During the early days of the mining excite-…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

During the early days of the mining excite- ment in the Range, prospectors met the Indians, and had a brush with them. In the fall of ’80, Capt. Jim Blain with two or three others were coming in with a supply of provisions and were jumped by the red devils about two miles below the present site of Chloride. No casualties re- sulted however, and the only loss sustained was that of the team they were driving.