The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-13
CORRESPONDENCE.
SILVER REEF, APRIL Z, 1878

OLIVER hEkf, hPhlL !, 1910
EDITOR RECORD: Thinking your
readers would like to hear from this
fourishing mining camp in Zion, l will
write you few lines Of the town and its
surroundings. Silver Reef is the BUSH
ness center of this mining district, is very
pleasantly situated, with a stream o!
good mountain water flowing through it.
Bonanza City is the next town of size
aud consequence in the district. 1t is
about quarter of mile from Silver
Reef. Both of these towns are growing
very rapidly In Silver Rect John Rice
has just completed one OF the finest
stone buildings in Southern Utub, and 1t
far excels any house OF the kind in Phoebe.
There are about four stone business
houses being erected here at the present
time. They can get the best of building
rock within a mile of this camp, and by
the time person gets his lumber from
Parowan, distsDce of 70 miles-where
most of the lumber used here comes
from--it is demonstrated that it is more
profitable to build stone building than
frame one, as the cost Is nearly the same,
and then they are much cooler during the
| summer. There are five quartz mills
| running in this district, and all are doing
| the best of work. Two of these mills
the Christy, superintended by Captain
| Lubbock, and the Barbee mill-are IN
Silver Reef. The last named mill is within
fifty feet of the mine which ore it
brushes. The Leeds Company's mill and
mine are situated about one and O halt
miles from Silver Reef, and at present Is
the "boss" mine of the district. The
mill is located about quarter of mile
from the nine. The Riverside mill, d
10 stamper, is situated about SIX miles
from here, on the banks of the Rio Virgin,
and is run by water power, thus making
q great saving in fuel. There are quite
a number of teachers in operation in this
district, and l believe the process Is {
SUCCESS, as the ore is sandstone and easy
10 crush. This district has, according tt
the best of information, about one thou
sand Inhabitants, and l believe full,
eight hundred of them are from Pioch,
aud vicinity. Many OF the old Piocher
established here are doing well, among
whom are John Cassidy, Jacobs d
Sultan aud Peter Harrison. The las
named gentlemen has the largest ant
most com odious building in SoutherI
Utah, which is used as a grocery store
furniture store and q tirst-class lodging
house, which is well appreciated by tn
citizens OF this district. George Mile
is running a saloon, rs il also E Thomp
SON and j. D. Hickox. j. j. Halpln ha
q frst-class stock of hardware an,
has very good trade. Messrs. Steele 4
Turrill and A. Lemon are doing bushes
in Bonanza City. The great abundanc
of water here give those who are bontan
ically inclined fine opportunity to cul
tivate all kinds of shrubs and flowers
and several ex-Piochers have very beauti
tiful gardens indeed. About two mile
southeast of this town is Leeds, an oil
, Mormon settlement, which is very prett
just now, as the fruit trees are all il
bloom, and to one from the sagebrus
, deserts and quartzite mountains of til
Silver State the scene ia perfect
I grand; indeed I have not seen anythin
, 80 beautiful for many long day. excep,
ing the ladies Of Leeds, who, for beauty
cannot be surpassed-I am thinking {
taking unto myself another wife. Abor
two any half miles south OF here
> Harrisburg, the little village from whic
. this fourshing mining district derive
its name.
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