twenty stamps were day and night merrily pounding out silver from the rock. :,