The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-04-12

RICHES FROM The CLOUDS.
The Gigantic Mass Of Ore that Fell
In Nevada.

The Eureka SentineIsays: At o'clock
on the morning of the 9TH OF January an
immence body, glowing with inVense
brilliancy, came rushing across the face
of heaven, illuminating the earth with
the light OF day. 1t travelled in an obli'
oue direction from the southwest 10 the
northeast. and instantaneously shock
was felt that almost threw the few spec
tators at that early hour from their feet
About ten days ago Mr.. Wheeler, who
cultiyates rancho in Diamond Valley,
and who is also in the stock business
came into town and left a most remarka'
BILE substance with an assayer. Mr.
Wheeler had a smattering of metallurgi-
cal knowledge, and it seems, had tested
the compound with blow-pipe and 9th,
or means within his reach, and detected
the presence of the precious metals, but
was unable to determine the value.
The piece submitted to the asSayer was
about as large as a.hen's egg, and imme-
diately attracted his attention by lts unu-
sual weight and peculiar color 1t being OF
a purplish black shade, and where 1t had
been broken off the main body presented
laminated stratifcation that he failed
to recognize. Mr.. Wacke expended the
whole night in a series of experiments
applying every known test to the article
and detecting the presence OF iron, MCKEE
cadmium, lead, silver, gold, link, cobalt,
silica and phosphorus. There was also
residuum to each assay, OF whlch Frol'
Wacke was unable to determine the prop
critics, but he hopes by the use Oh tne
spectroscope to classify IT..
A surprising feature of the ore Is exces,
siye malleability and ductility, small
portion of it being reduced by hammer
ing to film not exceeding one hundredth
of an inrh in thickness. He has sent
portion of it to the San Frat cisco Acade'
my of Sciences, and also to Prof, Sllllman
ofNew Haven, and in the meantime is
prosecuting his researches Prof. Wacke
has found that the substance will
reach 1887 in silver and $42 in gold per
ton. ,.-.
The strangest part of the story remains
to be told; and now that Mr.. Wheeler
has duly recorded his claim and perfected
the title, we feel at liberty to disclose the
facts. On the morning the 7th OF Janu-
ary Mr.. Wheeler was almost thrown from
his bed by violent shock. Getting up
and looking out of the window he observ-
ed at the foot of the mountain an i'm,
mense mass glowing at white heat and
of intense brightness. Hastily dressing,
he approached as near as possible and
found that the object lay at the foot OF
the Diamond mountain range, but the
heat was so great that he could not go
within 1000 yards of the spot,
He kept his own counsel, and made re-
peated attempts to reach it but did not
succeed until the 14th inst, when it had
cooled sufficiently to allow him to break
off the portion brought to town, The
main body will measure about go feet in
height, 81 feet in width, and is BIB feet in
length. These are the proportions OF the
body visible, and it is probable that as
much more is imbedded in the earth.
Mr.. Wheeler calculates that there are at
least 100000 tons in sight, and II 1t
will work anywhere near the assay ne
will extract an immense sum from the
mass