The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1908-05-19
Wild HORSES
WRECK FORTUNE

The new camp of Bovard in Es-
meralda county where Tex Richard
recently purchased a property for $780,,
600, may prove to be a wonder. AS
says and the rock that is being shown
around GoldfeId would indicate that
it was the right kind of stuff, as the
quartz shows free gold in abundance.
A couple of mules and the failure Of
W. partners is the cause of the prop
erty passing from the hands of Claude
and Bill Inman.
Two years ago this month Bill In
man and his partner started out on
a prospecting trip with a mule team
loaded with provisions and tools. He
wandered over the hills with his part
ner who also had an interest in the
properties to be discovered. Right at
the big find a halt wa made for the
float was found to pan gold freely.
Bill got busy and located forty four
claims, which he put monuments over.
He sent word to his brother Claude
that he had found a great camp, and
also sent samples of the ore to be as
sayed. Claude grew enthusiastic over
the way the stuff assayed and hiked
away to have a look for himself. He
was convinced that no lest had been
told by his brother, but advised him
to cut down the lumber of his loca-
lions to twenty-five.
On this number the location work
was done and the choicest claims were
located Water was scarce and the
sun was hot and the mules would not
Sfay p1noa to tho annn EfaoJ1u Tho
animals got with a herd of wild horses
estimated at not less than 1000 IN
number, and they remained with them
for thirty dayst before the weary pros
pectors could catch up with them and
cut them ont. Then they were hob
bled them SO tight that it was thought
that it woud be impossible for them
to stray off. In some way they get
rid of the hobbies and reioined the
wild herd again. 1t took Bill six
days to recover them this time, af-
fer suffering from hunger and severe
thirst.
In doing the assessment work on
one of the claims a little flow of wat
er was found. but it was too brackish
to drink. Eight miles distant was the
Dead Horse springs, but the abundance
of water had been contaminated by
the d~eeaying bodies of cayotes. rah-
bits and hundreds Of lizards. The
other place wher water could be Sc
cured was at Indian Springs. twenty
three miles away. Last year the In
man brothers were willing to put up
their share Of the money for the as.
sessment work. but the other two
partners who were already in arrears
refused to put up a cent.
One day last week in an interview
with a Goldfeld paper, Bill Inmaa
said; 81 know that Camp inman.
now known as Bovard win make d
great camp. You can get paintings
all over this district In fact, a dry
washer could be worked to advantage
in many places on the gravel. Whfl-
a cnssed those mules while ! was ont
after them in the band of wild horses
until ] got ashamed of myself away
out in the stiffness Of the desert. 7
viii keep 1t up the balance of my life
against those fellows who got cold
feet and would not ceme through with
the one to do the work on the good
claims last year. 7 got a little bit
even with the wild horses one dav.
and sitting on a little knoll with a
1890 rifle. | shot and killed thirty
three of them, and would have got
more if my ammunition had not given
out