The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1888-05-31

nent they might hear the whirr Of an
arrow, or the whIzz Of bullet s,ed
from concealed foe After working
this ledge for some time, Pickett sold
IL for a considerable sum, and was
making arrangements to return to his
vie and children, whom he had left
IN Michigan, and from whom he haa
been separated many years. He war
ia high spirits at tile thought of seeing
h,s fanny, aud had purchased se.eia
valuable presents for each member "t
his lived ones; but What ilnst have
been his chagrin ana v.xation when
lie called at the * Ia winch h.s
money had beeu dspusifed, to gel
money with which To pay for the
tokens of love, to he informed that the
iusti utIon had iailci. The le sdss car,
iniAgine or hlllself. lie did not think
of suicide, u,r DID he give up; Du,
started uut on tue hunt vi another
mine, aud believes tht, though 1t be
late, still II Is bou"d u c.....e / his
mine Is la Copper Canon, thirteen or
fourteen miles south Of Battle Noun
trim, aud has proven to be very yalua
Bile ploperty.
Ia 1867, Robert McBeth and Geo.
w. Fox discovered and located the
BueDa Vista mine, the first location
made in Galena District. The first
house built was put up by Robert Nc
Beth. 1t was cabin and stood where
John Mellander now resides. Most
of the mines around Gals..s were dis
covered by Robert Mc1eth. He
worked several Of these mines success
fully for several years
The fr,t quartz mill erected in the
northern puriiun of Lander County
was near the Little Giant mine in Old
Battle Mountain District la 1868
This district has since been merged
into Galens District. The principal
mines in this district are the EuenA
VISTA, Little Glast, While & Shiln.
Butte, Trinity, Humbug, Plumas.
Goodwin, Bunker Hill aud Dwarf. all
# which arc valuable properties. The
character of the ores are chlorides,
csrbona'es and galena The Bunker
Hill, Huinbug and Plumas mines
carry gold to high degree. The
Gold King, mine recently discovered
by The R,nlohr brothers. produces
ore assayiug AS high as iwenty-nine
and sixteen hundr-dths ounces by
the ton, equal in value to six hundred
aud Two dollars and ninety-two cents
The Central Pacific Railroad having
been completed across the county in
1865, TIVE stations were established
within lis limits: one twelve miles cas-,
If Battle Mountain, called Argenta
the other six miles west Of the same
place named Plu,e. Soon after the
completion Of this road, II. McBeth
commenced shipping orr over it,snd as
Argcnta aid Piute were respective
ly twelve miles. and eight miles
farther from his mine than the place
here Battle Mountain now stands,
MeBe h induced the managers Of the
road 10 build station ut the la,teI
place. The establishing II this alton
drew to 1t all the shipping /" and
from Austin. besides i, received con.
siderable business from the coppar
mines in Copper Canon and the silver
nlines # Old Battle Mountain and
Galsna Districts The citizens IT AR.
scnta seeing the advantages of Battle
Mountain Station-for this was its
original name--moved their houses
aud effects to the latter place.
Robert McBeih was authorized by
the railroad company I" select rail-
road section on which 10 loo ite the
station. He nailed a shlugle to tel
cgtaph pole that Stood opposite where
Scoit's Hall stood, and put ON it the
notice of the location made.
The first house was built by Dan Ryan
in 1869, aud stood near the middle Of
the street opposite Mrs. Altenbergs q
Hotel. Among the first citizens To
locate in Battle Mountain were John
New iillans, j. A. Blossom, Dow
Huntsnan. Aaron Layton, and Daniel
Mcintyre.
Sadorus, Cope and Barnette estab-
lished a stage line between Battle
Mountain and Austin in 1870. The
first school huuse stood in the rear Vt
Hsgar's meat market The first
Board Of Trustees we're J. A. Blossom,