CHAPTER V.

Leave Los Angeles for a new mining camp in Nevada.—The
stock of a train captured by Indians.—“Death Valley.”—Eighty-
seven families, stock. etc., perish—The surrounding region and
its products.—How teamsters are revenged.—Comprehensive des-
cription of the mining camp, ete.—Hurrah! Hurrah!! We have
struck it, Hurrah!!!—A big Indian.—How Mining Co’s. officials
steal.—Indian and white man hung, ete.—The mode of govern-
ment and trial; wages, living, business, ete.—The geological
formation of mineral lodes, veins, fissures, ete., and placer mines.
Prospecting for and locating claims.—The right time to sell, ete.

—Why mines are guarded with rifles. — How stock companies
operate.—Why newspaper accounts of mines are not reliable. —
The real prices paid for mines. - How stock, ete., is made to sell.
—One-and-a-half year’s experience.