The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-04-17
GALENA.
Quiet but Healthy Retreat.
BATTLE MoUNTAIN, April 18th.

DAIILE AP1h
Ed. SILVER STATE:-I have just re-
turned from pleasant visit to Galena,
and soiourn with the delightful family
of Judge McBeth, and / find Battle
Mountain in statu quo; it always is in
that condition, though it is called the
centre of fertile region. Reno claims
the same distinction, and it is toss up
which is the centre. Wall, as said, /
have been to h Ittl
GALRNA,
Which is situated at the head waters of
Duck Creek, and at the base of the
hill, where the White and Shiloh mine
and mill are situated. The mine is there,
and the mill is there, but 'silence
reigns amid the spheres" The cars
stand rusting at the mouths of the tun-
nels, the traps are closed down at the
shafts, and ropes rust and rot ON the
windlasses. Men in brown overalls and
Bumpers lounge around the camp
and sit around the stove at the store,
multiplied copies of Rip Van Wrinkle.
Now and then a team crawls up from
the valley or across the hills from
Copper Canyon, relieving for an hour
the monotony of the scene; anon, a band
of merry, happy children issue from the
school house on the hillside and scatter
among the houses of the camp, and all
is still again. Under the suspension OF
work, all is dull and lifeless as the Dead
Sea; but in the whole range of the Silver
State, in fact, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, there is
NOT A HEALTHIER SPOT
Than Galena. The air is clear, the
temperature mild, and the water as pure
as the river which ''fiows by the throne
of Cod" and as plentiful as it is pure,
and only for the absence of trees and
the presence of the everlasting sage
brush, one might say with Moore, eff
there's peace to be found in the world,
the heart that is humble might look for
it here" Judge McBeth, who located
and laid out the town in 1867, is still
the principal property holder and the
chief resident OF the piece, and Guilt
Yates some very fine land running down
the canyon. His improvements are
MODELS OF PROGRESSIVE FARMING
And ingenuity, and under an extensive
system of drainage, he is retaining
some very rich soil, which must pay
handsomely. His stables are models OF
neatness and comfort, and his corrals,
which are a regular series of traps, show
genius of no mean order. The Judge
owns some very fine stock and choice
poultry, and devotes much of his time
to their cultivation. Galena is not a
place of much excitement at present,
but it surely is glorious spot for
health, and there can be no question but
that there are large quantities of unde-
veloped property in that region. The
mines already worked have shown that
there is
PLENTY OF PROFITABLE ORE
At hand, and within few days very
promising prospect has been developed
Just above the mill on the hillside, which
bids fair to pay some one handsomely.
For pleasant stroll of few days
among romantic scenery, and in life
giving atmosphere, there is no place on
the coast superior to Galena and its sur
rounding hills. l cannot promise
visitors the royal entertainment which
was accorded me, but am sure that no
one would regret the sojourn of a week
in that camp, or fail to carry away some
new life from its glorious atmosphere.
CAP. JIM.