Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-02-05
THE STORM.
ITS DISASTROUS EFFECT In
THIS VICINITY.
Dayton Flooded the Roads Rem
dered impossible, Bridges and
Fumes Carried Off, and Ranch
Washed away.

dered impossible, Bridges and
Fumes Carried Off, and Ranch
Washed away.
The storm OF last week did consi
derable damage. The roads in Gold,
Daney, Ophir, Eldorado, Churchill,
Six mile and Como canOus were len
dered impossible, that in Gold Canon
being almost ohliterated. There
were several caves in this road, and
the banks broke in at many points.
That part of the tollroad from Low
err Gold Hill to the Dayton mine
probably cost several hundred dol
lars to repair. Lower down the
canon, the two bridges at the inter
section of the Mound House road
were carried away, and the creek
overfowed into the road and washed
it over length of about half mile.
Boulders weighing as much as ton,
loosened by the rain, fell in the road,
knocking down many tons of earth.
The road was in a frightful condi-
ton. All conveyances which came
down the canon the first five days of
the week were compelled to cross the
creek near the Excelsior mill and
come by the long disused road back
of the graveyard. George Barton's
stages alone came down the usual
way, but the road was so rough that
even these were laid up for repairs,
and Barton has since been running
rockaways.
DAYTON FLOODED.
About l o'clock last Sunday morn
ing cries OF I" A flood !" "a flood ="
aroused those residents of Dayton
who had managed to get to sleep
Notwithstanding the storm and the
grave apprehensions which were en-
tertained. The water had overlooked
the banks of the creek and flooded
Main and Silver streets and Florence
avenue. The pressure against the
dams, sluices, fumes and bridges in
Gold Canon, from Silver to Dayton,
caused them to give way one after
the other, and all the accumulated
debris came rushing down the creek
to the river, carrying every obstruc-
ton before it. -Four miles of fumes
and tailings dams and reservoirs were
thus wrecked. The mass of debris
and water, striking against the rear
of BDnham's and John Lothrop's lots
carried away The embankment pro-
tecting them and spread through the
lots into the Main street. The oulk
of the torrent and Debris, however,
continued down the stream carrying
the Birdsali tailings bridge along.
When the debris reached the bridge
across Pike street some pieces caught
in the piers, causing jam. The
water then backed, until IT raised
higher than the bridge and over
flowed the lower portion of the town,
scattering cordwood, lumber, sand
and debris generally along its course
from the bridge to the river. All
day Sunday teams were busy picking
up the wood scattered by the flood.
ALONG THE C. & C.
Along the &. and G. Railroad there
were about IL dozen washouts, half of
which we're quite disastrous. Two of
these were in Daney Canon, aud
about 1875 and $50 feet long, respect
lively, two more at the intersection of
Eldorado Canon, and one in Church
i'll Canon. The washouts have neces-
STATED the putting-in of culverts,
bridges, levees, etc, aud there has
been no communication by rail with
the Mound House since last Satur-
day. A force of $50 men has been
at work repairing the road all the
past week, and the repairs will pro-
badly require three or four days
more to complete. The damage to
the railroad is estimated all the way
up to 100000.
A RANCH WASHED AWAY.
The fine vegetable garden in Daney
Canon known as the Italian ranch
has been rendered valueless. The
garden was located on the slopes and
base of the Canon, and the soil was
somewhat loose. 1t was all washed
away, and the place covered with
boulders.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The Biidsall ditch, which supplies
Dayton with water, was badly dam
aged, but is again in good repair.
About twenty men have been at
work on the road in Gold Canon since
the storm abated. OF the plumber
stated fifteen are Chinese placer min
ers. AS these miners undoubtedly
jeopardized the road by undermining
it, County Commissioner Shaw inti-
mated to them that, unless they as
sisted in repairing the road, they