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Ed%to} Mot nuty i* Call A iftw1mouths \% thiro was ltiqniiy mult iu the Sun Francisco press by the Historical Societv foi incidents relating tothe earliest discovery of gold ill the0arson vulk\ region, now iu the State of Nevada From Colonel John Reese, still living in Salt Lake City, and fioni whom the name of 'Rejftse, river was derived, we gain the following incidents Colonel Reese, ugh his family, was the earliest white settler in Carson valley, locating there in May, 1851, and continued a resident iu the .sameplace until 1857 The''5 ranch whichlie staked off is be lit \ iaI to have the fit at peimanent lt;hnm'rrfade in^tKd country whfch now con4titbtes tile State of Nevada lu the firsi year of his settlement he cultivated^ and raised a fur ciop of tump pa, tp9Utoe?radishes, melons and other veget^ble^ His ranch was first known an 4,Mor* ton’s fetation ” afterwards named GenoaIn the latter part 185Ippsmall party of gold*setkmr’en ixfte from the Ea«t to Cali forma, stopped at the Colonel’s ltineh, the party compr.aing E L. Barmaid* Lorenzo Dow be a nephew df tlio eticenv‘\efaimed to ttlC and famous preaehehOf thettsamel name), Peasly, and fcivo or three botltr ers All the party weie reported tolast, becoi mg tlt;Cllt; of u?lt; a tlei office, corapthrewDu of Qi D y.sion \beeneopiethemDuon tl etent becoi{Dcmi?,tpe; and I theKilkiimmoar we cr God utter langi: the t“Foif od,have come from New York and Ghtof **gorrAfter a few days rest and rcriuting of animals the party, accompanied by Colonel Reese, went down the Carson Vi U y between tlmty and folly miles to prospect -for gold. Near wfiefe'fo canyon or gulch, leading from t?h©‘ present (site of Virginia City, inters sects the tallfcy, Lerenzo Dow, of the party, prospecting the dirt with his tin cup, discovered traces of gold Proceeding up this canyon about fouf miles, ana where the same isinte-aeetcd by another canyon from the west, the first gold of good quality and id paying quantity was found' Below this point the gold obtained was worth $18 per ouncej above it appealed alloyed with silvei 5and was^ woi th less than $14 per ounce*Tidings of the new*di9Coverv rapidly spreid, and in a short time manyminers were on the giound, and about1100 claims were taken up m 1851 and 1853, and the locality became known as / Gold Canyon 1The Dow and Barnard patty ^erV early joined by* three, or fo\ir old Californians, among wfio^r was a veteran miner known as “Old‘Virginia^’ and the whole number continued their work in the locality during the two years of 1851 and 1852 Old Virginia was known as a “lucky fellow,” aid wherever ho sunk his shovel and shook his pan gold was sure to be seen. Belling his claim foi $0,000, he soon succumbed to good fortune and gave up the ghostColonel Reese says that from the old miner’s cognomen came VirginiaCityLoren/o Dow unquestionably is entitled to whatever famet may p^rtaipd to the earliest discoveries of gold $oCarson Valleypat tohaveFronlearn300 rmaniifpriicannlt;hundpo w e,Authe nthe* I!coqIcnetfcfothenthoffthis 1*1Chartemp Irom to th Densthm^cabb ncr c attcii remcwhoA Good Story on th© BritishglOYlt;to ac elect ed tlringthi?ity ^ Who elecl
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Weekly Reno Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Thu, Feb 12, 1880
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