velop ed . ▁ ▁However ▁the ▁news ▁was ▁now ▁out , ▁and ▁prospect ors ▁started ▁flow ing ▁into ▁the ▁area , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁Por cup ine ▁Gold ▁R ush . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁Ben ny ▁Hol ling er , ▁a ▁young ▁bar ber ▁from ▁Ha iley bury , ▁and ▁his ▁partner , ▁Alex ▁Gill ies , ▁started ▁prospect ing ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁When ▁they ▁met ▁the ▁Wilson ▁expedition ▁they ▁were ▁told ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁good ▁lots ▁were ▁st aked ▁for ▁at ▁least ▁ ▁west . ▁So ▁they ▁went ▁west , ▁past ▁the ▁already ▁st aked - out ▁claims , ▁until ▁they ▁came ▁upon ▁an ▁abandoned ▁test ▁pit ▁near ▁Pear l ▁Lake ▁where ▁Re uben ▁D ' A ig le ▁had ▁given ▁up ▁three ▁years ▁earlier . ▁The ▁two ▁were ▁expl oring ▁the ▁site ▁when ▁Hol ling er ▁d ug ▁into ▁a ▁m ound ▁that ▁demonstrated ▁how ▁un l ucky ▁D ' A ig le ▁was : ▁ ▁... ▁Ben ny ▁was ▁pulling ▁m oss ▁off ▁the ▁rocks ▁a ▁few ▁feet ▁away , ▁when ▁suddenly ▁he ▁let ▁a ▁ro ar ▁out ▁of ▁him ▁and ▁threw ▁his ▁hat ▁to ▁me . ▁At ▁first ▁I ▁thought ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁cra zy ▁but ▁when ▁I ▁came ▁over ▁to ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁hard ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁reason . ▁The ▁quart z ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁taken ▁off ▁the ▁m oss ▁looked ▁as ▁though ▁someone ▁had ▁dri pped ▁a ▁cand le ▁along ▁it , ▁but ▁instead ▁of ▁w ax ▁it ▁was