Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-04-08
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and carried with him to the Golden
State. In his wanderings this man
had lost the forward sight oil his
rifle. Going to a gunsmlth IN Los
Angeles, he asked to have new
sight made. He showed the gun
smith the piece of metal he had
found, and as it was white requested
that il be used in making the sight
If il coul.i be worked. On testing
the metal the gunsmith said a sight
could easily be made of it as 1t was
silver. The finder of the metal was
greatly surprised and told the
mender OF guns where he had found
it: also said that in the vein he had
seen there was plenty of the same
stuff in sight Some have declared
this story to be absurd on its very
face. as had silver been found 1t
would have been in the shape OF ore.
But that part of the yarn Is 10y no
means SO absurd as might be sup
posed Down in Arizona, at no
great distance south of Death Val
ley, many nuggets and even huge
masses OF virgin silver have been
found on the surface of the ground.
1t is true that the surface of all
these Jumps was oxidized and black,
but the man with the gun might
have exposed the bright metal IN
breaking off his sample. AT all
events. after the discovery of silver
in Nevada many parties went into
the Death Valley country in search
of the "Gunsight lead
Bennett, another OF this same
party, lived to get through to
California. He declared that IN
his wanderings he saw in the bed
of stream at which he stopped to
drink, great numbers of golden
puggets. He carried some OF
these to Gal fornia, when, being
assured that the Jumps of metal
he had found really were gold, he
gave up his life to a search for the
spot he had cnce seen. lie went
into the desert two or three times
AS the lender of searching parties
and afterwards searched alone
until death overlook him.
Bennett always asserted that
the gold he saw lay on the bare
bedrock in little stream at the
bottom of deep and rocky canon.
"Anyil Canon received its name
from the fact of an anvil and
blacksmith's tools having been let,
in il by Bennett on the occasion ol
one of his tlips This canon is OF
the vest side of Death Valley Ii
the valley are some springs callec
"Bennett's Wells, because OF hlt
having discovered them after ht
had wandered off from the man
party at Lost Wagons.
Another story, very simple, o.
gold in the bottom OF creek, at
place called "fhe Peaks" is told
THIS place was found lay some
parties who lost their way While
endeayorlng to make cut oi
between Salt Lake and California
Four or five men were ~ thu
party. All but two killed them
selves Ivy drinking too much watel
when the brook was found. 1--we
, men started out for Calltorni'
, loaded with gold, bat having b.!
desert to cross one OF the pal
became deirious through thirs
, md dashed away on the baei
track in the darkness of night
, The other reached California atteI
/ throwing away most of his gold
+ but was d physical wreck and die'
/ in few weeks.
t In 1861 a German made IN
appearance at Aurora, Esmerald'
county. Nevada, who had severa
hundred dollars IN gold, and also
kind of red cement that was full o
{ smooth grains of placer gold. Iii
; showing those evidences OF "bli
find" caused such terrific excite
, ment that he became frightened
! as he seemed likely to have hi