Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-06-22
THE MORNING ARE Al
Carson City. Nevada.
SPIRIT MINES
A Short History Of Shadow
PROSPECTS in this Section.

er OF some other land, and the advise
of departed ones.
Every section in mis- State has pre-
baby had an example OF mans cru
dality, and this county has been no
exception. Ines have been the gen
eral plans to make fortunes by those
in search of the golden floss, ard the
curious ventures, and IN most cases
some heavy losses on the part OF those
who believe in the power of the depart
ed to direct the course of human aft
airs On this globe. Ormsby county !
has many monuments to the record OF |
the spirit miners. and in several cases |
the investors in spiritualistic miner
al mining have wound up in the poor
farm. Net g case of a valuable mine
has been recorded while many utter
failures are on record.
Probably the most noted case CT spi-
rit mining in this section. is near the
cid kllgnan ranch this side OF Cradle
baughs bridge. Pete Riley, one OF
the original dscoverers of the Com
stoc--, sold his property on the big
lode for a comfortable fortune and
came to this county. While here he
claimed that the spirits had revealed
to MIN the hiding place of an immen-
lief that the treasure was in the hill
CHS. He failed at irst to interest
anyone in his scheme and went to
the magic grounu where he started
tunnel.
He worked alone and accomplished
great deal The tunnel was "un in
as far as air would let him go. and no
ledge was found Cross cuts were
made. and yet the spirits told him to
go further. He followed the advise
of mis- spiritual advisors until he was
fiat broke. and then continued the
work by the aid of friends II is said
that before he died in the poor house
that he would so 10 friends and asl;
for money for meals, but instead OF
investing in the necessaries of life
he secured more material to prosecute
the mining that had broke him. In
all the years OF work he never took
out a pound o. ore. and when he died
at the poor house it was still in he be-
lief that the ereasuro vas in the hill
where the spirits had told licl &c
dig
Another instance OF the faith OF the
hidden advisors was in the VOlJaire
section Mr.. Franks, an eastern man
had a revelation that a great mine
was under the granite groupings ct h
big Noltairc hill. and he set to WorE;
to find it. Ea ran tunnels and shafts
into the mountain. and in some instan
ces he found ore. Some OF it was lab
uously rich. but it never was found il
great quantities. One of the strange
plans adopted was the mode of work
ing the mine. A miner would be
working on what appeared to be g
good lead. when Franks would stol
him and direct his attention 10 ano
Their quarter. stating that the spirit!
had advised him a different direction
Under the assurance OF success from
the spirit world mill was built, ant
were ground out. But it all went bacl
into the hill and eventually the who'll,
affai passed into history and The
spirits have been left to guard tn
treasure in the mountain.
To the north OF this city is what il
known as the Spirit mine. A gcea
shaft was SINK several hundred fee
and the slate formation that it passe'
through has held the shaft i'll persec
condition to this day. A little turtle
up the nil a tunnel penetrated tn
mountain and while the dump ind
Gated many thousand tons OF groun
removed. not an ounce OF ore hears wi
ness that the spirits showed wher
the wealth was stored. This wOr
must have used up a comfortable fO
tune. and the owners ard miners hav
joined the spirits. ana il there eve
was mine in the hill. they know a
about it by this time
Across the river the same plan wa
adopted. Some great work vas don
and in the most business like Va. Co
siderable ore was extracted bu1 IN
mine and the advise OF the shade
people eventually broke all the inve
tors. and the property has been idl
for a number of years. awaiting an,
Their revelation.
At the present time a number
prospectors are doing work on group
that has been selected by those of til
shadow world. Those who are int
ested, firmly believe in the advise an
the location and lumber of tt
friends are awaiting the result befol
i, making any extensive locations.