The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-03-22

IHe ioiioW'uS interesting leLter was
witten by Ed. Van Hagen to Louis V.
Wertheimer: 10. r-t-f Gal.
LOGAN Cry, Feb. l6, 1884.
As you will see by the above, am
now in the bonanza camp of the great
southwest. / came here four weeks ago
from Guaymas, Sonora, SO 1 have had a
very fair opportunity of examining the
prospects of the Quijotoas and surround
ings, and think that can pass fair and
impartial opinion in regard to it. In re-
gard to the great bonanza mines, viz:
Peer, Peerless and Croker, they are sit
uated on top of the highest mountain
anywhere in the vicinity. Said noun
tain is about one mile long, and is only
accessible in one place. 1t is the most
curious place for mine that / have ever
seen, and the last place OH earth that
would ever think of looking for a mine;
and great many others must have been
of the same opinion, as evidenced from
the fact that this same range has been
prospected for the last four years, and
prospectors have camped for weeks at a
time at the base of old Mt. Ben Nevis
and never once thought of ascending to
the top, and so it had lain for years, and
remained for years and years waiting for
the right man to come along and claim
it, and the right man finally did come,
and it was none other than George Tets
worth, an old Piocher. / presume he
was the first white man ever on the top
of that mountain. He, with four others,
discovered it last May. They sunk a
shaft about ten feet deep, and shipped
two carloads Of ore, one to the Benson
Shelter, at Benson, A. T., which aver.
aged something over $500 per ton; the
other one to the Denver Smelling Com.
pany, which averaged over 500 per ton.
They sold to the Bonanza firm some time
in the fore part of Decmsber for $780,.
900.
In regard to the town: 1t extends
from the base of the mountain, on an in
cline towards the valley, for distance Of
mile, and, to a person coming into
camp, it reminds one very much Of old
Phoebe. The town can be seen for dis
lance of eighteen miles before you arrive
in it. Two months and half ago there
was but one house here, and that was
made of Saguarras and canvas; now we
have over one hundred houses and
should say close on to one thousand men
in and around Logan. Lots anywhere on
Main street could be bought six weeks
ago for 500; now they are selling all the
way from $500 to $1,000. Business and
trades of all kinds is very we'll repre-
sented-in fact, too much so. The place
is terribly over.done. Everybody seems
to be crazy about this place, and still
they keep rushing in; every stage comes
in loaded. Besides, they come in on
horseback, on freight teams and on foot,
In fact any way to get here, and there is
large disappointed mob here now.
There is no work doing here yet, there
not being over thirty men employed alto.
gether; nor is there any prospects Of
there being any more for some time to
come. The main drawback to the camp
is water. The only water that can be
obtained here is hauled from some Indian
tanks, distant from five to ten miles. It
IS rain water and quite muddy, but it
sells quite readily for ten cents per gal
Ion. There is a party here by the name
OF Qulggle that has a boring machine at
work boring for water but he is making
very slow Roadway, being but 275 deep,
and has been boring for about FIVE weeks.
Everybody seems to be holding back for
them to strike water, and especially the
company. They will not do anything
III water is struck, and it is considera-
Die OF gamble as to when they will
strike it; probably in month, probably
not IN three, consequently there is a
great deal of dissatisfaction expressed on
all sides. The town if full Of idle and
broke men, scores os them not knowing
where their supper is coming from, and
II the weather was as cold as / see it is
In Nevada, there would indeed be plenty
OF suffering here. But what are the poor
devils to do? They are here broke, and
business and mining throughout Arizona,
New Mexico and Sonora is at stand.
still, so they do not know where to 90;
and still the Tucson papers keep booming
ana blowing this place up simply because
ltis water on their own wheels, and they
10 not care for the balance. I would not
advise anybody to come here for at least
three months yet, as there will not be
anything doing to amount to anything
much before that time. But thihk we
VIII, in the near future, have q second
virginia City here, because we have the
metal here to do it with. I tell you it is
Immense and no mistake, but-water,
my kingdom for good well of water.
IL II, would be better than a silver mine.
ihere are great many old Piochers
mere. Fred and Mack Williams are here
ana own some splendid property and their
chances of making a stake in the near
future are very good. They have already
aone quite well. They wished to be re-.
Maembered kindly to you. Barney
Meyers was here from Tombstone few
nays ago; he is going to open branch