The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-09-19
Old PrOspectOr Discovers Rich
Mineral In Ruby Mountains
After Trying Experiences.
BRINGS IN FINE SPECIMENS
Some Prospect That Railroad May he
Built to Tap New Region Which
Promises Great Results.

s. A. Meyers, an old-timer in this
section of the country and well
known as prospector throughout
the West, arrived in Ely yesterday
from a prospecting trip in the Ruby
range of mountains about 100 miles
north of here.
Meyers has some fine specimens of
silver ore which he Clipped from
outcroppings high up on the range.
he will return there later in the year
and do the necessary work on the
claims he has staked out.
The experiences he went through
in reaching the higher parts of the
country with double team are very
interesting. Many of the hardships
that were endured by the old-time
prospector are said to no longer eX-
list, but when one of the old-timers
drifts in for the winter and tells the
story of the work done during the
past summer it will still compare in
all particulars with the stories hand
ed down by the pioneers.
Il started out from Ely the begin
ming of this summer in company with
an old friend who has prospected
all over the West said Mr. Meyers
to The News. Our outfit consisted
of prospector's wagon, two horses
and four burros and all the water
and provisions we could carry. We
started up Steptoe valley with the
intention of visiting all the nearby
camps and prospecting on the route.
Much Ground Staked.
I'VE were surprised at the num-
xNf ,4r bow Il
that marked staked off ground, but
as we progressed we became accus-
toned to them. We were somewhat
discouraged at the amount of ground
staked off as everything seemed TAX
en- up for distance of fifty to seven
ty-five miles. 1t was not until we
struck Ruby valley in fact that we
encountered open ground.
when we started down Ruby val
ley we took what looked to be the
best road, but right there we made
mistake which it did not take us
long to discover. The ground around
us commenced to get soft and marshy
but we thought the road would be
good enough to hold the wagon so
we stuck to that. We finally got so
far in the mire, however, that the
had to unload the wagon and carry
our provisions on our heads to dry
land.
after reaching solid ground we
returned and with the aid of the
horses and burros pulled the wagon
to where the provisions had been left.
We then examined the ground close
ly and found that we were on sort
nf ic1n n1 NV
marsh.
Many Hardships Endured.
I'VE .camped on one of these little
islands for the night and in the
morning struck off down the valley
again. We labored through this
hlnd of country for two days, often
stripped off clothes and wading
through water up to our chests and
most of the time carrying all of our
food, bedding and water on our
heads. At the end of that time we
had covered exactly five miles and
were nearly exhausted. We had
tried to double back on our trail
several times but found that impos-
slble, and it was with heavy hearts
that we awoke on the third morning
to renew our toll.
I'VE struck out, however, and had
gone but a little distance when we
were once more upon dry land and
after what we had gone through II
certainly felt good under our feet
We took pains after that to avoid the
wet places and soon found a road
that ran higher up on the side OF
the mountains which we followed
during the rest of our stay in thai
range.
Mosquitoes We're Pests.
1--WE prospected along one side Of
the valley but found nothing and We
decided to try the other side, so my
partner suggested that we camp ii
the valley for the night We pitched
camp and tried to sleep, but the mos
quitoes were so bad that we got M
sleep and it was not until we lef
the marshes far behind that we go
away from them. We were awakened
in the morning by the noise of hun
dreds of ducks and we made goot
breakfast on several which we killed
This was the first fresh meat we hat
in several weeks so we killed a gOO(
number of them and carried then
over on the other side of the rang'
with us.
1--WE covered good part of thu
range without finding anything tha
looked like a good prospect to us, 81
| suggested that we try it higher up
I remembered what happened in th
Klondyke when we sent the tender
feet up on the hills as joke so
was not altogether surprised whel
we ran on to a fine outcropping o
silver.
May Build Railroad.
st is understood in that part o
the country that Mrs. Ella Rawle
Reader intends to run railroa
through Sprucemont and up Rub
valley to Round Mountain, and
that proves true there will be muc
prospecting done in the near futur
over the ground that we covered.
eve visited all of the camps W
had heard of in that section on on
return trip but found all of the1