Filed for record November 19th 1903 at 3:20 o'clock P.M.
W. R. OWEN, Probate Clerk and Recorder.
By N. CUNNINGHAM, Deputy.
Charles Hannsz
Supervisor of transporting guano to Carlsbad
Much work had to be done before we could even touch the guano. The road up the hill, if it could be called a road at that time, had to be cleared and widened and in places leveled because it was so steep.
I had hired eight or ten boys in Carlsbad to assist in this work, and it was all carried out under the supervision of my brother-in-law, Charlie Hannsz. It proved to be no easy task to remove the large boulders, dig up thickets of cactus and other desert shrubs, and make the roadway smooth enough to allow heavily loaded wagons to pass smoothly.
At best the road was not very satisfactory, but it was the best we could do, so we had to use it.
Now that the road was done, the next part of the operation could begin. Since the entrance to the big cave was some distance from where the guano was located, I tried to figure out some way of making that haul much shorter.
On one of my trips into Carlsbad for supplies I heard of a man by the name of Victor Queen who might fit into our company. As a result I looked him up, since I had heard he had had mining experience.
"Had any experience mining guano?" I asked him.