The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-05-17

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their first meeting on the 23d of May,
and Austin was full hedged city.
The first city officers who held their
commissions by virtue of their electio /,
were Charles Holbrook, Mayor; s. M
Bodrow, Marshal; ID. G. Mckenney,
CLERK; III. w. Ii. Beaty, City Atior-
ney, aud ". 2. Harrington, Re-
cortler.
The first complement Of county
officers under Territorial rule was ap.
pointed by Gov. Nye, and their names
were as follows: p. D. Ladd, Probate
Judge; g. W. Jacobs, Sheriff; L. A.
Marsh, Clerk; ]. S. Thompson. Re-
corder; Aug. Clapp, Treasurer; Frank
Tagliabue, Surveyor; ". Taicott. G.
Wilson and DR.. j. A. Vealch, Com
mi.sioners.
The first Territorial county officers
by election were A. 4 Craaue, Pro.
bate Judge; s e. Greedy, Clerk; j.
Ii. Tabor, Sheriff; Frank Jones, Dis
trict Attorney; J. W. Dawiey, Treas.
urer; II. s Hcrrick, Assessor; Z. S.
Davis, Recorder: III. J. Noyes, County
Surveyor; J. r. Greves. T. II. Thomp.
son and W. b. Morse, Commissioners.
During the Summer and Fall Of
1863 anu the Spring OF the following
year. mining excitement in the Reese
River District was at its height.
Prospeetofs and capital poured into
Austin from the western part of the
Territory and from California. Many
mouths had not elapsed before pros
peetors had located claims along the
Toiyabe a hundred miles north and
south Of Austin. New camps were
started of wli4h exciting stories were
told Of their fabulous wealth in the
Richness OF their mineral ledges. SIX
thousand locations had baea made IN
the Reese River D ssrict up t. Oc'o-
Der lst, 1865. the FIRST OF which was
The Pony Ledge, located My 10Th,
1862. by William rslc5tt and claimed
by him. Among the first laeators OF
uines in the vicinity Of Austin were
Juhu Frost. lately Of the Manhattan
Company, q suree Buffet, Felix o Neal
aud j c. |. yanaenbosch, who ar
rived in Austin on the 18th day of De-
cember. 1868, and afterwards located
the Oregon, Sauthern Light and
North Star mines. Mr.. Thonar
Triplett, tho present County Superin-
tendent of Schools. became Interested
with Mr. Frost soon after this time In
these mines.
The FIRST mill for crushing quartz
erected in the cc.aly was Que If five
stamps built by David Buel in August
1868, in Clifton, near the foot of the
grade. This mill produced the first
bullion made in Lander County. The
Hildreth brothers erected the second
near the spot where the brewery now
stands, at the forks Of the grade lead
ing from Austin to Clifton.
In 1865, there were in Austin, and
its vicinity either working or idle, the
following quartz mills: The Oregon,
ten stamps; the Eagle, three; the Cal
lfornia, ten; Long Island, five; the
Unioa. FIVE; the Pioneer, ten; the
Clifton, four; The Butte, eight: the
Midas fifteen. With the exception Of
the Midas, two miles and a half north
of Austin, and the Social in Egan
Canon, these mills were constructed
for wet crushing, but afterwards were
changed to crush by the dry method.
All Of these have disappeared and, in
their stead, the Manhattan and the
Citizens only remain.
The principal mines in the Reese
River District are tho Patriot, the
Magnolia, the Chase, the Now Pacific,
the King Alfred, the Moris & Maple,
aud the mines Of the Manhattan Com
pany. The Manhattan mines are situ-
ated on Lander Hill anu are named as
follows: South America, Florida, Dol
lerh.de, Ogden, Savannah, Mohawk,
Frost, Lone Star. North Star, Free
hold, London, Lander, Toiyabe, Isa-
bella, Curtis, Union. Ophir, Silver
Wedge, Plymouth, Great Eastern,
Bowman, Sherman, Ruby, Paxton
and Savage. The ledges of these
mines are in granite formation and
run northeast and southwest. They
dip to the east at an angle OF thirty
five degrees. The ores taken from
them are chloride of silver, black silver