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later years, when detectors were developed,
W hitey was put in touch with Mike
through the people who manufactured
Mike's bug. The two started on one trip,
but a car breakdown cancelled it out.
They later drifted apart and Mike lost
track of W hitey before the next trip
jelled—or eluded him, at any rate.
Mike and I planned to have a look, but
work always interfered. Just before Mike
was taken out of circulation, he came by
my house to give me the map, and say he
was going on a long trip. I promised to
send him a cut if I found it. Mike, however,
overestimated his journey. They
caught him near Wickenburg, Arizona!
Several years later I happened to meet
a packing house boss and he checked
around and learned Whitey's last name.
When I caught up with him in a Central
Valley packing shed, I found out why he
was named \X hitey. His head, chest and
arms were covered with a mat of the
curliest jet black hair I've ever seen! To
my surprise, he verified everything Mike
had told me, except that he was sure the
map had said "9 miles west of Indian
Spring" instead of "7 miles south." He
had found what he thought was the cross
of stones about ll/2 miles north of Granite
Wells. He had hired help and dug a
wide ditch on a 45-foot radius all around
the marker. All they got out of it was
dust and sweat.
When asked if he cared if I looked
for it, he laughed and said, "Help yourself.
There's plenty of wide open desert
to look in!"
He was only partly right. The military
had taken over the area from Superior
Dry Lake to the Owl Holes (including
Indian Spring) for an aerial gunnery
range and that part is still closed to entry.
I have walked or ridden a trail bike over
scores of ridges, turned the map every
which way, including making a reverse
carbon tracing, but haven't found the
cache.
The map I got was obviously a tracing
and it was worn, folded and wrinkled.
Maybe you can make some sense out of
it. Seven miles south of Indian Spring
puts you smack in the middle of Superior
Dry Lake—and you can take my word for
it, there isn't any marker cross on the
ridges 7 or 9 miles west of Indian
Springs. The big circular trench that
Whitey dug is still plainly visible (IF you
can get in) and that much work sure
wasn't done for kicks.
I tried every angle I could figure with
my system, and drew a blank. Perhaps
you can inject some vitamins into your
luck. •
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