Show SECRET SOCIETY da t anything originating in mohave county count ide arizona whether by way of a wild carn cam la 11 il or a tame gila monster is likely to to be eg I 1 unique writes walter church in the den dell oot ver colo mining and financial record go just so it is whispered that since the carl fun making proclivities 0 of john barleycorn celi are no longer available this side of rio colorado the mere yearning for excitement I 1 par in mohave county has found expression that is unique snow church company ot 0 cas countrywide country ca wide fame have organized at king tg man the prospectors protective association c it is positively denied that this secret tol society is even tenth cousin to the A p 1 As A s quite the contrary the P P A is a nonpartisan non partisan nonpolitical non political nonreligious non religious lo 10 non sectional nonentity non entity not noted for th ways that are dark or tricks that are vain I 1 it is said that the ritual of the P P A is also unique the third degree is given first ii and no one has yet been found willing to go back and pick up the two passed over degrees I 1 one of the first practical things I 1 learned by the P P A initiate is to know f when he has enough for instance quite a number of tenderfoot prospectors have lo 10 bated as many as twenty mining claims but one never heard of a P P A initiate locating more than nineteen claims or doing the required work on more than a short third of that number after paying the membership fee he must be able to stand a rigid examination on the following which has been expurgated as to passwords pass words secret grips etc each candidate is required to supply his own answers when omitted fromm from the ritual 1 where were you first made a P P A answer in a shaft tunnel or ainza properly dug and decorated by three or I 1 more lawfully constituted P P A s 2 when in ift doubt drill for another blast 3 A blind tenderfoot can see into an ail unopened prospect as far as a forty niner a mining expert or a government geologist 4 the way of the tenderfoot transgressor is hard to stop 5 the main difference between a wildcat and a singed cat is better ask the cat 6 what is a wildcat wild cat in mining parlance answer A wildcat wild cat mining claim is an undeveloped ledge or place where a ledge ought to be it may be located near the point of trouble between the colorado river and the milky way the han hanging ging wall is the bluesky blue sky along which most gold colors are found particularly by the night shift and the f is the upper stratum stra tulu A of the mohave desert usually barren the pay streak may be as long as the eclipse I 1 ledge as broad as tile tom reed as rich I 1 as as the united eastern it always grows I 1 ier and richer tile higher you go and its mineral wealth is practically inexhaustible limited amount of stock is offered cheap A A t not pt to get a mill by a dam site but just as evidence of good faith and to make all Q sure that your first dividend will be reft on your next birthday besides there is trouble between the partners and somebody has to sacrifice a little stock and run right home with the cash to cure his sick mother so she woric wont have to mortgage the farm of f course the manager might ship such rich ore to a custom mill but the road is rough and he cant bear the thought of 0 jolting out such valuable specimens along the highway tenderfeet Tender feet might locate the road and interfere with traffic but when that mine does once begin turning out bul lion pouf look out what why yes of course that describes a bonanza right you are why not when any wildcat wild cat claim in mohave county stands a chance to strike it rich and develop a bonanza if only the shaft be sunk deep enough |