Arizona republican., 1913-03-30

q railroad to find anything. old Peg Leg was an old bum who preyed upon his friends and every one else he could, by his infrmities He was very fond of the red liquor that in ebriates, and it was according to the quantities he imbibed that the fabu- lous extent and richness of his lost mine grew. but still lots of people swallowed it as gospel. The mine was supposed to exist anywhere along the Colorado river to the COcopah noun tains at the head of the California gulf. But the most central point was around Yuma, and from old Fort
 Yuma over the old Los Angeles trail a little east of Warmers Pass. It is along this route that the most sacri-
 flee of life has been made in search of the mythical Peg Leg. Many skele- tons have been found in later years, and there were many others probably that were never seen. The nuggets 1 were supposed to be found on one of three peaks After the excitement had subsided for while. q soldier from Yuma went into San BernaTdino car rying a quantity of black nuggets that were said to correspond with the Peg Leg find. After finishing his spree the soldier started back with half a dozen companions. A few years later l their bones were found in the foothills i 1 of the Cuyamaca mountains. thirty miles southeast of Yuma
 Later when the Southern Pacific was ! building to California and the track | had been laid to SaltOn, an old squaWd l came into camp with lot Of similar
 nuggets She also had found the gold 1
 on top of one of the three hills. This caused another stampede and helped to ! augment the desert graveyard.
 1 After this the next resurrection of i 1 the Peg Leg mine was by q cowboy 1 on Warmers ranch. who had been out 1 ! for several days and returned with 1 some of the dark nuggets. He cut l 1 q wide sWath for quite q while. and ! ! when broke he would go out and de- i 1 turn with fresh supply of gold, and | l this continued until he was killed in !
 a drunken braWl. At his death he had i $4 900 deposited at Warmers ranch. Tom Cover. a sheriff of San Der nardino county. with a com npaniOn tried | 1 to follow the tracks of this Mexican ! 1 but they were never more heard of. 1
 And so this toll of life has continued i ] for over sixty years, and the Peg l Leg is still believed in. Of course i 1 the undoubted fact that gold was {, brought in helped to bolster up from |
 time to time the strong belief in the i old Peg Leg Smiths lost mine But ! still today it remains unrediscovered. 1 Louis C. Gates. general manager of all the Ray Consolidated interests at
 both Ray and Hayden. was in the city during the week. A prospector had brought in a ! sample of supposedly rich gold ore for
 examination by an assayer. On being
 informed later that it was nothing but iron pyrites and not worth q cent
 the astounded prospector exclaimed
 in direst dismay Good Lord there
 is an old woman up our way who
 owns a hill of it, and I married her"
 Arizona Marble
 About a month ago l had special
 article in these columns about the ]
 wonderful marble deposits of Arizona
 it's beautiful features
 Mary Garden, the great prma don
 na. while in Los Angeles was asked
 to christen a certain class of this
 marble found on the claims in Ari
 zOna of the Pan American CO. and in the form of a,letteT to the manager of that company she expresses the
 following beautiful sentiments.
 Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles. March 12 1913.
 MT. Rolin J. Van Houten. Manager Pan-American Marble Company, Los Angeles California Dear Sir
 Enduring civic beauty is as essen tial to human progress as science. Combined with practical application. they constitute the foundation and resources to the great benefit of all. Our commercial life must be alloyed with the spirit of art, gaiety and beauty in order to create properly balanced life.
 I am delighted to have an oppOr- tunty to name a beautiful enduring . marble cOored with tthe sunset glow
 and the lavish brush of nature. . christen it NatOma Sienna and be- . speak for this wonderful marble q lasting, uplifting influence in the arts and commerce of the future.
 Very truly.
 (SigneO MARY GARDEN. The two following items are from the annual report Of the Calumet and Arizona just published.