The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-05-14
4 DEcgpTIvg pMININe Rop.
It Worked Wen ON Gold Coin. bu, Failed
TO Locate a bonanza.

many features OF the mining industries
OF the west No one seems To know
us origin. nor can any one determine
its Practical use save as a trap for the
uiiWary and snare for the credulous.
vi the latter some ten years since
was was q very iair specimen, but my ex-
gellehce with the diylning rod tiend"
elu much 70 cure me OF my creduiity
Ia TINS anu many other respects
nrSs met nm, the nend, summing
hlIIlseii ii one DAY while standing at the
corner OF california and Montgomery
streets, San francisco. As he Is still
a Prominent Inquire among the hope
Iuis Oh fauper alley. and may be
seen almost any day IN his familiar
naulit near the Stock Exchange. will
not call him BY name. Mr.. Dennis.
therefore, VIII do. That isn't his name.
oi course out u ought TO be, as the
ioIlowlng VIII show
ne was introduced TO me by a friend
a. as Deihg man Il would be well tocul
Isi1S tnen had lew thousand
NJ. S's,ss eey az my cohiii'anu, wnich tact
-'hl1 l-..iiil bsiiiiis y, MAS soon aware OIL
= - al ...lu s'are, with restless
sltsy - - anu an al.ogether unprepos-
erss enca iIs n'e,,,S Sui TINS niade no diner
I Souiu, ne saiu, put me IN
lhe way oi making millions, and he
was IhereIore Just the sort OF mani
was iooRllg Tor.
ne knew; SO ne informed me.
piaS, p,aGe 10y iocstoed near Los Angeles, where
slo2,vvo Ih goid was buried that he
~, Gouiu " nay ms hands ON ut any moment.
. hlere were various other localities IN
aIsn aIe SUI L Mhere go,a ana treasure We're
aiso buried, but which he did not go
aiter because, as he explained, he
ts:s ,;cseu .e .ne nieails wherewlth 70 defray
ni9 III tf'1Veilng ig expenses,
Lhe iookea absolutely destitute and
poSess iN el strickeh' anu even struck
~ uie Ior quarter theh and there; but
mere was wlthai' something so plausi
.,n ous leel inIetesteu IN nun and give
creuence TO ms yarns.
Sone I,,t Win me- SAID he, finally,
-. ana IL snow you my apparatus. and
~. you see IL work; with my curl
.siey greatiy excited we then proceeded
70 vacalL room IN the Bank OF Cali
sorhia ouiiding, where he produced
from under his coat v shaped affair
"nich ne sald was divlning rod.
AT the point or apex was small brass
KNOB wnlch contained some mysteri-
o9s cheIllciI compound, the secret
~ 80; n Jh. s,nI :. Ierhiah chenist, long
:lnoe ueu' ana whlch, ne said, would
;nl ;nsarIaoly turn ana point TO the prec
io4s metals. Metals
Ine .neh grasped the handles OF the
- ISt. III eitner mana, Wltn the
ape polhtlhg upward and /! looked
Win WoIuer Ut the rod twisting aud
turning IN his hands, and at his appar-
ehliy iuule enorts TO prevent 1t from
moving
~ no use, SAID he; I'VE are di-
rec.ly over the oank vaults. where a
sle1at !uunliiy oi .goiu com Is stored.
anu .,.ie ~ "ouiu oe Impossible Tor me TO
| 10 tuFuing: Ihen tried the
shS MyseiI, Dut IL iailed TO work IN
Ity nas, oec'iuse, as ne explained II,
Nv was :, nUs nlaghe'lc. Fnysicai magnet
n,ln,..',; .H, 80 a Ppeafu' was necessary In It's
m +i, '.i
soa,. hn,, @ Iohg sIory snort, was
80 o',.it @ i iocahly IN III DO
'9, Sai., accompanies by
Denn;s ;ng nss,,s rou man; MAJ %nere, as Mr..
81. tisssreu me- ne hao iocated
r,om nvo,,IS Een & 1i golu bearing quartz that
%2uu lelu at ieasI SIoO 10 the ton.
uh .i hno" why didn nrst go al
,;as iie I,, ourieu ara sreasures IN other iocali
60. f''.,,a as SSyV quar- ieuge was a
s.ea,I,. n'.1,ie anu s nj; Denhis hao some
d;,;r,, e .-e,H ior uI.layinR our e&Pe,
aon InI ~, aiter Ihese other oonanzas,
m;ao mau 70 oe content with the rich gold
IT, ~ PlospcI
.l;nm as mao 10 pay MIR. Dennis trav-
SiiS Sm, S,,e e%penses ~ goes without saying;
,I ~. ..I pLospcct oI certain and rich
nov. au ~, ,I;s tnerelor caused me no uneasi-
ness $50 on n snis account
nne sPotnl might say the fatal spot
a, ",,oa y nn,, reacd; ana Mr. Dennis
.s.ou Ie soiilienceu ms experiments
thn nod dhhg hg ABOUT Ior an nonr or so
tno t' nou began 10 gyrate. ana then we
tI,". l. vi al Ieast l tnought L knew.
IlaI the bonanza was there waiting TO
De uncovered
Aiocr staklhg out our claim and
pos'ihR up lhe usual mining notice
engageu .he ne services OF SIX experienced
.aii n.liiers AT 90. oo per DAY. and the work
.maS s,'.SlL sonihehced. Inc miners were In
III us, alu even poked considera-
PIC lun AT Ihe hghtnlng rod man
Iuts 1 ihey received good pay for their
apor Iney wisely concluded to stand
u as long as their wages were forth
coming.
sank smart and struck aquartz
vein at depth of thirty feet. This
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