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for himself and his wife, and traded his
claim for another further down the creek
where the valley was wider, and TIMBER
was plentiful. The Y. NJ c. A. man then
built his cabin. sent for his wife and
started to work. When he had thawed
the earth to some distance below the
surface his wife helped him. He iabored
down in the mine, and she wound the
windlass that drew up the buckets OF
rocks Time and again they were in
despair and talked of selling out and
going back home. After a while they
came to bedrock, and the gold was SO
rich that the claim paid them ABOUT
81. 900 900 That man took his money to
Seattle and invested it in real estate. He
is now said to be one of the rich men
of the west The claim he first took
up turned out very well, but not as wen
as No IS Eldorado, which gave him his
fortune.
The gold of that day was discovered in
quantities Pockets worth hundreds of
dollars were not uncommon In august,
1899 in a claim on Bonanza creek, George
T Coffey took up two shovelfuls from
which he washed sixtythree ounces or
gold, worth between 5000 and $1,000. This
included three nuggets. each OF Whlch
was worth 800.
miner by the name of Macdonald
took out s94. 900 from fortyfoot patch
Of ground two feet in thickness. and it
is said that some of the miners on Bon
ANA creek were dissatisfied when the
gravel went less than a dollar PAN
In ordinary regions cents a pan is con-
sidered good and, I have said. the
earth they are now mining in the valleys
of the klondike and Indian rivers does
not run more than 30 cents on the aver
age to the cubic yard.
In the early days no one thought OF
getting out all the gold from the earth.
The miners sought the rich spots only.
Today every bit of the valley is being
worked over by the dredges. and that
in such a way that all of the precious
metal is saved. In fact. you can fire
your gun at a bird anywhere in the
dredging ground. and be sure that the
shot will be recovered when that
ground is mined. You can throw a red
cent into the heart of a ten-acre field
that is to be upturned by these ma
chimes. knowing that the cent Will
come out with the gold. The Canadian
five-cent pieces are thin silver coins
half as big as a nickel These have
been thrown into the fields and later
on caught by the dredges. A common
amusement is to take dime, saving
it in halves and then bet whether the
dredge will reclaim one of the pieces.
The man who bets in the negative
holds one of the halves. The other is
buried in the earth or thrown down
among the gravel and covered. Just as
soon as that spot is dredged, the miss
ing half comes out with the gold.
All sorts of characters came to the
KIondike in the early days. With such
types as the Lucky Swede, Swift Water
Bill and Frank Slavin, the prize fighter.
came business and professional men
from all parts of the United States.
There were also correspondents and
writer's of one kind or another. Joaquin
Miller came to mine gold and write
poetry and newspaper articles. Rex
Beach was here, and so was Jack
London Jack London was at one time
a partner of Swift Water Bill. and 1t
is said that the two owned claim that
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to know what he was doing. Anderson
was living at Forty Mile at the time
and he had saved this money from his
wages as pick and shovel miner He
bought the mine at night and when
he awoke the next day ne cried bitter
tears and asked the men who thought
they had swindled him to take back
the claim and give him his money
They refused and he walked eighty
miles to the Klondike and started to
work. He found only hole in the
ground. but he thawed and dug eight
cen feet further, and the result was n
fortune. When he made the first strike
the men who sold him his claim were
nearby They saw he was panning. and
asked with sneer what he had found.
He replied: "Ay tank Ay got some gold
here" and he showed them his pan.
There was sl.400 worth Of gold mug
gets in IT. and the claim eventually
yielded between S1,000.00 and $1,000
900.
Il
Swift-Water Bill was . Portuguese.
who got his nickname from a story
he told of having swan down the
rapids of the Yukon on his way to the
gold fields. He began his work on the
Yukon. some distance below Dawson,
waiter in an eating house. One
day while serving two miners he heard
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- ANY memories are recalled by
lMMl the name ''Glymont." Though
U\YIl the name survives, nobody
= VIZ dances the Iancers. the gallop.
the polka, the schottische and the Vir-
sinia reel there now. 1t is one of those
places by the side of the Potomat
where Washingtonians went 10 play
or idle away some summer hours
and which is silent and all but deserted
now. but those persons who knew ely
mont in its golden days will fancy that
the echoes of gay revels linger there.
The people of the capital went to
tilvmont on the Mary Washington, the
Mattano. the Keyport and other steam
boats that knew all the channels and
shoals. bars and headlands, and tides
and currents of the Potomac. Thou
sands of the young men and women
who capered to the cadence of the fid-
dies at Glymont have passed into the
land of shadows. but it is pleasant to
think that some times their spirits go
again to the ancient playground and
dwell for few moments among the
great trees or by the side of the flow
ing spring. However, all the people
who danced to merry measures and
spread their lunches In the Shade OF the
Glymont woods have not yet said fare
well to earth. Thousands of silver
haired men and women who first held
hands and sighed and told each other
the secrets of their hearts at Glymont
will see these lines and if the Rambler
can lead their thoughts back to those
dear days of simpler joys, and to ely
mont. he will be repaid for the labor
that these notes cost.
Glymont is still there. but the ely
mont of the time of which the Rambler
is thinking is no more. Steamboats,
still stop at Old Glymont and at New
Glymont, but the landing which is now
called Old Glymont was for perhaps a
century, or even two centuries, known
as Pye's landing. 1t is up stream from
the real Glymont, and that place before
use was called Marburys landing, or
Marbur's wharf. That which is now
called New Glymont is down stream
from the Glymont of tender and ro-
mantle memories. about mile nearer
Indian Head, and the landing was es-
tablished in obedience to the demand of
traffic that section having become quite
thickly settled by families from other
parts of Maryland and other parts OF
the world. because of the naval proving &
ground and the naval powder factory
established on the long and irregular
neck of land betweemth the Potomac and
Mattawoman creek generally called In
dian Head.
The neck is about six miles long and
from one to two miles wide. A high and
darkly wooded point at the Potomac
end of this neck has been called Indian
Head. ever since white men found In
dians there. but the name Indian
Head" has now come to be applied to
several square miles of territory. New
houses are closely placed along the
roads that lead up and down the neck
east and west. and across ii north and
south. and all the dwellers in those
houses will tell you that they live at
Indian Head.
The wharf. or what was the wharf,
at Glymont is a pathetic ruin Rot
ting piles hold their disfigured heads
out OF the water. but all the cross
pieces anti the planking vanished long
ago, and the piles must follow soon.
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of his fortune he had an income of half
a million dollars year. He then fell
in love and was married. He took his
wife to San Francisco, where he bought
a house and gave it to her. He gave
her other moneys, and when he was
about at the end of his fortune he told
me she had cost him quarter of
million. With that he pulled out of his
pocket garter which had diamond
clasp as big as the end of your thumb,
and showed il to me, saying: And that
is all ] have for it. am almost broke
now. but | will go back and find some
more
X 4
His claim was then played out. He
tried to find others. but failed In his
first trips with me he lived in state,
buying all the liquor and cigars that
the ship had and handing them out
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The Bowies and Their Kindred" Mr..
Bowie says of the Marbury family that
it is an exceedingly ancient one and is
mentioned in works of heraldry as To-
Gated in Chestershire, England, as early
as the reign OF Edward the First. Mar
bury Hail. in that county, about fifteen
miles from the city of Chester, says
Mr.. Bowie, was owned by a branch of
the family until some time in the pres
ent century. 1t has recently been
bought by a member of parliament
"A few years ago., writes MIR. Bowie
gentlemen residing in the neighbor-
hood of the hall started subscription
for the purpose of repairing the ancient
chapel. The coat of arms borne by
the Marburys displayed a crusaders
cross, and under it mailed hand
grasping the severed head of a Sara
cen. Doubtless the knight who first
assumed this design had fought under
the cross in Palestine. and thus com
memorated his victory over some noted
paynim warrior. The exact date of
the emigration to Maryland by the
first representative of the house in
America is unknown, but it was prob
ably between 1850 and 1890. The name
does not appear on any of the CO.
lonial records prior to that era.
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listen to the romance OF the
q KIondike. The air is full OF its
stories and the truth in them surpasses
the widest dreams OF the Arabian
Nights" King Solomon's Dome is the
very center OF the Klondike gold re-
eior II Is a mountain higher than the
average peaks Of the Alleghenies. 1t
rises 1900 feet above Dawson. and |
have Climbed to its top in an automo-
bile standing upon il ] can look over
the Klondike valley and the creeks
leading into il from which almost two
hundred million dollars worth of gold
has been won. and turning TO the south
I can see the Indian river valley. where
IL Dominion creek. sulphur creek and
Gold river. and where there Is vast
bed OF grade goId-bearing earth
which they are now preparing to mine.
The engineer at the head OF the project
* John Treadgold He is washing off
tho muck with hydraulic giants. and he
Expects that the sun will tha% the
strata OF perpetual ice that he can use
new kind of machine TO get out the
gold. The average contents of the
earth is less than 30 cents' worth of
gold - the ton. and the most of this
Is from twenty TO thirty feet down in
the frozen conglomerate.
Standing upon the dome we pre ID
the very center from which radiate the
creeks that held the enormous pockets
OF gold when the discovery was made.
There at the west is Bonanza creek.
where. just two decades ago. gold was
first found. and. running into it is FL
dorado creek. where Swift Water Bill
Gates and the Lucky Swede, Charlie
Anderson, as well scores of others,
made their fortunes about a year later.
The man who discovered the gold was
George Carmack. New Englander
from North Adams, Mass. He came 10
Alaska laborer and worked on the
Seal Islands. He married an Indian
and he had three Indians with him when
he was prospecting on the ground just
below US. AS the story goes, IL was
one of the Indians who had gone to
the creek for some water who saw tn.
gold shining there In the sand They
took up some dirt on the edge of the
creek and washed il; and they got
twenty dollars worth Of gold within a
half hour. Carmack then laid out
claims for himself and the three red
men. and each claim brought fortune
which all too soon slipped through it's
owners fingers.
The news of the discovery spread like
wildfre over the north 1t was tele-
graphed to all parts of the world and
by the next year men were rushing TO
the Klondike from every direction
They staked out both sides of Bonanza
They laid out claims along Eldorado,
Dominion and Hunker creeks, and dug
out gold all along the valley of the
KIondike river.
Charlie Anderson's claim was No. 20
Eldorado. II cost him 5000. and the
deal was made when he was TOO drunk
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
FODDER FOR The FANS

Hans Wagner is slated to play first
base for Pittsburg nationals next sea-
son.
The Oakland club in the Coast
League has been sued for $1,000 dam
ages because young girl spectator
had her nose broken by a foul ball The
complaint reads that an Oakland play
er did carelessly, negligently and un-
necessarily strike at and hit one of the
baseballs with a bat" Unnecessarily
is a good word, but it looks a little
out Of place used in this sentence
Ty Cobb played first base for a bush
team out in Massachusetts the other
day and as usual broke a record hav-
ing eight assists, new mark it is
said for a first baseman in nine in
nings.
Jim Thorpe, famous Indian athlete
and ball player played football with q
professional team in Canton, Ohio, last
week. He received 500 for playing
the game. 1000 people paid to see the
contest.
There Is talk of the Washington
American League franchise being NOV
ed to Baltimore next season.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
BATHING IN A TRUNK

Most readers, perhaps, have heard
of combination davenport billiard
tables and of dining tables which by
night are beds, They're products of
the cramped life of city flats. A Mon
tana inventor has produced an even
more remarkable combination It's a
trunk -bathtub.
It struck the inventor that it would
be a mighty convenient thing, espe-
cially in localities where hotels lack
bathing facilities if the traveller could
carry bathtub with him. The tradi-
tional Englishman is supposed to do
that, though his portable tub is prob
ably more legendary than real. This
idea, however, was better. 1t saved
carrying an extra piece of furniture, and
it improved the trunk making it strong
and water tight.
The trunk is made of sheet metal,
says the Popular Science monthly and
enameled. 1t can be used either as a
bathtub or laundry tub, and has an out
let at the bottom to which a hose can
be attached to draw off the. water.
1t looks like good idea. Still, it
must be nuisance to have to unpack
and repack your trunk every time you
want a bath. Some country hotels
give you such small pitchers of water
Imagine ringing for a trunkful!
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10

courses that could not be conducted
here are possible in the mountains on
account of the different growing con-
ditions Then there is the course in
forestry. This is of great interest, as
we have come to love the trees of Ari-
zona. l found that the greatest repro
duction of trees in the mountains was
in those areas where the sun could
break through the shade, and where it
could not get through, there was almost
no reproduction There are great
areas of trees that are mature and
whose shade is keeping others from
growing. These should be cut down so
that the sun could shine through There
are trees in these mountains four, five
and six feet in diameter, proving that
the growing conditions must be very
favorable as compared with the rest
of the state Such laboratory, To-
Gated in these mountains, will not only
be a great feature for the University
of Arizona but for the State of Arizona
as well.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
MOUNTAIN LION SHOT

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Nov "A huge
mountain lion, which has caused over
$1,000 damage to cattle owners in the
Skull valley district was killed by J.
r. Patterson, hunter after a battle
in which two dogs were badly wounded
and Patterson himself had a narrow
escape. The lion had killed a two
year old heifer early last Monday
morning. Patterson took the trail and
came up with the animal in the bed
Of a small creek. The dogs attacked,
but one got blow broke it's jaw and
sent it spinning, while the second dog
was terribly lacerated The lion at
tackled Patterson, who shot it just as it
reached him. Patterson received a
bounty of $50 for the hide from the
county supervisors.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
BRIDE ELECT"
SUES DENTIST

PHOENIX, Ariz, Nov. 9.-Suit to
recover over $640O, which she claims
is due her for back wages from Dr.
John A. Lentz, a prominent dentist of
Phoenix has been filed by Miss Bertha
Smith, known by her own request as
the Bride Elect" Miss Smith alleges
that she was employed in DIR. Lentz'
office for several years, beginning in
1899, and that her salary was grad
ually raised from SIS a month to over
5000 a month. Of the amount due her
she says she was paid $4,000 leaving a
balance of $6450. She claims in the
complaint that through DR.. Lentz
treatment of her in connection with
some mining property owned by her.
that he mind became unbalanced and
that she was but recently discharged
from a New York hospital for the in
sane, where she was obliged to spend
several years in recovering. Miss
Smith not long ago filed a petition in
eii0 SuPoiioA couA Heie dShiIiS " nave
her name changed to Bride Elect,
claiming to have been instructed in a
vision to change her name. She has
attracted considerable attention by rea-
son of an advertising campaign which
she has carried on for the purpose of
raising funds for temple, which she
proposes to build in the Paradise
valley, north of Phoenix for people of
all sects.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10

Of the publisher, editor. managing ed
Tor, and business managers are:
Publisher. Ray Publishing Company,
Ray, Arizona.
Editor. Henri Behoteguy, Phoenix,
Arizona.
Business Manager Ned Creighton.
Phoenix, Arizona.
g. That the owners are: (Give names
and addresses of individual owners or
If corporation, give it's names and the
names and addresses of stockholders
total amount of stock.) Ray Publishing
Company Ray, Arizona, a trade name
used by Arizona News Bureau of Phoe-
nix, Arizona, publishers, which Arizona
News Bureau is trade name for Ned
Creighton, it's sole owner.
8. That the known bondhoIders
owning or holding per cent or more
of total amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities are: (If there are
none, so state) None.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the owners,
stockholders, and security holders, if
holders and security holders as they
appear upon the books of the company
but also, in cases where the stockhold-
er or security holder appears upon the
books Of the company as trustee or in
any other fiduciary relation, the name
Of the person or corporation for whom
that the said two paragraphs contain
statements embracing affiant's full
knowledge and belize as to the circum-
stances and conditions under which
stockholders and security holders who
do not appear upon the books of the
company as trustee, hold stock and Sc
curities in a capacity other than that
of a bona fide owner; and this affiant
has no reason to believe that any other
person, association, or corporation has
any interest direct or indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other securities
than as so stated by him.
5. That the average number of cop
les of each issue Of this publication
sold or distributed, through the mails
or otherwise, to paid subscribers dur
ing the six months preceding the date
shown above is-(This information
is required from daily publications
only)
NED CREIGHTON,
Business Mgr
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 30th day of October 1916.
(SEAL) JULIAN A. GAM.
Notary Public.
(My commission expires June 8, 1919
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
WILD STALLION CAPTURED

NACO, Ariz, Nov. 9.--What to do
with the wild stallion of the Cananeas,
recently captured in the San Jose
mountains is the question that is
puzzling Rolan Curry, foremen of the
Cananea Cattle company's ranch at
San Pedro. The stallion, a big sorrel,
has been roaming the hills of northern
Sonora for years, stampeding droves
of horses and leading a band of out
laws almost as untamable as himself.
Recently the big stallion was captured
and now cowboys are agreed that
can be found who will attempt to
break him.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
STATEMENT OF THE OWNER.
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, cIRcULA.
TION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE
ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST
"a, 1912.

o, Arizona Copper Camp, published
weekly, at Ray, Arizona, for October
1, 1915, State of Arizona, County of
Maricopa, SIS.
Befor> me, a Notary Public in and
for the State and county aforesaid,
personally appeared Ned Creighton,
who, having been duly sworn accord
ing to law, deposes and says that he
is the Business Manager of the Ari-
zona Copper Camp. and that the fol-
lowing is, to the best Of his knowledge
and belief, a true statement of the
ownership, management -(and If daily
paper, the circulation) etc, Of the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption. required
by the act of August "a, 1912, embod-
led in section 443, Postal Laws and
Regulations printed on the reverse of
this form, to-wit:
l. That the names and addresses
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
N o c e
OF Call For Bids on Pink Beans.

OF Call For Bids on Pink Beans.
Sealed proposals, addressed to Board
of Control of Arizona, at Phoenix, Ari
iona and endorsed Proposal for fur
nishing a carload of pink beans, for use
of the State Prison, Asylum, and In
dustrial School," will be received by
the Secretary of the said Board in his
office at the State House until 200
o'clock P. M, Tuesday, November14,
1916. and will be opened in the pres
ence of the bidders at the above time
and place, and thereafter considered
BIDS MUST BE IN DUPLICATE
AND MUST BE ITEMIzED.
Certified check or bond for five per
cent. of the amount of the bid should
be enclosed with same, to be retained
bidder fails to sign contract. Bids not
marked on envelope, as required will
not be considered. Specifications may
be obtained upon application to the
Board Of Control.
Prices MUST be f. o. b. Florence,
Arizona.
The Board reserves the right to ac-
cept or reject part or all Of any bid
or to waive any informalties in any
bid.
BY order of Board of Control of Ar
izona. CHAS. R. OSBURN,
Secretary.
First publication Oct 13, 1916.
Last publication Nov 10. 1915.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
DRIvEWAYs FOR SHEEP

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. Six strips
of land, varying from two to five miles
in length have been Withdrawn from
entry by presidential proclamation for
the purpose for affording driveways
for sheep in central Arizona according
to advices received at the local U. S.
land office. The driveways as with
drawn lead from the highways down
to the valleys, some Of them leading
as far south as the headwaters of Cave
Creek in northern Maricopa county.
The one fartherest north leads from the
Back Hills, northwest of Jerome to the
Little Chino valley WEST of Jerome
Junction.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
Townsite Title
Question Settled

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 9.-Title to
fifteen townsites in and around the
town of Oatman, Mohave county is
vested in the holders of mineral pa
tents to the land, according to advices
received at the local U. S. land office
in reply to query from owners of
lots in the townsites, owing to dis
pute which arose recently between
squatters and purchasers of the lots.
According to the land office if mineral
patent to the land has been issued the
lot owners should make their arrange
ments with the holders of these patents.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
REGISTRATION

PHOENIX, Ariz., Nov. 9.-81,8 ,831
voters registered for the general cleo
ton last Tuesday according to figures
given out today at the office of Secre-
tary of State Sidney p Osborn. The
final reports from county recorders
show an increase Of over 5000 as COM
pared with the registration two years
ago. The greatest increase are in
Maricopa county which has 1898 re-
gistered voters and Mohave which has
3572, almost double the registration
two years ago, Cochise county has 49,
215 voters, Gila 1852 and Yavapai 64S2
according to the report.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-11-10
souATTERs AesouAruLArE

CHLORIDE, Ariz., Nov. 9.-Scores Of
squatters who last week took pos
session Of practically every lot in the
town of Cloride, have abandoned their
attempt to secure a claim to the land
and have moved away. Over 100 tents
were pitched by squatters on some of
the best pieces Of property in Chloride
following the arrival here of ".Redemp-
tion Smith" who attempted to contest
the title to one Of the main corner lots
Of the town.