Nevada national., 1860-03-31
ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF THE Sill.
YER FEvERi

YER FEVERi
A few mornings since. in the midst Of our
business. we were accosted az we were rid
ing on the street, by little man on little
globular bay poney. who seemed somewhat
bestirred, with" understand they've dis
covered rich silver lead a few miles below
bere,-don't you want to go and see it?"
Certainly said we, well go-just
wait moment and we'll be ready"
In the mean time another faverite was let
into the secret, who appeared on a white
herss. All, thinks /, this is not death on
the white horse, but il may he death 10 the
white horse, and of we scampered, pell NELL,
two before and one behind, and two behind
and one before.
In spite of the dignity Of the calm judg-
ment, what fancies and reveries of wealth
freshened the brain with ETHEREAL blood !
8 This race" we soliloquised, may be
absurd, but who knowsi The wealth Of
washos was once the object OF iuoredulous
jeers. This may be richer mine than Wash
oe ever was Luck is The great arbiter Of
the fate of CALIFORNIA; sons, and he who's
90 stupid as not to follow the eminous point
ing Of her finger, is consigned to unremiting
toll, or destined to drivel in poverty, to the
end OF time. We may be elected to opu-
lence in an hours time"
'Come, spur up, spur mp " we at length
exclaimed, "a moment may be victory, the
slightest slotb may sacrifice everything"
So on we went-up hill and down hill
plungisg into gulliss, and spattering across
streams. After riding six lies we came to
q house, Immediately on the road, which
was filled with clumps of consulting men,
upon whose countenances were depicted the
most intense expressions Of interest and anx-
iety. We hitched our horses and appearing
as Indifferent as possible, made enquiries for
the locality Of the Silver Lead" 1t was
now shout IL o'clock, A. n. Some $50
men had been engaged all the morning alta
ranch, three miles below, in a frnitless en-
deavor to find the lead. the locality Of which
the owners would not make known unless
they were paid bonus of $500. The party
here, unwilling to give this amount. were
apparently on their way home in disgust.
Nothing daunted. however we mounted our
horses and went on to ranch two miles,
where we were informed one OF the lucky
owners of the lead could be found. We got
down and maintaining our equilibrium as
men who we're above the excitement Of filthy
lucre, and prefacing with sons remarks on
the weather and state OF the grass, made in
quiries about the "Silver Lead,~ which we
were informed was not silver lead, but a
gold one that assayed $500 to the tom
We inquired of the proprietor-"Where is
It," He answered, turning his bead to one
aide, significantly. " That / can't tell You !;
my word is out and my word is as good as
my bond. have promised TO show it to
some men. this afternoon when | have
done that, then anybody can zee it that
wants to-
"How far is IL from here ?"
about seven miles"
ain what direction -
Ah, tnat duret not tell.
The mystery was truly tantalzing and
almost appalling. Allured by hope, and
fortified bp perseverance and resolution We
continued to wait until about two O'Clock.
P. M, when a party Of fifteen men hove in
sight. coming up the road.
They're coming" was the cry. and all
was on tiptoe with excitement. This party
had agreed 10 give hundred dollars to be
shown the locality Of the lead. Our condi-
tion, as exclusives, began to grow more anx-
ious every instant. We were almost despe-
rate. We inquired how it was possible, net
thinking to DO such thing ourselves, for so
many men to go to lead, without being
followed by outsiders' The conductor, mis-
understanding the drift of cur remarks, an
swered, with tragcal air -
sFor your sake, as we'll as uine, hope
you will not attempt such a thiugp
We suggested that it would certainly be
unobjectionable for Us to 60 along and To-
cate claims after the contracting party bad
satisfied themselves. We were answered by
the guide that he had no objections to that II
hey were willing. This encouraged US q
little; but the guide sosn returned to us,