Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1901-09-14
LOST MINE DISCOVERED.
A Gold Miae, Which Years Ago Produced Rich
Ore, Discovered by Mason Valley
Pr0speCt0rs.

There is not an old resident of Day
ton but who is familiar with the
story of lost mine somewhere in
Kldorado Canyon, or possibly further
up, over the summit, and it is but
recently that parties from Reno and
Dayton have made thorough search
in Kldorado Canyon for the mine.
The story OF this mine is to the et-
feet that along in the sixties a pros
pector brought to Dayton number
of sacks of very rich gold ore to be
crushed in one of the mills at that
place. The ore was brought in on
the backs of four jacks owned by
the prospector, and after he received
returns tor the ore he proceeded to
have good time, and then struck
out for his prospect again. The rock,
as before stated was very rich, and
many tried to learn from him the
locality from which it came. They
were unable to do this, however, and
he left the town with his jacks one
morning and travelled up Kldorado
| Canyon. This was the last ever seen
of him alive by any of the Dayton
people. Some days after his de-
| parture from the town a wood chop
per from the hills brought the news
to Dayton that man had been found
dead near the head of Eldorado Can
.yon and that tour jacks were brows-
ing around the hills close to the re-
mains.
The body was brought to town and
buried, and it was discovered that
the remains were those OF the pros
pector who had brought in the few
sacks of rich ore some three weeks
| before.
At that time, and at intervals since
then, search WAS made tor the old
| found.
Some weeks ago Harry Warren,
OF this valley, was over in the Jew
Ranch country hunting and pros
pecting, and he found, in the noun
tains to the west of the ranch some
very rich float rock. This ore carries
gold in large Quantities, and great
chunks of it can be seen sticking out
OF the quartz. Warren, however.
did not find the ledge. He showed
his find to several persons, among
them d. J. Sherrey, an old prospector
who recently returned to this section
from the East. Mr.. Sherrey and SINE
Parker took trip over to the Jew
Ranch couple of weeks ago, and
Mr.. Sherrey succeeded in finding the
ledge from which the rich float found
by Warren, probably came. This
ledge is in a little canyon about two
miles south from the wood ranch
where Marshal Luttrell (tamiliarly
called "Bluch.~ stops, and is about
twenty miles from this place, and
about the same distance from Day
ton. In following up the ledge Mr..
Sherrey came to an old shaft which
was nearly filled up with debris.
The shaft was at one time probably
twenty feet deep, and on the dump
there were pieces of ore of the same
character as the float found by Mr..
| Warren. The shaft was surrounded
by tall sagebrush, and on the lower
side a nut-pine tree is now growing
right at the edge of the shaft, the
branches of which almost cover the
opening. This tree is about as large
around as mans thigh. and could
not have been growing there when
the shaft was dug. Therefore the
shaft must have been sunk in the
neighborhood of twenty-five years
ago. Some little distance from this
shaft there stands what was once a
stone cabin. Now it has nearly
crumbled away. A rotten door bar
red the way to entrance, and on
pushing this down Mr.. Sherrey
found in the cabin some old rotten
sacks and little bunch of ore that
had evidently come out OF the shaft
near by. Mr.. Sherrey who is famil-
lar with the circumstances of the
death OF the old prospector in early
days, and of the story about the lost
mine, is convinced that he has found
the prospect. He has brought in
ahot,t one tbOuSand rO,,odu of the