Gilpin observer., 1915-01-28
B0Ls|NGER HOME.

II. C. Bolsinger and j. A. Shinn,
Mexico, finally arrived in Denver on
perpetual trouble. Mr.. Bolsinger
his seat in the legislature Tuesday.
Morris Hazard, who returned from
Denver Tuesday evening, saw Mr..
Bolsinger that day and listened to
an interesting recital of the local
stateman's experience in the land of
perpetual trouble. Mr.. Bolsingebr
told Mr.. Hazard that money could not
be piled high enough to induce him
to take the trip into Mexico again
and go through the hair-breadth es-
capes he experienced.
Mr. Bolsinger, Mr.. Shinn and En-
gineer Mansfield left for Alamos, Old
Mexico, on Nov 2Sd, to inspect
mine. They encountered no difficulty
to speak of in reaching the mine,
but on the return trip had adventures
that would make an artic explorer
turn back Mr.. Shinn gives a very
graphic account of the return jour
ney in diary he kept of each days
happenings: A portion of his record
of the trip follows:
I'VE reached our mine and spent
ten days in sampling. About that
time we began to hear rumors about
war and trouble. We started for AL
amos on Dec. 16. The journey took
us two days time. On the 22d we
started by rail for Guaymas. We
were three miles out when the train
was boarded by $50 soldiers. 1t be-
gan to rain and we travelled very
slowly, stopping now and then to
| gather wood for the locomotive.
While we were waiting for wood on
one occasion l looked out of the win
dow and saw 100 soldiers running
very excitedly down the track. was
told that the captain and colonel had
got into scrap and that the captain
had taken a couple OF shots at the
young colonel, who concluded to beat
it.
"On reaching Esperanza we learned
that the bridge over the Yoqui river
river had been washed out. The
next morning we were informed that
a storm was expected The rain
poured in torrents. A report came
in that the town of Cocori, a large
pueblo OF 5000 souls, was under four
feet OF water and that many lives
had been lost by the crumbling of
adobe walls
"EsperanZa was town of about
300 but in two hours it was town
of nearly 1000, the persons coming
from miles around for safety on high
er ground. Goats, pigs, chickens,
turkeys, horses and domestic animals
of all varieties were coming in. When
the men and women came in they
treated the event with great hilarity
and locked on the affair as a gala
day.
Jan. l, 1915.-It is New Years
day and we have been marooned for
many days in Esperanza. On this
day some 200 soldiers started for
Nogales, but they didn't go far before
they mut;nied and defied the officers
In command. We have concluded to
try to make our way to the coast OF
the Gulf of California at Salines and
try to get boat. We are making
every effort to return TO Denver,
where We expected to be on Christ
mas fer we can not get word to our
relatives and friends, who must be
worried by this time.
'After waiting all day, we are
starting at 4 O'Clock p. m. with two
small mules and a two-seated wagon.
The road was hard to travel and sog-.
gy with mud. Many swamps are un-
der from four to six feet of water.
"We came to a place where the
swamp seemed TO be fully a mile
wide We passed thru it to within
/ 900 feet of the opposite shore when
the mules and wagon went down. We
pulled our shoes, socks and trousers
off and proceeded to wade to shore,
succeeding after barely escaping with
our lives. We then made a camp to
avoid catching cold or fever and
get warm. We we're about four miles
from the ocean and could hear it
roar. In few hours we drew the
mules and wagon, the tongue of
which had been broken. from the
swamp and proceeded to the ocean.