Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-03-22


Meadow Lake City, in California, which was
once called Summit City, boosted, in days gone
by. of a population OF 5000 or 1000 souls.
In Its day Of prosperity, says .he Grass Valley
Union, i had fine stores good hotels, theatres
saloons In number, and an exchange at which
Mining stocks were sold. Meadow Lake CITY
was a second Virginia City and attempted to
revive the good days of washoe, the flush
times OF Comstook lead. In 1865, we think II
was, some persons found gold-bealing rock in
some lodges around Meadow Lake, and these
being assayed and the assays being talked
about the city of summit or Meadow Lake was
borne It sprung up like JONAH gourd, in
night, and it has withered.
In the excitement which followed the DIS
| ooyery OF quatz specimens near Meadow Lake.
fine houses wore erected and business pro-
missed to be brisk. The lodges, however,
failed TO Yield OF their treasures "by mill pro
cess, and peopl, became disheartened. The
sanguine held on in hopes that chemistry
would get the gold out OF tire rcek, where
mechanism had failed The ores were rebel
lious, it is said, and tue ordinary appliances
Of stamps and quicksilver would not save the
gold of those itch lodges. Chemistry would
i find way to get the richuess out Of the rock.
''Old people saw signs and young people
dreamed dreams" IN efforts 10 save that gold.
' The Burns's process was invented, In dream
! to save gold, and Tor a time Meadow Lake City
! continued to hold its own in hopes OF the sue
! cess of Burns's dream. It failed, and the
q doub,trs began to intimate that the gold wal
O not in the rock, and the asiayers were wtoni
K or had been imposed upon. Mills, chemicals
e aud even dreams failed TO make mining Their
&c II success. Silence. mechanics, and the blacl
al art had each failed in its turn toturn the roc
~ into gold. So tho city went down and Is moi
le deserted.
A few DAYS ago a friend OF ours visite
Meadow Lake ity. lie went up on sno
shoes and took a look al the deserted an
J. snow covered place. The houses which wei
4. only one story in height were covered to the
rs roofs with snow. The two story houses We
M surrounded with .now TO the height Of Il
bi second story, Not living being was SO,
or by our friend. lie was monarch Of Tia
nj snowy desolution. Signs swung in the co
wv wind. and grazed in their swinging the suria
he OF the snow. Prominent among the signs W
Ter that Of brokers' Office, Just opposite the G
ler hall of the board Of brokers. The large hot
IN there was yet furnished, and bed and beddi
Nor remained there, Our friend standing in
la, snow shoes, galed into the hotel while
be stood on the snow surface, ! vel with t
lse second story, and he saw clean linen on /
M deserted beds. lie wanted tn take a rest
8; the comfortable looking quarters, but the
he was no food nor fuel in sight, and he had
ner go down lower to ditch tenders cahiI to
fire and appease his hunger Many Of
yer houses have this winter, been broken do'
nj by the weight Of snow on their roofs, but ma
ilv more remain lust as they were when tn
,ge owners left. The property deserted is safe,
rm cold aud snoE have locked all against the
in predations of burglar. Meadow Lake |;
ing winter residence no more.