Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1906-04-13
THE cooNEY SPRINGS RUSH
Conflicting Reports as to the Value OF
the discoveries

A few days ago every body who
could hire or borrow horse IN TINS
CITY was heading for Cooney Springs.
This was where the new gold discov-
cry had been made and the public
was fiocking in from Virginia City,
Hazen, Dayton and Reno. The haugh-
ty gold seeker was 'tnere on the
ground with his automobile and pros
pectors galore on mules and on foot
The Appeal, not to be lost in the
shuttle, sent a man with provisions
and a blackboard. he has not yet
shown up but stragglers are coming in
and none of them will admit active
partieipaIcy in the raid.
Some days ago a man found small
piece of rose conll3red quartz some
miles from Dayton and it had gold in
it. From this find of float rock sprang
the rose colored stories of a ledge
100 feet wide with $1,000 assays. A man
claimed to have seen some rock,
which was more gold than rock. and
the report spreading. the prospectors
and quick fortune hunters hiEed to
the scene of sudden wealth.
Several parties also rushed in with
saloon and restaurant outfits ana the
paraphanalia for, stalking ont townsites
The first active work was to stake out
a tOwnsite and start some saloons.
When the liquor was also ladled out
to the thirsty crowd they began hunt
ing for gold lodges. but nary a ledge
to be found anywhere. They were
all Just over the Hill while the peo-
pie on the other side of the hill were
coming over on this side TO see what
they could find. They found a warm
crowd of people who wanted to lynch
the men who had started the mining
excitement
Meanwhile men who couldn't tell
a ledge from 4 railroad cut were
locating their claims and lacking III
their notices and some even sold theil
location. but if the truth is known
it was a case of stage mOny with al
of them.
AS far as the Appeal can learn the
whole thing is a hoax and no find o.
precious metal has been found recent
ly in that vicinity. Still it is large
country and there is considerable
unexplored ground and some fellow
may sink a shaft somewhere and SHOW
up some ore. Everyone hopes so Blu
the fellows who have returned are no
building castles in Spain, even witt
the imaginative results of their lC
cations and discoveries.
Last evenings Chronicle, speakin
of the rush discounted the reports c
big finds and says:
The shinxlike silence of the Ran
seys when asked to show visitor
where the rich strike they claim t
have made is located. is incomprt
hensible as they have had ample tim
to acquire the best ground in tn
vicinity, and the locality is sure
be found in short time with tn
region swarming with prospectol
who have already staked the count1
with location notices over an area
several square miles.
Later reports on the street la
evening were to the effect that tho:
who returned empty handed had fl
lowed the wrong crowd off and g
left. 1t was held that another par
had got off right and hit the re
thing
1t is stated that there were thr
parties altogether skirmishing arou1
the country and that only one hit t
proper trail, Word was received
telephone last evening that there W
good ledge and that the exciteme
had foundation.
The laterst report comes by te
phone to the Appeal from Dayton II
Ira Winters, Attorney Roberts a
Recorder DIETRICH had gone to t
right place and had located t
claims
1t will take several days yet
determine the bed rock facts abb
the finds
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