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Show ' Gold Hunters Rush Rushto Rushto Rushto to Mojave Desert Rich Strikes Recall Glamor- Glamor Glamorous Glamorous GIamor-ous GIamor ous - ous Days ' . of or * ' 49 . Mojave , C'1llt-rolIowing C'1llt C1llt rolIowing Calif-following Calif following Calif ' . . - Following one of ofthe ofthe ofthe the most amazing and sensational gold gold.trJ.es goldstrikes goldItrikes .trJ.es trJ.es trJes strikes . ! , . ID in all history , California eallfornla IswItnessing iswitnessing is iswitnessing witnessing a new gold rush tt \ which hlch hich re recalls recalls recalls calls her glamorous days of * ' 4 49The 49 49Tho ! > Tho The first huge strike-the strike the strike - - the SlIver Silver SlIverQueenalready SilverQueenalready SilverQueen Queen-already Queen already - - already has been optloned optioned to tort toa to6 rt a South African syndicate for $3 3 $3- $3 3 $3250,000 $3-250,000 $3 3 250,000 250000 $ , - . 250,000 250000 , . Scarcely had the first rush of ot ad adventurers adventurers adventurers venturers filled tills this small desert town townto townto townto to overflowing , when dusty miners minerscame minerscame minerscame came with news of two more rIch rIchstriles richstrikes richstrikes striles strikes , only a few miles distant . . Gold mining experts from all parts partsof partso1 partsof of o1 the world wor1 < l hastened to Mojave For Formonths Formonths Formonths months the ne news netts " s was W'lS WlS ' kept secret Then Thenit Thenit Then11 it leaked lealed out-nod out nod out--and and out - - - and the rush was on onI I 1 Located In 1933 . The Silver Queen " was "as as sas first flrst locnted located locntedSn locatedin locatedIn Sn in September , 1933 , by George Holmes Holmesthirty , thIrty two year old former student of ofthe ofthe ofthe the University of Southern CaliforniaHolmes CaliforniaHolmes California CaliforniaHolmes Holmes , , who has bas prospected the theMojave theMojave theMojave Mojave area for fourteen years , found founda a fragment of gold bearing ore brolen broken brolenort brokenoff brokenoff ort off a ledge while whlle scouring a hlllslope hiilslopo hlllslopeabout hiilslopoabout hlllslopoabout about seven miles from Ioja"eI Mojavei Mojave Ioja\"e Ioja "e e \ " I i ' Holmes HQlm.es HQlmes . asked nsl.ed nsled . a friend , Brucc Bruce MinBard Min MinDatd Minsard Datd Bard , twenty eight year old practlc'll practlcll practical practlc'llmIner practicalminer practicalminer ' mIner , to help him h1m find the ledge By a thousand to one shot , they dug a atrench atrench atrench trench and nnd discovered the mother ledgeonly ledgeonly ledge -only only - - only s1feet six s1\ s1 ' \ : feet below the surfaceHolmes surfaceHolmes surface surfaceHolmes Holmes ga gave gaffe \ e MInnard MInnnrd liinnard a 20 per cent centshare centshare centshare share . They then dreIn drew dre\\ dre dress \ In Virgil Vlrgll Dew Dew.For DewFor . ror for his digging dlgJlng under a blistering bllsterlDg sun sunhe sunhe sunhe he , , too , was gh gl\cn gl cn gten ( \ en a 20 O per cent shareMlnn'1rd shareMlnnard share shareMInmrd MInmrd Mlnn'1rd Mlnn1rd Mlnnard ' and DefurnIsh Dew De\\ De Den \ furnish the first firsttrngedy firsttragedy firsttragedy trngedy tragedy of the new gold rush As Asmonths Asmonths Asmonths months slipped past they lost conC con1 cent conCdencc ! ! dencc dence dente denccEventuilly dence"entu'1l1y denteEventually Eventuilly \"entu'1l1y "entu'1l1y entu1l1y Eventually \ " ' Minnard MInnnrd liinnard sold his holdIngs holdings hold ' Ings to Cy Towncenc1 Townsend Town : ; end for tor $500 500 $ t ' ' )00 00 ) OO Short Shortly Shortly Shortly ly afterward nfter\\nrd nfter nrd \ Dew also nlso sold his sh'1re sh1re share sh'1refor sharefor shirefor ' for $1,000 1000 $ , To\\ To Tovvnsend Tonsend Tottnsend \ nsend and his associ assoc- assoc assocates associates ! - . ates bought him outFInally outFinally out outFinally Finally a syndicate offered Holm Holmes Holmesand Holmesand " nnd and his father , , " who "ho ho oho 0\\ 0 own 0n on \ n CO GO per cent centof centof centof of the claim chlm cl'tlm cltlm ' , $10 10 $10000 10000 $ 000 for the ledge ledgeThey ledgeThey ledgeThey They refused it It . . Succeeding offers of of$75000 of75000 $75 75 $75000 75000 $ 000 , . , $250,500 250500 5250,500 5250500 $ , , , , $300 300 $ $300000 300000 $ 000 and nnd $750 750 $750,000 750000 $ i50 , 000 likewise llkewlse were rejectedOption rejectedOption rejected rejectedOption . Option for Three Million MillionThen Then the world s most noted gold goldmlmng goldmining goldmining mlmng mining experts eperts , began to arrive Among Amongthe Amongthe Amongflie the first vveie weie \ el e the old Goldheld crowd crowdSenator - -Senator Senator - Key Pittm PIttman J.n Jn < . of ot Nevada Nevad'l Nevadl ' , , George Wingfield and Walter Trent TrentAlso TrentAlso TrentAlso Also came former Senator Sen'ltor Senltor ' Tasker Tasl\er Tasl er \ L LOddle LOddle LOddle Oddle of Nevada Ne.ada Neada . , " who "ho ho oho , , with Jim But Butler Butter Butler ler ter , MI discovered ellscovered covered the rich Tonopah Tonop'lh Tonoplh ' field fieldand , an and Al MyersIn MyersIn Myers MyersIn In all , gold fields of South Afrlc\ Afrlc Africa Afrlcsent Africasent Africasent ' \ sent fifteen men to Mojave And not notlong notlong notlong long nfidwaid afterward nl(1 nl1 ) ( Wal d the S South < , uth African AfrJcan com corn compn.ny cornpany cornpany pn.ny pnny pany . took an option on Holmes ' Silver SilverQueen SilverQueen SilverQueen Queen for $3230000 3230000 $3 3 $ 250 20 : ; 000I 000It 000 I ' It W'lShen was W'lS WlS ' \ - when \\-hen hen news of the big Oi 01 01tlon option optionprice tlon tlonprJce tlonprice prJce price leaked lea1.ed lea1ed . out recent1 recently that the theworld theworld theworld world at large first became ap apprlsed apprised apprised prlsed prised of California's Californias Callfornla's Callfornlas ' new nmazlng amazing nmazlnggold amazinggold amazinggold gold stuke st11ke stoke And the rush was on oni oniIbe I , I'Ihe ' Ibe 'Ihe Ihe Zhe ' " highway "lighway lighway le1tIm leading to Mojav 1\Ioj'lV 1 Ioj'lV IojlV Mojave \ ' Is Isjammed isjammed Isjammed jammed with auto automobiles mob lies , busses bussesheavy , heavy trucks hauling haullng lumber and mID min minlag mIDIng mming Ing lag machinery , and thousands of cars carsof carsof carsof of tourists tounst5 and sIghtseersEarly sightseersEarly sightseers sightseersEarly Early In the rush , however howp\"er howp "er er \ " an- an announcement an nn announcement . - nOllncementas nouncement nOllncement \ was \\as as tsas made th tint that J.t Jt < . the new newstrll.e newstrike newstrike strll.e strlle strike . would pro\ pro prove proe prose \ e of little httle value to tothe tothe tothe the casual casu'll casull ' prospector . Hunt llunt for the theprecious theprecious tlieprecious precious metal met'll metll ' around Moj\\ Moj Mojave Moje MoJate ' \ \ e is no nog'1me nogame nogame g'1me g1me game ' for forthe the inexperienced incxperlence . , |