GOLDFIELD GLINTINGS

Goldfield, March 20, 1898 Ed. HERALD:—The most important event fn our little world since last I wrote was the coming o£ Thomas Meeham, who is making home folks a visit He came down from Chaperell where he has been since leaving Goldfield last summer. During one of their northern storms Mr. Meeham caught cold and la grippe in turn got such a tight hold on him that he was obliged to seek a more genial climate to get rid of it, so came home and was most warmly welcomed by parents, sisters and all the young ladies of Goldfield. As might be expected la grippe could not long withstand our balmy weather, mother's medicines, the fireside glow of home and the girls' warm sympathies, so Tommy—for he is Tommy to us all—was soon well. He accompanied his two eldest sisters to Phoenix last week and some pretty pictures are the result The pleasure his visit gives us is only  marred by the thought that he would soon go, for he assures us he cannot stay longer than Tuesday morning. Mr. Hale has been malting a more prolonged stay here than usual. We girls enjoy his being here as we enjoy the mountain scenery—that is from an equal distance. We girls don't have much of which to complain, but speaking of mountain scenery reminds me of one grievance and I am going to "a round unvarnished tale deliver." We want to climb that bold peak of the Superstition that, stands overlooking this camp and which you can see from your door. We want to climb it, not to be pulled up or boosted up, but we haven't developed the hardihood to attempt it without guide or escort, and we can't get a. man in Goldfield to go with us. Mr. Wagner plainly told us he would not go for a twenty-dollar gold piece, but we didn't feel very bad at that, for physical exertion is against Mr. Wagner's constitutional make-up and we feel sure if we ever started with him we would never succeed in get- ting him to the top. Mr. Meeham has not sufficiently recovered from the effects of the grippe. Mr. Hall has said —so I am told—that he would accompany us, hut we have no telephones up here so I don't see how we are ever to make definite arrangements. Mr. Pig—well he isn't worth a fig; and this is through the whole list that if some man with more of the old  time gallantry doesn't come along we girls are going to assume the role of the new woman and go alone. You may think of us up here as being almost out of the world, but we are not out of the "United States, and we are watching the maneuvers in the east with as much Interest as any other citizens and if the worst comes, Goldfield will furnish her share of soldiers and as for us girls, we are ready at our country's call to go at least for nurses and If need be to bear arms as the Cuban women have done. Yet it isn't consistent with our honor and future welfare we would rather have the troubles settled without war for we prefer our peaceful avocations in Goldfield. Last Wednesday Mr. Hall prepared the hall for perhaps the last party that will ever be held there. The party was chiefly for the little folks so that who ever attended had to become as a little child. A quadrille was tried and a few waltzes, but wayward feet were not well suited to that kind of amusement so stalwart men and little children joined in the kindergarten dance of Let your hands go claps clap, clap," etc., and other games. Everyone In Goldfield attended the party but Mr. and Mrs. Meeham and Mr. C. A. Hall. Mr. Meeham was too much interested in the war news. Mrs. Meeham preferred a quiet rest after the day's work and Mr. Hall could not lay aside the dignity and quiet reserve, so long and so fittingly worn, to join in a frolic with children. There were those there who had attended parties there when Gold field was at it's best, hut1 never a more enjoyable one than this last, and of all the happy spirits that, may linger around-the old hall, the merriest will be those of the last party. School was out yesterday and Mrs. Blake came up from Tempe to take her little son and daughter who have stayed with their aunt, Miss Holmesley since xmas, home. They returned to Tempe today, but Miss Holmesley will remain a few weeks with the Dobbs at Searles camp. Mr. Dobb went to Tempe today on business. Mr. Wagner has had an accident and a dreadfully black eye ever since is the result, and "thereby hangs a tale" but I don't like to interview him for fear of a similar accident. KATIE. Phoenix Weekly Herald, (Phoenix, AZ) Thursday, April 7, 1898;

GOLDFIELD:

On the Apache Trail Goldfield today is a ghost town. It was established in 1893 by George U.  Young, and for that reason was also referred to as Youngsberg. Why it is called Goldfield is not known. Casa Grande Dispatch | Casa Grande, Arizona | Wednesday, March 14, 1962

G0LDFIELD SQUIBS

 Goldfield Feb. 1, 1898 "While California. leads the west In a grand celebration and the weary laborers of the United States are welcoming a holiday, Goldfield passes all by with scarcely a remark, perhaps because all our time is so like a holiday. Really we did not know that Arizona was to have a holiday on the 25th inst. in time to arrange for a celebration or we might have all turned out and search for the Lost Dutchman or another bonanza which might have resulted in---and as for Labor Day about the most unusual thing we could have done would have been to work hard all day. The thing most talked of this last week hi Goldfield was the weather. The wind blew three days quite disagreeably and it was so cold we had to keep fires in the houses all day to be comfortable, but as there was nothing to fear from either a blizzard or a flood many found occasion to grumble and "isn't the weather horrid" in tones far more disagreeable than the weather was frequently heard Friday it rained in good earnest and since then the weather has been such as is found only in Arizona, "and the birds make music all the day." But it is no wonder the young folks of Goldfield did not take the storm very amicably for they had planned a trip on the mountains which the storm delaying, may spoil altogether. One would think the storm would tend to cool the Klondyke fever but not so. I believe passing through this storm tends to make them think they wont mind the polars now one bit. so Jack Smith and others are preparing to depart. Uncle Billy Moyle is not yet well enough to work. Mr. Meehan got a finger mashed by a falling rock, so he had to lay off one day this week. A load of lumber came up the first of the week for Mr. Barks, of which he means to construct water troughs for his cattle. Messrs. F. M. Blake and I M. Nichols came up Thursday from Tempe. They and Mrs. Blake, who has been spending several weeks with Miss Holmesly, her sister, returned to Tempe Friday. "We are still looking for Mr. Jimmy Searles but I am beginning  to think he is like the ship that folk's talk about. Messrs. C L. Hall and Kimball of Mesa are in town tonight. Phoenix Weekly Herald, (Phoenix, AZ) Thursday, February 10, 1898;

AT GOLDFIELDS

 The Weather Up There and Other Items Goldfield. A. T., Feb. 7,1898.

Ed. HERALD:—The weather last week reminded us very forcibly of the many sunshiny days to be enjoyed a few months hence. The school children went en masse to the house of the teacher Wednesday evening for, a frolic. They popped corn, cracked jokes, told stories, played games, sang and fun ran riot until ten. Jack Smith took final leave of Goldfield Sunday. The best wishes of the people of Goldfield attend him. The climate and soil of Goldfield would not permit of Arbor Day being celebrated in accordance with Its true purpose but the children decided that it should be a day of enjoyment and had a. picnic; so if the day did not mean the increase of forestry the walk over the hills the imbibing of oxygen and a hearty dinner were without doubt very conducive to the growth of the children. Messrs. A. W. Cosner and Applebee, of Tempe, made Goldfield a visit Sunday. Uncle Billy Mayle has so nearly recovered from la grippe us to go to go to work this morning. FAY Phoenix Weekly Herald, (Phoenix, AZ) Thursday, February 17, 1898;

Late on Wednesday night Constable Lewis, of Mesa, came to town looking for a young man named Darlington, wanted at Goldfield for a variety of offenses under the general description of misdemeanors. The young man was not found until after midnight. He was guarded at the sheriff's office until daylight, when the officer set out with him for Goldfield. The constable did not know the exact nature of the charges, but thought that he was wanted for defrauding a boarding house keeper, and also for illegal registration. It is said that be is not yet of age. but represented himself to be and was registered Arizona Republican, The | Phoenix, Arizona | Friday, September 21, 1894

J. S. Peterson has returned from Goldfield, where he had been during the absence of his brother, H. S., at Florence attending the great mining suit. Arizona Republican, The | Phoenix, Arizona | Tuesday, April 24, 1894

LOST DUTCHMAN MINE

The folklore connected with the Lost Dutchman Mine is almost endless. It supposedly is located in the Superstition Mountains. Typical is the legend concerning a Mexican lover who, while fleeing from his sweetheart's angry father, took refuge in the Superstition Mountains where he found an immense gold deposit He returned to his  home in Mexico and in order to take advantage of the mine before the land became a part of the United States through the Gadsden Purchase, the young man led his  entire community north to the Superstitions, Every member of the party is said to have loaded himself with gold and then set out for Mexico. Apaches ambushed and killed the entire party, with the exception of two small boys. These children grew to manhood retaining the secret of the mine. With a third partner they returned to the mine, but had hardly begun to dig when a Dutchman with a long white beard appeared. They made the mistake of telling him about the mine, where-upon he murdered the young men. (About 1870). In the following years many people attempted to trail the Dutchman to his mine. None succeeded, and at least eight are reputed to have died at the prospector's hands,. The Dutchman died about 1884 without revealing the secret of the mine except to one neighbor. The neighbor was unable to follow directions and the Lost Dutchman Mine earned its name. Casa Grande Dispatch | Casa Grande, Arizona | Wednesday, March 14, 1962

Goldfield Notes

 (Goldfield) A. T March 2 Ed. Herald:—Mr. and Mrs. Regan left for Mesa more than a week ago, we were all sorry to see them go. On the 22d of February the School children gave the following program in honor of the day: