Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-07-29
GOLD LURE
 INTO YAQUI RIVER

gold rush to the "last frontier" E. F. Hiatt, part owner of the Fl Capitan mine, has left for the East where he will attempt the financing of an ex- tensive prospecting trip to the heart of the Yaqui country. In this latest venture, the we'll known mining man is confident that he will surpass the successes he has made locally:
 The proposed expedition will consist of 25 men, all of whom are to be es- pecially picked for the work in hand They will be experienced, desert men, expert miners who will show to equal advantage banning the fabulous col ors that are said to exist south of the line, or beating off an attack launch ed by the formidable Indian tribes of Mexico. The personnel of the expedi- tion has been tentatively chosen, it is said, and arrangements have been made by a we'll known writer and a motion picture camera man to accom- pany the party.
 To insure the successful financing of the party, MT. Hiatt has formed company for this purpose with two decided assets, the famous Cruz de Orc and La Fortuna mines, which re- gently came into his possession. These are to be put up as security to guaran- tee the financial success of the ven ture, regardless of the measure of sue cess with which the Yaqui expedition meets. In the event the latter IS crowned with failure, the activities of the party will be directed toward the operation of the two properties.
 Hiatus plan was born of an adven- ture with which he met while on his way to the properties mentioned, in company with J. E. (Dad) Perry, a mining man we'll known in this dis trict. During the course of a brief trip of inspection in the Ell Car dis trict, Hiatt became acquainted with a general, who had served with Ma dero's army, in command of several Yaqui tribes. From them he had learned of an unusually rich gold mine, which the Indians had worked with crude devices for many years.
 Four years after the close of the revolution, acting upon the stray bits of information he had obtained, he visited the locality with his brother, and succeeded in reaching the mine. Before they had a fair chance to in- spect the property however, they were fired upon from ambush and the for mer officer sustained severe wounds. I Some time later, he was pursuaded to guide three Japanese to the mine reports of the wealth of which have gained considerable circulation. He took them to point on the Yaqui River, 40 miles from the mines, where I he left them with explicit directions for finding the property. All three were subsequently killed.
 After much persuasion he consent. ed to make a third trip to the mines with Hiatt and Perry, under the guard of an escort of former Mexican sol diers. After securing the services ot an engineer and surveyor, the party set out from Esperanza, Sonora, anc arrived at the property after three. day march.
 A halt was made at a spring, g short distance down a big wash iron the mine. While the camp was being erected, Perry and Hiatt proceeded tt sample the nearby ground, hoping te find trace of "color" in the sand To their astonishment, they founc slightly over dollars worth of golc to the pan, and in one washing recov cred small nugget. The same sue cess was repeated in three other places farther along the wash, the two mer filling large quill with gold in tht short time they worked.
 With all thought of the camp, anc their danger banished by the excite ment aroused by the rich find, tht mining men and engineer pressed for ward to the mine, which had appar ently lain deserted for some time Free gold was found turnout sample! . selected from several tons of ore or the dump. Assays of these specimen. show values of $2,200 to the ton. Just as they were preparing to ex plore the workings, pandemoniun , broke loose in the vicinity of thu camp, which had been attacked il ! force by the Yaquis. A stray bulle l struck Perry in the leg as he stood a 5 the top of the dump, and the Mexi |, can escort withdrew, leaving the tw' f Americans in the mine into the deep t est recesses of which the engineer hat 8 gone.
 The Indians pressed hotly upon thu Hanks of the retreating soldiers, whicl
 gave Hiatt an opportunity to mak' f his way to the camp, secure a load O.
 provisions and three burros, which ha'