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DIRECTORY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA PLACENAMES by Walter Averett. Limited ed i t ion. 1300entries. Includes obscure names of ghost townsan d old mining camps. Hardcover. $5.00.WATER WITCHING by Earl Shannon. Entertain-ing and instructive, whether or not you acceptwater wi tch ing. Paperback. $2.75.A GUIDE TO WESTERN GHOST TOWNS by Lam-bert Florin. Includes maps andmileages of ghosttowns in 15 western states. Large format, card-board cover, $2.25.ANZA AND THENORTHWEST FRONTIER OF NEWSPAIN by Bowman and Heizer. Explodes myththat Anza founded c i ty of San Francisco andother interesting data related to Anza. Goodearly Cal i forn iana. Hardcover, $8.75.COOKING AND CAMPING IN THE DESERT byChoral Pepper, Foreword by Erie Stanley Gard-ner and special section on desert driving andsurviving by Jack Pepper. A book to read cover-to-cover for anyone who travels back countryroads. Up-to-date cooking ideas which br inggourmet fare in to camp wi th l i t t le e f fort . 12-page section of exclusive desert camping photoswith lo ts of ideas for places to go. Beaut i fu lhardcover book, $3.95.CAMPING AND CLIMBING IN BAJA by JohnW. Robinson. Guide to the Sierra San PedroMart i r and Sierra Juarez of upper Baja Cal i -forn ia . Paper, $2.95.OLD-TIMERS OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA byLester Reed. Recounts episodes of pioneers cov-ering an area from Owens Lake to Anza-Bor-rego and from San Bernardino east to Twenty-n ine Palms. Spira l -bound. $5.95.ARIZONA: GUIDE TO THE GRAND CANYONSTATE. Newly revised and edited by JosephMiller. Past and present covered. Highly recom-mended. 532 pages, i l lustrat ions and maps.$7 .95 .SAN DIEGO BACK COUNTRY 1901 by GordonStuart. Filled with local color and nosta lg ia forhigh-button shoes and shivarees. 241 pages,$5 .00 .HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA Revised byWilliam N. Abeloe. Only complete gu ide to Cal i -forn ia landmarks wi th maps, photos and l ivelytext covering both historical and modern eras.639 pages , $10 .00 .BUTTERFIELD OVERLAND MAIL by Waterman L.Ormsby, a New York newspaperman who wasthe on ly through passenger on this f irst west-bound stage. Western Americana, 177 pages,$ 4 . 5 0 .THE LIFE OF THE DESERT by Ann and MyronSutton. Covers desert creatures, perennial waterproblems and how an ima ls and plants surv ive.231 pages, $4.95.OFF THE BEATEN TRACK IN BAJA by Erie StanleyGardner. About people and places in enchant-ing Baja Cal i forn ia of Mexico. Colored photos,368 pages, $8.95.HANDBOOK OF CRYSTAL AND MINERAL COL-LECTING by William Sanborn. Describes environ-ment typ ica l of collection sites and physica lpropert ies of minera ls and crystals. Paper, 81pages, $2.00.REDIGGING THE WEST for old time bottles byLynn Blumenstein. Photographs of over 700bot t les wi th art ic les that te l l the story and aphotograph of each . $4 .25 .

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ALL OF MEXICO and Guatemala at low cost byNorman Ford. Excellent guide for do-i t -yourse l ft rave ler. Paper. $2.00.THE CONQUEST OF APACHERIA by Dan L.Thrapp. Covers both sides of the early Ar izona-Apache controversy. Hardcover, 403 pages,$6 .95 .EXPLORING JOSHUA TREE by Roger Mitchell.Excellent guide to Joshua Tree Nat iona l Monu-ment in Southern Cal i forn ia . Paper. $1.00.PIONEER FORTS OF THE FARWEST by HerbertHart. Fourth in series, large format, i l lustratedwith h istor ica l photos, good text . $12.95.THE MINING FRONTIER edited by Marvin Lewis.Collection of rare art icles related to old West .Hardcover. $4.95.1200 BOTTLES PRICED by John C. Tibbitts. Up-dated ed i t ion of one of the best of the bot t lebooks. $4.50.A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES ANDAMPHIBIANS by Robert C. Stebbins. A PetersonFie ld gu ide. 207 species, 569 i l lust ra t ions, 185in full color, 192 maps. The best book of thistype. Hardcover. $4.95.FIRE OVER YUMA by Peter Odens. Historicaltales and anecdotes from the Lower ColoradoRiver area. Paper. $1.00.ANTIQUE BOTTLES by Marvin and Helen Davis.Paperback, full color, 62 pages, $3.00.CALIFORNIA, A Guide to the Golden State.Edited by Harry Hansen and newly revised, itcontains an encyclopedia of facts from earlydays up to the Space Age. Mi le by mile de-script ions to camping spots and commercia l ac-commodat ions. Maps. Hardcover, $7.95.

DEATH VALLEY BOOKSPublished by the Death Valley '49ers thesefour volumes have been selected by ' 49ersas outstanding works on the history of DeathVa l ley . All are durab le paperback on slickstock.A NATURALIST'S DEATH VALLEY IRevised edi-t ion) by Edmund C. Jaeger, ScD $1.50MANLY ANDDEATH VALLEY. Symbols of Des-t iny , by Ard is Man ly Wa lke r $1.25GOODBYE, DEATH VALLEY! The story of theJayhawker Party, by L. Burr Belden $1.50CAMELS ANDSURVEYORS IN DEATH VALLEYBy Ar thu r Wood ward $2 .00DEATH VALLEY TALES by 10 di f ferent au-thors $1.25

THE MYSTERIOUS WEST by Brad Williams anChoral Pepper. Rare book examines legends thcannot be proven t rue, nor untrue. New evdence presented in many cases which machange the history of the West. Hardcove$ 5 . 9 5 .ANZA-BORREGO DESERT GUIDE by Horace Paker. Second edit ion of th is wel l - i l lust ra ted andocumented book is enlarged considerab ly. Toamong gu idebooks, it is equal ly recommendfor research material in an area that wascrossby Anza , Kit Carson, the Mormon Ba t ta l io' 49e rs , Railroad Survey part ies, Pegleg Smith, thJackass M a i l , But terf ie ld Stage, and t odaadventurous tour is ts. 139 pages, cardboacover, $2.95.ON DESERT TRAILS by Randall Henderson, f oude r and publ isher of Desert Magazine for 2years. One of the f i rs t good wri ters to revethe beauty of the mysterious desert areas. Henderson 's exper iences, combined wi th his comments on the desert of yesterday and t o d amake this a MUST for those who rea l l y waot understand thedesert. 375 pages, i l lust ra teHardcover. $5.00.RARE MAP REPRODUCTIONS from theyear 188Series I inc ludes three maps, Ar izona, Cal i fornand Nevada. Ser ies II includes New Mex icUtah and Colorado. Reproduced on f ine papeThey show old towns, mines, spr ings and t ranow extinct. Each set of t h ree , $3 .75 . Be surestate series number with order.THE NEVADA ADVENTURE, a History by JamHulse. Covers era f rom preh istor ic Ind iansranching, a tomic test ing and tour ism of t oda306 pages , $7 .50 .NEVADA'S TURBULENT YESTERDAYS by Don Abaugh. The best book about Nevada 's ghotowns and the rugged ind iv idua ls who buthem. 346 pages , $7 .50 .GUIDE TO COINS. Recent U.S. coin priceCanad ian , Mex ican and fo re ign co ins, medatokens and emergency money, Colon ia l , Terto r ia l , and Civi l War co ins. Hardcover. $3.5THE HOME BOOK OF WESTERN HUMOR editby Phillip Ault. Collection of old and ned anedotes about the West . Wor thwh i le g i f t . Ha rcover. $7.50.RELACIONES by Zarate Salmeron. Wri t t en b17th century Franciscan and is only sourceknowledge publ ished for Spanish exp lorat ioin to Ar izona and New Mexico f rom 1538 1626 . 121 pages , $6 .00 .NATIVE SHRUBS of Southern California by PetH. Raven. Well i l lust ra ted, some in co lor, wiinteresting text anddescript ions of shrubs. Pape$1 .95 .NAVAJO RUGS, PAST, PRESENT ANDFUTURE bGilbert S. Maxwel l . Concerns the history, legenand descript ions of Navajo rugs. Fu l l co lphotos. Paper, $2.00.OLD CALIFORNIA MINES (1899) by Charles YalReprint from early mining industry recordPhotos show different types of min ing , ma inin Mother Lode country. Text contains stat ist iand discussions of ea r ly p rob lems $2 .00 .EXPLORING CALIFORNIA BYWAYS from KinCanyon to the Mexican Border by Russ Leadbrand. Maps for each t r ip wi th photographhistor ica l in format ion, recreat iona l fac i l i t iecampsi tes, h ik ing t ra i ls , etc. Paper, 165 page$ 1 . 9 5 .


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Volume 31 Number 2FEBRUARY, 1968 C O N T E N T S

JACK PEPPERPublisherCHORAL PEPPER

EditorELTA SHIVELY

Executive SecretaryMARVEL BARRETT

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THE COVERAlthough winter remains in mostparts of the nation, the first flowerswill soon bloom in the lower desertareas. Prickly cholla and brittlebushare among others that will soonbrighten the desert. Photo by DonValentine, Whittier, California.

4 New Books6 The Rugged Rogue

By MARYELLEN GARVEY8 Treasure and Art in Pinto Wash

By TED HANEY10 The Town History Forgot

By LEE LUCAS12 Trip to a Tough Town

By GEORGE HOLLISTER

14 Phantas tic PhoenixBy JACK DELANEY16 St. Moses, the Black Desert Father

By MARTIN PORRES WALSH, D.O.17 They are Carefree at Cave Creek

By MARY BONNELL18 Arbuckle Brothers

By LES BEITZ19 Weekend Prospectors

By CARL FISCHER21 Enchantment at Chiricachua

BY STEVE SHERMAN22 Inside China Lake

By ROGER MITCHELL26 Hard Cash Saloon

By H. C. HENDERSON30 A Mecca, Not a Mirage

By LAURA RAEF

32 Pegleg, the FourthBy RETTA EWERS34 Short Trip to Baja

By JUDITH RICHARDSON36 Joh nnie, Nevada

By LAMBERT FLORIN38 Back Country Travel42 DESERT Cooke ry

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bOOK REVIEWBooks reviewed may be orderedfrom the DESERT Magazine BookOrder Department, Palm Desert,California 92260. Please include25c for handling. California resi-dents must add 5% sales tax.Enclose payment with order.

SKY ISLANDBy W eldon F. Heald

Written by a man who, with his wife,left the pressures of Southern Californiato live in Arizona's back country, this isa sensitively written, informative book oftheir experiences with climate, wild life,unusual guests, fantastic terrain and fan-tastic vegetation such as can be foundonly in the remote Chiricahua area wherethey established their non-working ranch.What this couple discovered in wilder-ness living was that they had not escapedfrom reality, but had escaped to it. Un-derlying the whole narrative is the phil-osophy of Thoreauthat "in wildernessis the preservation of the world."

The country in which the Healds set-tled has a history as wild as its terrain.Geronimo spent his last days here. Rust-lers, desperados and mining towns cameand went. One chapter of the book, des-tined to be a favorite with many readers,concerns the Buried Treasure of the Chiri-cahuas, a lost treasure tale that Healdfirst recounted for DESERT Magazinesome years ago. Collectors of WesternAmericana will value this book, as willothers interested in vicariously sharingthe Healds unusual way of life. Hard-cover, illustrated with black and whitephotos. $5.95.

A TRAGIC FOOTNOTE: WELDONHEALD PASSED AWAY OF A HEARTATTACK SHORTLY BEFORE HISBOOK APPEARED IN PRINT.

FABULOUS MEXICO WhereEverything Costs LessBy Norman Ford

This has long been one of this review-ers favorite informative books on Mexicoand now it is completely revised and up-dated, so throw away your old copy. Theauthor and his wife spent the past yearliving in and covering all of Mexico inorder to practically rewrite the book andstill retain its former format. Investing,vacationing and retiring prospects arecovered with consideration for future de-velopment, bargains, climatic conditions

in various places and perils as well as ad-vantages to settling in them. Accordingto the author, the average investment inMexico today yields 9% , with safetycomparable to similar investments in theU.S. Almost all dividends and interestare paid tax free and most fixed incomesecurities pay interest monthly. This littlebook, written by a thoroughly reliablewriter of long standing, tells you how toevaluate such investments and where tofind them. For vacationists, the going ratefor rentals of both apartment and housesas well as hotels in every area of Mexi-cois listed, along with the names andaddresses of reliable brokers. Paperback,142 pages, $1.50.DESERT GARDENINGBy the editors of Sunset Books

Written exclusively for desert garden-ers, this book is climate zoned with mapspinpointing five diverse desert zones.Whether you wish to join with the desertin utilizing native plants which survivein drought conditions, or whether youprefer to create a controlled oasis of non-native plants, particulars relative to mix-tures of soil, sunlight, water, air, cold andheat are discussed. A special calendarpresents plans for care of plantingsthroughout the year.The book also gives ideas for planting

and caring for trees, shrubs, succulents,cacti, palms, cycads, citrus, seasonal flow-ers and vegetables, perennials, bulbs,pool plantings green lawns and groundcovers. Illustrated with black and whitephotos. Large format, paperback. $1.95.THE RISING TIDEBy Richard F. Pourade

Sixth in a series of books commissionedby James Copley of the Copley Presswhich recount the history of SouthernCalifornia. This one covers the boom andthe bust of the twenties and the thirties.It tells about San Diego's early citizenswho planned the city, built hotels and de-veloped landSpreckles, Bridges, Mar-ston, Burnham, Copley and others. It tellsof the fishing industry, the aircraft in-dustry, the U.S. Navy, dams, fairs, parksand all of the developments which, puttogether, make San Diego today one ofthe most beautiful, exotic and interest-ing cities in the nation.

This entire series is splendid. Thebooks are large format, well-illustrated

and brilliantly written by one of Southern California's finest historians. Hardcover, 267 pages, $9.50.THE DESERT LAKEBy Sessions S. Wheeler

This is the story of Nevada's intriguing Pyramid Lake. A remnant of ancienLake Lahontan, this picturesque body owater is surrounded with oddly shapetufa formations which thousands of yeaago sheltered an ancient civilizatioLater came the Northern Paiutes, whosreservation includes Pyramid Lake. Covering regional history, archeological findings, ancient cultures, geology, fish anbird life, this well-illustrated paperbaccontributes to a broader scope of interethan its title implies.

Of particular interest to fishermen the story of the rare cui-ui, a member othe sucker family that weighs up to ninpounds and is found only in PyramiLake. They must be caught with snahooks and offer great sport during thespawning migration when they surfacAt other times they remain so deep ithe lake that fish smaller than 12-inchehave never been captured.

Nevada researchers will welcome thbook. $1.95.ANOTHER WILDERNESSCONQUEREDBy Grady Setzler

Here is an informal history of Blythand Palo Verde Valley, California, writen by the former editor and publisher othe Palo Verde Valley Times. BecauEhrenberg, Arizona, across the ColoradRiver, was the post office for this isolted area, the book has chapters coverinpersons and historical incidents that tooplace at La Paz, Ehrenberg, and otheghost towns on the Arizona side. Reprints from books now out of print, sucas excerpts from Vanished Arizona bMartha Summerhayes, as well as out-oprint DESERT Magazine articles anmanuscripts by old-timers now deceasemake this area history a real treasure fohistorians and collectors of WesterAmericana. Much of the material included has appeared only in the local PalVerde Valley Times and would have beelost to history had not this author dedcated himself to putting it into booform. Privately printed. Hardcover, 15pages, illustrated with valuable historicphotos. $5.50.


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W e s t e r n E v e n t sInformation on Western Events must bereceived at DESERT sixweeks prior to sched-uled date.

ORANGE COAST MINERAL AND LAPI-DARY SOCIETY'S 1968 Gem Show, Feb. 3& 4, Orange County Fair Grounds, Costa Mesa,Calif. Parking and admission free.CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOURWHEEL DRIVE CLUBS annual convention,Feb. 3 & 4, Hacienda Hotel, Fresno, Calif.Speakers, food and lots of fun. Contact Mrs.Sylvia Neely, chairman, P. O. Box 5001, Sa-cramento, Calif.

YUMA TREASURE FESTIVAL sponsoredby the Yuma Coin Club, Feb. 16 through 18.Coin show with exhibits and displays. SpecialGun Show. For details write Yuma CoinClub, c/o Chamber of Commerce, 200 WestFirst St., Yuma, Ariz. 83564.SAN DIEGO'S TIERRA DEL SOL 4WDCLUB'S 6th annual Desert Safari, Feb. 24 &25, Borrego Desert Badlands. Family crosscountry event, all four wheelers welcome. Forinformation write Tierra Del Sol 4WD, 5083Conrad Ave., San Diego, Calif. 92117.PHOENIX GEM & MINERAL SHOW,March 1 through 3, Arizona State FairGrounds, Phoenix, Ariz. Rockhounds and allpersons interested in the outdoors are invited.MONROVIA ROCKHOUNDS 9th annualGem &Mineral Show, March 9 & 10, MasonicTemple, 204 Foothill, Monrovia, Calif.LOS ANGELES LAPIDARY SOCIETY'S 28thannual St. Patrick's Gemoree, March 16 & 17,Cheviot Hills Playground Center, 2551 MotorAvenue, Los Angeles. Public invited.FOURTH ANNUAL NATIONAL FOURWHEEL DRIVE GRAND PRIX, April 7through 10, Riverside, Calif. Open to 4-wheel drives, dune buggies, motorcycles. Forentries write Vic Wilson, P. O. Box 301, Ful-lerton, Calif. Event held on Santa Ana Riverbottom at the Van Buren Street crossing.Pub-lic invited.ANNUAL PHOENIX JEEP CLUB 4-wheeldrive outing, April 13 & 14. Write PhoenixJeep Club, P. O. Box 168,Phoenix, Ariz, fordetails.BERKELEY GEM & MINERAL SOCIETYSHOW, April 20 & 21,Contra Costa College,San Pablo, Calif. Write P. O. Box 755,Berke-ley, Calif, for details.14TH ANNUAL SAREEA AL JAMEL FourWheel Drive Club Cruise, May 4 & 5. A fam-ily outing and fun event. For details writeP. O. Box 526, Indio, Calif. 92201.TUCSON GEM & MINERAL SHOW, Feb.16 through 18, Pima County Fairgrounds,Tucson, Ariz. Write to Chester Culp, 5713W. Tumbling F St., Tucson, Ariz. 85713.

LTHOUGH the coyote hasbeen the hero of manyIndian legends (coyotl,the Aztecs called him,),he is today considered arenegade and a rogue. He

is clever and cunning, crafty and shrewd,fleet of foot, and more often heard thanseen.

Mark Twain said of him, "He is along, slim, sleek and sorry-looking skele-ton with a grey wolf-skin stretched overit; a living, breathing allegory of want.He is so spiritless and cowardly that evenwhile his exposed teeth are pretendinga threat, the rest of his face is apologizingfor it."

He is the representative animal of theWest, amis latrans being the scientificname for most generally-known types.The average coyote is about half the sizeof his relative, the grey wolf. He is ap-

proximately 21 inches high, weighs 20to 30 pounds, and is about four feet longAbout one-third of his length is tail. Hcan run up to 45 miles an hour andtherefore can catch jackrabbits and alsoescape his enemy the grey wolf. Eaglesand owls often catch the young coyoteshowever.

There are a dozen or more varietiesThe handsomest is the Arizona coyoteThis particular species can endure thfurnace-like heat of the Southwest deserteven in time of drought. He has greastamina and endurance and can live anywhere below sea level to above timberline. And he is smart. He is smarter thanmost hunters. He is smarter than moscampers. He is smarter than most grizzlies. Not many humans nor other animalslike him, but he somehow manages tosurvive, even when Mother Nature iagainst him. For instance, he intenselydislikes the cold, yet he can withstand the

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of blizzards. He loves warmth, buthim uncomfortablehotclimates.It is believed that he can smell waterAt any rate, wherever South-of aDon Coyote also en-He is the wiliest of thieves andHe has laid siege to theand otherBut it is not only the Indian who

so often visited by the coyote.in the sandof coyotes' visits to new neigh-They have been known to walk inout of camp so carefully and noise-of theirThe coyote doesn't mind "watching"a safe distance because he can get awayif need be. They have learned theof working together; if chased, how-and do not join forcesthe

But the leader usually searchesthe land and looksand poison. When he is certainis safe and clear he signals the wholeby relay messages, one to another,get theIt is believed that coyotes mate for lifeis one reasonnot been snuffed out long ago.can have as many as 1015 young in one litter. Her babies arein caves, hollow trees or burrows in

and they stay with theirfor six weeks or more. The fatherthe family supplied with food, butthe den. In twothe young are trained to hunt andare usually born in theor early summer) they are on theirAll coyotes seem to have a sense of

to play and tease eachare friendly and sociable withand always loyal to oneIt is the coyote who does somuchso much high-and wail-at night, part-yelping, part-growling,is often heard inand yetwithtoo.

The howling of coyotes is considered aand also is suppose to indicatein the weather. A natural ven-the coyote can throw his voicein send-out an S.O.S. when he needs help.can sound like a whole pack.

The coyote is nocturnal. In the daytimehe hides in hollows andburrows made byother animals. It isn't until dusk that hesets forth to hunt for food. If near water,he likes to catch fish, but his usual dietis gophers, lizards, rabbits, rodents, rep-tiles, kangaroo rats, bugs, birds and birds'eggs. If he can get nothing better, he willeat prairie dogs, carrion or dead animalsand even newspapers. This makes hima scavenger.H e has also been called a pest to man.He is so destructive to sheep and poultryand small livestock that farmers andranchers are constantly waging war onhim. Battle has been going on through-out theWest for over 60 years. Boys wholive in coyote country are taught early totrap these animals. It has been said thatevery coyote does at least $50 worth ofdamage in his lifetime. Is it any wonderthat in some states there is a bounty onhim?Their pelts can be sold to make robes,

gloves and coats. About 30 years ago,irate citizens in central Califorfnia poi-soned the coyote. The government alsowaged war on him. A vigorous exter-mination-campaign was begun with theresult that the countryside was so over-run with jackrabbits, gophers, moles andrats that the farmers and ranchers beganscreaming their heads off for an exter-mination program against the rodents.At one time there was an e^imated82,000 mice per acre. These hungry ro-dents ate millions-of-dollars worth ofgrain and other products aswell. So thosewho had been against the coyote finallydecided that he had value after all andthere was a lessening of warupon him.Of course, there arestill coyote huntsoften called "varmint safaries." Some ofthese safaries are as carefully planned asany big game hunt and are extremelypopular in some places. Don Coyote iswise to the ordinary traps laid for him,however, and is cleverly learning how tostay out of gunshot range. So, in spite oftraps, bullets and poison, he is holding

his own against extinction. Many author-ities believe that the coyote, because ofthis amazing ingenuity and adaptability,is likely to be the very last animal onearth. In the meantime, the expression,"You old coyote!" as applied to peoplewh o are much too clever will always be"fightin' " wordsespecially in Texas.And yet, the coyote is so altogether apart of his Western setting that he be-longs as naturally as do Indians and cow-boys andcactus and sagebrush. He may bea villain, but he is a colorful, amusingone. And he is here to stay.

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W hile hunting ollas, theauthor turned up a clueto a cache of hidden antique guns

T reasure and A rt mP in to W ashby T ed H aney

This petroglyph seems to represent some Grinding holes indicate an ancient Indiansort of primitive angel. campsite.

The map below marks the general area of Davies Valley, but follow directions in storyfor more detail.

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UCH has been writteabout petroglyph sites ithe West, but virtuallunknown ones in remoareas still turn up todaSuch a site is one in Pinto Wash, located in the southwester

corner of Imperial County, Californijust north of the Mexican border.

As an avid olla hunter, I have been iand out of Pinto Wash many timesentering it both from above, near Smuggler's Cave, and from the desert side oits east. The wash is reached by travelinfrom the junction of Highway 80-9about three miles toward Calexico, theturning off to the right on an averagdesert road to an abandoned tungstemine about \^/l

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e sdistant. Turn righhere and go northeast on the road

Davies Valley. At the end of this roa(about 10 miles) you will come to thedge of Pinto Wash, which runs fronorth to south until it goes into Mexicwhere it turns back north and east inthe U. S. From here it is a good 4-whedrive run, if you like sandy washes. Treturn to the end of the road, turn uthe wash on the right or to the north, foabout % of a mile, where there is rooto park or turn around.

To reach the petroglyph site frohere, you must hike up the wash foabout a mile. On your right hand sidpecked into a large pile of rocks blacwith desert varnish, is displayed an enomous concentration of prehistoric arMetate holes, which suggest an Indiacampsite, are rarely found near petrglyphs of the "hunting magic" variebecause the Indians knew better than camp in spots to which they hoped tlure game. The figures found in PintWash, however, are of a different naturStick people are prevalent and one example seems to portray a sort of guardia

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On the north side of the rocks is an

Several holes about two-feet deep in a

ollas which had been

on this side of the border, may also beseen here. Across the wash and on higherground is a second petroglyph display,but of less consequence than the one onthe side of the wash.I was interested in an article in theJune, 1967 DESERT Magazine about acache of antique guns hidden in DaviesValley. The photo of the man with thepalm trees in the background was takenup Pinto Wash from the campground

and around the first bend to the left.About 30 years ago I was told by an old-timer in JacumbaSam Elliotabout thisgun cache. He claimed that they were inanother canyon south and west of PintoWash. In fact, the directions he gavewould be directly south of Smuggler'sCave or Elliot's mine. This would put itsouth of the border, but accessible fromthe east side of the mountains. This isalso the general area of the famous goldmine of Bill Hill, a well-known minerof Jacumba.Pinto Wash, both above and belowthe border, is a vast area that couldstand more exploration, but if you don'tknow where the water liesand few ofus docarry a plentiful supply. Withthat caution observed, you probably won'thave any trouble, but you will surely havea lot of fun!

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T h e T o w n H i s t o r y F o r g o tby Lee Lucas

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INAL CITY has beesnubbed. Arizona histoians praise the SilvKing mine in flowinparagraphs, but devoonly a concise sentencor two to old Pinal City. Tourists, rochounds and ghost town-hounds drivmiles to view the Silver King and blithly ignore the site of old Pinal City, a scahalf-mile off U.S. 60 & 70.

True, the Silver King mine was one othe richest of its day; all told, it gavforth approximately six and a half milion dollars. But Pinal City was more thaa mining town, or even just a mill townit actually began as an army camp wheGeneral George Stoneman laid out CamPickett Post in 1877 on the northeaslope of Pickett Post Butte.

Located along the shady banks of thwinding Queen Creek, Pinal City was aimportant stage stop between Globe anFlorence. The Silver King mine, fivmiles distant, had its stamping mill woring night and day on the banks of thcreek because of the available water. Mihands, business men, wives and childreswelled the population of Pinal City nearly 2500. It was a well-run, up-tdate town with four doctors to sew u

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knife wounds anddeliver babies. Therewere drugstores and lawyers andaschool-house forchildren. Achurch and pastorprovided spiritual solicitude and therewas a post office, bank andnumerousgeneral stores for everyday needs. Ofcourse no town inthat day and age couldsurvive without the blacksmith's shop,livery stables and corrals. Pinal City hadlots of them. There were also two brew-eries to supply thedemands of its 12saloons. Today, theruins of Pinal Cityare well hidden. Devil's tongue cactustrails across melting adobe walls and mes-quite trees spread above old foundations.

One day when I was hunting, withoutmuch luck, forthe site ofold Pinal City,I was lucky enough tomeet kindlyMr.Williams. Heshowed me thedeep rutsthat scar thebedrock, cut there by theenormous orewagons that were lashedfour together andpulled by 20mules.Down these ruts the mule skinners drovethe stubborn mules, lashing them withwhips and angry words. Some of thedrivers, dissatisfied with their wages,urged the mules on bypelting them withhunks of rich silver ore while followingthe wagons at a discreet distance a con-federate picked upthe ore and rushed itto abusinessman inPinal City, who alsohappened tobe a fence.In one short walk across the cornerofPinal City we found a stove lidlifter, ahook ofundetermined origin, arim froma wagon wheel, purple desert glass, amule shoe, dozens ofsquare nails andbitsof imported crockery. Surprisingly, thebottle hunters haven't been here yet. Manyorientals lived and worked inPinal City,and in onesection of the ruins largequantities of opium bottles have beenfound, aswell asclay pipes and an oldChinese coin or two.Nothing much remains of the huge20-stamp mill that once busily crushedout 50tons aday. Ore shipments to themill ceased when the Silver King stoppedmining; without the ore, themillwassoon idle. Without themill, Pinal Citywas doomed.Across the highway lies the lonelycemetery. Unkempt graves are beingclaimed bythe desert and wooden crosseshave weathered away to nothing. Wewere told that originally fine granitetombstones marked many of thegraves,but these were stolen, chiseled clean, andnow grace thegraves ofmore recent dead.W e did find one tombstone, perhapssaved from a similar fate because it wascracked, that marked the resting placeofan immigrant from Denmark.Since wehad already put thecart be-

fore thehorse byvisiting themill town

before the mine, we decided then tovisitSilver King mine. Theroad to it wassmooth and graded, twisting along awash, andfinally snaking up anincline.At itssummit, five miles out, weatheredboards blocked theroad. Within secondsan equally weathered woman rushed tothe side ofour car."Can we go up tothe mine?" I asked."You can if I'll letyou," she replied,"but it'll cost you a dollar perperson."We talked awhile, but mostly I listenedto the woman tell how she had acquiredthe Silver King mine. After I felt that Ihad gained herconfidence, I asked, "Isit all right to take pictures?""Well ," she asserted, "sometimes I let

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AMED as the town "TooTough To Die," Tomb-stone is an easy half-daysight-seeing excursionfrom the old pueblo ofTucson. As far as Ben-son, which is most of the distance, thereis a four-lane highway. The balance intoTombstone is by a good two-laner, mark-ed for a speed of 60. It used to take 17

hours by stage coach to get thereif thIndians didn't get you first. Now it takan hour.The entire trip is through ruggemountainous country covered with sagbrush, cacti and nothing elsenot evea gas station for at least 30 miles. Bonce having arrived, forlornness is fogotten and your imagination envisiodays when lawlessness and the fast-dra

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stone Epitaph in 1882, and during thesame year, the municipal governmentmoved into the new City Hall on Free-mont Street. As it does today, the build-ing also housed the Fire Department.Water was brought in from 25 milesaway, the pipe coming around the Hornto the Gulf of California to be hauledoverland. Today, more than 80 yearslater, this same water system is still used.Silver was mined at a great rate and

during the '80s, over $5,000,000 worthwas taken from the ground annually.Then water started seeping into themines and eventually forced them to close.Equipment was removed and the minestructures dismantled. Today a visitor canstand on the southern edge of town andsee in the hills beyond a few crumblingfoundations and piles and piles of tail-ingsrock refuse.Now Tombstone is alive again andgrowing. Two television seriesWyattEarp and Tombstone Territoryhave

publicized the town and a daily paradeof tourists arrive to see in person whatthey've viewed on the tube. The Can CanRestaurant, the Bird Cage The atre (w hereWyatt once upset the entire town by ap-pearing in full formal attire), and theEpitaph Office still stand, as do others,and are still in use. Many of the build-ings still have wooden walks in front ofthem and weather-aged storos display theclothes and implements of that bygoneage.The Tombstone Epitaph continues to

be printed and dated Thursday of eachweek, although it goes on sale the daybefore. Its style hasn't changed much andthe humor doesn't differ a bit. The Sep-tember 1, 1966 issue, for instance, carriedthis gem on the last page: "Cargo Bor-acho: Final NoticeSome of Tomb-stone's Very Pleasant People may becomeotherwise, unless they pay up immediate-ly or sooner. Signed Jack Hendrickson."And right above it, "Will the distin-guished gentleman whose enthusiasmcaused him to forget his wallet . . . inmy place of business after church Sundaylast, please pick up same at the LuckyCuss Restaurant to save embarassment.Mme LeDeau." On page one is an adver-tisement by the same lady concerning her21 lovely hostesses, claiming that herbusiness' motto is: "Ask Any Man."Today Tombstone boasts a populationof 1400, a far cry from the exciting '80s.In spite of numerous misfortunes, kill-ings, fires and floods that have tried toerase this town from the map, Tombstonelives and grows. It truly is "The Town

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p n _ nnby Jack Delaney

Scottsdale, a fashionable W estern resort town, lies on the ou tskirts of Phoenix.F THEY had known youwere coming they wouldhave baked a cake. Thisis the kind of hospitalityyou sense when you ex-perience your first visitto this modern Arizona metropolis. Eventhough Phoenix is the largest city in Ari-zona, it hasn't lost the charm of a relaxed,informal Western town. It has been called"Miracle City in the Sun" and "TheQueen City of the Desert," but I prefer to

think of it as a vacation bonanza of un-excelled outdoor recreation with historicaland scenic attractions.After checking into one of its finemotor lodges or setting your boots in anexciting guest ranch, the first place youwill want to visit is Scottsdale. This u-nique village adjacent to Phoenix offerslovers of the Old West a generous sam-ple of wh at he hankers for. Porch-frontedshops with rustic hitching posts contributeto the frontier atmosphere and on thestreets, "horseless carriages" yield theright-of-way to horses!

Nationally known as an arts and craftscenter, Scottdale's fine shops along their5th Avenue display native and importedhandicraft items of top quality. In an at-tractive court a fountain featuring a re-clining figure with a continuous showerof perfume spraying over her vies withcactus blooming in a spitoon, but the oldWest always did go in for amusingtouches of sophistication!The Parado del Sol (first week inFebruary) offers a fun-filled week-end

with a typical Old West parade and worldchampionship rodeo; the Arabian HorseShow (last week in February) featuresfabulous Arabian horses bred and trainedin Arizona; and the Indian Arts Show(first and second weeks in March) dis-plays the best in Arizona Indian crafts.Before seeing this presentation you mightwant to delve into the area's Indian his-tory.The Heard Museum of Anthropologyand Primitive Arts (on East Monte VistaRoad) is one of the Southwest's foremostmuseums dealing with early Indian crafts

and cultures. Among thousands of pieceson display are 230 Pima baskets and 125assorted Navaho textiles. Pima basketsrank with the world's best as to beautyand diversity of patternno two basketsare.ever exactly alike and the textile workof the Navaho Indians is excellent inquality and unique in design.An annual affair worth seeing is thetwo-day Indian Fair. This year's celebra-tion will be held April 6-7 and it willfeature talented Navaho weavers, Hopi

Kachina doll carvers, Mariposa potters,Papago basket makers, Plains Indian musi-cal groups, Mexican mariachis, and var-ious Indian tribes presenting their fascin-ating dances.While we are thinking "Indian" itmight be an appropriate time to point outthat the Hohokam people, believed to datel^ack to about the time of the birth ofChrist, were skilled artists and masterfarmers. They set up the irrigation canalsthat have been enlarged and improvedand are responsible for the green lawnsand beautiful plants in modern Phoenix.


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For a smooth transition from earth

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Mountain Park, the world's largest city-owned park. It is a desert-mountain re-gion with a wide variety of plants, vol-canic rock, and native animals. Eight cen-turies ago the Hohokam Indians livedhere and roamed this land. More than2000 of their stone etchings have beenfound within the park. This is now amajor recreational paradise.Papago Park, with its wind and sanderoded red rock formations, is a regional

zcenk highlight between Phoenix andScottsdale, stretching from CamelbackMountain on the north to Van BurenStreet. Attractions include the DesertBotanical Garden, the Municipal GolfCourse, the Phoenix Zoo, and the fa-mous Hole-in-the-Rock a noted redrock formation where the elements haveeroded a passage completely through thehill.One of the largest Desert BotanicalGardens in the world is Papago Parkwhere more than 300 acres are devoted

exclusively to desert plants. The annualCactus Show is in late February.Once you've seen a couple of lions orbaboons, you've seen them all, but thePhoenix Zoo is worthy of mention forseveral reasons. Located in a beautifulhillside setting, it is uniquely arrangedwith the animals grouped by continent.Two exceptions are an interesting Ari-zona exhibit and a five-acre children'ssection. The Arizona exhibit featuresanimals indigenous to the state and anaviary where Arizona's birds live among

native flora.In 1963, the Phoenix Zoo was chosenby the World Wildlife Fund as the ideal

location for the rebuilding of the near-extinct Arabian oryx population. This zoonow has more than half of the knownnumber of these animals in the world!When viewed from the side, the Arabianoryx appears to have a single horn. Atone time it was believed to be the fabledunicorn.Ken McClure, manager of the PhoenixNews Bureau, suggested to us a numberof goodies that should interest the average

visitor. Among them was the famous LuluBelle's in Scottsdalea fine resaurantwith western motif, a rinky-tink pianoplayer and mustached bartenders. Here isfeatured a rum drink called Joannie'sGarter that is almost a work of art. (Thegarter around the glass is yours to keep).Other restaurants startle you with suchnovelties as an armored knight on a whitehorse who escorts you to the front door,

Papago Park in Pho enix is one of the largest botanical parks in the world.

The rare Arabian oryx has been importedto the Phoenix zoo.strolling Mexican mariachis, and leggyFrench waitresses who bounce with theounce. Another suggestion for interestingdining will also send you straight to thedogs! The Phoenix Greyhound Park onWashington Street is one of the nation'slargest and finest glass-enclosed racingfacilities with a posh clubhouse and fine

food.Worth seeing is the Stable Art Gallery(East MacDonald Drive) with its metalsculptures, the Glass and Garden Drive-in Church (East MacDonald Drive), theHorse Country Club (on the Pima IndianReservation) which is dedicated to thehorse set, the Food Bazaar (Town andCountry Center) with indoor and outdoordiningit offers foods of many nationali-ties, including authentic Indian food, andthe Cracker Barrel Country Store (IndianSchool Road), a re-creation of an earlygeneral store fully stocked with all of theFebruar . 1968 / Desert Maa azin*' / 15


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SL Moses, theby Martin Porres Walsh, B,O.

ITH so much attention focused upon frus-tration and violence in the asphalt world oftoday, it is important that we value more thanever the peace and stillness of the desert. Thisis the story of a man who heard the call ofthe desert over 1500 years ago. Moses the

Authorities constantly pursued the youthful bandit untilat last pressure forced him to escape to the desert. This iswhat caused his downfall as a bandit.

Those who have spent time alone in desert solitude knowthe haunting call that must have forced the reckless youngAfrican to come to grips with himself. The silence of desertstones and sand and sky can shatter a man's psyche. It is nocoincidence that the great religions of Judaism, Christianity,and Islam were influenced by men who spent much time inthe desert's vast solitude.Eventually Moses became restless with constant hidingand sought refuge with a group of desert monks. Only forbrief visits to Alexandria did he ever again leave the desertAfter finding peace with God, he then found himself at

peace with other men. Later he became a monk and so re-nowned for his holiness that the Patriarch of Alexandriacalled him to the great city to ordain him a priest and appointhim the superior of an isolated Egyptian monastery whichoffered shelter to strangers and travelers. At the age of 75while greeting with open arms a band of wondering tribes-men about to attack the monastery, he was murdered by thevery men he desired to serve. Moses the robber is now ven-erated as St. Moses The Black, an apostle of non-violence.

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They are Carefree at Cave Creekby Mary Bonnell

N AN area where thed e s e r t and mountainsbreed peculiar forms, ascenic route now makesit unnecessary for travel-ers to carry botany books.Called Desert Foothills Drive, the newbotany trail runs through Carefree andCave Creek, Arizona and species namesfor cacti maybe read from attractive red-wood signs without even stopping yourcar, although parking and picnic areasare also provided.

This newscenic drive, 17 miles long,forms the upper part of a loop based inPhoenix and Scottsdale. Entrance signson both Cave Creek andScottsdale roadsproudly boast, "TheMost Beautiful Des-ert in the World." Ample evidence sup-ports theclaim.

The Desert Foothills area is one ofnature's most unique spots. It inundatesthrough washes and ridges that lead toTonto National Forest and the Mazatzelilderness. The growth is, for the des-rt, lush and greatly varied. Saguarosup like antennae in a subdivisionthe sunny yellow flowers ofand foothill palo verde are com-by the lacy lavender of theFrom the tiniest pincushion to chainand jumping cholla, almost the en-of American desert plants isAnd if the winter rains arethe ground space between cactiand orangein the spring.The Desert Foothills area lies 1000 tothe Valley of the Sun.you can seeout below. Moun-to 4500 feet rise aroundand a few miles north, through TontoThe twothe focal point forand whoseare responsible for its existence,andCarefree. The motiveit wasselfishthesepeo-who live 25 miles above Phoenix,to protect the natural beauty of

talk led to action. Civic committeesfor legal setbacks

and sign ordinances. Work crews organ-ized to haul rocks, hammer, rake andpaint. Now, three years later, the resultsof the community endeavor have encour-aged an extension of the "botannical gar-den" for theenjoyment of everyone.The mining history of Cave Creekreaches back to 1880 when a Phoenixnewspaper hailed it as one of the greatgold finds of history. As it turned out,there wasn't that much goldnor silver,nor copper, nor mercurythough someof all were mined here. The village re-mained, however, a small communitywith the easy-going p hilosophy of the OldWest.About 10 years ago, a new neighbormoved in along Cave Creek's easternboundary. Named "Carefree," it develop-ed into a carefully planned and exclusiveresidential and resort center. After a shorttime, it boasted an International Restau-rant, a fabulous Carefree Inn, and a golfcourse considered one of the most diffi-cult to play in Arizona. In spite of otherdifferences, however, the people attractedto Carefree shared with Cave Creek resi-dents a respect and affection for the na-tural desert. Together, they agreed tomaintain the 150 redwood signs whichidentify the cacti along Desert Foothills

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then chosen and put up for "adoption,"with individuals, families, or organiza-tions accepting the responsibility forprun-ing and landscaping the plants. TheCounty Parks and Highway departmentcooperated byproviding picnic tables anda frieze at theentrance gate sculptured byLawrence Tenney Stevens. Thefrieze de-picts a pair of fighting bucks, heads low-ered and horns interlocked. Deer are stilla frequent sight here.Material for signs wasdonated by thlocal lumber yard, which provided week-end space for the business men, retirees,and women who researched the dataand

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All of this was possible because a few

Prime mover of work on the scenic

Since Scottsdale and Cave Creek roads

g after abund ant winter rains.

by Les BeitzOSTEEN Cohay!" That'swhat long-hair Navajosuttered when they bar-gained with Indian trad-ers for Arbuckles. Trans-lated, it means "Mr.Coffee." And that means John Arbuckle.John had gotten into the coffee busi-ness in a big way shortly after the close ofthe Civil War. By reason of his remark-able ingenuity in perfecting a glazingprocess to seal in the flavor of freshly-roasted coffee beans (and through somemighty sharp merchandising practices),he and his brother Charles weren't longin making the flying angel trademark the

symbol for good coffee everywhere. Witha keen eye on the rapidly expanding tradeareas opening up throughout the farWest, they saw to it that every wagonfreighter and train of boxcars headingin that direction had plenty of "Ariosa"aboard. In brief, the Arbuckle boys hadcome up with a product much in demandand they proceeded to deliver it where-ever the demand existed. Actually, theyhad three things going for them.

First, their coffee was good. Secondly,in prairie country where wood was scarce,Arbuckle shipping boxes were importantitems of salvage. Homesteaders knockedout the ends and used them for well cas-ings. Post traders used them for shelving,bins, chests and storage containers of allsorts. Indian women used them for cradleboards, decorated with buckskin and sil-ver. They also wound up being used forpack saddle panniers, feed boxes, furni-ture, doorsand coffins, too. You nameit; an Arbuckle packing case would makeit. One of the nicest old chuck wagongrub boxes I ever saw was made by anold-time ranch handyman from a coupleof those sturdy cases.And lastly, there were the coupons.Or, more appropriately, the things yougot for the coupons. There's just no wayof estimating how many thousands of

pairs of wide suspenders worn by hard-

slogging ranchmen and sodbusters wereordered from Arbuckle premium cata-logues. Old company records show,among other intensely interesting things,that a couple hundred thousand fine qual-ity straight razors were sent out in re-demption of Ariosa coupons. And, asmight be supposed, coffee grinders wentout by the thousands. Hefty pocket knives,watches, pot, pans, dolls, polka dot hand-kerchiefs, rings, scissors just abouteverything a Westerner wanted or needed(except firearms) was included on Ar-buckles premium leaflets.

So all in all, Arbuckles enterprise in themarketing of coffee resulted in somethingyou might call an "institution" in theWest. And it's their homely little cou-pons, Ariosa packages, fancy stencilled(jan pan ned ) signs, counter display pla-cards, shipping cases, premium lists andthe like that go to make up a uniquearea of collector interest. The store signsshow up from time to time when oldstockrooms or warehouses are renovated.Shipping cases can sometimes be located,but they're usually in a knock-down state,still doing good service as interior par-titioning in stables and sheds. Occasion-ally when the far reaches of an old closetor trunk have been penetrated, a packet ofAriosa coupons comes to light. Even afew unopened one-pound bags of thearomatic brew have lately been recoveredwhich years ago had been sealed andstashed in attic corners.

A fair share of all these wonderfulArbuckle items are still lurking around,but I won't go so far as to say they'replentiful. Elusive is a better way to putit. Anyway, keep an eye peeled, becausesooner or later you'll run up on a gen-uine bit of "Arbuckliana" . . . and thatspells "Bonus Points" in any collectionof things western.


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W e e k e n d P r o s p e c t i n g f o r f u n and Promb y C a r l F i s c h e r

EEKEND prospectors andamateur gem hunters whoroam California's moun-tains and deserts are find-ing fresh bonanzas withastonishing frequency.Their efforts often pay handsome divi-dends. Only last month the credit man-ager of a local firm left his job to de-vote his full time to the development ofan opal mine he discovered less than ayear ago. Sam was a weekend gem hunteruntil last winter, when he unearthed avaluable opal deposit in the desert. Sinceacquiring title to the property, he hasuncovered enough of the precious mater-ial to guarantee a good income for manyyears.

Because the earth sciences providehealthful outdoor relaxation and give theentire family fascinating hobbies to pur-s u e , weekend prospecting is gaining thou-sands of new followers yearly. Qualityspecimens are easy to sell and there's al-ways the chance of a rare find which canbring rich financial rewards. Retired cou-ples are finding this sport to their likingand the additional revenue it brings oftenaugments inadequate pension checks.

But it takes more than a casual walkover the countryside to locate treasures ofmore than mediocre value. The easy"strikes" were made long ago and themost accessible deposits have been workedand exhausted. However, with moderntools and a knowledge of geology, seriousprospectors, even today, can hit pay dirt.Finding a valuable gem or ore depositcan kindle a brand-new kind of excite-ment in anyone!To get an idea how a modern prospec-tor operates, we contacted King Fisherand learned about tools and methodshich can be used by families who en-age in these hobbies for fun or profit.A professional prospector, gem hunterand lapidary, King recently turned hisattention to prospecting for space agemetals. Although most prospectors aresecretive about their equipment and meth-

o d s , King invited us to photograph anumber of the devices he uses in his in-eresting vocation. In addition, he offeredmany useful tips for amateurs and pointedout areas where finds can be made.The rockhound and gem collector will

be interested in King's Gem Separator.This is a simple but highly efficient de-vice for separating gemstones from theiroverburden. It lets gravity do most ofthe work. Thre e inclined screens of dif-ferent sizes feed one into the other, gradethe stones to size and let the tailings passthrough to the ground. With the findson a level plane, gemstones are readilyidentified and quickly retrieved. The sep-arator can be set up in five minutes. Itfolds flat for an easy carry and weighsunder 30 pounds. King says anyone canbuild it in a day and it costs less than$ 2 0 .

The average gem hunter, King ex-plained, walks over more valuables thanhe finds because he searches only on thesurface. While this material representsthe most recent deposits, the valuablegems were buried during an earlier geo-logical period. Having been subjected tothe sorting action of water, these valu-ables can be found beneath the surface,covered by several feet of overburden. Bydigging a small hole a few feet deep andputting this material through the separa-tor, it is easy to find the level at whichtop-quality gemstones were deposited.Once this level is located, the operator

With a few carriage bolts and wing nuts,King can set up his portable separator in

five minutes.

When working with ba nkrun containing a large amoun t of rubble, King uses a l/2"grizzly to screen off unwanted material. Note the 4 foot wings w ith rods driven intothe ground to deflect w ater into the sluice for an increased flow.

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metal plates carryall gross material, allowing on ly the

of heat to speed identifica-small alcohol lamp is a handy

The kit can be use to test speci-

can retrieve as many gems as his timeallows. The separator works as well ina live streambed as in a desert arroyo.Quartz-family gems are the most pro-lific and the easiest to find. These in-clude agate, jasper, carnelian, rose quartz,onyx and amethyst. Our deserts yieldthese gems in surprising quantities, thoughthey can be found in many areas, even onthe beaches. For your first desert explora-tion it is suggested that you inspect an

arroyo near a paved road. If gemstoneswere carried down this dry wash, theygenerally will be found scattered through-out its length. Many fine-quality agateshave been found in arroyos near Interstate10 and along State Highway 14. Quartzcrystals and smokey quartz are abundanteast of US 395, between Lone Pine andIndependence.For those who like to prospect for pla-cer gold, King suggests they use a 12-footsluice like the one he carries in his camp-er. Built of marine plywood, the sluice

takes up little room because its three-footsections nest perfectly. It can be carriedby one person. Sluicing for gold has be-come a seasonable operation for today'sprospectors. The small streams in goldareas are still productive, but containenough water for sluicing only for a fewmonths. Therefore, prospectors must workat a feverish pace during the short season.That's why many of them are prospect-ing for space age metals during the re-mainder of the year. Hobbyists who havea flair for chemistry will find this fieldexciting. Because of its demand in rock-etry, special emphasis is placed on beryl-lium. Zirconium, molybdenum and co-lumbite also are needed. These space agemetals do not occur in the free state likegold, but are contained in ores whichclosely resemble common rocks. Beryl-

lium is found in pegmatites, a coarse-grained rock which, in its molten state,filled cracks in granite and other igneousdeposits. Beryllium ores generally arelight in weight, but they are very hard.These ores can be found as surface de-posits in many parts of San Diego, SanBernardino and Kern counties.Old-time prospectors thought they hada bonanza when they found ore worth$50 per ton. Today, a 10% beryllium ore

pays a base price of $400 per ton, with anadditional 10 % for each 1% increase inberyllium content! Some ores run as highas 38 % , but these deposits usually aresmall and rarely contain more than a fewtons. Because the ore can be sold in smalllots of 200 pounds, amateur prospectorsare finding beryllium prospecting excep-tionally profitable.When a deposit is located, it's neces-sary to determine the metallic content ofthe ore. An assay will show whether it iseconomically feasible to mine it. Many

prospectors carry small chemical kits forthis purpose which enable them to maketests on the spot. These tests are neitherdifficult nor dangerous, but they are con-clusive. Books are available that describethem in detail.Whether your outdoor passion is forgems, gold or space age metals, you'llenjoy every minute of your family safaris.Regardless of where your search area liesalong a rippling mountain stream orthrough a dry desert arroyokeep an eyeopen for old prospect holes a nd ' aban-doned mine dumps. Their tailing pilesare fertile fields because often they containgems and minerals which are extremelyvaluable today, but were discarded by theold-time prospectors as worthless. Theseold-timers are really your partnersbe-cause they did your diggin g for you !

mm , ' m > m

tone is carefully inspected w ith alens for iden tification.

Feeding shovelfuls of dry m aterial intothe sepa rator, King shows sorting action

of inclined screens.

Swatches of adhesive tape o n ea ch rockhold identifying number of discovery area

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Photo opposite:Roaming through C oso Range

By Roger Mitchell

InsideChina Lakeby Roger Mitchell

Author of "Exploring Joshua Tree"

Petroglyphs at Renegade C anyon depict bighorn almo st life size.

T WAS like turning theclock back three decades.The old buildings ap-peared somewhat theworse for wear, but therewas a remarkable absenceof bullet holes and other signs of sense-less vandalism so often associated withWestern ghost towns of today. ,I was exploring the ruins of Coso, amining camp dating back to I860. It waslast occupied just before World War Iwhen a few sourdoughs still roamed thearid hills of Inyo County, California.Then on November 8, 1943, Secretary ofthe Navy Frank Knox signed an orderwithdrawing a vast area of 1198 squaremiles from public use. This area, only 16square miles smaller than the State ofRhode Island, was to be used in connec-tion with wartime rocket and missiledevelopment.Today, important research is still cen-tered in the famous Michelson Labora-tory and China Lake Naval OrdinanceTest Station still remains "OFF LIMITS"to the public, unless permission to visitit is secured. Since 1943 access to theCoso Mountains, the western flank ofthe Argus Range, and the northern halfof the Indian Wells Valley has beentightly controlled by theNavy and gener-ally restricted to base employees, which ac-counts for the remarkable state of preser-vation to be found among the old minesand other points of interest within the

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This boiler is among ruins of Millspaugh. Mercury Retorts in the Nicol area.

Perhaps the most noteworthy featureis the outstanding examples of early primi-tive art. The basalt cliffs of Renegade andBig and Little Petroglyph Canyons aboundwith them. Rather than the abstract geo-metric forms frequently found in theSouthwest, these petroglyphs feature rec-ognizable forms. Deer and snakes arewell represented, but the early inhabitantsof this land must have been preoccupiedwith the desert bighorn sheep. At everypetroglyph site these predominate, some-times of life size. A close look might evenreveal a hunting scene with an arrow pro-truding from a running animal.Apparently early Indians found abund-ant game in the area. The nearby lavaflows and other volcanic rocks provideda generous supply of obsidian with whichto make arrowheads and spear points,probably reason enough to attract theancients to this otherwise desolate land.It was gold, however, that attractedthe white man. In March of I860 a pros-pecting party lead by Dr. Darwin Frenchset out to find the then famous Lost Gun-sight Mine. Instead, they found gold ina little valley east of what is now CosoPeak. The word coso is taken from a Sho-shone word meaning broken coal. Justwhy Dr. French decided to name the newmining camp Coso is not clear becausethe veins were found in granite, not coal.As word of the fabulous strike reachedthe nearest point of civilization, Visalia,

300 miners arrived to work in the mines.There was serious talk about building atrans-Sierra wagon road, until the springof 1862 when serious Indian troublesmotivated the entire population of Cosoto seek a fortune elsewhere. When thesmall army of 150 miners returned, theyfound the town destroyed, except for thesteam-powered mill at the WinoshickMine. Apparently the Indians were awedby the massive and complex machinery.Soon the town was rebuilt and althoughthere was some significant early produc-tion, the big bonanza was never found.

Within a few years the district was reor-ganized and named Spanish Mines by itsnew inhabitants, a group of Mexicanprospectors.A number of the dozen or so buildingswhich remain today were last occupiedduring the depression years of the '30s.Some of these are a century old and sagin the sagebrush near hidden shafts, ar-

rastras and millsites.Equally forgotten and even less knownis the mining camp of Millspaugh. Loca-ted in the Argus Range a mile or twowithin the military reservation, this short-lived town flourished around the turn ofthe century during the Tonopah andGoldfield excitement. Its main businessand residential districts have vanished andthe industrial section of town is markedonly by a few stone walls and a lonelyboiler. At one time a road connectedMillspaugh with Panamint Valley, but

numerous flash floods in Shepard yon have made this route completelypassible, except by foot.M. H. Farley, an early comer toCoso Country, found what he thoughbe a live volcano. Actually, what hecovered was a fumerole of steam vThese are associated with the final stof volcanism , bu t wh at Farley sawfar from a live volcano. Two septhermal areas covering less than a sq

mile each are found near Cactus Peathe northwest corner of the base. DuWorld War I there was an unsucceattempt to mine sulfur from the known as the Devil's Kitchen. A delater the main hot spring area two to the east was developed into a hresort. Two massive stone structuresmain, as well as smaller wooden bings. The largest building was the hwhile other buildings contained the tling works and hot baths. Quart boof Coso Water and its sister proVolcanic Mud, were sold in Los Anand San Francisco. The results were fitable and remarkable. Soon hordehealth seekers began to brave the ddesert roads to come out and wallowCoso's hot mud. If a visitor didn't nehot mineral bath before he left, he needed one when he arrived.

In 1929 the mercury ore, cinnabar,discovered in the Nicol thermal area, cent to Devil's Kitchen. Mercury mstarted in 1931 and continued intetently until 1939. While conside

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is restricted to public entry

so by writing Comm anding Officer,Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,

yards east of Switzer Circle. The personat the pass desk in the main gate can dir-ect you. Besides a publication program(which includes a guide to Coso HotSprings, 75() the Maturango Museumalso conducts local field trips each month,which include sites both on and off thebase. If you don't want to bother withthe red tape required for a special pass,you may join this group on an outing.More information may be obtained bywriting Maturango Museum, P.O. Box5514, China Lake, California 93556.There are those who are highly critical

of the military for tying up much of ourdesert land so that the public is barredfrom enjoying it. In the case of ChinaLake N.O.T.S., however, I'm not so sureit hasn't been a good thing. I wonderjust what state of preservation some ofthese historic sites would be in withoutthe protection they have been affordedthese past 25 years. Would the petro-glyphs be vandalized like those else-where? Would the sites of Coso Villageand Coso Hot Springs be torn apart bythe few bottle hunters who are careless?I have no reason to think otherwise.

L E S E M f iDO NOT ENTER UNDER ANY CONDITIONMAIN ROUTE TO PETROGLYPHSFOUR WHEEL 0RIVE ONLY

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Our home was saved byThe Hard Cash Saloonby H. C. Henderson

T HAS been about 16years since our familymade our first trip tothe Mojave Desert tolook for rocks. A greatmany enjoyable trips wereto follow. Upon our return from eachone a new prize inevitably found its wayinto our house. Eventually prize rocksbecame so numerous that it was necessaryto remove some of the less desirablespecimens.This is where our problem arose. Whatdoes one do with an extra specimen in ahouse already full to overflowing?Obviously, the overflow had to go outof the house, but you don't just pile"good" rocks out in the yard. They must

be seen by people to be enjoyed. Theymust be touched, turned and moistenedto see if they will polish. Beautiful speci-mens under a bench or behind a shed areof no value to anyone.To solve this problem, we fixed up ashed on the back of the lot and movedthe collection from the house. The over-flow from the yard, and the cutting andpolishing equipment also went into thenew quarters. This was wonderful. Wecould display our rock specimens, work

on projects and store raw materials withno more mess in the house and no moreworry about overflow.During the next few years many en-joyable hours were spent with rockhoundfriends in our rockshop. The equipment

The author, with C hico, greets visitors in front of hotel.

was kept busy and the coffee pot brewing most of the evenings during the weeThen it happened!We started bringing home old bottland glassware we found around the midumps where we looked for minerspecimens. Next we began visiting dserted mining camps, looking for tpurple bottles. For the next two yearbottle hunting became our hobby. Wbought books from which to learn theidentity and history, maps for locatio

of ghost towns and deserted minicamps. Tubs were set up for washibottles and racks were built to displthem on.There were groups of purple bottlebitters bottles and bottles of special inteest. Large and small bottles, jugs, crocery, fruit jars, insulators, bits of jewelrold coins and watchesthen, of courscame barbed wire samples, blacksmishop bellows and rolled and riveted iropipe that had come "around the HornTreasures of this type started to pile

in our rock shop and creep into ohouse.Once again we were faced with tproblem of displaying our treasures that others might enjoy them with uThe fact that we were enlarging oproblem by collecting these items wminimized by our fear that vandals wouthoughtlessly ruin them, or they woueventually rust away if left unprotecteThen, gradually, a solution began to mterialize. From a store in town we wegiven some counters. We worked one in

a bar and set it up in a re-vamped singgarage. Utilizing old mirrors, planks, x 4 lumber, and odds and ends, we thcreated a back bar. By using some oglass shelves and glass separators fromlong-gone drug store, the back bar prvided a means for displaying the best our liquor and beverage bottles.At one end of the bar, against twall, are shelves for the "Patented" medcine bottles and a cabinet for the fabuloold fruit jars. At the other end is a gladisplay case containing some of the mo

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arators and glass shelves on top of thecase, a nice display hasbeen built of pur-ple, amber, cobalt blue, and green glassbottles that reaches to the top of the largewindow. This area soon became knownas the Hard Cash Saloon. With sawdustto cover the concrete floor andabrassspitoon, it acquired a real frontier atmos-phere.Next we erected asign outside uponwhich we coined the name Iona City.Soon a street wasborn. Bordered on oneside by the saloon and on the other bya two-story, false-front hotel, our project

grew into an ambitious plan. As the ideaof a ghost town gained support, the towncontinued to expand andimprove. A two-story building wasconstructed to be theFrontier Brewery. This houses the beerbottle collection on the ground floor,while on the second floor, which is opento the sun, racks hold bottles that are inall stages of turning purple.The Stove andIron Works is the build-ing in which welding equipment andwork benches arehoused. AnAssay Officewas added in connection with the rockshop. This is the location of the old desk

The saloon and allother buildings are furnished with relics of the Old West.

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Bottles are placed on screen racks to pur-ple in the sun. The Frontier Brewery Co. stands next tothe Stove and Iron Works.

View of Main Street in lone City. Old bottles decorate back wall of bar.

MOT SoM-OF-A-QUM ST6W,

and swivel chair. Many old books atools of the assay trade are here, as was a gold display. Next came the hbarn. It is used to keep hay and grain the ducks, goats, and Chico, the burroTwo more false-front buildings are the street. One is the Iona City Miniand Supply Co. where old items used the mines are displayed and the otherthe City Jail. Adjoining the Assay Offare two work areas, one for rebuildiand refinishing old furniture, the othfor leather craft. On a bench here, alowith the modern tools, are the hand toused by my grandfather in his business a saddle and harness maker many yeago.On down the street a stone house wbuilt of concrete block to store extra gestone material and mineral samples. the start of this project, sand and gravwere taken from an open hole in the bayard to be screened for use in mixing cocrete. The open hole has since been tranformed into a shaft down to a stope thfollows the vein of sand and gravel about the 10-foot level. It is complwith timber sets and cribbing to prevecave-ins. The "ore" is mucked out to tshaft, brought to the surface in a smore car on angle-iron tracks, and dumpover a set of screens for separation inthe desired grades for concrete. We hanamed this the "Lost Red Lizzard Minso Iona City has its own lost mine.A path leads from the main street a secluded fountain and barbecue arcalled "Church Socials and Hangin'Another cross street leads to Crystal Lakthe swimming pool. There is also a CDump where bottles are spread out racks for sorting when they are brougin from field trips.Many items have been given to us fdisplay, such things as an old famiBible, tin-type photog raphs, dishes ilveware, clocks, spectacles, razors, a stereotican viewer and some pictures, cast iropull-toys, and the safe that now bears t

name, Hard Cash Saloon, Iona City. Eaitem has been logged in a book with tdonor's name, the date, and its historNothing is for sale, nothing can bought. It is there for people to see frof charge. It is a hobby.The Hard Cash Saloon saved our hom

by starting a new trend of activity in ouyard. It may seem a little crowded times, but our only real problem is onwe can't lickthere just aren't enoughours in the day to do all the things wwould like to do.

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Here's a book with newfactual evidence on thelegends of the West.

This book examines many little-known stories andlegends that have emerged from the western regions of NorthAmerica. Two unsolved mysteries, unearthed in this centuryand detailed in this absorbing book, furnish evidence that theearliest Eu ropean navigators to set foot on Am erican soil dateback to ancient times. Old Roman artifacts buried nearTucr .n, Arizona, and Phoenician hieroglyphics inscribed ona rock uncovered some miles southwest of Albuquerque, NewMexico, raise startling questions about America's past. Arethese genuine archeological finds or elaborately conceived andexecuted hoaxes? These unusual discoveries form but a smallpart of the intriguing history, legend, and folklore that m ake upT H E M Y ST E R IO U S W E ST .

Included are such phenomena as the discovery of aSpanish galleon in the middle of the desert; the strange cursethat rules over San M iguel Island; the unexplained beheadingof at least 13 victims in the Nahanni Valley; and many otherequally bewildering happenings. Elaborate confidenceschemes and fantastically imagined hoaxes are documented,along with new factual evidence that seems to corroboratewhat were formerly assumed to be tall tales.

T H EM Y ST E R IO U S W E ST .by Brad Williams andChoral Pepper $5 .9 5

Illustrated with photographs, this fascinating survof Western Americana will be welcomed by all readers inteested in the folklore and history of the United States.About the authors:BRAD WILLIAMS has worked for various newpapers ranging in location from Oregon and California, Mexico and India. He has published several mystery noveand nonfiction works; his books include Flight 967 a

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