The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-05-24
convinced tho world of the richness and
per.nanency of The Piuche Silver Mines.

convinred tho world Of the richness and
per,nanescy of the Pioche Silver Mines.
In The spring Of 1850 the town was for
mally M91ni1ed. Tn. first town meeting
falling 10 unite upon name. Il vac agreed
n leave ehst matter u the discretion OF
Mn Dr. Williamson, nee Sarah 4. Carlni.
chsrI, and, with = sense Ut justice 1t least.
she reported in favor Of manning the new
city in honor Ut r b. PsacNe, public
spirited French capitalists Ut San F.s"cise,,.
who hsd largely invested in the lode which
original share. holders Of the town toward
new .comess was cemmsnLsbly liberal. %
that during 1870 and 20 eligible business
and residence sites were within the reach Of
al. But confidence In the permanently of
the town strengthened, snd. business and
population Increased with the increasing
shipments 1T bullion, - that in the winter Vi
1870 and n il had becOn,e The most active
and important mining town in Southeastern
Nevada Lots which originally cost less than
one hundred doIlsrs. were held at from
three I" five thousand. Every s'sse came
In loaded with passengers, ins,de and out,
and returned empty, for Ill found lucrative
employment houses. s,ine Of cretiits
ble character. we're being erected on all
si.ies-~atrr- works. of unfailiSg capacity
and adequate supply, had bser constructed
-echss'ls. chu1s.hes, and all the benevolent
and charitable inStitutt0ns. bad been cstsO.
lshed IN sh,s., il hs.nds If desert, .
city If 2,0Oc inhabitants had sprung into
existence.
But on the night of September 18th. ~,
. rribls calamity lefcll the infant CITY.
u was the anniversary 1T Mexican iudepcn
tience. and the citizens of that nation wcrr
Clarifying the occasion with baIl, b,nflre,
~inss aud s1nnn whus, i,as0 Affair su,iNnasshs
flames were a<en &c is-ue from the rear Ut
restaurant. on the upper par Of Nam street
Tue Festivities OF the Acxicsns engaging the
attention ~ the many WIN had nat yet
retired. the flames, Notwithstanding that the
air was unrum d BY breeze, hsd K.'i under
! irresistible Roadway before the maturity of
the inhaMtsnts were msssed to Oppose it.
In vain were al attempts to arrest Ito pro-
gress.+ Nearly all the houses being cOn
struc,rd Of dry. resinOus mlierinl, the furi
Gus 6re.storm swept them sway in quick
dering enbess marked the site 1T Whist, IwO
hours earlier, was the MOst dOurishing and
progressive Of oil the mining towns. From
l.5OO 70 1900 men. women and children
were without roofs TO shelter them-many
| In destitute circumstances; but these were
not the most melancholy incidents of tho
fearful cstastrOphe Three hundred kegs Of
powder exploded amid the falling walls and
cracking timbers Of . leading mercantile
house, resulting 10 the instant death of 10
men and the serious wounding Of ~ others.
The loss WAS considerably over half mil
lion, but tribe Ut which was covered BY
insurance
Phoebe now boasts . population Of from
i've To SIX thousand, and il seems 10 he daily
Increasing. The majority of the people
here arr old practical miners from California,
Montana and Idaho. but representatives Of
almost every nation, civilized, semi civilized
and bsrharOus-from the rntcrprising Amer
lean and polite Frenchman down to the
musk accented Monaghan and wretched ri
ute-are ~ be observed in this swelling tide
Ut humanity.
II Is said that 1900 men have been EN-.
pl"yed, daily. in the mines since July, ~.
From then u Jan. lat. 70. the yield Of
silver has been e7.eso. eoa. 10 being . daily
yield per man, Counting days work II ~
hours of over go. The veins are in
quartzite, and tho ores arc chloride and
sulphuret0 of silver, with srgentiferous galena
and pyrites of iron. D"wn to over 500 feet
the mines have uniformly improved -
development has progressed.
There are now no stamps crushing Phoebe
ores, and 30 more will soon be In operation.
The number will be greatly increased
doubled. may be-withiD the present year.
A nsrrOw>gauge railroad. tor Transporting
ore to Bu;liOnviIle. will soou lie In operation,
thas scceler.ting mining business. Tie
adjacent valleys Of Pshrsnaest, Meadow.
Round, Dry. Rose. Eagle end Spring sse
under high state of cultivation.
Pneumonia and rheumatic affections have
been prevalent here since The hrss settlement
Ut the Countrywide former, l mag ssy, In
its worst form, and to On alarming extent
But the origin and fatal termination Of
pneum.nis 10 usually Attributable to expos.
ure and intempcrate habits The deaths
among woman and clsiI3rsu have bscn, III
proportion TO their numbers, comparatively
few.