The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-06-02
LETTER FROM RESTING SPRINGS

RESTING SPRINGS, SAN BERNARD1No Co.,
California, May IA, 1877.
EDITOR RECORD: After so long time,
will avail myself of the opportune de.
parture Of one Of our citizens (Alphabeti.
cal Smith; some of you may have heard
Of him) to your burg, to at least partially
redeem my promise OF =" dropping you
few lines 1t will be hasty, discon-
nected and incomplete. for which l
know 1 shall have your charitable ex-
cuses.
A few days since the mild, intellectual
and persuasive countenance Of our old
Dayton beamed upon US. We instinc-
lively felt in our rear brseches- pocket
for four dollars, but no four dollars was
there my country man, and then we rea.
lized that we were no longer citizen of
the Battle-born Child of the Repub.
lic;" but that California, the great, the
glorious. the land of the olive and the
vine, OF milk and honey. of big trees
and horned toads, claimed us for her
own land should be proud of her &C.
quisition), and that we were safe from
the seductive rules OF Lincoln county
officials.
1t is possible that some OF the resi-
dents of your section may be curious to
know what we have and what we are o
doing away down here on the ragged
edge of San Bernardino county. II
would require more paper. ink. time,
etc., than l have at my disposal to tell
you the half. and as this gentleman will
be with you in few days, and is we'll
known to the most of you, will leave
the task to him, only saying that after
residence OF eight months in this district,
and thorough familiarity with all its
developments and resources, / consider
it one OF the very largest things on this
or any other coast. We have wood and
water in abundance, magnificent clim.
ate, inexhaustable beds OF peat within
six miles. and as for the mines. hardly
know where to commence or what to say
OF them. Imagine two or three Eurekas
and couple OF old-fashion Pioches con-
densed into one mining camp, and that
camp situated in q wild new region of
country, away down on the borders OF
Death Valley, as isolated from the world
as were the mutinesrs of the Bounty"
on Pitcairns Island, and you may form
q weak conception Of our prospects. l
will only speak Of two out of fifteen or
twenty OF our mines. The "Gun Sight"
owned by Mr.. j. B. Osborne, down
eighty feet; an unbroken ledge the en-
tire depth OF said eight feet in width; ore
averaging 5000 dollars per ton; under
the management OF John Taylor, former
ly foreman OF tho American Flag" OF
your place, and OF the ".Tehachepi,"
o continuation of the "Gun Sight"
with solid ledge of magnificent smelt.
ing ore, of very high grade, some six
feet in width. Then we have the alex
ander," the balance, the MONDAY"
and the "Sherman,' owned by Silas
Pierson & Co., and host Of others, but
% I did not intend TO particularize /
will desist. We do not ask any one
to believe Us unless they choose. There
has never been an effort made to induce
immigration, and there is none being
now. Only wait few short months
and you will see stream of bullion roll.
ing from Resting Springs District into
the avenues OF commerce that will
sstonish the mining world.
Mr.. Smith goes to Phoebe on business
for parties here aud tells me he shall re-.
main with you but few days. We unite
in wishing him long voyage.
LOGAN.