The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-07
m-1oAod 11ndogo.

m-1A>od 11ndego.
The supesptitious belief = IN old one
With the early inhabltsnts Of Pacific
coost mining towns that unleoD the d.
oovogo1 Of camp mootD IN untimely Or
bloody end the p)ace Of his creation win
not deooend into the future - one Of the
''excitementu." This idea seems TO be
not without foundation, whefever Il
originated. OF the thirty eight ''booa,-
Ing" towne in the early days, the locar
one eaved into deep shaft, and . ma
emigIati0n into oblivi n, or died and
were buried in paupeTs' graves. 'Old
Virgi1ny," who donated an everlasting
name to that queen Of mining camps,
Virginia City, came to his death by an
.'over'' dose from bnckis & mule, near
Dayton, New, and the no less noted
Comstock died by bullet selfadminis-
tered In Montana, and, like his prede-
cessor, he died financially broke. Col.
Story, wh0se name that county adopted,
was killed In the battle by the Pyramid
Lake Indians. Billy Farrell, who
''struck" Meadow Lake, died victim
to rem. ,rse III one Of he leading hospi-
tails Of San Francisco, haunted by the
spirits of ten hunj red deluded pioneers
and prospect0rs passing and repassing
ut the foot Of his bed. He made no con-
fession. His g,a ave lies side by side with
that OF Doughnut Bill, In the Lone
Mountain cemetery, where he was plant
ed in 1858. The krator of the first find
in Pioche Is ssid to have stopped stage
ltA.d Of shotgun messengers early In the
Black Hills excitement, and runlOr says
that he was buried alongside boulder
not far from the line Of the road. kelse
Austin, whose name 10 attached to one
Of Eevaala's pioneer mining towns, Is
anchored in northwestern EIkO county,
and j. probably no carer to the golden
gOaI than tho legion Of early settlers who
sur: nund him. OF they who first un-
cov. red 1.-THE lead in the White Pine
min: 8" the world knUwns but little. A
lon. grave undera white pine tree tells
o cl,apter in the tale. OF Eureka's first
inhabitants nothing also il told ", but
1t Is ssfe to surnlise that few nu gets
wei:hed down his blankets as he walk
ed out over The grade. Tuscar0ra was
the work Of an insane emtgrant
from Massachusetts,. Legend To- ates
his tombstone near the adobe shacks Of
the old townsite, but those posted infer
that be at0ned for his n,isdeed by sink
inx himself to the oOttom Of the head
waters of the Owyhee, il, indeed, he did
not fall into the hands Of . determined
vigilance committee. Aurora started q
rood aised graveyard with her "0ldest
inhabitant." Bill Body slept himself
''away". IN . snOw-storm few miles
from the present writing. When his
memory had reached the age Of twenty
wears Ills bones were resurrected, and /,
sfter being paraded at the head Of . pro-
cession Of tenderfeet through the town
after his own name they were identified
by his old comrades and buried with
imposing ceremony among the ''bad
men from B0die." A monument was
raised to his memory, and It still stands
unpaid for in the stone cutters yard.
Homer Of Homer District followed In
the ,icidal tracks Of C0mstock, and
after squandering . small fortune shot
lis brains out In the streets OF San
Francisco. THESE are . few OF tho
many instances, but the f:ates that have
veutured in the discovery Of new Iodes,
and succeeded, bear the old timers out
in belief that still has existence In not q
few minds.-B0die Free Prcss.
some OF TIE IUOS0AOO ID SOC 0UOSO ess -
a follows: Austin was not named after
Kelse Austin, but after the city Of Aus.
tin. Texas. The town site was located
by Col. DAVID E. Buel. Col. Buel IL .
native Of Texas, and named the town
after one Of the principal cities Of that
State. The mines Of Reese River dis
trict. Of which Austin 10 the principal
town. were discovered by woodchoppere
| I'm the employ Of the Overland Mail
Company, then running stages and po-
nv express across the Continent. The
White Pine mines were discovered BY
an Indian named Napsae (silver) Jim,
who led Al. Leathrrs and T. n. nur-
nhy (now r. n. Antisell, the piano
dealer Of this city, to the Hidden Trea-
sure mine, which mine was the starter
Of the great White Pine excitement.
Tuecarora was the 0utgrowth OF what
vas known - the Goose Greek placer
mining excitement, prospecting PARTY
ffom Austin having found small placefa
| In the vicinity Of T1scaroEa.
Eureka was found in 1855 BY prespec'
tors from Austin.-& r. Daily Reporter