MYRICK’S ADVENTURES

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graves for most of their party upon the Navajo reservation. Again, by a party from California, consisting of twenty- seven men only two of whom escaped to put the fact upon record that gold and death are inseparable companions in the Carrizo Moun- tains. MYRICK’S ADVENTURES Among the unwritten histories of these mysterious regions the adventures of Chas. F. Myrick must forever stand in bold relief against all other attempts at exploration so far in this country, of which so much is believed and so little is positively known. Myrick was young, brave and handsome, brilliant as a star and gentle as a woman when he arrived at the old Mitchell ranch on the lower San Juan in 1879, presenting himself be- fore the Mitchell family of father and mother, three lovely daughters verging upon woman- hood, and two stalwart sons, representing him- self from California, having come across Ari- zona and through the Carrizo mountains, suc- cessfully locating the Navajo mines and show- ing specimens of mineral rivaling King Solo- mon’s reckless display of riches, fairly electri- fying the mining camps of southern Colorado. Myrick returned from Rico and Silverton leaving a comfortable bank account of $29,000, which has not yet been called for by his heirs. He and young Mitchell then planned a secret expedition to his new and wonderful dis- coveries.