The San Francisco call., 1906-11-01
TENDERFEET FLEE
FROM STORM.
By Frederic w. Bishop

By Frederic w. Bishop.
HAWTHORNE. New, Oct. s1.-out of
the mountains of the old Walker River
reservation tenderfeet are fleeing be-
fore the snow and the gale sweeping
down from the north With the COM
ing of dawn this morning rain began
to fall in the valley. The mountains
were obscured by low-lying clouds of
sable. Now and then a rift disclosed
the peaks white with snow which
drifted before the wind down into the
canyons. Poorly equipped rushers shiv-
cred In the cold for a time and then,
their ardor cooled, they began to move
out toward civilization. But the hard
ened miners refused to move, and in
all probability will remain in all win
ter, being we'll supplied with tents, bed
ding and provisions. Beyond question
there was considerable suffering among
the tenderfeet, some of whom carried
nothing but a blanket or two and what
little food they could cram into their
pockets. But it will not be long be-
fore they are again in civilization, no
richer in this worlds goods but mill
lionaires in experience.
Some idea of the roughness of the
last few miles of the road to Dutch
mans and Cottonwood may be gained
from the fact that while the canyons
are but fifteen miles from Hawthorne,
teamsters are charging $25 a ton to
take goods in. Should rich strikes be
made, however the road will be i'm
proved competition will develop and
the freight rate will drop.
While the snowstorm now alarmin &
the prospectors will have the effect of
delaying development work, the old
timers here say it will prove of advan-
tage to prospectors who have located
wildcat claims.
The Walker River country is now
known from one end of the land to
the other, and spectators will be want
ing to get in. Under a blanket of snow
any mine may be painted as great and
there is question that some that
contain less mineral than a doughnut
will be disposed of while the white
mantle hides their lack of worth.
The coming of winter will also have
the effect. it is believed, of averting
at least for time, the threatened hos
tilities at Dutchmans and Cottonwood
but ultimately will be the means OF
producing strife. Those that brave the
snow and cold will help keep warm by
jumping claims and the return OF
spring will bring to light these unfair
methods. Then, if rich strikes are
l1dOe, llllSdllOH Will USSlH, OF the OlS-
putes may be adjusted by the arbiter
of the desert-the AZ.
There is talk in the canyons among
the free lance miners of organization
to protect themselves against the CUR
fighters in the employ of millionaires
The presence of Dave Nagle, Diamond
field Jack and Dunk McKeisey and the.l
gun fighters is received with alarm by
the miners, but organization of the out
siders will put them in control of the
situation and weld them into little
army that could insure the maintenance
of right and the annihilation of the
corporation representatives should
trouble begin.
The gasoline launches brought up
from San Francisco are doing a regu-
lar ferry and freight service on the
lake. They have already organized a
trust and are not cutting one anothers
throat in the effort to get business
Like the great Huntington of Southern
Pacific fame, they are charging all the
trannc will bear, sand it may be that
they will wax wealthy before the boom
is at an end.
WASHINGTON, Oct 31.-Fdrther re-
ports from agents of the Interior De-
ing Monday of the Walker Lake Indian
Reservation in Nevada. have convinced
Secretary Hitchcock that the fnfrac-
tions of the regulations governing the
opening were not serious enough to
warrant recommendation in favor of
invalidating it.