Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1888-03-10
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
COL. DAVID f.. BUEL..
Death OF nm Old Pacific Coaster
Linked With Austin.

AC 6ukCnd OChtAhOA Vi "cOA hu6
the following sketch of Dave Buel
which cannot fail to be of interest to
the old timers here. Dave Buel in the
sixties made his impress here in con-
Summatlng mining sales and business
enterprises, his active life and generous
animation leading him into exploits re.
puiriug nerve aud boldness of execu-
ton. He was the darling among the
boys, being known to everybody as a
prince of good fellows. The Sentinel
says.
1--WE learn that Col David E Buel
died recently in St. Louis in extreme
poverty. Col. Buel was a noted figure
on the Pacific Coast for thirty yeuls,
and ut one time was the leading mimi g
operator of Eastern Nevada. He figured
extensively aud prominently in the
early days in the mining affairs of Aus
tin, Belmont anu Eureka. 1t was the
Arm of Bull & Butemsn that gave
Eureka its first substantial upward start
They bonded and pl iced in the San
Francisco market the Eureka Consoli-
dated mine for the insignificant sum of
$50, 600. Both Buel aud Bateman
might have become mllionaires by
holding this magnificent property
They also owned portion of the
Eureka townsite. out of which they
made considerable money. Two of our
nka al
operators. They leave no other monu-
nents of their enterprise in this
neighborhood, although there was some
talk at the time of the foundation of
our new county of calling it Buel in
atead of Eureka. BateIuan died some
ye"rs ago. leaving quite a competence to
his family. Buel was less frugal and
threw his money to the winds in strong
drink. His wife, who now resides in
Sun Francisco, WAS divorced many
years ago. But Notwithstanding his
weaknesses, Dave Buel. an he WAS ia
mili"rly called, was "A man Of big things
fGther than smull. He possessed great
energy and unlimited enterprise, and
when in the prime of life, he never
failed to impress himself ON any COM
Annni'y in which lie lived.
His first public exploit to attract gen.
o al attention to hins, II and his great
Pels 'nality WAS the resculng of prison.
rr from II mob while Sheriff of Ell Do
RADIO county, California, away buck in
the early fifties. A mob Of several thou
aand had the rope around the mans
neck the had killed a woman) and were.
lust proceeding to hang him, when
Sherif Burl, mounted OH fleet horse,
put In an appearance aud Mt once
dashed to the rescue Of the murderer.
de d not atop on the outer edge, or
parIty with the crowd, but dasht d into
and through it, commanding all to stand
back. proclaiuling in stentorian tones,
II AN the law officer Of this county, and
no number Of men shall openly Violate |
the law" His presence and speech
were electrical. Half the crowd were
disposed to sta d by him and the other
hsk we're dazed and disconnected, and
ontting the rope from about the victim
neck. he threw him on his own horse
and ave thu animal lick that caused
him to run away with the prisoner to
the Coloma Jail. His promptness md
daring shows what determined officer.
lacked by tue law, oan do with q mob
bent Oh the violation of the law. From !
tina. day Dave Buel was q noted man on
The Pacific Coast. Accounts of his
bravery filled the press and we're on
p'esy tongue for Ioug time. He final
y came to Nsssda and engaged in mio-
ing at the places we have already
named. He was tho second Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Nevada. in
the Seymour CAMPAIGN Of 1868, in which |
he was defeated by Henry q. Blasdell.
AZ was also our first candidate, John D. |
Winters. by the same man. While not