| Show ft DESERT mm the famous mine has been discovered and Is rich of cold dug cut by haid the t old legend proves true A lucky pisca very the pahrump valley great V ledges of R ch quartz I 1 here is not a miner or old settler in the southern part of californi Calif ormi chois not familiar will 11 e story of the fam ous mine it ranks with the tl e I 1 eglee and the lost aib oib in legends like tl em it has cost doz ens of lives and so unsuccessful and fita llave aten the many expeditions made in of the liine ali it it h is come to be regarded by many is a myth for tl e of those who have lever the tile the alory gois goi s thit ariy early lillies a i in winch w is min named set out for OAlif ornu by way of tie route wl ich lay through tie southern portions of auh and skirted death valley traversed the mojave and finally iu eill er tl e ban I 1 ei nardino or I 1 os angeles valley be fogle was g of iliner in 1 is way ai d vl lie prospecting in a wild 11 d forbidding region 1 e found a pla 1 e could literally dig great nuggets of gold out of the decomposed quartz or cement as ie called it vilh his liffe As he described ft there v is a large deposit of an exceed angly rich cinnater enough to mike the whole party weavil he returned to camp but the triv eleis were short of provisions and viter the indians were troublesome aud there was no time to waste in mining they ted on toward their destination but be tv een the indians and thirst only a few of them ever read ed civilization krey fogle told ins story exhibited the aug gets he had dug out ai d carefully preserved and tl en t tl e rest of his life in a fruitless u for the deposit others wl heard tl e story followed and for of forty bears the brey fogle mine las been a will the bisp visp lunig men to destruction in the terrible deserts of astern ern nevada ing like two mantl s ago george montgomery chii miner ivell known in river region of idaho was on a prospecting trip in the region to 11 e southeastward of death valley it sl be premised that tin old utah load afler leaving baa city runs tl rough the cajon pasa and tl en strikes off in i direction across iho mojave desert passing resting hi rings the kingston mountains and tl en travels ine tie 1 il rump valley 11 s valley lies just ou tl e boundary line between california and nevada and has a gen eral northwesterly iud southeasterly course tl e kingston mountains lying to the west and the 1 rai ge to e east V 1 lie in the mountains last njmen di d at the upper end of alie valley mide a discovery e irly in january winch bears every in di cation of being the long sought alrey fogle mine or at leist one exactly similar sim ilir aut the location to thit by urey fogle while II 11 e gold ii ib been foai d just is 1 e sud s ud u 11 it it could bo dug out in nuggets with A knife one ledge lo 10 by montgomery is feet ide ind li is been t iced by its lings for a distance of feet in tl e decomposed barf ice rock the gold is foai d almost like plums in a g 1 lecas of quart picked out are from i to n hil bright yellow gold alile with d hind mortar tl e lucky discoverer pounded out in a sl oil time d yeast cau bullot of nuggets ot various sizes along tt e ledge free gold I 1 fi und in qu tu tl it 11 e prospect orsi nd u credible after m abug mont gomery spread tl e news of 1 is dincov ery the insult being that some or forty now ht work in villey hurling in from various s montgomery i up ds 1 irge qu 11 lily of tit a as ie could ii ry aid made I 1 is vay across tl Us ert to lt i artzt id locut 1 mili iway 1 11 try 1 tos in 1 1 ere 1 Is fatt ting tool sui i lies etc to open tl amis mill return at tl e arlist dr list put up i sin ill fiill aid go to aik oik out ore lo 10 the question wl aliu 11 ui look lug for cip till or i in a cr all mont gomory 11 eu i h ilac 1 artic 1 e says ale tl e net st he iw and 1 is ed tl it 1 realize a t by 1 tn bugl t to bu 1 imay of 11 acir iu the gulch es fc tl e that kiive libeu but loef fort ins t tn d i y millie miners yet ill the li lay 11 ll 11 L quartz claims chiy 1 1 on claim taken up by voi agon try i crosscut cross cut has 1 i td fucet across tie vein will out it e 1 anglum will ai d it is free inilla g ore all 11 e w ay iy alie deposits of gold csome rich silver veins have ben fauni is says from wt ich run ovar a 1 milled ounces to alie ton lad i d LOI i er ilso aboul d but it palbo t gold ta the sole object of sea cli there is plenty of mesquite ft for fuel in the valley within three or four miles of hc newl discovered camp while in s fifteen miles nw ay iy are forests which ilford ibri d ance of timbering material iter a be 1 rd nt a mol crite depth in I 1 all rump vilify it ash mills iway are streams wl icci could bo utilized utilised for power o 0 has in cry in honor of its discoverer i roceli s 1 is been tiled for 1 nl ast 1st to i aiming district anler tie lucli caw it is m is know as i ioor man oie is of i hi it cm be worked with 1 ind mortar or inastri is almost a certainty of tie existence of aich pi leer deposits dei 1 e nearest railroad rail roid i to tl e 1 valley is diggett 0 tho at alantic lantic and I 1 ivicic 1 rom thit pon t it requires four d lys to mike tl e lonn ey of aco miles in i northwesterly direction there sa a good roid ard at frequent intervals inter vils decd however must bt carried for ai d no one should for i moment tl n k of undertaking 11 e journey on foot V pirty numbering several well known mil ing nun from ain 1 is now en routt hiving left billy last week included in tl e r are grant william irvine brydon call il an madol aid aad 1 tl s shown ind from corroboratory det ills they are incident ini ident that the will turn out well tl e ley fogle mystery seema to have been boived and tins fact will give agoti r stimulus to the starch for the gunfight gunsight Gun sight 11 d the I 1 eglee sat so chro uk |
