The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-18
CHERRY CREEK.
ITS OlD-TIME PROSPERITY
RETURNING.
What it Has Been, and What it
Promises for the Future.
[CoNTRIBUTED BY JOHN WEARNE. I
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Paul Mitchell established an agency
for Wells Fargo Express Company, and
to expedite business, telegraph wire
was connected with the overland wire,
and Mr.. Mitchell was the first oper-
ator
And during the summer, Peter New
man had built brewery; many others
had established mercantile houses of
various kinds, and the winter counted
twenty-five saloons for the sale of drink
ables to satisfy every grade of appetite.
The first quartz -mill-two stamps
was built in 1873 by - Thompson of
Virginia city, who enlarged it accord
ingly, as his means increased and he
eventually retired to California with a
competency.
AS is usual in mining camps the first
death was a violent one-Ferguson kill
ed by Jas. Quigley, in self-defence, in
dispute over town lot.
The first woman who arrived was Mrs
Joe Maxwell, who also happened to be
the first woman to die. although she
lived several years.
AS the writer casts his thoughts
backward to the early days of this
camp, many visages appear before the
mental eye, many of whom have joined
the great majority and besides those
mentioned in this sketch, up looms the
following, the perusal of which will
cause old-timers many pleasant remin-
iscences: The Keogh Bros, Tom, Jack,
Steve and Pat; Gen. Rosecrans, Harvey
Mills, Jim Roberts, John F. LissOn, w
H. Fillmore: the Bews brothers, Jack,
Jim, Bill, Joe, Ed, Tom and Harry; f.
w. Griswold Al Barrick, E. B. Dick
inson-big Dick D. K. Dickinson-little
Dick, B. X. Davis, John F. Curtis,
Johnny James of Gold Hill, Jerome B.
Stanford, Garnet Williams, G. w.
Keeney, Frank Hallowell Sanford Hall,
Lou Ayres, Joe Potts, Jas. Mclean,
John B. Williamson, Jack Wheatley,
John Scott, Tim Shihe, Joe Farren,
John Wagner; the Weber families, r.
d. Ferguson, F. A. Parker and his
brother, Lou; D. r. Collins, A. J.
Spencer, H. A. Comins, John Wearne,
w. B. Drake, the Frank Bros, Fred,
Dick and Hugh; Geo. Thatcher, Joe.
Carothers and many others, but space
forbids.
The Cherry Creek Mining District
was segregated from Gold Canyon dis
trict in 1873, when Judge B. O'Conner,
D. r. Collins and many other citizens
held meeting to establish the new dis
trict, extending from Cherry Creek
Canyon on the south to Goshute Can
yon on the north, about twelve miles
in length and the end lines running
across the Mountain. d. r. Collins
was the first mining recorder.
At present writing the business in
terests are represented by 2. II. sCan-
non, Postmaster, Justice of the Peace
and General Merchandise store; Geo.
Kennedy estate, General Merchandise
by M. McAuley, agent; ID. r. Collins,
Notary Public and Stage & Express
agent Waterworks Geo. F. Parker;
Ira Mcknight, Saddlery & Harness.
Four saloons: three restaurants; hotels
by Mrs. NJ. Bates and Mrs. Ryan.
Mining recorder, L. d. Pierce.
A tri-weekly mail from Wells, on the
c. p. Railroad, connecting with mail
route from Ely, and also from Aurum,
all stocked with good horses and stages
with accommodating drivers.
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