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Show I- GOBBLED IIP ALL THE CHOICE CLAIMS i Walker Lake Indian Reservation, In Nevada, Thrown Open to Settlement, Settle-ment, and a Great Rush Takes Place. Thomo, Nov. With the firing of a mighty blast of dynamlto from the top of Grant peak, tho highest point In Uio adjacent mountains, the Wnlkor Lako Indian reservation was opened t noon Monday. At tho glvon slgnol hundreds of searchers for gold hurried hur-ried helter-skelter over tho boundary lines of olaln and mountain, and bo-foro bo-foro tho great cloud of smoko which 'roso Into tho air from tho dynamlto explosion had drifted nway, a spectacular spec-tacular raco of automobiles, rnco horses and vehicles was on. So groat was tho rush across tho desert from tho lino noarcst Hawthorno that a number of persons narrowly escaped being trampled over, and In numerous Instances injuries wcro reported. Those who had waited for tho signal from tho top of Mount Grant by rushing rush-ing Into tho reservation found that nil tho most valuablo claims In tho vicinity vicin-ity of tho rich Dutchman, Cottpnwood nnd numerous creeks emptying Into tho southwestern part of Walker lako had been taken up by men who had rushed In tho night boforo. Kvon mon who employed launches to take them across 'Walker lako from tho eastern eldo found that their efforts wero of no avail, as they were much too lata to bo on an equal footing with tho men who had disregarded nil law. |