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December 21, 2011 MINING FROM PAGE 8 By 1869 many of the miners were abandoning Farrar Gulch for new gold strikes. Trinidad stayed on with a dream that he too would find a fist-sized gold nugget. Instead he struck something almost as good as gold. At 30 feet down in his mine shaft, a wonderful supply of water started flowing in. The delicious drinking water from the Gonzales Well supplied the area for years and was a well- known landmark. Trinidad built that little house that can be seen just up the canyon from I-10. Years ago the well was filled in with rock and sand to keep people and animals from falling in. When the search for gold nuggets started resulting in finding gold dust, Trinidad and his son Felipe decided there might be a more reliable source of income in hauling and selling water to other miners in the La Paz District. Placer mining for gold in the District www.DesertMessenger.com continued on a much smaller scale with most of the mining being done using the dry washing method. smaller steamboat, the Searchlight, could go no further than Needles. Sup- plies for Ehrenberg and Needles were shipped upriver and then on the return trip the steamboats would carry ore and wood back down to Yuma. Then in 1905 the first dam By 1895 La Paz was a ghost town. Ehrenberg had three saloons, a gro- cery store, one restaurant and rooming house. About this same time the larg- est of the steamboats that had freely traversed the Colorado River, the Mo- jave, could go as far as Ehrenberg. A Personal, Cost-effective Service for ALL Your RV Needs! Quality, Friendly, since 1988 Redmond, OR & AZ RV & TOW WIRING SERVICE & REPAIR Just Rambling... The war against Christmas doesn't seem to advance itself here. The Salvation Army bell ringers are out and about. Always a pleasure to see them. People are friendly and planning, when and where they may enjoy their Christmas day. Decorations abound, if you haven't driven around to view them. You've missed the best part of Christmas in Quartzsite Provided by Elmer London & Desert Messenger 928-927-8543 (office) 928-550-7020 (fax) DOMETIC Recall Updates FACTORY AUTHORIZED MOBILE RV SPECIALIST Call for Appt. 541-974-4469 IRONWOOD OUTPOST PO Box 4750 225 CENTRAL BLVD Quartzsite, AZ 85359-4750 Private Mail Boxes Copies -Fax - Notary UPS and FedEx Shipping 425 N. Central (Hwy. 95) OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK 8am - 4pm Auto pay RV DUMP Cash or Credit Card PROPANE OPD Valves Custom Hoses Recertification Refills Tanks WATER R/O Ozone Water RV Potable Water R/O ICE with full hookups R/O WATER 5 GAL/ $1 RV PARK 928-927-3714 ous cities along the Atlantic seaboard. Whether for gold or sunshine, miners of another sort continue to be attracted to our beautiful, bountiful Southwest. Welcome to all the miners of warmth and sunshine! on the Colorado River was completed. The Laguna Dam halted all steamboat traffic north of the dam and within months the Mojave ceased to operate. That same year, some fifty miles east of Eh- renberg, a new era in travel arrived when the Arizona & California Railroad reached Salome. From Salome freight was hauled by rail to Congress Junction, north to Prescott, up to Seligman, and then East on the Main Line to vari- Page 9 "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate." ~Oprah Winfrey TV ANTENNAS that work in the Quartzsite area! Tyson Wells Center Space #5 • 121 W. Kuehn 302-531-6401 QIA Welcome Back Snowbirds! Office hours: 9am-12 noon. Tues. Dec. 27th, 7pm The Haining Family Gospel Musical $5 donation Thurs. Dec. 29th, 7pm Rock Club Music Special $3 Donation Sat. Dec. 31th, 7pm New Year's Eve Dance 9 pm-midnight $3 donation • WEDNESDAY NIGHT DANCE 7-10pm, "On the Road Again" $3 donation • SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE is back! 7-10pm with "The Westernairs" $3 donation. • ZUMBA every Mon. & Wed. from 4:45-5:45pm And Friday from 9:30-10:30am • CRAFT FAIR: 1st Sat. of every month at 9am-1pm. Handcraft- ed items only. Cinnamon rolls in the morning & lunch at noon. 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite