The Coolidge examiner., 1930-09-19
Wild BULLS
AND WHITE
INDIANS
ARIZONA DREAMS
ARIZONA DREAMS
Tied Healy)

were pleased to see him when he
did show up at last He pocketed
the handful of choice cigars and
stogies that had accumulated dur
ing his absence. and seeing that it
still lacked half hour of stopping
work for the day, looked over the
newspaper exchanges from the
northern part of the state waiting
until we could join him and hear
what was on his mind.
Missed me, did you?" he said
as he turned over the pages Of a
paper well. l have been down into
Sonora. looking over the Wild Bull
mine"
Here was an invitation for a ques-
tiOn. but as it was several minutes
before we could join him the ques-
tion for the time was postponed.
Don't suppose you ever heard Of
the Wild Bull, did you?"
NO. Go ahead, there is plenty Of
time to listen now When you hcvc
told us about the torro, we will go
down town and take on a Spanish
supper Suppose you had a few
while down in SOnora?"
Sure. but this Wild Bull mine
isn't a story. it's a fact.
"If you are going to set up the
supper. | will tell you about the
white Indians, the story | prom
ised before going away"
"All right; what about the mine,
the Indian story will keep until
after supper"
You have heard of rich gold
mines. I'm telling you the mine you
heard me name was the richest we'll
that was ever dug. Yes. it was a
we'll At least my old friend, Cap
tain Moss. who was a land owner
down near Llano, a small town on
the railroad in Sonora. started TO
dig a well and a few feet below the
surface the Mexican diggers struck
ore running up into the thousands
a ton. | arrived in town a W days
after the discovery and gave the
mine the name Of Wild Bull. 1t
happened to get the name this way.
The Captain lived in town and in
vited me to go with him in his buck
board and give a look at the ore.
Just before we arrived at the
scene of the strike | could see two
Mexicans working at a windlass.
Just then my friend stopped his
team and commenced to swear in
a highly efficient manner He had
once upon a time been a sailor and
had a fluent command of English,
Spanish and Chinese. He was
using all three as he jumped out of
the wagon and commenced picking
up pieces of rock that he found ly-
ing all around within seventy-five
yards of where the men were work
ing. The men on the windlass
brought up another man from below
and all three started up some kind
of talking contest with the captain
All | could understand was the word
'torro." which occurred about three
times a second. | knew there was
n bull mixed up in the excitement,
somehow.
when things had quoted down,
the captain told me that the even
ing before a range bull had gone
crazy Ooco) eating loco weed. In
trying to drive the wild beast away.
the well-miners threw about $1,000
worth of high-grade ore at him. The
ore was lying on a small dump and
it was the nearest thing at hand.
After chasing all the men into the
hole in the ground and breaking
branches off of nearby mesquite
trees the bull departed The rich
ore had been left where thrown. and
this is what caused the captain to
get almost as mad as the bull.
Il asked him what he had named
the mine? He said it had none. So
/ thought Wild Bull was as good as
any.
Il brought up specimens of the
ore to NOgales, put it in barber
shop window, and it was so lich
in the yellow metal that if | had
given the location of the find it
would have resulted in a stam-
pede to the captains farm. For a
week or two new-found friends
were liberal with their drinks and
cigars. Later the owner came up
to the border. He said the golden
boulder had petered out. There is
a good well there now; so l found
on nv recent visit.