The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-12-03
Hi"t- ~ Merit q Our Citizens. ~"
vsutnges and Defects Well Pointed
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appearance OF the town is especially no.
ticeable. The first things to greet the
eye of the stranger entering the town are
the old Iand weather.worn shanties and
buildings of the lower portion, occupied
by the thrifty but untidy Chinese.
CHANGING further up the hill one does not
meet with much better prospect in the
way of neat buildings, and the impress
sion naturally is that, the town has been
allowed to decay and go to ruin because
it was not prosperous place nor prof.
table to live in. An old tumble down
town is an eye.sore anywhere. A few
nails driven here and there, a board or
picket to hold in place, and little
paint at odd intervals would help the
looks of things amazingly. The paint
especially would add to the better ap.
pearance of almost any portion of the
town. The flag floating from its staff at
the school house is truly bit of bright
ness welcome to the eye, weary with be.
holding so much neglect and decay.
The great dumps upon the hill above
town and the immense buildings filled
with costly and now ,alas, idle machin-
cry, which could it, or the money it
cost, be used in the development Of the
camp, would bring us much nearer the
better times we are lookingfor. They speak
eloquently of the past glory of Phoebe,
where every wheel was turning and every
one was busy at good profit, They
also suggest future activity, for in case
of rise in silver, or lead, they are there
again to be used And even now in the
working of the few mines that are not
idle, behold the possibilities of the fu-
ture See the long line of teams upon
the road coming with freight from Mil
ford, returning with bullion from the
smelter, the product of the ore from the
mines, which ore, in the face of all dis
enlargement, the low price of lead and
silver, the great distance and expense of
transporting machinery and supplies and
difficulty of obtaining, is worked at a
good profit.
The locomotive with its train OF cars
brought so far across the desert upon
wagons, busy night and day transporting
the ore from the mines to the smelter,
tell of the enterprise and perseverance of
a management that has kept the camp
alive all through the years of adversely
and now, if things do look brighter it
certainly deserves the success expected,
and Phoebe is surely on the eve of a
prosperous era. The railroad from the
East is sure to come, perhaps to be con-
tinued to the Coast. Once more will the
deserted hosting works resound to the
clang of the signal bell and the ponder.
Gus engines turn their nightly wheels
with a sprightly and welcome sound.
The old deserted slopes and levels of the
idle mines will again become the scenes
of busy toll and the hundreds of miners
who there earn, not only their bread
but good sum besides, will tear the
boards from the doors and windows O
the nailed up houses in and around the
place and make homes of them. Laugh
ing children and hearty matrons, thu
wives and families of those underground
toilers, will be upon our streets and il
our stores and shops.
Nowhere is there to be found dis
trct more rich in mineral, either as t.
quality or quantity, than is here. Lacl
Of railway transportation has been thu
: great draw back; but the railroad vii
soon be here, perhaps more than one
The fact that Phoebe has been kept aliv,
merely, with all the disadvantages it bG
labored under, assures us of its gre;
. future when once the burden of trans
portation has been lifted from it, to say
nothing of an advance in the price o
> silver and lead. With the coming of tn
railroad the now undeveloped mine
: about the camp will be started, new com
c panies will be operating here and Poch
4 will be rival to old Virginia or Butte
n Therefore, you that now make you
t homes in Phoebe, take little pride il
your town. Do not expect to leave tc
y morrow or next day. You may be vii
ling to spend years here yet Fix u
your houses and your yards, urge tn
City Fathers to pay more attention
streets and alleys and the foul place
that may be found about town. Remen
Der that disease is more easily to combs
in clean town than filthy one, an
then it looks better, much better. Yo
y will take more pride in stating that 20
y. are from Phoebe, Nevada, when abroa
y and can compare your town favorab
with another.
y Passing by the graveyard reminds n
. of the terrible havoc wrought by
grippe here last winter, and of tho
!. with whom we so unwillingly parte
!" They are laid to rest there in that gra
y yard and yet no fence encloses it,
: great pile OF rubbish is dumped close
:. it and ii it continues to grow at
present rate it will not be long inabur
y ing not only the dead, but their bur
- ing place as WELL Remove the rubbis
fence your graveyard; you may lie the
: yourself ere long, and SO may | for a
:, only,
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