Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-01-07

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work. The story follows;
"They went into the valley in June
and since that date returned to civil
ization once to renew their stock of
provisions. They have travelled over
500 miles through the valley, guided
by Jim Dutch, a halt-breed Moapa
Indian. They spent nearly two
months in what they call the Saw
Tooth range and have made locations
in the locality Of twenty.four claims.
"They have twice been on the
borderland Of death from thirst and
once were hemmed in by a terrific
sand storm, which killed their pack
animals and nearly destroyed Dun
laps sight.
They found some OF the most
peculiar formation in that district
ever see by the eye Of man. In Que
place at the foot Of a highmountain Of
lime ard white quartz they found an
old shaft sunk il the granite bed
rock fifty feet. The shaft was round
and about four feet ii diameter. with
holes on two sides, which had evi
IDENTITY been used as . stairway for
the miners.
I'm the center Of the shaft, bad at
one time been a center post running
to the surface, notched every twelve
inches and spliced in the center with
deer thongs. This was displaced and
leaning on n side Of the shaft. The
granite had evidently been softer
when sunk on than at present, for il
had evidently been worked with store
implements, as the marks on the
sides Of the shaft would show.
AT the bottom OF the shaft were
three hammers Of stone, which were
sent to the Smithsonian institute at
Washington, and two copper basins.
What the shaft bad been used for is
beyond conjecture, as there seemed
to be no naturalization in the granite.
about 100 feet above the shaft.
up the mountain, was a room cut in.
to the lime formation, aud in the
center OF the room was a five. foot
sink, presumably used for baths. A
trail had been worn in the rock from
the shaft to the room. which was
hewu after the manner OF the cliff
dwellers habitations 90 the Colorado
river.
Nearly 100 miles from the south
line Of the valley they struck a ledge
Of glittering quartz, in which huge
blocks were piled up to a height of
over 900 feet. They we're CLASSY
aud impossible Of access above the
valley, being heated nearly red hot
under the blazing summer SUI. They
were evidently of volcanic formation
and showed evidence of having been
deposited during some terrible vol.
eanic %upheaval. Numbers OF these
rocks were Inscribed with strange
hieroglyphics, which we're not de-
clpherable by the prospectors, but
which they copied crudely. and
which consist Of roughly.cut pictures
oil sho%rt.horned deer, mountain sheep
and long legged birds with webbed
leet. They also include cuts in bas.
relief OF nude human beings in pos.
lures OF worship dancing and fight.
ing. Stars, crosses and triangles
We're also engraved on the rocks.
aud several suns, with long rays.
were among the displays in the an.
Gent picture gallery.
About thirty miles further north
the p~rospectors struck a well worn
trall leading to the apex OF a range
ol snow. white quartz, which they
gained after infinite hardships, and
found a ledge four feet IN width, in
winch cubes of wire gold we're
seen.
This ledge was located and
traced for over three miles to the
northwest, and samples taken from
y were shown to the Progress repre-
resentative, which, it is estimated,
viii go into the hundreds Of dollars
per ton.
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