Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-04
THE "DIvINING ROD"
A fair Recital Of some Experience
es with Al Peck, the Man with
the Mysterious Magnet.

man Of the Comstock, went with Mr..
All Peck, the person of divining rod
fame, to North Virginia. Mr.. Peck
volunteered his services and the use
of his mysterious instrument in de-
tecting the whereabouts of ore, if
any could be found, asking that
few shares of stock merely should be
given him in case his divinations
came true. The party walked out,
Mr.. Peck carrying his instrument in
his hand. frequently on his way he
called on his companions to stop,
that they were in the vicinity of ore
bodies, and pointed to the move
ment of the instrument which he held.
When near the ground of the North
Consolidated Virginia Company, the
little piece of whalebone upon which
the electro magnet is fastened fairly
wRITHED IN HIS HANDS.
Mr.. Peck passed the instrument to
his companions with the remark that
in the hands of some persons it had
been found not to operate, but that
they might try. Contrary to their
expectation, and to the gentleman's
own, the little cylindrical something
(Mr. Peck does not himself know
what it isl moved violently, the pre-
vailing motion being toward what
the Professor said was an immense
ore body in the North Consolidated
Virginia. He had previously made
an examination of the ground for
some of ethe owners, and So pal very
little attention to the matter himself.
A full irepnrt of his first examination
has been published in the San Fran
cisco papers. Passing on over the
ridge northeastward ircm the Sierra
Nevada hoisting works the party de-
scended into what has been named
Nrth Virginia,
were mere passed over ana ,he move
ments or commencement o i'e On
viuing rod carefully noted. The
myst decided aeuan VA observed on
2l'e ..roanh OF the Troy tohs9ii-
't''-'. hess tae i*S,.d's,e"' N"s
'''@''i' ptSSeu tt''lh NJ 1ecN u we
Harls 81 MS companions. esch hold
ie tat ~ '.t3 pf"s'@S l" HhS e.S'-
7e' 'ts M 'eil'eFt was las' 's e,ef1-
e@ ala Hmis'dNa9.e a, "heh nj"
~ e.t e'.''e' lNs II mes, SiPs
"'01a not o.'. u o''7'dN, II '31S
'ac "5 liir a''ie' Nas - Het'tmifea
=" N- ,Nr 4a"f2a-h Aha >fh.iae' ry
TT t'aL Re WAS neF /. naEias the
sNia TAKEN tFom some u MS nhgess,
"l'h suca maSehaf tension ana 50
deY"tS'iy did he c'ing To
THE INSTRUMENT
Savar,J claims were nassed over
mon which no disturbance of the
masnei could be observed. OaI
the Glen Companv's ground there
was strong agitation of the lndi-
Gator The owning ro"; as Mr
Peek calls II. is composed OF TWO
pieces OF whale bone aoout a quar-
ter OF an inch sqnare. loined at tue
ends t an acute angie Inc length
OF the pieces Is about eight inches.
At the apex OF the angle the electro
magnet Is fastened. 1t Is put on
only when the instrument Is to be
used, ana resembles IN appearance
somewhat the wire COILS IN teie-
graph instrument, What the com
bination OF metals Is WITHIN tue
exterior casing. the owner says ne
knows not. Inc Instrument was
an heirioom ~ us "ie ianiiy'
who hVea io Lonaon. ne came
INTO possession o' u through mar
rage. ne uoes not care 70 nave u
examined Tor tue purpose Oh asceI
has been regarded by a long line of
ancestry as
,vsrrn,o,,s ry,ve
ana aoes not care 70 nave M !. 'am'
pereu WIN III any way lne Tea
son Una. l's previous oHnei: % aia h
not utiiiAe II a"u 80. r'eu Is oe
oauso su VIZ, .;,,.S
.l'oums."!oes, nu a. oIrus "ea ' r.
~ nis - M'. .oN y W. -,
uay ~ a"o s;aan;. - U w. s;n,nln
no' s'up ~ ~. Sobo. oaa,,,.a mnaar o.,
.,, s"o a.. snrn,;nv T, canno, hs
Avn S~n;sd s,tIv tho, III the macnat 10 ;nansncsd
os ~, a,,s.s;n onna;,;ens o~ smhs,ancas
hsnea,h the surface WHAT these
.aaa;,;ans or snhs,ancss ara Mr.
paas CLAIMS 10 no .hle 10 .av Tn
ans~ar no n onest;on why he had
no, alraaav .ccnmnlated a fortune
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