Show STORY OF THE HADN MINE Rich Silver Siver Property Situated in inThe InThe InThe The Black Rock Range In Nevada EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN to find Lost MIn in Lato Years ars luc Tints Far rat 1011 Unsuccessful tul Somewhere out on the thu mack flack Hock flock desert not many miles mies front from no there thero Is I a ii 1 mine of ot extreme richness says the tho News of ot Rosebud IoS bud Nevada Neada U it 1 Is one or of the lost mines of ot tho the early catly carl history of ot Nevada It I Is tailed called caled the Silver Mine and acid Us its It I rich richness rIchness ness has often oten boon een told of OC by h Call Cali California fornia tonda emigrants who were elu with wih liar II din when ho lie picked up the slab of ot white metal U It I was WIS In tho the early carly part of ot tho the year clr 1850 1810 that an coo UI emigrant emigran train crossed tho the Black Back HOCK aser a sen on Its Us way to thu tho then great grent sold gold old fields ot of Cali Juit California ul fornia At Al t a n point near noar tho the extreme mo southern end or the tho Black Hock range ono one of o the party Air Mr 11 Hardin was wan de tic detailed tailed to supply aU tho the people a Il L the tho train with wih game gume which was HII vo then thel quite qui plentiful being herds of or auto ante tupe and ulcer deer In ln that thaL part of oC the country Towards evening Mr lr liar Har din wan aa coming down onu one of oC the tho mountains and nd In stepping from one ledge ot of rock to another his attention was wa attracted hy by the tho sound caused by b Ids huts boots booti coming in li contact with something that a it metallic ring Ho lie stopped slopped to Investigate II vc and anti picked up a 0 large luigo slab of oC almost solid sold min rain mineral oral eral resembling lead Taking raking a II piece with rith wih him to tho the place where th tt the train was camped for Cor tho the night he showed it to his comrades and aUl they the were all al of the tho th same opinion that It I was lead Little Litte or or nothing was known of ot nil sil silver sl ver ore oto elo at that thaI time so the tho piece picco of supposed lead lend was thrown Into Inlo ono one of ot the wagons and forgotten Several weeks afterward nt as ns the emigrant train rain was vas traveling down dmn the tho Pitt River nv r valley nley In California the party was attacked by Indians and their ammunition having run short ono of or orthe the emigrants happened to 10 think of the tho mysterious m metal which had hud boon been bun found on the desert d gerl by lard In It I was melted meled Into Inlo bullets which were used with wih good gOOl effect In skirmishes with wih the marauding redskins As Al the thu story goes Roe not a few tow of oC the Indiana wore were cro sent to the tho happy hunting grounds by b welt well wel aimed missiles missies molded from what afterward proved to b be pure silver This Thil knowledge knowledg did dl not como come until several years later Inter after ater the thc discovery cry ery cr of or silver on oa the Comstock Then members rf r the emigrant party parly re returned returned turned to tie Stack mack Rock nock country and i ot nt lt their old camping ground found round several pieces s of oC the tho metal which they had cast Into bullets years ears before beCore It I was tested and ald proved to 10 be solid sold sit sil silver sl ver yer verA yerA A company was WIS organized at Petit Peta lumo luma Cal where Mr Hardin was running a blacksmith shop and all he with others started for tor the scene of at tho the sliver discovery Arriving at what Mr thought was tho the place they commenced to prospect and anti spent con considerable time in diligent search with without out Olt Ing tInt the place where ho he had picked up tip the rich metal though ha hO h claimed there thero was plenty of o it scatter scattered ed cd on tho the hillside Unsuccessful In tho the search the party part was forced to abandon the treasure hunt and anti returned to Cal California Cali i In later Inter years Mr l H made mado a number of ot trips Into lato tho the Black Back Rock flock desert de ert but hut they the like Ito the first expedition tion ton were nil all al unsuccessful More lore recently rich silver float Jas JM been found Cound near the place where whore Har lIar Hardin din was supposed to have pinked picked up the th native natle ore but bul the search for tor the ledge whence It came caitie lies has always ended in failure Calure The formation where the s ver vcr was found Is ta very similar at Lot tl Rosebud The Brown Drown Palace has ore oro of ot almost pure silver IIer and thre thore Is good got reason to believe that another rich mineral mineraI belt lies les further out on tho the desert to the thu west The Hardin emigrant party part loft the tho Humboldt river at nt a point near where Mill Mi City now stands and passed through by Rabbit Hole Springs where there thero was WIS un nn old fort Cort erected for Cor the protection of or the emigrants passing through to California TItle Thlu place was the last be before beCore before fore Core reaching the other Ride of ot the Block Rock flock desert From tho the fort rort thu Dock t train trin crossed the desert to Black Rock flock Tock range of oC mountains and anti then northward to Soldiers Sollers meadows When Mr Ir lIar Hur lur din 11 brought in the rich sliver silver siler oro ore the party watt was camped nt at what Is now no call called called i ed water d there City there being leing a spring of or |