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DutnLVolume 42, Num Der iO

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(USPS 154-940)OCTOBER 1979

CONTENTS^ F E A T U

ARIZONA'S BATTLE OFBULL RUN 6

BEWARE OF THEJUMPING CHO L L A! 8A VOYAGE TO A ROCKY RAINBOW . 12

ALL THEM I N E S ARE NOT IN THEDESERT! ! ! 16BILL HOLCOMB'S VALLEY 20

HOST TO A HORDE OFH U M M E R S 32A SEA OFSAND 36

ROCKHOUSE CANYON 40WHAT 'S CO O KING ON THEDESERT? 44

R E SBill Mack

Wayne P. ArmstrongC. William HarrisonBill JenningsBuddy NoonanLoretta BernerThomas M. JenkinsDick BloomquistStella Hughes

D E P A R T M E N T S

T H E C O V E R :Refl ect i ons of beaut i fu l Rai n-b o w B r i d g e ( N a t i o n a l M o n u -m e n t ), S o u t h e r n U t a h . R i s i ngw at er s of Lake P ow el l (Col o-r ad o R i v e r ) gi v e b o a t m e neasy access to the once re-m o t e n a t u r a l b r i d g e . P h o t ob y J o s e f M u e n c h , S a n ta Bar-bara, C a l i f o r n i a .

A PEEK IN THEPUBLISHER'S POKE1980 BOOK CATALOG

TRAD ING POSTCAL ENDAR OFWESTERN EVENTS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

4 William Knyvett21 Books for Desert Readers4 2 Classified Listings4 3 Club Activities4 7 Readers' Comments

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B A T T L EB U L L R U Ny BILL MACK

T H E B A T T A L I O N , t h e i r w a gdrawn into a t ight defensive ciwatched nervously as their enmilled restlessly on all sides. Offpassed up and down the ranks steatheir men for the expected charge. Ita desperate situat ion. Huddled amthe wagons were 25 women and chiand the 340-man Mormon Battaliondetermined to hold at all cost.A rising cloud of dust in the naArizona canyon and a thundering heralded the first wave of the attac

The battle was sharp, chaotic anquarter was expected or given.tenant Colonel Phillip Cook and hitall ion of sharpshooting Mormons fast despite several wounded and hamong their wagons. The enemycharged, swept past the embattleddiers and was now s tanding, h uddlegether, breathing hard and just bning to resume their grazing.The date, December 12, 1846, mathe first and most probably lasbatt le ever fought by an organized A

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group and a herd of cattle.California's problems with their Mexi-can rulers had spurred President JamesPolk to order a 2,000-mile march to fin d aroute to California that was comparative-ly free of snow and the Mormon Bat-ta l ion, which had volunteered for ayear 's service in the Army to escape thereligious persecution of the mid-west,had been chosen to make the march.Their column, some 500 strong, leftCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, in July, 1846.Physical attr i t ion had reduced theirranks to the 340 who battled the bulls ina narrow gorge between the present-dayAr izona town o f S ie r ra V is ta andTombstone.

Th e co lu mn , u n d e r co mma n d o fLieutenant Colonel Cook, who laterfound a measure of fame during the C ivi lWar, was fol lowing the San Pedro Riverafter a grueling march that had takenthem south to Mexico before they begantheir northern swing.

As they marched through the SanPedro River Valley, the nervous bulls,wild descendants of domesticated Span-ish herds, had fol lowed the column withgrowing concern. Each day the nervousherd became more aggressive as theMormon soldiers trudged through theirter r i tory.The spooked bulls made their stand ina narrow neck of the broad valley. Thebattle which eventually erupted was

short, f ierce and debil i tating enough to

cause the trail-weary troopers to halttheir march for several days to tend theirwounded, repair the wagons and re-vive their drooping spir i ts.

For Cook, a professional Army officerwhose later encounters with his son-in-law, J.E.B. Stuart spiced up his Civi lWar record, a battle with a herd ofrolling-eyed mavericks was a dubiousdist inct ion. Obviously not a clear-cut vic-tory but yet not a defeat, both Cook andhis scruffy opponents lived to fight an-other day. I have often wondered howthis item appeared in his service record.If the military was anything like it is atpresent (and I'm sure it was), the bat-tle was duly recorded as an encounterwi th "host i le forces," embel l ished, en-dorsed in quadruplicate, f i led and^for-gotten. A look at Cook's battle record inthe Civil War certainly showed that hehad profited from his l i tt le known Ari-zona skirmish. His reports on his feebleattempts to corner J.E.B. Stuart dis-tinctly show that Cook, whether in Ari-zona or Virginia, could throw the bullwi th fhe best of them.

The battal ion resumed their marchand arrived in California late in January,where they reinforced Fremont andStockton, who had defeated the Mexi-cans in the southern portion of the state.

The battle site is marked by a con-crete marker on Charleston Road, al i tt le-used route between Tombstone andSierra Vista.

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A detached stem segment or joint show ing the intricate arrangementof spines. The spines provide an obvious and painful deterrent towo uld-be browsing anim als, light-reflective insulation, and an effec-tive hitchhiker.

O F T H EJ U M P I N GC H O L L A !by WAYN E P. ARMSTRONG

f AN Y PLANTS have evolved all iwO of ingenious methods of dispers f | insure the perpetuation of theirspr ing. Seeds and fruits may attacthe fur of animals or to your socks, trthrough air and water, or may be chanically propelled as the seed contractor burst. Hitchhiking is cerly one of the most familiar and iesting methods of dispersal. Probeveryone has plucked the burs of pture vine, cocklebur or foxtail grass their t ires or clothing. Without a dothe most painful and aggravating ohitchhiking plants in the southwest isunforgettable trademark of the ColoDese r t , j um p ing cho l l a [Opbigelovii].

Nest of Cactus Wren nea tly tuckedaway in the upp er branches ofjump ing cholla. T he nest is construcfrom several slender-stemmedwildflowers and is comp letelyenclosed with a side tunnel entrance

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Dense thicket of jumping chollawith glistening white spines.

The brittle stem joints bec omedetached and colonize entire

hillsides such as this.

Like other kinds of cholla cactus, thecylindrical stem segments are denselycovered with slender, barbed spines. Infact, this species is sometimes called"teddy-bear cholla" because of i ts ex-ceptionally dense covering of spines.The bri l l iant yellowish-white spines arereally quite beautiful, especial ly when i l-luminated by the sunlight of early morn-ing or late afternoon. On o ld, dead bran-ches and main trunks, the spines becomedark brown or black. What makes thischolla so unique are the stem segmentsor joints that break off with the sl ightesttouch and become firmly attached tovarious body extremities. Trying to pullout the barbed spine is not only frustrat-ing and painf ul, but usually results in thejoint or fragment becoming attached toanother part of your anatomy.

This habit of unprovoked fragmenta-tion is undoubtedly the source of thecommon name, " jump ing cho l la . " Con-trary to popular rumors, this cholla doesnot actualy jump, although it may ap-pear to do so. If you just barely touch orbrush against the spines and then sud-denly jerk away, the fuzzy stem segmentwil l be instantaneously upon you!

Close-up microphotography, particu-lar ly with the scanning electron micro-scope, reveals why the spines of jump-ing cholla are so tenacious and painful topull out. The spine is covered withsharp, overlapping scales or barbs thatlie flat and allow the spine to penetratethe skin readily. When you trv to re-move a spine, you are pull ing against

Shaft of single spine ofjumping cholla taken through a

scanning electron microscope [350X].The numerous, sharp scales orbarbs show why the spine is so

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A dump of jumping cholla showing the dense, spiny [fuzzy appearing] branches athe characteristic da rk trunk.hundreds of tiny barbs. In the process,other spines penetrate the skin from alldirections, making the extraction seemhopeless. Often the spines break off andsimply have to be pulled out individuallyand without a local anesthetic. Youmight give the victim a branch to bite on(not a cactus branch) or large amounts ofsome fermen ted beverage. Dependingon the exact body extremity, the ex-tract ion, in some cases, can be down-r ight embarrassing.

The thickets of spiny branches providea well-protected nesting site for the Cac-tus Wr en . Throughout the Colorado Des-ert you often find the football-shapednest of straw, with its characteristic sidetunnel entrance, lodged in the upperbranches. The nest is made from an in-10

terwoven meshwork of slender steand branches from several annual wif lowers. In the Anza-Borrego Desarea, favorite nest building plants t h e th r e a d l i ke , i n t r i ca te l y b r a n channual buckwheats [Eriogonum] andvery appropriately named wildflowcalled thread-plant [Nemadadus]. Dert woodrats or packrats [Neotoma] abui ld the ir "ho use s" among clumps athickets of jumping cholla. They actuamake large piles of prickly stem sments to p ro tect the i r nests arunways.

The easily fragmented stem segmeor joints of jumping cholla are one of nture's most effective methods of hitchiking and vegetative reproduction. Tdetached joints will readily develop rooD e s e r t / O c t o b e r 1


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and start a new colony. Although jump-ing cholla produces yellow flowers, theseeds are usually sterile and repro-duction is accomplished without sex. En-tire hi l lsides or al luvial fans of thicketsmay have developed from fragmentedstem segments. You could say thatjumping cholla is a master in the art ofclon ing!Even if you walk with tedious caution,it is practical ly impossible to go througha dense stand or thicket of jum pingcholla without getting at least one spinystem segment attached to your shoes orpant cuffs. As you careful ly avoid brush-ing against the spiny branches you wil lundoubtedly step on one of the thou-sands of treacherous detached segmentsthat lie in wait for a hapless passer-by.Every semester I warn my botany

class repeatedly to beware of the jump-ing cholla, but there always is someonewho disregards my warning and gets im-paled by a vicious branch. On a recentfield tr ip to Anza-Borrego Desert StatePark I watched with amusement asseveral students attempted to remove asegment from a lady's shoe, only to haveit transferred to the shoes of each chival-rous male. M y laughter ceased when theprickly joint f ina l ly ended up on the w ristof a screaming student who promptlyfl ipped it ful l force into my groin area. Ican't think of anything more miserableto spoil a nice day in the desert, ex-cept perhaps for the bite of a sidewinder.At that moment I made a vow to alwayscarry a pair of needlenose pliers whenwalking through jum ping chol la cout i try.'

One of the hazards of walking through jump ing cholla country is "picking up" theeasily fragmented joints. The sharp spines readily p enetrate leather and rubber.

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provide families and groups of friendswith a means of enjoying the fishing

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Right: At nowhere else on earth hasnature created an arch that equals Rainbow

Bridge in size, symmetry and coloration.

by C . W ILLIA M HARRISON

our 49-passenger tourc ru iser out o f LakePowel l 's celebrated Wahweap Mar inathat unforgettable October day, RayWatton was not long in revealing that hewas more commonly known among hisfr iends a nd associates as Rotten W atto n.He had earned this unique and saltymoniker, he confided to us all, because"I l ike to drink beer and f l ir t with theladies." And along with th is succulentconfession, he soon let it be known thathe is a man who st i l l cl ings to oldt imewestern tradit ions of courtesy, consid-erat ion and pithy humor.He proved this when he slowed ourdouble-decked tour craft down to quarterpower as we approached and passed avacationing family's houseboat that wasanchored near a sandy beach 50 yards or

so off our starboard side.

" I f I d i dn ' t , " Ray explained throughth e Ethel G's audio system, "we'd wal-lop that houseboat with a wave thatwould knock mama out of her kitchenand the baby off i ts potty."I t was an early October morning towrite home about, warm and windless,with an unclouded sun burnishing thesandstone buttes and sculptured cliffsabout us and the rum pled waters of Lake1 Powell almost as matchlessly blue as thesky itself.Beyond and above the white-cappedvee of the Ethel C's bi l lowing wake wecould st i l l make out the broad, curvedface of Wahweap Lodge, in whosesuperb accommodations my wife and I

had. spent the night.The cruiser's powerful engines were amuted thrumming beneath us, sensed

more than actually heard through the

mingled chatt ing of passengers who hadboarded the craft as strangers but whoalready were being drawn together bythe pleasures of new experiences anddazzling vistas of water and rock mu tual-ly shared. Rainbow Bridge, our dest ina-tion for the day, was still two hours ormore away, haunting us already with itssublime, yet-to-be-seen glories.I t was a t ime for remembering, forponde ring. I t seemed almost beyond be-lief that only a scant two decades agothis awesome body of captured waterwhich we now know as Lake Powell hadnot been in existence; almost beyondcomprehension to realize that with theconstruct ion of the enormous Glen Can-yon Dam the lake now contains a mind-boggling 27 million acre feet of preciouswestern water, and that it spans some

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Lying ahead the Ethel G and othercruise bo ats at the end of a perfect dayare the superb comforts andconveniences that are o fferedyear-round to Lake Powell'svacationers Wahweap Lodge.

zona's and southeastern Colorado Rivercanyons and historic tr ibutary gorges.It confounded my mi nd , as 1am sure itmust have many of the Ethel C's other

engrossed passengers, to realize that,here at least, that muddy old river ofearlier times no longer exists in the waysof its creation . . . that its once-tor-mented channel where a century agoJohn Wesley Powell, one arm aban-doned on the batt lef ield of Shiloh, hadled his small party of explorers in an in-t r ep id s t r ugg le f o r know ledge andsurvival, now lay humbled and sub-merged 500 feet below the hull of ourspeeding tour cruiser . . . that this su-blimely beautiful and immensely produc-tive lake contains some 250 square milesof boating and f ishing waters, and withall its bays and branching canyons has1,900 miles of shoreline, surpassing inlength the combined coastl ines of Cali-fornia, Oregon and Washington.History in all its glory and pathos liveson among the ancient buttes and pin-nacles that encompass Lake Powell. Aswe passed through the broad channelthat separates Utah from Arizona, wecould see the place where in 1776 the tw o

lost and starving Franciscan priests,14

Escalante and Dominguez, somehowmanaged to cross the u nbridled Coloradoin their struggles to return to Santa Fe.The lake's Padre Bay, Padre Canyon,Padre Point, and Padres Butte commem-orate their epic explorat ions.

Each canyon and butte and each tow-ering dome and serrated minaret that wepassed along our way had been spec-tacularly carved and colored by t ime andthe elements. Each bore a name thatt ingled in the mind and tugged on theima ginatio n. Back there were Cookie JarButte and Dinosaur Rock and here,dwarfed and humbled by the immensityand magnif icence of nature's sculpturedpanorama, we were passing Last ChanceBay and the remarkab le sands toneimagery of Camel Rock.We were approaching Dungeon andGrotto canyons now, and not far aheadwere equally incredible others beckoningto us with all their si lent whisperings ofmen and events who had given themtheir picturesque, mind-st irr ing names Da ng l i ng Rope , B a lanced R ock,Cathedral .Our cruiser sped on through its labrin -thian world of towering clif fs and mir-rored canyons, leaving behind it its

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brief, transient track across the unfiled blueness of the silent lake. Athen, afterwards, our pilot made the tthat brought us into the sunlit opalcence of Secret Canyon, a narrowwaterway that led us slowly between bulging shoulders of immense sandstocliffs where nature had been strippedpose nude and unblushing before humity. A sudden silence seemed to fall othe quiet ly drif t ing craft and all i ts psengers, the breathless hush of ovpowering awe and wonderment.

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Immen se cliffs, sculpturedby time and painted by the elements,

tower above the landing dockat Rainbow Bridge. Other similar

facilit ies are located on the lake forthe convenience of sightseers

and sportspersons who want to trytheir luck in the lake's celebrate d

fishing waters.

str idi ng channe l, could see it beyond thesmall landing dock and the footpath thatled away and gent ly upward from i t . . .could see at last that wondrous creationof nature which the Navajo called Nonne-zosheboko, meaning great arch, an dwhich was known to the Paiute as Baro-hoini, the rainbow.

Rainbow Bridge. Incomparable in allthe world in its size and symmetry, in-comprehensible in the human heart andimagination in the miracle of its crea-t ion, the glory of its immortality.

Rainbow Bridge.It had long ago, how long I could notremember, become one of the great

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dreams of my life, an inexpressible, un-exp la inab le l ong ing , an unde f i nab leyearning and hoping that across theyears had never let go of me. I could nothave told why.And now, almost unbelievably, itseemed, that magnif icent rainbow of pri-mordial rock was there before me in all

A visit to Lake i ts majesty. And I . . . I , too, was there.Powell offers And all at once the sunlit beauty andfar more than silent nobility of that colossal structuremerely water seemed to sweep me up and away fromsports and myself. It was almost as if, in that oneboat cruises. small enchanted moment of revelation, IHalf-or had reached out and touched the latch-full-day trips string of Eternity, as if I had opened myin air eyes and seen myself in the mirror ofconditioned Time.4-wheel-drive It was too much for me, suddenly tootour vehicles much. I turned quickly away from myare available wife so that she would not see, but offor exploring course she did, the swift and uncon-theremote t rollable blurr ing of my eyes.and rugged The memory of that day and all itshigh country, pleasures still lingers. What more can aa land that man ask, I often wonder, than to be ableexists today to fill the years of his life with the manymuch as i t was scenic and historic treasures that awaitin pioneer him in this great and wonderful land oft imes. ours? D e s e r t / O c t o b e r 1 9 7 9 15


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A L L T H E M I N E SA R E N O TO N T H E D E S E R T ! ! !HILL C OUNTRY C ONTAINSMANY C LAIMS, HISTORIC SITES

D. C. Mayne sp otlights a wo rking stope or ore face in his Hem et B elle M ine in theSan Jacinto Mountains. Old claim w as an early producer in the Chilson-Kenw orthydistrict, now largely inactive except for M ayne.

by BILL JENNIN

P EWER THAN 75 mi les f rom downtown Los Angeles freewayterchange is one of the most inestingly historic districts of SouthCal i fornia, complete with " lost" gmines and other mineral wonders, region's oldest railroad stat ion, Southland's last outdoor pageant of tional note and so many other attt ions you may wonder why you havvisited western Riverside County bef

The only thing missing is the desand in summer you can't be too surethat with day temperatures frequeover 105 degrees, an arid landscape many desert-type plants, plus the afmentioned old mines, some of whwere pioneered by the same developbetter known for their desert exploOur "where to go" feature th is mois about the Lake Elsinore - PerrHemet -San Jac in to h igh lands inland valleys. The mines, some of that least, are classified as lost becatheir century-old tunnels, shafts, heframes and other visible clues are hidby encroaching urbanization that isf l ict ing nearly all of Southern Califowithin commuting distance.(In fact, the writer, a l i fe-long r

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worked in this historic quadrangle mostof his 58 years, couldn't f ind the mostfamous of the Perris-Gavilan Hil ls minesthe other day, after a two-year absence.Finally, he got out of the car and walkedto the old diggin gs by a one-mile detour,although the hoist tower in earl ier yearswas with in a few yards of the statehighway.)

This is the optimist ically-named GoodHope, which has left a legacy of manydisappointed owners and lessors overthe past century and endures today pri-marily in the name of a residential dis-tr ict midway between Perris and LakeElsinore, a-straddle State Highway 74.Developed soon after the Civil War, theGood Hope at first was a placer and sur-face operation similar to nearby pros-pects worked unsuccessfully by Mexicanand Indian miners since Bear Flag Re-public days in the mid-1840s.

Later, the hil lside quartz outcroppingswere pene trated by stope and tunnel op-erators in the late 1880s. Finally, adecade ago, props from the mine build-ings were used to hold up signs adver-tising stock for sale in a final tailingsrecovery program.

The Good Hope was one of a dozenGavilan-Cajalco hills prospects, perhaps

Above: From the summ it of Steele Peak whe re Gene ral John C. Fremont once hadan observation p oint during the Mexican War, you get a panoram ic view of the Ga-vilan Hills-Pinacate mining district near Perris. D. C. Mayne, right, and unidenti-fied helper, stand at the main tunnel entrance [below[ to the old Hemet Belle minein the Chilson-Kenworthy district of the San Jacinto Mountains. Now 100-years-old,the gold mine has been Mayne's principal avocation for many years. He feels it stillcontains commercial quantities of gold.

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the only one other than the Cajalco-Temescal tin mines to repay develop-ment costs. British interests in the 1890sreportedly took at least a half-mil l ion in pounds sterling out of that fab ulouslode and an earlier syndicate had minedcoal in the same region briefly beforethat. The original Temescal t in discoverydate was 1858.The only act ive mining operat ion inwestern R iverside County today, rather a

quarry system, is the busy clay mines ofTemescal Canyon between Lake Elsinoreand Corona. There is a major under-ground cement operat ion st i l l act ivealso, northwest of Riverside at Crest-more, but that is outside our scope thismonth.Other Gavilan mines included theGolden Chariot (spelling still subject todebate), the Santa Rosa, the Washing-

ton , the Gavilan, and most f it t ingly, thePinacate.The Golden Cha riot is sometimes con-fused with a Julian-Banner Canyonmine , the Golden Chariot.Speculation still persists regarding theoriginal gold discovery date for the mys-terious Gavilans. The late H.M. Harford,pioneer Perris real estate man, theorizedthat the first miners came across thearea accidentally by discovering traces of"color" a long the permanent ly f lowingSan Jacinto River, probably before themajor California gold rush of 1848.Harford made a l i felong avocation of

gold mining history, undoubtedly whet-ted by the stories that went with some ofthe old ranching and mining propert ieshe sold in the Perris area from about1890 on. He felt the original prospectorswere , in rea lity, the cattle and sheep ten-ders assigned to the old Casa LomaRancho of the San Luis Rey Mission.This wo uld pin down the date as from be-tween 1815 and about 1830, when themission's land holdings were secularized taken by the new Mexican govern-ment and distr ibuted by means of grantsto the Spanish-Mexican colonial leaders.These included the related Estudil lo-Aguirre-P ico families who received all ofthe arable lands between the Lake Elsi-nore cienega and the foothills of the SanJacinto Mountains, 40 miles to the east.

Certainly, historic records showed thatthe later-day grantee descendants legal-ly removed mining squatters, mainlyMexicans led by a Frenchman identif iedonly as Mache, from the Good Hope sitein the mid-1880s.

This record was provided to the lateDr. Horace ParkeV, Temecula historian,by Harford when Parker wrote a news-paper column, "Brush Country Jour-n a l , " for the Riverside Press-Enterprisein the mid-1950s. Many owners or claimjumpers had operated the Good Hopeand nobody, therefore, wil l ever knowaccurately how much gold was takenduring the mine's relat ively long history.

Parker told this writer he thought

Burnt Valley, an unexpectedly verdacanyon on the edge of old fire burns the San Jacinto Moun tains, near thlitt le town of Anza. Pines and fir treehere have survived many scarring firethat denuded nearby slopes.more than a quarter-mil l ion had beetaken prior to 1890, when a significarepor t appeared f rom the t h eoperators, a partnership identif ied onas Sigafus (spelling uncertain) and Birwho established the Consolidated GooHope Mines Company and began etending the old main shaft below th110-foot level and adding a series of neshafts, tunnels and adits to reach suposed new ore bodies. The spent mothan $50,000 for excavation and a stammill of unspecified size to process thoped-for ore. They worked the miinto the mid-1890s, taking out an esmated $5,000 to $10,000 gross monthduring peak periods. At least 100 mworked the Good Hope during thbonanza period and the main shaft wcut to 575 feet.

As a stock venture, Major Frederick Burnham of Orange County conductan intensive survey of the property aestimated the value of the ore body nearly $1,800,000. On the basis of thglowing report, the syndicate sold tmine in about 1895 to a Haveril l , Masachuset ts group. Produc t ion nevneared the m il l ion-dollar-plus level andlengthy court batt le ensued, result ingclosure and, therefore, deteriorat ion the property. Water from the nearby SJacinto River, which in those days wasperennial flow, seeped into the lowgalleries and the mine was abandone

One reason we dwell at length on tGood Hope, in addition to its status the richest of the Gavilan diggings, that so much information came to ligdue to the court batt le.After 1900, perfection of the cyanirecovery method for gold renewed at ivity at the Good Hope and all the othGavilan and San Jacinto Mountaimines that had sizeable tailings of dcarded ore. This same system halso worked well at certain of the DDistr ict mines near Twentynine PalmA 1910 prospectus predicted that tGood Hope, for example, would be woanother mil l io n, on top of the nearly tmillion already rumored to have been moved! I t didn't work out that way,

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A n unnamed mining prospect in theBurnt Valley district of the San JacintoMountains, thought by longtime resi-dents to date to Mexican days more thana century ago.though sporadic tai l ing operations con-tinued until less than a decade ago.

Ironically, in the early 1960s, coinci-dent wi th development of Del Webb'sSun Ci ty re t i rement community f ivemiles southeast of Perris, a gold dis-covery was again reported by earth-moving workers, but no cla im f i l ingfo l lowed.

Southeast of the Gavilans are the re-mains of the Perr is Valley's f irst com-munity, Pinacate, which took its namefrom the Spanish slang term for theEleode beetle, or stinkbug. A miningsupply operation sprang up there, a milesouth of present Perris, in 1882 when theCa l i f o r n i a So u th e r n Ra i l r o a d b u i l tthrough the valley from Temecula andSan Diego on its way to San Bern ardino,the nucleus of the later-day Santa Fetranscontinental l ine.

A rock and timbered dugout shack sti l lexists on the grounds of the Orange Em-pire Tro l ley Museum to mark the re-mains of Pinacate. Many old accountsgive this name to the entire mining dis-tr ict and at least one abortive claim wascalled the Pinacate, too.

The l i tt le town persisted only threeyears until the railroad closed its boxcarstation there and began to erect a hand-some brick and redwood-towered termi-nal building two miles to the north,which it named for i ts chief engineer,Fred Perr is. This became the junction ofa branch to San Jacinto which exists to-day as a mob ilehome , lumber c arr ier andseasonal purveyor of the region's famouswhite rose and russet potato harvests.

The Perr is s tation, a registered nation-al landmark, sti l l stands in the down-town area, on the road out to the Cavi-lan and the Good Hope, State Highway74. Official construction date by Santa Ferecords was 1892 but it is known to be inuse at least four years before that date.Either date marks it as the oldest ex-isting rai lroad station in Southern Cali-Identifiedonly as "Frank, " this old-timeprosp ector resting on a suburban streetnear Heme t represents a dying breed.He said he covered the mining districtfor more years than he could remem ber.Des er t / O ct ober 1979 19

fornia and well w orth a visit. It is a com-munity museum site today, unused bythe rai l carr ier.

One of the old mines, l i tt le more thana shallow glory hole, has an interestingname history recounted to the writeryears ago by the late Lewis Rawson,member of a pioneer Anglo-Saxon andMexican fami ly.Rawson said the mine, known as theLeon, was named for a near-fatal meet-ing between its developer and a moun-tain lion who was passing by on hislengthy food-hunting circuit. True or

not, the "Leon" epithet is sti l l in use forthe area southwest of Hemet and is thename of a country road as wel l .

To the north of this isolated site is theremainder of the Double Butte Mine,midway between Hemet and Perr is,which was still an active claim in theearly 1950s. It is in the hills just south ofthe retirement town of Homeland.The major mountain mines, jncludingthe Hemet Belle and others in theChilson group dating to about 1880, arefound on the rim of the San Jacintos to

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COLORADO RIVER GHOST TOWNS by StanleyW. Paher. The skeletal remains of abandonedmines and towns in the Cerbat mountains andother barren ranges in western Arizona alongthe Colorado River are visited by the author.Two editions are available: the standard editionis a large form at, paperback, lavishly illustratedwith rare old photos, $2.95; the second editionavailable is identical with the exception of an in-sert of 15 beautiful four-color reproductions ofetchings by noted artist Roy Purce ll, and is hard-cover. This edition sells for $9.95. Please statewhich edition when ordering.C ALIFORNIA GHOST TOWN TRAILS by Mick-ey Broman. Thirty-six photographs showingsome of the old towns as they appear today, notas they did 50 or 100 years ago. Thirty-six mapswith detail mileage to the ghost towns, shown tothe tenth of a mile. Interesting and historicaldata for treasure hunters, rockhounds, bottlecollectors and western-lore enthusiasts. Paper-back, $2.95.A R IZ O N A T R E A S U R E H U N T E R S G H O S TTOWN GUIDE by Theron Fox. Early maps of1868 and 1881 show 1,200 place names, roads,forts, early county arrangements, mining dis-tricts, ghost towns, steamboat landings, moun-tain ranges, lakes, etc. A handy reference. Pa-perback, $1.95.TONOPAH, SILVER CAMP OF NEVADA byStanley Paher. Discovery of silver at Tonopah inthe spring of 1900 brought about the fast paced20th century mining boom in Nevada and east-ern California. Ghost town author Paher cap-tures the essence of the boom years (1900-1908)with a snappy text and unpublished photo-graphs . Large form at. Daperback, $1.95.CHLORIDE MINES AND MURALS, artist RoyE. Purcell, edited by Stanley Paher. Life in thisnorth-western Arizona mining camp is recalledby lifelong residents. Unpublished photos showthe Cloride of old. An interpretation of theChloride murals also is given by the one whopainted them. A new area map shows otherghost towns to visit . Large form at, $1.95.C E N T R A L A R IZ O N A G H O S T T O W N S byRobert L. Spude and Stanley W. Paher. Amer i -ca's historic gold and silver empire in CentralArizona produced more than 50 short-livedtowns and mining centers, which are describedand located precisely in this book. Good map,many rare photographs and precise directions ashow to get there. Fifty pages, paperback, $2.95;hardcover, $7.50.C ALIFORNIA-NEVADA GHOST TOWN ATLASand SOUTHWESTERN GHOST TOWN ATLASby Robert Neil Johnson. These atlases are excel-lent do-it-yourself guides to lead you back toscenes and places of the early West. Some pho-tos and many detailed maps with legends andbright, detailed descriptions of what you willsee; also mileage and highway designations.Heavy paperback, each contains 48 pages,EACH ATLAS priced at $2.00.SOUTHERN IDA HO GHOST TOWNS by WayneSparling. 84 ghost towns are described, alongwith the history and highlights of each. Theauthor has visited these sites by pickup, 4WDand by foot. 95 photographs accompany the te xt,and maps detail the location of the camps. Anexcellent reference to add to the libraries ofthose fascinated by Western history. Paperback,135 pag es, $3.95.THE HISTORICAL GUIDE TO UTAH GHOSTTOWNS by Stephen L. Carr. This guide lists ingeographical order by counties, gives an histori-cal summary, defines locations and describeswith text and photographs more than 150 ghosttowns in Utah. Important landmarks are includ-ed as well as an abundance of maps. Large for-mat, paperback, 166 pages, $5.95.

GHOST TOWNS OF THE COLORADO ROCK-IES by Robert L. Brown. Written by the authorof Jeep Trails to Colorado Ghost Towns, thisbook deals with ghost towns accessible by pas-senger car. Gives directions and maps for f ind-ing towns along with historical backgrounds.Hardcover, 401 pages, $9.95.MINING CAMPS AND GHOST TOWNS, A His-tory of Mining in Arizona by Frank Love. Dra-matic history of the mineral frontier as it af-fected one section of the vast American West,the Lower Colorado Region. Illustrated, hard-cover, 192 pages, $7.95.

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CookeryC HUCK WAGON C OOKIN' by Stella Hughes.Recipes collected straight from the sourcecow-boy cooks. Contains Mexican recipes, instruc-tions for deep-pit barbecue and the art of usingDutch ovens for cooking everything from sour-dough biscuits to Son-of-Gun stew. Paperbck,170 pages, $4.95.DUTCH OVEN COOKBOOK by Don H o l m .Wildlife editor of the Portland Oregonian, theauthor has spent his life exploring and writingabout the outdoors, so his recipes for preparingfood in a Dutch Oven come from experience. Ifyou haven't had food cooked in a Dutch Oven,you haven't livedand if you have, you will findthese recipes new and exciting culinary adven-turesas well as his style of writing. Heavy Pa-perback, 106 pages, $4.95.SOURDOUGH COOKBOOK by Don and MyrtleH o l m . How to make sourdough starter and manydozens of sourdough recipes, plus amusinganecdotes by the authors of the popular OldFashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook. A new exper-ience in culinary adventures. Paperback, 136slick pages, illustrate d, $4.95.C ALIFORNIA Five-In-One COOK BOOK by Aland Mildred Fischer. Recipes divided into EarlyCalifornia (Indian, Mexican, Mission, GoldRush), California Fruits (Citrus, Dates, Avoca-dos, etc.), California Products (Honey, Rice,Beef, etc),Sea Foods and Wine C ooking. A totalof 400 unusual recipes, spiral-boun d, 142 pages,$3.00.ARIZONA COOK BOOK by Al and MildredFischer. This fascinating and unusual cook bookfeatures recipes for Indian cooking, Mexicandishes, Western specialties, Arizona productsand outdoor cooking. Includes sourdough andIndian frie c bread recipes, as well as othermouth-watering favorites. Unique collection ofhard-to-find Western cooking. Paperback, spi-ral-bound, 142 pages, $3.00.C AC TUS COOK BOOK com piled by Joyce L.Tate. An excellent selection of recipes that em-phasize their edible or potable qu alities. Also in-cludes chapter on Food Preservation. Paper-back, 127 pages, $2.00.C ITRUS BOOK BOOK by Glenda M cGillis. Anunusual and outstanding treasury of citrus cook-ery. Includes tips on freezing, juicing and ship-ping. Paperback, spiral-bo und, $2.00.Don Holm 's Book of FOOD DRYING, PIC KLINGAND SM OKE C URING by Don and Myrtle HolmA com plete manual for a ll three basic methods offood processing and preservation without refrig-eration or expensive canning equipment. Alsocontains instructions and plans for building theequipment needed at home. An excellent publi-cation and highly recommended for the home-maker, camp cook or the expedition leader. Pa-perback, well illustra ted, $4.95.

DESERT OVERVIEW MAPS. Using topographic maps as basic underlays, are two excellenly detailed maps for back country explorers othe Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Maps shohighways, gravel roads, Jeep trails, plus histoic routes and sites, old wells, which are not omodern-day maps, plus ghost towns, Indiasites, etc. Mojave Desert Overview covers froU.S. 395 at Little Lake to Boulder City, Nevadto Parker Dam to Victorville. Colorado DeseOverview covers from the Mexican border Joshua Tree National Monument to Banning the Arizona side of the Colorado River. Be suto state which map when ordering . $3.00 each.JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT UPDATED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. A set of 1maps covering the Joshua Tree National Monment, 8 1 /2"x11" forma t, spiral bound , $7.95.ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARTOPOGRAPHIC M APS. A set of 7 maps coveing the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, SV i"1 1 " form at, spiral bound , $5.50.TRAVEL GUIDE MAP FOR SOUTHERN UTADESERT MAGAZINE MAP OF SOUTHERU T A H , a Back Country Travel Guide. Covers aarea from St. George to Cainesville and froKanab to Koosharem, and features 31 tours points of interest. Most have appeared in thpages of past issues of Desert Magazine. Ghotowns, old fo rts, campgrounds, etc., $2.50.ROADMAP TO CALIFORNIA'S LOST MINEA N D B U R IE D T R E A S U R E S . Compiled Varna Enterprises, 38"x25" and scaled. Soutern California on one side and Northern Califonia on the other. Contains detailed location place names, many of which are not on regulmaps. $4.00.MAP OF PIONEER TRAILS. Compiled by VarnEnterprises, this is their new large map on pineer trails blazed from 1541 through 1867 in thwestern United States. Superimposed in red oblack and wh ite, 37" x4 5". $4.00.

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Indian LoreTHE NAVAJO AND HIS BLANKET by U.S.Hollister. First published in 1903. One of therarest books on Navajo weaving and primitivetextiles. A famous collector writes about hisfamous collection. 10 vivid color plates. Largeformat, hardcover, 176 pages, $12.00.SPEAKING OF INDIANS by Bernice Johnston.An authority on the Indians of the Southwest,the author has presented a concise, we ll-writtenbook on the customs, history , crafts, ceremoniesand what the American Indian has contribute d tothe white man's civilization. A MUST for bothstudents and travelers touring the Indian Coun-try. Heavy paperback, illus., $2.95.HOPI KAC HINA DOLLS [With a Key to TheirIdentification], by Harold S. Colton. Kachinadolls are neither toys nor idols, but aids to teach-ing religion and tradition. This is a definitivework on the subject, describing the mea ning, themaking and the principal features of 266 vari-eties of Kachina do lls. Line draw ings of each va-riety, plus color a.id b/w photos make it a com-plete guide to learn more of the richness ofAmerican Indian culture. Paperback, 150 pages,$4.50.AMERIC AN INDIAN FOOD AND LORE by Car-olyn Nei thamm er. The original Indian plantsused for foods, medicinal purposes, shelter,clothing, etc., are described in detail in this fas-cinating book. Common and scientific names,plus descriptions of each plant and unusual re-cipes. Large format, profusely illus., 191 pages.,$5.95.NAVAJO RUGS, Past, Present and Future byGilbert S. Maxwell. Concerns the history, leg-ends and descriptions of Navajo rugs. Full colorphotographs. Paperback, $3.75.THE ROC KS BEGIN TO PEAK by LaVan Mar-t ineau. The author tells how his interest in rockwriting led to years of study and how he haslearned that manyespecially the complex pe-troglyphsare historical accounts of actualevents. Hardcover, well illustrated, glossary,bibliogr aph y, 210 pages, $10.95.P OT T E R Y T R E A S U R E S , T h e S p le n d or ofSouthwest Indian Art, Photography by JerryJacka; Text by Spencer Gill. A beautiful, al l 4-color publication showing the intriguing designsof the masters of the Indian pottery makers ofthe American Southwest. You will learn of claysand colors and the traditional methods of hand-forming, f inishing and firing. Large format,$9.95.FETISHES And Carvings of the Southwest byOscar T. Branson. People all over the wo rld havemade and used fetishes since the beginning oft ime. Author Branson, using the same b eautifulall-color format as his Turquo ise, The Gem ofthe Centuries, describes and illustrates thefetishes used by the Indian tribes of the South-west. Large form at, 64 pages, $7.95.TURQUOISE, The Gem of the C enturies byOscar T. Branson. The most complete and lav-ishly illustrated all color book on turquoise.Identifies 43 localities, treated and stabilizedmaterial, gives brief history of the gem and de-tails the individual techniques of the SouthwestIndian Tribes. Heavy paperback, large format,68 pages, $7.95.HOW TO DO PERMANENT SANDPAINTINGby David and Jean Villasenor. Instructions forthe permanent adaptation of this age oldephemeral art of the Indians of the GreaterSouthwest is given including where to find thematerials, preparation, how to color sand art i f i -cially, making and transferring patterns, etc.Also gives descriptions and meanings of thevarious Indian signs used. Well illustrated, pa-perback, 34 pages, $2.50.

WILD BROTHERS OF THE INDIANS by AliceWesche. Beautifully illustrated story for chil-dren about the Mimbres potters of New Mexico.Included are instructions for draw ing the distinc-tive designs of the Mimbreno s wh ich adults, too,will want to use for their crafts. Large format,paperback $4.95.INDIAN JEWELRY MAK ING by Oscar T. Bran-son. This book is intended as a step-by-stephow-to-do-it method of making jewelry. An in-triguing all-color publication that is an asset tothe consumer as well as to the producer of Indianjewelry today because it provides the basicknowledge of how jewelry is made so one canjudge if it is well made and basically good de-sign. Large forma t, paperback, $7.95.ROCK DRAWINGS OF THE COSO RANGE byCam pbell Grant, Jam es Baird and J. KennethPringle. A Maturango Museum publication, thisbook tells of sites of rock art in the Coso Rangewhich, at 4,000 feet, merges with the flatlands ofthe northern Mojave Desert. Paperback, illus-trated, detailed drawings, maps, 144 pages,$5.75.THE C REATIVE OJO BOOK by Diane Thom as.Instructions for making the colorful yarn talis-mans originally made by Pueblo and MexicanIndians. Included are directions for wall-hungojos, necklaces, mobiles and gift-wraft tie-ons.Well illustrated with 4-color photographs, 52pages, paperback, $2.95.SOUTHWEST INDIAN CRAFT ARTS by ClaraLee Tanner. One of the best books on the sub-ject, covering all phases of the culture of theIndians of the Southwest. Authentic,in everyway. Color and black and white illustration s, linedrawings. Hardcover, 205 pages, large format,$15.00.RELICS OF THE REDMAN by Marvin & HelenDavis. Relics can be valuable! Those dating backto Indian history in our land are becoming al-most priceless, say the authors. How to searchfor these "hard to f i n d " Indian relics, where tosearch and at what time of year, and types oftools needed, are among the many helpful sug-gestions given. Large format, many color andb/w illustrations. Paperback, 63 pages, $3.95.SOUTHW ESTERN INDIAN TRIBES by TomBahti. An excellent description, history and cur-rent status of the Indians of the Southwest, in-cluding dates of their ceremonies and celetia-tions. Profusely illustrated with 4-color phcto-graphs of the Indian Country and the arts andcrafts of the many tribes. Large format, heavypaperback, 72 pages, $2.50.ENCOUNTER WITH AN ANGRY GOD by Caro-beth Laird. A fascinating true story of the au-thor 's marriages to anthropologist John PeabodyHarrington, the "angry god," and to the re-markable Chemehuevi Indian, George Laird.The appeal of this amazing m emoir is so broad ithas drawn rave reviews throughout the countryand is being hailed as a classic. Hardcover, 230pages, $8.95.THE ETHNO-BOTANY OF THE COAHUILLAINDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA byDavid Prescott Barrows. Although basically astudy of plants used by the Cahuilla Indians,Barrows' fascinating work is rich in material ofinterest to the historian, anthropologist, botan-ist, geographer and lay reader. Special introduc-tory Material by Harry W. Lawton, Lowell JohnBean and William Brigh t, Paperback, 129 pages,$5.95.SOME LAST CENTURY ACCOUNTS OF THEINDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Editedby Robert F. Heizer. Sevente< n out-of-print ar-ticles or federal reports publisi sd between 1857and 1907 on the Luiseno, Diegueno and Cahuillatribes of Southern California, depicting the ef-forts of the people to m aintain some of their cus-tomary habits and religious ceremonies. Paper-back, 92 pages, $4.95.

TEM ALPA KH by Lowe ll John Bean and Kather-ine Siva Saubel. Temalpkh means "from theear th " in Cahuilla, and covers the many uses ofplants used for food, medicine, rituals and thoseused in the manufacturing of baskets, sandals,hunting tools; and plants used for dwellings.Makes for a better understanding of environ-mental and cultural relationships. Well illustrat-ed, 225 pages, hardcover, $10.00; paper, $6.50.FORKED TONGUES AND BROKEN TREATIESEdited by Donald E. Worcester. This book givesus a better understanding of the unequal strug-gle of native against immigran t w hile our nationwas being explored and settled. Profusely illus-trated with excellent photos, a "must" refer-ence for historians, students, libraries. Hard-cover, 494 pages, $9.95.D IC T ION A R Y OF P R E H IS T OR IC IN D IA NARTIFACTS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH-WEST by Franklin Barnett. A highly informativebook that both illustrates and describes Indianartifacts of the Southwest, it is a valuable guidefor the person interested in archaeology and an-thropology. Includes 250 major types of arti-facts. Each item has a photo and defin ition. Pa-perback, 130 pages, beau tifully illus., $7.95.INDIAN BASKET WEAVING, How to WeavePorno, Yu rok, Pim a and Navajo Baskets bySandra Co rrie Newm an. Besides explicit infor-mation on gathering and preparation of naturalmaterials and weaving techniques, the authorbrings out the meaning of the craft to the par-takers of these traditions. Paperback, lavishlyi l lustrated, 91 pages, $4.95.T H E C H E ME H U E V IS by Carobeth Laird. A su-perb enthnograph y destined to become a classicin anthropology, by the author of EncounterWith An Angry God. Based on information pro-vided by the author's husband, George, aChemehuevi tribesman, the work is a delight toboth scholars and general readers. With glos-sary, maps, index, place-name index and appen-dices on language and cartography. Beautifullyillustrated. 349 pages, paperback, $8.95, hard-cover, $15.00.LAND OF POCO TIEMPO by Charles F. Lum -mis. A reprint of the famous writer and historianof his adventures among the Indians of NewMexico. Lum mis was one of the foremost writersof the W est. Paperback, 236 pages, $3.95.

Gems/MineralsWESTERN GEM HUNTERS ATLAS by CyJohnson and Son. A helpful book of detailedmaps showing gem and mineral locations, fromCalifornia to the Dakotas and British Columbiato Texas. Markings note private claims, gemclaims (fee charged) and rock and gem locations.Also suggested reading for more detail on areasincluded and other rich areas not included in thispublication. Paperback, maps galore, collec-.tor's library, 79 pages, $4.00.ROCKS AND MINERALS OF CALIFORNIAcom piled by Vinson Brown, David Allen andJam es Stark. This revised edition will save youhours of time by the description and pictures ofrocks and minerals found in this state. Color pic-tures w ith clearly developed keys show you howto identify what you have found and gives youfine tools to increase your ability as a field collec-tor. Paperback, well illustrated with photos,locality maps, charts and quadrangle map infor-mation. 200 pages, $4.95.DESERT GEM TRAILS by Mary Frances StrongDESERT Magazine's Field Trip Editor's popularfield guide and rockhounds. The "bible" forboth amateur and veteran rockhounds and backcountry explorers, and covers the gems andminerals of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts.Heavy paperback, 80 pages, $2.50.


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FIELD GUIDE TO ROCKS AND MINERALS byFrederick H. Pough. Authoritative guide to iden-tification of rocks and minerals. Experts recom-mend this for all amateurs as one of the best.Many color illustrations . $5.95.GEM MINERALS OF IDAHO by John Beckwith.Contains information on physical and opticalcharacteristics of minerals; the history, lore andfashioning of many gems. Also 11 rewardingfield trips to every sort of collecting area. Slickpaperback, maps and photos, 123 pages. $4.95.CALIFORNIA GEM TRAILS by Darold J.Henry. This completely revised fourth edition isthe most authoritative guide for collectors ofrocks, gemstones, minerals and fossils. Profuse-ly illustrated with maps and contains excellentdescriptive text. Paperback, $3.00.UTAH GEM TRAILS by Bessie W. Simpson.The casual rockhound or collector interested incollecting petrified wood , fossils, agate and crys-tals will find this guide most helpful. The bookdoes not give p ermission to collect in areas wr it-ten about, but simply describes and maps theareas. Paperback, illustrate d, maps, $3.50.GEM TRAILS OF ARIZONA by Bessie W . Sim p-son. This field guide is prepared for the hobbyistand almost every location is accessible by car orpickup. Accompanied by maps to show sandyroads, steep rocky hills, etc., as cautions. Lawsregarding collecting on Federal and Indian landoutl ined. Paperback, 88 pages, $4.00.NEW MEXICO GEM TRAILS by Bessie W.Simpson. Field guide for rockhounds with 40maps and 65 locations. 88 pages, profusely illus-trated. $4.00.

MiningC ALIFORNIA GOLD C AMPS, A Geographicaland Histo rical Dictionary of Cam ps, Towns andLocalit ies Whore Gold Was Found and Mined,and Wayside Stations and Trading Centers, byErwin G. Gu dde. Includes seven excellent maps,in addition to a List of Places by Coun ty, A glos-sary and Bibliography. Highly recommended.Hardcover, 467 pages, $19.95.MONO DIGGINGS by Frank S. Wedertz. Ahighly readable and accurate account of one ofCalifornia's almost forgotten corners by a mem-ber of a pioneering fam ily. M ono County was thesetting for some of the most interesting, if gen-erally not overly-productive gold mining opera-tions in state history. Bodie and Mono Lake areperhaps the best known points in modern times.Paperback, 256 pages, $9.95.MINES OF THE SAN GABRIELS by John W.Robinson. Various districts are described suchas the San Fernando and the Santa Anita pla-cers, the gold mines of the Soledad region andLytle Creek, as well as the lode mines on theupper San Gabriel River and on the slopes of M t.Baldy. The Los Angeles County ranks among thetop gold producers in the state, all of whichcomes from the San Gabriels. Paperback, illus-trated, 72 pages, $2.50.MINES OF THE SAN BERNARDINOS by JohnW. Robinson. The largest gold rush in the south-ern regions of the Golden State took place in theSan Bernardino moun tains. John tells of this andmany other strikes that led to the opening of thishigh wooded area. Paperback, illustrated, 72pages, $2.50.FROM THIS MOUNTAIN, CERRO GORDO byRo bertC . Likes and Glenn R. Day. The height ofthe boom, the declinethe entire history of thismining outpost of Cerro Gordo is told in detail.Paperback, illustrated , $3.95.

MINES OF THE EASTERN SIERRA by MaryDedecker The story of those mines located onthe eastern slope of the great Sierra Nevada andin the arid stretches of the Inyo Mountains. In-cluded are stories of mystery mines, such as the .Lost Gunsight and the Lost Cement. Photos,maps, paperback, 72 pages, $2.50.MINES OF THE HIGH DESERT by RonaldDean Miller. Author Miller knew both the coun-tryside of the High Desert and the men whowere responsible for the development of theMines of the H igh D esert. Here are stories of theDale District never told before, with many earlyas well as contemporary photographs of theearly mines includ ed. Paperback, $2.50.MINES OF JULIAN by Helen Ellsberg. Factsand lore of the bygone mining days when Ju lian,in Southern California, is reported to have pro-duced some seven million dollars of bullion.Paperback, well illustrate d, $2.50.MINES OF THE MOJAVE by Ron and PeggyMiller covers the numerous mining districts run-ning across the upper M ojave Desert from Trop i-co, west of the town of Mojave, to MountainPass, a little west of the Nevada border. Paper-back, 67 pages, $2.50.WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALI-FORNIA by James Klein. Pinpoints areasaround the Los Angeles basin such as SanGabriel Canyon, Lytle Creek and Orange Coun-ty. Tips on how to find gold, equipment neededand how to stake a claim are included as well asthe lost treasure tales of each area. Paperback,illustrated , 95 pages, $4.95.WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN THE DESERT byJames Klein is a sequel to Where to Find Gold inSouthern California. Author Klein includes losttreasure tales and gem locations as he tellswhere to find gold in the Rosamond-Mohavearea, the El Paso Mountains, Randsburg andBarstow areas, and many m ore. Paperback, 112pages, $3.95.WHERE TO FIND GOLD IN THE MOTHERLODE by Jame s Klein. As in his Where to FindGold in the Desert and Where to Find Gold inSouthern California, author Klein guides you tothe areas in which people are doing the bestnow. He includes history, tips on equipmentneeded, how to pan, how to stake claims, etc.Paperback, 121 pages, illustrated with photosand maps, $4.95.

HistoryOWYHEE TRAILS by Mike Hanley and EllisLucia. The authors have teamed to present theboisterous past and intriguing present of thisstill wild corner of the West sometimes calledthe I-O-N, where Idaho, Oregon and Nevadacome together. Hardcover, 225 pages, $9.95.OUR HISTORIC DESERT, The Story of theAnza-Borrego State Park. Text by Diana Lind-say, Edited by Richard Pourade. The largeststate park in the United States, this book pre-sents a concise and cogent history of the thingswhich have made this desert unique. The authordetails the geologic beginning and traces thehistory from Juan Bautista de Anza and early-day settlers, through to the existence today ofthe huge park. Hardcover, 144 pages, beautiful-ly illustrate d, $10.50.LAND OF LITTLE RAIN by Mary Austin. Thisbook, first published in 1903, is an acknow-ledged classic of southwestern literature. Theauthor discovered the charm and interest of thetimeless and colorful w orld of the yucca, the coy-ote, the buzzard, the roadrunner. She recountswith insight and sensitivity, the lure of gold, thestagecoach towns, the Indian campoodies . . . allthe activities of broad valleys and spacious hills.Illus., paperback, 171 pages, $3.95.

OLD FORTS OF THE NORTHWEST by H. MHart. Over 200 photos and maps. Exciting pictorial history of the military posts that openedthe Westthe forts, the generals like Custerand Sheridan, the soldiers and their lives, theIndians, etc. Large format, hardcover, originallpublished at $12.50, now priced at $5.95.SHADY LADIES OF THE WEST by RonalDean Miller. Everyone knows that the harlot wathe vanguard of every move westward, and thashe was as much of a part of the western scenas the marshal, the badman, the trail-hand othe rancher. Many are the reasons she has beeneglected by the h istorian none of them validAuthor Miller, in this enlightening book, seekto remedy some of the paucity of information othe American pioneers of this ancient profession. Hardcover, comprehensive bibliography224 pages, $7.95.CALIFORNIA PLACE NAMES BY Erwin GGudde. This book presents the story of thousands of geographical names of California, givintheir dates, circumstances of naming, their orgin and evolution, their connection with our national history and their relation to the Californilandscape. This third edition incorporates mannew entries and extensive revisions to oldeentries. An important addition is the referenclist of obsolete and variant names. Hardcove416 pages, $18.50.NEVADA PLACE NAMES by Helen S. C arlsonThe sources of names can be amusing or tragicwhimsical or practical. In any case, the readewill find this book good reading as well as an ivaluable reference tool. Hardcover, 282 page$15.00.NEW MEXICO PLACE NAMES edited by T. MPearce. Lists and gives a concise history of thplaces, towns, former sites, mountains, mesarivers, etc., in New Me xico, including those setled by the early Spaniards. Good for treasuhunters, bottle collectors and history buffPaperback, 187 pages with more than 5,00names, $2.45.ARIZONA PLACE NAMES by Will C. BarneRevised and enlarged by Byrd H. Granger. Ecellent reference book with maps, BiographicInformation and Index. Large format, hardcove519 pages, $11.50.HISTORICAL ATLAS OF CALIFORNIA by Waren A. Beck and Ynez D. Hasse . Extensive docmentation and pertinent detail make this atlasvaluable aid to the student, scholar and eveone interested in the Golden State. 101 excellemaps present information on the major faultearly Spanish explorat ions, Mexican langrants, routes to gold fields, the Butterfield anPony Express routes, CCC camps, World W arInstallations, etc. Hardcover, large format, etensive index, $12.50.HISTORICAL ATLAS OF NEW MEXICO bWarren A. Beck and Ynez D. Hasse. Geographcal data, sites of prehistoric civilizations, evenof history, first towns, stagecoach lines, histortrails, etc., are included in this comprehensivatlas. Excellent maps, index. Hardcover, largforma t, highly recommended, $9.95.DESERT EDITOR by J. Wilson McKenney. This the story of Randall Henderson, founder DESERT Magazine, who fulfilled a dream anwho greatly enriched the lives of the people whlove the West. Hardcover, illustrated with 18pages, $7.95.RAILROADS OF ARIZONA VOL. I by David Myrick. More than 30 railroads of Southern Azona are presented, together with 542 nostalgillustrations, 55 special maps and an Index. valuable travel guide and a reliable historical rference. Large format, hardcover, 477 page$19.50.


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HistoryRAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERNC ALIFORNIA VOL. I by David F. Myrick. Thepoignant record of over 43 railroads of NorthernNevada, many of them never before chronicled.Fantastic reproduction of rare photographs andmaps (over 500). A deluxe presentation. Largeformat, hardcover, $15.00.RAILROADS OF NEVADA AND EASTERNCALIFORNIA VOL. II by David F. Myrick. Justas Vol. I detailed the history of the NorthernRoads, Vo l. II expands the railroad h istory to theSouthern Roads of Nevada. This volume alsocontains a useful index to both volume s, and is areliable and accurate travel guide today as thereader wanders among the ghost towns of thepast. Lavishly illustrated with maps and oldphotos, large format, hardcover, $15.00.RETRACING THE BUTTERFIELD OVERLANDTRAIL THROUGH ARIZONA by Gerald T. An -hert . This book was written to mark the physicalroute and station locations in the most hazardoussegment of the Butterf ield TrailArizona. Theauthor's original intent was merely to f ind, fol -low and map the Trail, however, the long anddifficult task resulted in putting this vital infor-mation in a book which makes it easy for othersto follow, or to provide a delightful armchairjourney over this dramatic route. Profusely illus-trated with maps and photos, this book is a vis-ual hand-tool to the explorer; an exciting seg-ment of Americana to the scholar and historian.Large forma t, hardcover, $9.75.DESERT RIVER CROSSING, Historic Lee'sFerry on the Co lorado River, by W. L. Rusho andC . Gregory Crampton A graphic history of themajor site along the Colorado between GlenCanyon and Grand Canyon, its residents, ex-ploiters and a bit of the natural and ancient his-tory of its strategic location at the only place inmore than 150 miles either up or downstreamthat you can safely get any kind of veh icle to theriver bank. Paperback, 126 pages, many mapsand photos, $5.95.WILLIE BOY by Harry Lawton. The story of anuncomparable Indian chase, its unexpected con-clusion, woven into an authentic turn-of-the-century h is tory o f Cal i forn ia 's Twentyn inePalms country. This desert classic offers rare in-sights into Indian ch aracter and customs, as wellas a first-hand look at a colorful desert regionas it was nearly a century ago. Historic photo-graphs and colorful maps, pap erback, $4.95.THE SALTON SEA, Yesterday and Today byMildred deStanley. Includes geological history,photographs and maps, early exploration anddevelopment of the area up to the present. Pa-perback, 125 pages, $1.75.BROKEN STONES, The Case For Early Man inCalifornia by Herbert L. Minshall. "The BrokenStones" peels back some of the story of man inAmerica, back beyond the longest racial mem-ory. Author Minshall pulls together all that hasbeen learned or suggested by amateurs as wellas experts, including his own discoveries. Tothem the broken stones are beginning tospeakand they speak of the presence of manon the American Continent many thousands ofyears before he shaped the first bow and arrow.Large format, beautifully illustrated, hardcover,$16.50.ANC IENT HUNTERS OF THE FAR WES T, ACopley Book. Containing sections on "The An-cient HuntersWho Were They?," "A JourneyInto Man's Past," "When Did Man Come ToNorth America?," "How Did They Live andHow Long Ago?," and "How Stones BecameTools and Weapons," this authoritative andreadable book brings together most of what isknown of Early M en in the Far Western UnitedStates as well as in all of North America. Illus-trated with both b/w and color photos, largeformat, hardcover, $9.50.

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