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JfoiiiaafJc Version of lli«* IMH«‘oveiof die fumoiiM Huy luiutiy Jllne. ILtjndv, CaL, August 30. IEditor Gazette:—A way back lu the sixties there was* quite an excitement over the old Mono, digging'1! which are situated about1 twelve milefl from Lundy, but the1 quart/, mine* of the country wvre not opened until inuny years after I the hydraulic mines of the Mono digging were ubundoneri, after producing millions in gold. Thei first claim located in the mineral belt, which has since become sof widely known, was one of the [ several claims on the ledge, on. which is now the May Lundy ainli other valuable mining properties, IThe generally accepted version of (how the ledge was discovered is I quite romaniic, and is as follows: A jouug man fioro the farming, country around Mono hike wus | paying his respects to u daughter of O. J* Lundy, who is the oldest resident id lids canyon, aiul who, at that time, hud loomed a timber uUiiy here. This young lover was very fond of hunting, and as the neighborhood round about his in* nmurutids residence abounded in deer, lie used to ii inir bL* gun along ! on his love-making excursion-*, and I *eour the surrounding country in ! search of vmnson. On one of these occaMouH ho scaled the almost perpendicular mountuiu just south i of wheie the town of Lundy now stands. In descending the mountain on the other side, into Lake canyon, lie ran onto some quaitz croppings, and, being pleased with \ their beauty, put Mirne into his J pocket-, thinking they might, on j his return to the Lundy dwelling, j serve to engage the you niter Lundy* i while lie w is encaging their elder j sister. While playing with these j specimens, Intle May Lundy threw! tuem into the open Jire-plu.ee, jtfLITTEUlNG 001,0. !When they melted a bright yellow 1 metal was the result, and she called : her father^ attention to the matter. IOil Mivcbtig ition Mr Lundy found [ the metal io be gold. This eireuui- j stance led To the location by him, uud his won Id-be hhi-iii law, of one [ ut the cl li ms which now form the May Lundy mine, so named uficr* Miss May Lnudv, who is now the belle of the imvn named after her* father. The young man who d's- ; (covered the mine was uri-nieces-ful j in his suit f»»r the elder MissLun-l dyN hand, and aho tailed to maae anything ouL of Ins discovery. The I May Lundy mine, though now. under a teninorary cloud, is a v»*ry rich one, and is the piincip-tl miue tn Homer District. It is netr ilie fop of the moithlain, 14,Odd feet above sca level and i.onO iVet higher j than Lundy, alt'c ugn only lhit**| miles fhsta «t fr mi the town. As I said, it h clie pnnci|Ml mine, hm it ’ iv so onlv in o iiM*- more work h»»s been done upon it lhati any other in tin? distrut. The only ntln r mine- now working their ore are, (he (Jonlla and lhvaor. T'*e (t«n-la company is working about a ilu/.cn men in I he in i ne. ami ci uyh-ing the or** extracted by ura-ur.i process. With iliK crude maetnno ihe.v are making the mine sell -us laming at lea-t, mid it h in*rally I U'nl» i stood that the owner- arc I clouting lots of money. Orr lt;ln t is, piospects are so eucoupndng t it they have ordered u quaint mill, whn h will -soon be lure I'm- Bry- j ant, owned principally by Hon. Put. Kcddy, is proving a reliablebonanza. With half a dozen men j in the mine, and a mill of two I smalt stamps, tne fiist clcaii-np, j after a line—weeks run, was overi $4,0W, and the mine is looking.,) better as it is developed. But *fj the pmMKM ts of 1 lie camp in the; futute, 1 will speak lu another letter. IEm Brack. I
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Reno Evening News
Reno, Nevada, US
Wed, Sep 03, 1884
Page 3
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