The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19

600 silver-crazed fortune hunters
rushed and seethcd and batted. where
neYer-ccusinE reVclry was the widest
where the taking of human hIe was "
popular diversion, where men lived
generation iu n week and died I'm sec
uud. where starving paupers became
tr0rsuscs and where the wealthy oIleh
sambled their fortune on single dle
and llst their am even honor. FlOcee,
th- picturesque. the exciting inc
wicked the r.ch
This was the Phoebe of thirty years
and more ago. Ten years later another
change had taken place. The great
steam hoisjs that used 90 snatch 20 the
surface millions of dollars i'm precious
metals. were slowly yieldingi unused
to the msid.Ous rayages of rust. Inc
whistles that called forth sWarmng
thousands of men were silent the
great pumps were stllled, and Tar De-
meath the ground the dark waters had
rr-pI into drifts and caVerns. wrapping
their protecting liquid mantle about the
metallic treasures and shielding thth
from the attack of man. But JEefc
was r0Ee to- conduct an onslaught
The slowly crumbling shaft houses
above we're deserted, and the lofty, ldle
smuKestacks stood like tail. gauut spec
from these graves of hopes. Gone were
the tents that supplemented the more
permanent structures of the former
city. Some of the buildings remained
Lut decay was steadily crushing tneIn'
Gone were the painted women from the
dance halls Gone were the gamblers
with their slender. deft fingers a.id
treir 'mm0bile faces. Gone were me
cicl. of the Elass and the crack Of the
revolver Iu the saloons. Phoebe was
sam the county seat. and so tenacious
few remained 90 hold the Offices ana
wait for the return of fortune To lhe
old camp. 10 was am eery Dwelling
place. shared only by occasional proWl-
ing coyotes and by the ghosts OF tn6
past. who haunted the gloomy, desert
ca. duapidated buildings where ln1
des0larIon was made am the more grim
and awe-iuspIring by the memories OF
former bounding life and merrlmenL
Awal<ens From Long Sleep.
Thus remained Phoebe until some six
teen years ago. Then &c began slowly
to awaken from the Rip Van Wrinkle
slumber and to- show that it was moi
actually deceased The great sllvei
mines. with immense stores or WealIl
stlu untouched. attracted the attentoi
of mining men and capitalists. People
began to stream again into Ploche
Some OF the old structures were ham
mered together. repaired and again oc
oupied. Several of the famous ol'
mines were bought and preparation
began OBJ pump out the water whicl
had driven back the miners of thu
earlier DAYS. New methods of treat
meut of the ores We're to be- tried
was announced that the railroad wa
90 be extended from Milford Gradin.
and racklaying actually began. oi
the strength of this one syndicau
erected a smelter and prepared TO op
crate on an extensive scale. The per
sistent friends and admirers of PlOcn
were beginning Co take heart and q
Cook for return of prosperity-not llk
the old DAYS but more substantial an.
satisfactory.
Just as their hopes seemed 90 b
reaching q elimination came the panl
OF 1898 The extension of the railroad
WAS abandoned Silver dropped iu
few days from around so cents dow
DO go cents am ounce. The hackers q
the enterprise became discouraged
After having spent Sl600O00 they re
fused to put uF any more TO complet
the plans. Again the mines were shu
down and Phoebe was abandoned. say
by the courageous few who were lei
90 associate with more ghosts.
When Hope Returned.
DesoaEon was cnthroned 300 Pi1ch
this time until within the last tW
years. When Senator ". s.. Clark am
u1uuctd that De would build "a roa
from salt Lake to Los Angeles. atten
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