Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-04-11
THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY.
a Slight sketch of tho improvements
and Discoveries of Hawthorne and
Vicinity in the last Seven Years.


Vicinity in the last Seven Years.
Next Saturday will DE. the seventh
anniversary OF the birth of Hawthorne.
On the 18th day of April 1881, an ex.
crusion train came ont from Carson,
bringing with 1t nearly 700 people
from Carson, Reno and Virginia, this
being the first train thai had ever gone
over the Carson and Colorado Rail
road, many persons were ahyious to
ride on the first train over road that
has since proved to be~a great and
valuable agent in the way of open
ing the surrounding country for settle
ment. The day that the train came
out, the proposed site of Hawthorne
could be seen from the Southern end
of the Lake, ana presented the appear.
ance of ii large checker. board, this
singular appearance was caused bv the
streets being laid out IN regular order
and the sage-brush having previously
been cleared off in rows and squares.
Now as the train comes around the
Lake, Hawthorne presents very diff
ferent and striking scene; instead of
deserted spot in large barren valley
as it was then, the people row see a
pretty town with population of some
500 or COO souls, who occupy pleasant
homes surrounded with flower gardens
and beautiful shade and fruit trees,
which form striking contrast when
compared with the barren plain that
borders it on all sides.
A number of the excursionists came
on that illustrious day tor the express
4 purpose of purchasing town lots which
| had been advertised to be sold at pub
lie aution, and great excitement pre-
vailed while the sale was taking place;
and as a curious fact a few persons
exhibited their poor judgment by bid.
ding high on lots situated near the
proposed sites of the depot and Court
House. On the 9Th of April 1881, the
railroad was completed as far as this
| place, and three days afferward Dave
Graham located here, having for his
| habitation a tent, he was also the first
permanent settler in town, and as lum-
Der was 80 high his idea of tents as
being convenient dwellings induced
many others to use them and they
were not entirely abandoned until as
4 late as 1885. At the time the railroad
was being bnilt Though here there
seemed to be but one reason FOR sta
ton 10 be established at this point, and
that was a b connecting place-'for the
stages between Bodie and the railroad.
1T was not even suggested that there
was valuable mining district IN the
immediate neighboOrhood at this time
and il is more than than probable that
the immense wealth that has been
found in the adjacent districts would
not have been discovered if it were not
for the railroad, and yet, some people
are for ever and ever talking against
the railroad, and trying to make every.
body believe that it is detrlment to
the progress of the country
In the Winter and Spring of 1889
some paospecrors had driSad from diff.
ferent mining camps of Nevada to
Hawthorne. they soon began pros.
pecting and met with considerable sue
cess, considering that this was hot
supposed TO be mineral beafing re-.
gi6n, and about the first discovery of
any Importance was the
MOUNT CORY
which was discovered in 1882 by Jack
Downerd, Ike Alden and Frank How
ell while on prospecting trip. This
proved to be q very valuable mine for
long time, and the original loca,ors
after developing it to some extent, sold
it to company known as the Mount
Cory Mining Company, for $4,000.
This Company operated the mine on
large scale, and built mill at the cost
O. $20o000 After working the mine
some time and taking out great deal
of money, the mine was closed down
| and appears to have been worked out.
| but it is the opinion Of many exper
fenced miners that with little more
prospecting the mine would again BE-
come valuable ore producer.
The next discovery of any impor
lance was that of taf
GARFIELD DISTRICT
which was eli covered by Joshua Moss,
Amos Everson and Archie Farington
| in 1882, the first work beng done on