Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-05-26
AQUA MIRACULA.
The Magic Bottle Man with a Con.
centrated Essence 0fWitch Hazel
DISCOVERIES BOnanzas in Spring
Z Vai1ey

Last week Professor Nj erin Smith,
the celebrated magic bottle man, who
has lately arrived from the East, &C.
companied by II prominent mining
Superintendent, paid visit to Spring
Valley. The Professor has two bot
ties In which there Is a coloress
liquid on being carried over a de-
post Of silver or gold-or Of rock
containing these mctals-the liquid
becomes cloudy, and thus indicates
the presence of the precious metal.
One bottle is Rrepared to mark the
locality of gold, and the other that
of silver.
The Professor would not exhibit
his wonderful possessions, and, in
fact, was inclined to be very reticcnt
about them, but his companion, who
also had bottle through which he
had been looking beiimes during the
day, was more communicative, and
explained that the bottles were such
as is seen on the shelves of drug
stores; that the: liquid ordinarily
looked like clear water, but became
murky when carried lesr large bod.
les oil ore, and that in case Of ocing
brought very close to, or directly
oyer very extensive ore deposit, i:
wo,ald emit aubhkslas Iof, lstearr m,
Where only one of the precious met
ais was to be found, the bottle pre-
pared for that particular metal alone
changed its appearance; but, if AZ
was usually the case, both metals ex
listed in the same deposit, both bot.
ties showed symptoms Of internal
commotion. ....-.... .., ..,o...,.a,i.-,.,
He was unable to give any explana-
tion, but expressed implicit faith, as
the Professor and himself had made
Numerous tests, always with the most
satisfactoryi results s-ODe instance
was RELAXED Which, though aifording
conclusive proof Of the infallibillty
Of the indications, was anything but
gratifying to the owner Of tho prec.
idua LIQUID. ( no ( 2 I ~ o
When Professor Smith first arrived
in San Francisco he. while waiting
for the coming Of some capitalists,
passed his time sauntcring around
the city looking Mt the sights. With
'ont being aware of it, he passed the
Mint Just MS q very large bullion ship
mept wns being received. Not dar-
ing 10 leave lis bottles in the pos.
session Of anyone else. he always
carried them with him, and bringing
them suddenly into close proximity
with large mass Of the mctals-fcr
which the contained liquids have, It
appears, an scutely sensitive repul-
slon-the disturbance was so great MS
10 throw out the shoppers and spin
some on the pavement. Tho loss
was not sufficient to interfere with
the contemplated search for bonan-
zas, aud can be replaced in six
months, II ttanirin 9sab6attthao time
to complete the process of manufac-
turing it; but he feared that someone
might have noticed the occurrence.
and if chemist, that he would take
up the dirt into which the "aqua
miracula" fall aud analyz. it. How
ever, as he has heard nothing Of it.
lis mind is again easy.
The result of the explorations in
Spring Valley IS that numerous small
bodies of ore aud four of great size
were located.
Aspai&tS'bas a,esu f4psl "
some New York capitalists who are
to advance the necessary funds for
the work of opening tile mines dis
covered by means Of the aqua mirac
pla, and our Cnmstock superintend
ont is to be the general manager of
their works.
At present they are maintaining
the greatest possible secrecy until
they can get control of the ground
under which their supposed discov-
cries lie, and had it not been for the
aunnlementarv hotilp carried Inv the