Bisbee daily review., 1919-12-21


 first of series of specla; articles on "old- Timers of Bisbee" which will ap- pear daily in the Review until com pleted The initial article app caring below is general, dealing with the stories of Jack Dunn and George Warren, and the discovery and early development of Bisbee and the War ren District Beginning with the next issue, the articles will take up individually the stories of the old timers who are still living in Bisbee or in other parts of the county)
 When Jack Dunn, scout for the United States army, left the troops at the entrance of Mule Pass on al sunny day in August, 1877, and pen erated the pass alone in search of water; and when, having located aI bubbline little creek at the foot of what is now Castle Rock, he was at tracted by pieces of float that led to the belief that silver might be found in tho vicinity, he little knew that he had become the discoverer of what would eventually be one of the worlds greatest, copper camps, with deposits of such magnitude as would call forth the wonder of geologists long after he had been laid away.
 With the discovery of the mining deposits of the West has been all ways the glory of romance-with the exception of Bisbee. The dull gleam of silver. at Tombstone built camp almost overnight The rattle of golden nuggets at Leadville called men from across the continent. The rich ores of Goldfield and Tonopah populated the Nevada deserts almost before the first location notices had been filed The discovery of gold in California was like a trumpet call to the greed and ambition of the world. But Bisbee, which was to give the world millions upon millions of dol lars of wealth; which was to be a prosperous and populous camp long after all the others had become memories, and which was to pour forth it's treasures in a ceaseless stream, took it's place among the greatest of mining camps in staid. prosaic and unostentatious manner. No monument was to be erected to it's discoverer-no teeming city was to bear his name, and the full glory of the discovery was destined to be kept only in the minds and hearts of his friends, for Jack Dunn lies 4000 miles away in little New Eng land village where the name of Bis bee perhaps has never penetrated.
 How Dunn Became 2 Scout
 Dunn was a scout for the United States troops that were engaged in wiping out the Apache menace along the southwestern border. A veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars, he had roamed down into New Mexico. where he was mining in the camp of Ralston, also known as Shakespeare, where a reputed diamond discovery had attracted many. One day three Apaches stole his two horses, and made away with them over the hills. Against the advice of his friends, Dunn started after the thieves, fol lowing them on foot for days and days over the arid desert, and finally coming upon them. One of the In dians he killed, while he routed the others and recovered his horses. This incident turned him to scouting as a profession, and for years he aided the soldiers in their search for Apaches in Arizona, New Mexico Texas and Mexico.
 First Location in Warren District
 So, on August 2, 1877, Dunn was piloting a number of soldiers through Mule Pass, as the canyon in which Bisbee has been built was known. The troopers had stopped near what is now Warren. where there was some water of poor quality. Dunn set forth alone to look for another spring, which he found at Castle Rock, where he also picked some pieces of float that led him to the belief that the canyon was mineral ized. He reported his, find to Lieut. J. A. Rucker. who was in command of the expedition, and T. D. Burns, who was accompanying it, and the three returned to the spot where Dunn had found the float and located a mine which they called the Fucker. This was the first location in the Warren district, and is recorded in the books of Pima county as of August 2, 1877.
 Returning to Tucson, Dunn told George Warren, a prospector, that he had found good evidences of mineral ization in Mule Pass. Warren gath cred some friends together, and they made the trip to the pass, located the Mercury mine on Sept. 27, 1S1l. The locators of this mine are George Beal, M. M Chapin, Harry Mccoy. George Warren and Frank Mckean Then followed the location of the Silver Queen; the Mohawk; the RoS