Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-13
NJ DAYS OF FORTY-NINE.
.uyrn DISCOVERY IN WAS
HOE VALLEY.


II aarL
....h,ly designated Yerba Buena
~, now known as the most cos
.anan city Of the new world the
XXI !, the discovery and develop
4. !, the wonderful mines has not
...s,o enthrall the hearts of old and
srs
/ Nd men. miners themselves In early
I, lose to look back upon the scenes
,.,,r l,lsty and hopful youth; young
i, are never tired OF reading Of the
..r.r,nreous times thsough which
I. ancestors passed on their out
I I, march to civilization and plenty
rsans Of the greatest discovery of
a. Fabulous tales are handed
an 10 us by men who have passed
nash the same experiences, of the
,,lous wealth that has come TO
~ yocr, half discouraged miner in
aurls day, turns of fortunes wheel
!, found their Illustration In most of
,alatlal residences scattered
raghout the state.
Isn has been, and so 1t comes that
,.au men out of every hundred
(, ne in the present era and do not
~ 10 be blessed with an over
.lnine amount Of worldly wealth
sizing themselves and each other
3 " weren't we born in the good old
IN times? Surely we know more
In our fathers did, and IL only we
he same chances what fortunes
1 tould build up and how we would
kn owned the earth generally" And
With every advantage their fore
flsfs did not possess. with new In
Ir,Ions and their attendant oppor-
.ltes springing up all around them,
4 y fall to realize that what was pos
! II then is a hundred times more
! iAhle now.
N best proof lies in the fact that
Of the hundreds OF sturdy, willing
ktfs after wealth, who at their land
! Of the Golden Gate, practically
he'd the very spot of earth they hap
~ 70 tread upon, very small per-
Etlge Of the then successful have
he results Of their laborn. Old min
interests are now controlled by a
flitd few, while OF the others some
dead and gone, others ruined and
dnce flush times" dwindled into a
tier of history only.
Fri be history OF these times, with
extraordinary events surrounding
hrst location OF these mining claims
his state and In Nevada, Is a topic
once familiar and interesting TO the
ttsidents on the Pacific slope. Very
know Of the practices resorted to
nose days, and that II the mining
peg been as well and clearly es-
lshed then as they are now, and
liable TO change. many families
1A now be reclining in the lap OF
V, whose members have long
n peen forced to commence the
~ anew.
asy dld not all make money. how
aNhrough they possessed what
4 sonsidered valuable claims. as be-
situated In the centers OF rich ore
4selng districts. Some made money
! Tune ard lost II, while others
Y haa any luck. Some had their
XVI relocated. while death came to
~ before their legal rights to the
[rly could be firmly established
We benefit Of their heirs.
CURIOUS document has Just come to
" me shape Of what purports to
uue history OF the discovery OF
IN % Washoe Valley, then Utah,
me state Of Nevada" 1t was
'',h as far back as September 0,
w Francis j. Hoover, once him
prominent mining man, and well
W 70 some old residents of San
document In question came TO
~ thls way. a few weeks ago
IL. '. Cohey Of the. probate court,
a mining secretary in early
3 ~ received a letter from Mrs. Jesse
Snslp OF Pennock street, Philadel-
Nho wrote to inquire what had
wv y the supposed vast estate of
49, Hoover. who died in that
mfty years ago.
Ntter explained that tho writer
~ ohly SURVIVING child OF Hoover.
IN aus estate was supposed TO
n, ~ me neighborhood Of $500. 900.
francis Jackson Hoover, had
ns,ss East Tor San Francisco pre-
settle up the estate, being
[Irn executor, but all that was
I'M " MN >yas that he died some
,s,,,n sats afterward. and no part of
|nnsposed estate ever reached those
IVY entitled TO IL ''sN '''V9s
INN toney took some time md
NJ. ~ Ierreting out the mystery
siiea WIN the Hoover estate, and
ossr "owlhg facts We're discovered:
al, mno was born in 1911, came to
4. 1nIy In 1919 and proceeded at
a we mines. He took up claims
a nm afterwards known as the
N ~ mining claim. the Hermitage
49, + Dorado county, near Mud
1ss with the mining district
the Hermitage Gold Vein.
also 1ourneyed into Nevada
IN sfritory) and became some
saarslsely Interested there.
~, must have made money! NJ
ferss ior when, after a NE of toll
rs wv himself afflicted win a can,
ssi psn threatened to extermInate
" ste'stsnee at any nonant ~, ii ,,,,.,',s
i go and family In the Fast tn
49, mat although he knew HE
III, near yet he was hnnnv in The
~ provided for. '''NN
ietter was data 49,
II Ind IhAtu Deremhe y,
4 mon. was written from the old
\ itt IN mouse y, on Jackson street In
D ny az. Hoover used these words,
r. ffsre are closed you viii each
b plsca,n $4,000 70 500, 900 apiece
4 al NV VA between the two WIN leave
n ,st,s, previous to his writing
Ell NJ Hoover made Will in
ciaibse e9ueathed property In min
isda Ss,, eoth in this state and IN
ly. sal , at over 500 900 10 his
4 RieieN witness to the w,ll WINS =
B Z q now cashier Of p Hota- a..
fili ~ I'm this city, who accom- ,
Hiuiss 'V'Ser on his early Mining
,hortiyso ii was performed on Hoo
uhirh ai,i,erward. from The effe sc1 .
ary g died at { ssnso me streets street
afa mi, lst He now les burle riy IN
szsie ,esemetery. When. how ven ~
pa nat I,s'ne TO be proved n w syn,
seisd IN N place OF s4o0 900 rs W., was :
I :; O., m, ms was made 10 r ss seii
sery Nv sss'aing claim, $50: personal ~ nal