Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-09-06
AN ECHO OF EARLY
 DAYS

That history will repeat itself is
 fully shown in the interesting reports
 coming from many of the mining
 camps of the west. The romance and
 glamor of early-day mining in the
 west have furnished the text for many
 interesting stories regarding the dis
 covery of bonanza mines in the can
 yons and mountainsides of nearly
 every section and district of the
 Rocky Mountain belt. We have often
 read thrilling stories of the experien-
 ces of early-day miners, and of the
 adventures they met with in safe guarding the treasure they had taken
 from lode and placer mines; of the
 existence of organized outlaws who
 thrived upon the booty they obtained
 from thefts of high-grade ore, silver
 bullion and gold bars and nuggets. And'w often hear, even to this day, of efforts being made to find the hid den places where outlaws and robbers had secreted their loot, awaiting the day when it could be safely taken out of the country, but failing in such in- tention because of the action of vigi- lantes, the failure to remember the exact location of the cache, or be- cause of the death, peacefully or oth- erwise, of the perpetrators of the rob bery.
 There are many living in this inter- mountain region today who can we'll the time, not so many years ago, when the 'Wells-Fargo treasure box carried by the old-fashioned stage running between Pioche, Nevada, and Salt Lake City, was time after time ooted by road-agents, and how bars ,f silveI bullion, for a number of 7ears, could often be found in the un- lerbrush along the load, so careless were the holdups in their operation. Iven at later date the footing of he stage plying out of DeLamar, Nevada, was of such common occur ence that finally the plan was adop- ed of running the bullion into great teel shells in order that the attempts f robbery might be more fully frus- ' rated. And this means of protection yas more effective than was the en- loyment of armed guards, of "gun- len" noted for their bravery and dar- lg. Such occurrences were experi- need in nearly every mining camp in le west in the early days, and it is ot so many years ago that armed lards accompanied shipments of bull on and bonanza ore, on express aims, from Goldfield.
 Such was the experience and fasci- ltion that accompanied early-day ming throughout the west. Men ith red blood in their veins, craving e excitement accompanying mining 'erations, flocked to the mountains Id to the canyons. The very risk ey ran added charm to the pursuit mineral wealth, and life with them came rather monotonous when a .ek passed without reports coming
 of bullion robbery, of call for cots and saddle" to give chase to - 3 outlaws, or of chance being giv- T.
 to attend hanging bee" where me captured thief was given the nefit of "Lynch law"
 But these days have not passed ay entirely, for only the other day ports were received from Rands- rg, California, of the shipment of IF carloads of highgrade silver aring ore that was accompanied by ned guards because of the richness
 the consignment; and, if the re- al in mining interest is maintained = now existing, other rich and sen = ional finds will be recorded, to 'tect which, in transit or under lock key, shot guns and duards must { essarily be employed.