Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-14
By chas. A. Dinsmore.l ,

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 WlCkENBURG, Ariz.. Oet. h. The news brought here that the mea working on the streets of Phoenix had found nuggets in the sand which theg use in asphalting was of much interest here, but not thought very unusual. This gravel comes from Siose 10 the Hassayampa river. about miles from Mickenburg. from a sIeal bank, where there are millicns o' tons of it. Everyone here knows mat aH the gravel from this region carries gold-but the man who found the v nugget was the most surprised ~hlte man who ever worked in Phoe- nlN. One day. this week citizen or Nickenburg named kellis was out hunting deer. He was driving up one or the washes about four miles back rom the Hassayampa and while plod- ding along he watched the ground for de> sign. What he saw, presently. was gold-seyeral nuggets that a re cent rain had uncovered. He just simply got out Of the wagon. picked up the gold and brought it in and showed it about bit-but he paid no special attention to il. There are in this section probably 90 Mexicans who make their living by dry placer ing, and they take their dinky lite
 machines into any oi the washes haphazard-set them mp and make from Sl.50 to s day. This of course is impossible during the win ter season or when the summer rains are railing, because if the gravel is the least bit wet the dry washers cannot save the gold | was out ths other day and riding mp a wide wash noted sand bank standing 30 feet above the level of the arroyo. l took sample-S pounds and banned it on getting into camp and found three big colours. Now. if it should be pos sible-and why not?-that this bank carries like tbat throughout, what a fortune there is for someone who cares to mine it.
 John $. Sanger is going ahead rap- idly with the work on the first dam Of the Lotowana project. All the ce- ment-two carl0ads-is on the place. and teams and men and scrapers and Pii5ws are making ready to lay the material. There is little blasting nee essary here, as the rock is solid with perfect anchorage and no possibility Of seepage. The other day there was quite rain. and that night the San Domingo wash twhere the first dam is 10 be instaliedl ran two feet deep in water for eight hours. This amount of water would fill the dam a dozen times-and this fact sets aside I any worry that there may not be sufficient water to carry forward the project Sanger is rushing work on the dam with all possible speed, as he is determined 10 fill his dams be. fore the close of the rainy season. and 10 take Christmas money" out of the l placers this year.
 The Jacobs syndicate is preparing to operate the Tub Springs wash. ! They have plenty of living water t all times for operations on a small . scaee, and more can be easily devel- . oped. They will put in a couple of | rockers and test the ground in this . way. The other day l went up this | wash and sampled in a haphazard . way-but l didn't get haphazard re- I sults--l just simply got blanks every time. Two days later I went back. as | had been told that I didn't use sui I ficient care in washing. and sampled | the same places-this time l got out :. of three 10-pound samples cents | worth of gold. l sampled and sam pied. this second time. and didn't get I