| Show Noted Nevada Char ci rs Unable to Resist Appeal Flock to New Gold Camp Pine Nut Johnny Makes New Find Five Miles From Telegraph Operator Deserts Key to Lo- Lo Locate Locate Lo Locate cate Promising Claim Storm Wrecks Tents and Stoves i Toor AU Nov Nev March Tarch 15 Uy 15 Uy The Associated Press Press- Press SI Born as the thc result of an adventure the tin tiny lilly gold cit city at Weepah which has lived on OB nothing but excitement since its inception twelve days ago fostered another stampede today It as news was spread that an Indian had made a rich strike five nines awa away Crowds besieged printing offices here last Jast night to buy location notices and then c cut t loose forthe new flew new newest est cst find TI- TI hp Pine Nut Johnny a Plute Flute led a party ot of prospectors prospectOrs prospectors tors to the tho th find iud late lato yesterday esterday at Barrel Darrel Springs Twenty claims were staked stoked out on the spot at- at atter atter af after ter the finders had picked up samples of ore or c 16 iG worth ot of o gold old As far as the th ey eye can reach front any direction at Weepah the theland theland theland land has haa been staked out In claims The rhe Th newest find there there- therefore therefore therefore fore comes cornea In the th form forni of a con con rush for tor the late lato ar- ar arrivals arrivals ar arrivals rivals at Thus tar far It 18 locations at Wee Wee- ee pah have boon been registered by the thc Esmeralda county recorder who ho has ha been overloaded with excite excite- meat t as aa a result of ot the th boom boom Although locators locator have 30 90 o days dt's to record their claims the nie papers I arc pouring Into the tb county office by the tho basketful The recordings to so tar flu cover acres reaching ten ton mlle miles In every direction with the Horton Horton- Horton d discovery location nucleus lilT 1111 ItY In STORM 1 Weepah was wi bitten by the th storm God yesterday A high wind rip rip- ripped ripped rip ripped ped through Its lines line of ot tents and nud andlor tore down everything movable with the tho exception of o two or more hacks Scores of prospectors went hungry because the gale whisked away gasoline stoves stove cooking utensils and everything else In their camps that was waa not anchored Some Bomo of ot the belongings belon were retrieved ed pro had run true tru to form torm and retired durin during the night wearing their clothes Tho The storm clUDe cam Just at- at arter af after ter dawn enabling c them to start alart the day with the proper quota ot of Ther were no wo- wo women women wo-mn wo men or children In the th camp nt at atthe atthe the time Siena Sl ns that Weepah gold cold will he be mined with electricity business airplanes airplane nes and other modern agencies lt luat instead of or with on Two race 1 NOTED NEVADA MEN ON SCENE Continued from front l RC One the shovel pan pick and gun six cunot ot of 50 SO years caTS alto ago have begun un to appear Two aviators aviator from Bish Bishop I op 01 California arrived with an airplane ne and ond selected the most mo likely looking stretch of ot desert for tor fora Xora a 0 landing Held field as lS a center of ot op- op operations op operations Stockholders In the th company formed by Frank Horton Weepah lathered gathered on the thc scene for a a and the th Nevada Nevada- Nevada California California Power company was malting plans plain to run lines line to the tho new Eldorado I IROld Road ROld crews by Saturday will havea new road rOld open from Ton Ton-opah Ton Ton- Tonopah Tonopah tho the dl dla- dla opah to Weepah making tanco tance 2 28 mile miles In spite of or the appearance of modern elements I th the prospectors arriving almost hourly mak male make upa up upa upa a type which gives Weepah the atmo atmosphere of a real gold cold camp Among them is J P Kannia sec cc- cc of ot the 1 Gold MIn Ing company at La Ontario who admits ho broke certain speed records getting here And there Is la Shorty who Is known In all t ll the thc gold camps for his dry My humor and Md his six feet nine Eddie Eddlo Mood food of ot Oe New York who sold tho the Cash Boy mine hero three years ears ago aso for Is Ison Ison on tho the scene Charles J Rich rUch- Richards Rich Richard ards ard former Nevada congressman who made his atako In the Man Man- Manhattan Manhattan hattan boom and ant retired to Reno to Ivo happily over over after arter is out again in digging unable to w resist Y too she w call 11 w Y w One On locator did his stunt with lIh characteristic speed He lie is III i Geo Sherman telegraph operator who reads the tho messages that are arc hand hand- handed handed ed to him for transmission ABANDONS Jn hEY Y George sent tho the first news of the strike to the outside world from here her when given a 1 message from The Associated Press corre corre- correspondent correspondent telling ot of o the big ble strike He waited only long lont enough to send the tho message Then ho he de deserted sorted his ke key and mid made for tor the wide open spaces In the teeth of ofa ofa ofa a blizzard The headlights of his hiscar hiscar hiscar car would not pierce the binding sheet heet of o mow anon flakes but he let lethis lethis his automobile reel feel Its way vay along the trail by putting Its wheels In Inthe Inthe Inthe the ruts ruta made by other cars and letting It make Its It own headway Nine hours later Inter he ho was waa back on the Job He Ho had covered miles through the storm and staked ed ed out a claim right In the mid mid- middle mide mid die ille dle of the th field His Hi claim Is re- re regarded regarded re retarded as being worth orth a II fortune 00 |
