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26 www.DesertMessenger.com February 19, 2014 MINE FROM PAGE 20 La Posa Plain west of the Plomosa Mountains. Gold was the mineral of choice but copper and lead was also extracted from the Oro Fina, La Cholla, and Middle Camp lode deposits. In 1924, Dr. Henry, a chemist with the Krupp Gun Works of Essen, Germany was hired to travel West in search of veins of nickel min- eral. Waiting to assist him in Arizona would be Paul G. Schneider, a German-speaking naturalized citizen of the United States who had emigrated from Saxony, Germany in 1902. Based upon the advice of various mine promoters in New York, Dr. Henry headed west to Ari- zona and the Dome Rock Mountains. When the needed nickel mineral did not materialize, Dr. Henry moved on with new advice to another location near Yuma. Later, Paul Schneider went out on his own and fi led a lode claim in the Dome Rock Mountains. Gold was his primary objective but he observed that a goodly amount of silver and mercury was a by-product. Paul Schneider continued to suc- cessfully work his mine and on Octo- ber 2, 1937, The Yuma Daily Sun and Yuma Arizona Sentinel reported that Paul Schneider had sold his mine to James Simpson of Phoenix and B. C. Koch of Cleveland, Ohio for a consid- eration of $8,000. Fred Kuehn told us that other miners in the area were very happy to hear the good news since Schneider's mine was the fi rst cash sale of mining property in the Plomosa Mining District in several years. Simpson and Koch brought several men to work the mine using modern extraction equipment. Paul was a tall, lean, and quiet man who had proudly become a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in the "new" state of Arizona in 1916. He lived in a wooden frame home about fi ve hundred feed north of the old Hagley Feed Store on what is now Moon Mountain Road. The remains of the old Hagley Feed Store is the deteriorating adobe building on the north- west corner of Moon Mountain Road and West Main Street. On the south side of Paul's very clean and neat home was a carport where he proudly parked his 1932 Ford pickup truck. The north end and the largest portion of his home, was where his workshop was located. The workshop was fi lled with mining relics and a furnace to melt the gold into specimens from his claim in the Dome Rock Mountains. Paul Gustav Ernest Schneider suf- fered a stroke in April of 1952 and passed away at the Yuma General Hospital on May 29th. He was bur- ied at the Quartzsite Cemetery (now the Hi Jolly Cemetery) on June 3rd with fellow hard-rock miners; Ralph Underwood, Robert E. Lambeth, Sr., E. B. Hart, William Simpson, Wil- liam G. Scott, and Fred V. Kuehn serving as pall bearers. Paul, a man known for his great integrity, had never married and was survived by a sister-in-law and niece in Germany. Paul Schneider working his mine in Dome Rock Mts. By Joanne Winer Several new authors have come to the Author's Fair at Reader's Oasis Book- store this month, and many of the ones who have been here all of January are staying for the rest of the fair as well. Sandra Bernsen, author of "Free my Heart of Grief to Love", is still there for this month, and is coming out with her new cookbook (should be delivered next week) called "Downsized Cooking 4 Two". The cookbook is full of some great recipes for two, with lots of color photos. She will have both books for sale by next week, so come check them out!! Stu Campbell, who has been at the fair since the fi rst of January, will also be here until the fair is over. His books include short stories of his experienc- es working on dude ranches--Horsin' around the Dudes", "Humor around Horses", More Humor around Horses", Comedy Around the Corral, "You Can't be Serious", and "Horsin' around a Lot". These true short stories are very humorous and lots of fun to read, es- pecially if you have ever been to a dude ranch or tried to learn to ride a horse! He also has the fi rst book in a new series of children/young adult books called "A Young Cowboy's Adventures" which just came out in the last few months. He is planning several more in this se- ries, and children and adults alike will really like this young cowboy and all his adventures. Angie Riley is another new author from Vancouver Island in Canada. She is also planning a series of books for children called "Sophia Firecracker" about a 9 year old girl who thinks she is a superhero, and is trying to fi nd out if her teachers have superpowers too. It's a great read and you will look for- ward to the next ones coming up! Another new author this month is Au- drey Hamilton, whose book "Got Dia- betes--I Do - 54 years and counting". This is a personal memoir of how she has coped with this disease for most of her life. If you or anyone you know is affl icted with diabetes, this book will give you lots of ideas and inspiration. Ron Lazenby, previously from Blythe, Ca., is still here with his three great western adventure books--"Wild Horse Junction", a three story book with Thunder in the Hills, Western Justice and Bounty Hunter, and his newest book, "Showdown at Castle Ranch". If you love westerns, these books will really hold your interest. Ceil Stetson is also back again with her mother's memoir "Dear Sargeant Honey"--letters, photos, notes and much more about her mother's years during the Second World War and all the work she did behind the scenes. Ceil also has some very unique hand- made jewelry--one of a kind that you might want to check out too! Herman Huerta is also back with his very unique paintings and related items- -he is currently travelling around the country gathering material for a book he is in the process of writing about his travels and the characters he meets-- and HE ended up here in Quartzsite at the bookstore--must be karma!! Come and meet him and all the other authors who will be here until the end of the fair--there may be some new ones coming in the next few weeks so keep checking back!! New authors at Author's Fair this month PUBLISHER'S NOTICE: All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to adver- tise "any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial sta- tus, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination." DEADLINE IS WED FEB. 26 for March 5 th edition Desert Messenger Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com Phone: 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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