Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-03
RUSH FOR PROSPECTS.
Walker Lake Reservation Now Scene
or Bnstling ACTIVITY.

The great Walker Lake reservation
which, for years. has appeared as
the promised land to the thousands OF
propspoctors 10 the west and which was
until noon on Oct 20, inhabited only
by Indians, Wild game and reptiles
Is now a scene OF tremendous activity,
says the Reno Gazette. In every
direction is heard the stroke OF
the miners pick, the click OF the drill
and the report OF blasts Where be-
fore only the Indian hunter walked on
the mountain sides thousands OF adven-
turous white men are now diligently
searching for lodges carrying gold,
silver copper and other precious me-
tails.
Hundreds OF men are uncovering
veins Of great value, while others arc
reluctantly leaving the reservation, dis
appointed and weary after a desperate
race for fortune they failed to find,
On the waters of Walker Lake there
are now numerous gasoline launches,
sail boats and row boats, where before
II O'Clock on the opening day the
canoe of tn. piute brave was the only
vessel that appeared on It's blue waters.
In single day deserted mountain
range was transformed into bustling
mining district, inhabited by thousands
VI Nttlls Win THUS. anu
shot guns, locating claims, blasting for
lodges and taking up townsites.
All the prospectors are desperate and
nothing will deter them from claiming
what they think is rightfully theirs.
Several shooting scrapes have already
occurred and more are looked for be-
fore the fortune seekers are satisfied
and have stopped interfering with the
rights of their neighbore.
CAMPED ON THE BORDERS.
on the evening of oct. Is, thousands
OF men left Thorne, Yerington. Haw-
thorne, Mason and other points out.
side the reservation lines and camped
on the borders, ready for the rush,
which was announced would be signal
ed by a mighty blast OF giant powder
from the top OF Mt. Grant, the highest
peak on the western range OF the re-
servation. over 1000 men camped on
Cat creek near Hawthorne the night
before the opening but before the sun
appeared on the morning of Oct. 20,
hundreds OF these men had eluded the
vigilance of the Indian guards and
made their way into the interior.
The more honest OF the treasure
seekers remained on the line however,
and when the report OF the explosive
rang through the canyons of the Walk
or range and across the waters OF the
broad lake, there was a general STAN
pede
Men were on foot, In automobiles
mounted on race horses ponies and
burros and all rushed along the lake
shore for one objective point, Dutch
man creek, where the famous old Ar
astra mine Is located.
MILLER LEAD THEM ALL.
August Miller, a merchant OF Haw-
thorne, was the first to reach the de-
sired point and Immediately located six
claims, one of them showing large
ledge OF gold bearing ore. and report
ed to be the richest on the east side OF
the west range. Others In the party
Travelled as fast as they could and many
gave out and made their way to the
mountain side disappointed and weary
unable to go further and watching with
regret the great race before them.
While this rush from Cat creek was
In progress, men were also rushing
from the north and from Squirrel
Springs, and other points on the vest
ern boundary line nearest TO Yerington.
Others were also launching rowboats.
gasoline launches and sallboats or q
fast trip across the lake TO the noun
talns on the west side which stood like
giants before them. Some OF these
boats succeeded In making fast time
across tho smooth waters, but others
failed, and one boat. the "speghetti,''
belonging TO san Francisco parties still
remains stranded In the middle OF the
lake.