Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1907-08-10
DISCOVERY MADE
THIS WEEK
ELEVEN MILE CANYON is THE
SCENE OF STAMPEDE OF
HARDY PROsPECTORs.

nike Is 10 be the name of q new
town which it is expected Will soon be
in existence In Eleven Mile canyon,
about eighteen miles due west Of
Wonder. For some time there has
been a party of prospectors working
on a property over there, and, as
they were satisfied that they had a
mine, they had intended TO keep the
matter quiet and tell only their
friends, SO as to have a community of
their own, first, and then let in the
outsiders. The original discoveries of
the new ~diggings were Messrs. Baker,
a brother Of w. A. Baker OF this
place, and a Mr.. Ericsson. They have
sunk a shaft on the ledge of the or
iginal hnd to the depth of thirty feet,
and indications point to the opening
UP of a great ore body. Assays from
the shaft show values from $3.50
down to $40. During the week the
secret of the existence of the new
diggings filtered through the shell,
and got as far as Wonder, and a rush
to the new Eldorado began instantly.
Horses were procured by all who
could get them, and the trek" was
on. About every man in Wonder
who could get away found some
uaanc NJ transnortatfon ana u,os ~
to the land of promise. 1t is not a
very promising land, however, from
the view point of one who is fond OF
the good things Of life, and is given
to taking life easy, 1t is said that
the canyons over there are steep and
rocky, and not easy of access. How.
ever it is said that when once the
pilgrim arrives upon the scene h,
finds what appears to be a first clasi
mining location. The ledge IN thu
new find is said to crop out for a
least 1000 feet, and to be two fee
) wide, with all indications of perm
! anency.
Some of the "mushers," as the.
Q would be termed in Alaska, returne'
I to Wonder as early as Tuesday even
a ing, and a tired, dusty lot they were
Among these were DR.. Barnard an
n Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson. Mrs. Neilso,
d and her husband were of the sam
party as the doctor, and they starte
c on Monday night at midnight in
two-horse wagon and they had a yer
d strenuous time In finding their wa
over to the canyon in the dark. The
3 we're instructed before starting to G
lr down the canyon to the secon
turn-off to the right, proceed alon
this road so far, and then turn thu
Il and so, etc, as directions are usual
k given, and they tried to follow d
y rections. At the first point whel
the roads parted, they missed co,
is nections in the darkness. and aft
4. travelling over rocks and sagebru'
IL for several hours, made the discove.
1t that they were lost, and were not 9
te ing anywhere in particular. After tr
he ing in vain to find where they weI
to they finally gave 1t up and wait
We until daylight. When the first ra
ed of light began to appear in the NOR
re ing they again began their pilgril
.ot age, and climbed to the top of
Ily mountain, took a survey of the cou
We try. They were a~greeably surpris
as to find that they had been traveli
mt in the right general direction, a
ne wre only a few miles from the 70;
Cutting across country, up hill a
down, they finally, after walking a
pulling the wagon and mules o.
rough places, for several hours,
covered the road, and, making
~ more effort, got their wagon do
to where 1t was possible to get
- and ride. Mrs. Nelson, though
a very large woman, took her me
cine like the men, and walked o
the rocks and sand without a m
muir, and on arrival at the diggir
staked some claims for herself.
not only is the owner of some n
ing eral land in the new camp, but
the entitled to the distinction of hav
my, been the first woman in the camT
ing Wonder News.
! in to all who have interests in the "
ing
d is ,o, sprEn nv NEW CUNARD