Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-11-21
nAILY RECORD
v,IDaY. NOVEMBER II. 1873.
90, sumner ON Phoebe.

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r.,n.;seo on the 18th of August by Col.
1,.r,ss A Sumner. The lecture has
,,asr priuted in pamphlet form, copy
= ubicb. BY some mishap, had not fall
Ia ,naer our observation until yester-
"a, Col. Sumner is well known here.
hav;,o been engaged in reporting the
.oo5;pos of the celebrated lawsuit
t,,vaeu the Raymond & Ely and. Her
mes Mining Companies. As the lectur-
~ concluding remarks relate entirely to
p;oebe. we copy them, viz:
Half way up on the mountain range
n which we suddenly turned from a
sortherly direction, our course now bear
IN, more to the west, we discovered two
or three hundred house or cabin roofs,
,,bich still retain and show the gloss of
new shingles, sitting-with single short
straioht street line exception-in con-
family rising infection. Can this be
P;ocbe? That is Phoebe. which we
have travelled $50 miles by stage to see."
The driver Immediately informed us that
wa really have in view about one-half of
that town; Meadow Valley and Cedar,
two considerable streets, and portion
Of Main street extending on to the Ray
mond & Ely works, being, as yet, hidden
from sight
As we gradually approach we have
more and more house roof and side
brought under notice, until We turn to
the south at distance of a half or three
nnarters OF a mile from the town, when
the main street, as well as the short spur
If Lacour street, is within the direct line
Of vision. Well, here is Phoebe. A
wonderful mining camp to be situated at
this distance from the railway.
"pioche, which strikes you at first with
the conviction that it is place which is
at the end OF long and severe journey.
1t may strike you secondly, that is very
like every other prosperous side-moun-
tain camp in Nevada that you have ever
visited. 1t occurs to you thirdly, that it
is incredible that there have been 1000
inhabitants here within the past three
wears, to remain for one period of twelve
months. You do not now realize that it
contains 5000 adult inhabitants.
The driver begins to point out the To-
cations of the different mines which are
situated Immediately back of the town on
the sharply rising mountain sides. But
you check him to inquire as to the new
mill on your left, that is fully construct
ed but apparently unused. That is the
Flowery Floral mill, erected under The
superlndence OF Jake Clark. And it is
supposed that Joe Clark comes to help
place ii upon business footing. 1t has
not been at work yet.
And here we notice, few rods abovs
this mill, half mile or more from town,
two grave-yards. The driver replies to
our inquiry, THAT is the Odd Fellows,
that the Masons' cemetery" And he in
forms US that an unfenced area is pub
lie cemetery, in which repose the bones
and ashes Of ll2 men-adding with prob
able exaggeration: "Seyen OF which died
natural DEATH" The last two men
who died with their boots on were buried
there the day before yesterday. And in
so telling, this driver seemed also to
have pride OF history in such matter.
We have touched the suburbs of
Pioche, and as we slowly move up the
hill on a grade increasing from ten to
twenty feet, we take the drivers EMU
meration of the mines and listen with
thoroughly absorbed interest, until we
reach the edge of crowd of not less
than fifteen hundred persons, which fills
Main street from the junction OF Lacour
up to the Express oifce-a distance of
$50 feet
Phoebe is situated in what, might be
properly termed the "bite of four dis
tnct hills on the mountain range. Here
on the right, as you commence the as.
cent into the town, is limestone hill.
Passing around its individual base, a
mile perhaps, and you come to a hill of
quartzite, on which the Raymond 4 Ely,
Hermes, Kentucky, Phoebe Phenix, New
ark, lugomar, and other claims are To-
cated-the Panaca Flat claims proper.
Half mile of travel on the breast OF
this hill, over the most northerly por-
ton of the course, and you come to the
Meadow Valley range, which is also
quartzite. This is divided from the last
mentioned raymond L. Ely hill by a
depression of something near 20 feet in
the top of the hill: road running up
from the end OF Main street proper
through this depression. On this hill
are the various Meadow Valley mines
the works of which are in the breast Of
the hill-that is about half way up from
the town. Above the Meadow VALLEY
are the HUM 4 Hunt, Chapman, Amer
lcan Flag, and hall dozen other mine,
OF less celebrity. This range runs in al
easterly and westerly direction. Their.
Ha MIL or mountain spur, extending
northerly from the breast of this quartz
ite mountain side, on which the Meadow
'aiiey mines are situated, of limeston,
formation.
suppose Telegraph Hill to represen
Inc Raymond d Ely segment of tn,
mountain circle, and Russian Hill, o.
lar as Fine street, to represent tho Mea
aow valley range; and then suppose tina
rom Pine street there should extend th
MI OF limestone, striking out directl,
toward the Bay; that will give you som,
idea-and, l think, not altogether ,
vague one-of the two promontories O
wealth. with one of the limestone projec
nons. This last described hill run
north n quarter of mile, and is, SO ia
Us ascertained, valueless as q mineral
1peafing body. So you perceive tina
Iioene Is almost in an amphitheatre-
win no valley, plain, or regular bowl,
Is true; with one outlook portherly, look
ing out into an immense valley view, tn
upper end of which extends beyond tn
VISION, and in fact, as already noted,
travelled clear up to the Patterson As
cent from which we have just arrived.
Main street runs up at q steep incline
say Ike Washington street, from Mont
solnery to Taylor. Then it slightly dc
meets ne to the right and sinks in Panacc
rat Out from Main street, in an cas-,
cry direction, is Meadow Valley stree,
AZ aoout the centre of the most populou
portion of the town. And above on
hundred feet, in the same general diret
non from Main street, is Cedar stree
out It ultimately. and at distance,
should judge, Of about 400 feet, run
INTO and connects with Meadow Vale
street. Meadow Valley street is ded
Gated to saloons and such like places {
entertainment. Cedar street, from il
point Of departure from Main street,
VI respectable kind. 1t has scho,
rrouse, two churches, Episcopal an
Sathoilc, and ihrea hapdeon,a roa;dopc<