S Saratoga Springs, 93 Schwab, Charles M., at Rhyolite; at Greenwater, 55, 60 Scott, Bob, discoverer of Confidence Mine, 91 Scott, Mary, squaw, 90 Scott, Walter, “Death Valley Scotty,” 69, Ch. XIX, 130 Scrugham, James, Governor and U.S. Senator of Nevada, 77 Searles, John, 32-33, 159 Sherlock, Michael, “Sparkplug,” 180 Skidoo, gold strike, 55-56 Slim, Death Valley, bad man, 102-103 Slim, Jackass, Ch. II, 20; Ch. XI, 64-65 Slocum, Dr. Samuel, 181-186 Smith, Francis M. (“Borax Smith”), 29-33, 38 Smith, “Dad,” Old Man of the Mountains; came with Kit Carson, 184 Smith, Pegleg, 97-98-99 Snake House, 78 Sorrells, Maury, 138 Stewart, Wm. R., Nevada Senator, mines at Panamint City, 23, 170 Stiles, Ed, first driver of 20 mule team, 31, 35, 37 Stump Springs, 23 Stovepipe Wells, 21 T Teck, Bellowin’, 23 Tecopa Cap, Indian Chief, 78, 79 Tecopa Hot Spring, 79 Tecopa, John, discoverer of Johnnie Mine, 90 Telescope Peak, 22, 93, 139 Temperature in Death Valley, 41, 42 Tonopah, discovery of silver, 50, 51 Towne’s Pass, named, 21 Trona, 33 Twenty-mule team, first driver, design of, 31 Tule Hole, story of, 35, 36-37 V Vasquez, Tiburcio, bandit terror, 169 Volmer, Joe, 141 W Wagons, 20 mule team, design of, 31 Wamack, Bob, at Confidence Mine, 91 Weed, Tom, noted Indian, death of, 89-90 Wichts, Chris, noted Ballarat character, story of, 61, 179 Williams, George, 142 Williams, Bill, preacher and plunderer, 96-97 Wilson, Cyclone, massacre of Chinamen at Lone Willow, 186, 187 Wingfield, George, famous gambler, luck of, 51 Winters, Aaron and Rosie, discovered borax in Death Valley, 26 Wolfskill, 92 Y Younger, Tillie, member of Jesse James guerrillas, dies at Shoshone, 73 Yundt, John, Lee and Sam, owners of Manse Ranch, 99-100 _The Author_ Nearly every newspaperman looks forward to the time when he can get away from the pressure of his journalistic job and retire to a little cottage by the sea, or a cabin in the mountains, and write a book. The only difference between William Caruthers—Bill, to his friends—and a majority of the others is that he did write his book on the spot, preserved it and after retiring to his orange grove near Ontario, California he got around to the job of revision, which resulted in these pages. Born on the banks of the Cumberland River in Tennessee, Caruthers’ career as a journalist began when he became editor of the local weekly paper at the age of 16. He took the job, he explains, because no one else wanted it.