The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-22
HENRY RIVES
PASSES AWAY
Man Conspicuous in the Legal His
tory of Nevada Joins the
Majority.
LIFE FULL OF ADVENTURE
GAINED PROMINENCE IN PICTUR.
ESOUE DAYS OF PIOcHE.

conspicuous in the history of the west
and a Confederate veteran, died In ST.
Marks hospital at $3.50 o'clock last
evening from a complication of mala-
dies. He was taken to the hospital
about three weeks ago, and since that
time his condition became worse grad
ualIy until the end came. Gastritis
was the immediate cause of death.
Three daughters are living in CalifOr-
MIA The eldest daughter is the widow
of Dr. Daily, who died in Salt Lake
widOwer, his wife having died in Salt
Lake in 1898.
Life Full of Adventure
The story of Judge Rives' life is
| tiEged with romance. With all the
vivid colOring of the west when the
west was yet young, the narration of
his career is trimming with dramatic
Observation-Disclosures so full Of the wild
and untamed spirit Of the early years
during which they were enacted that
they themselves might fill books.
Judge Rives was born in Missouri.
When the great strife between the
north and south broke out he was but
10 years old. Despite his extreme
youth his heart was with the south.
ShOuldering a musket the staunch
little sOutherner fought his way
though the war. His was record was
flawless; the din and smoke of battle
had no fears for this young Confeder-
ate. Judge Rives' father was a colonel
in the Confederate army and fell in
battle. The brave son was spared, re-
turning to his widowed mother when
the war was done.
The south had lost its attractions for
the boy. He longed for activity-for
the excitement which the staid south
ern states did not offer. The west was
In its infancy at this time. These were
the years that won the west its title
Of the wild and wOolly west" Ex-
citing stories of the west reached
yoUng Rives' ears. Activity and ex-
element could be had in the west
a-plenty, and so he came west He
arrived In Crescent City, New, in 1870
Col. A. c. Ellis, now a resident of this
city, had law offices in Crescent City.
Judge Rives studied law in these Of
fees. The young man applied himself
diligently and progressed rapidly.
Joins Rush to Phoebe.
A year later rumors spread through
out the west of wonderful ore discov-
cries in Phoebe, New. A rush of all
a.
night city spTang into existence-a
city of tents. Where a weary undulat-
ing stretch of sagebrush had been but
q few days before was now the site of
a city, a western city with its few
stores. numerous beer and dance halls;
a western city with its rough grizzled
miners and their ever near companions,
gamblers and painted women; with
reckless days and sleepIess nights
These wore the Ia We yUbav1 tho cor1V,I Of
shot could be heard at any hour, and
the loss of human life was treated with
Indifference.
To Phoebe with all it's wildness and
its mines of fabulous wealth rushed
hundreds of restless souls, the hordes
Of miners with their pick and camp
kits strapped to their backs followed
by all the other characters that go to
add DictuTesqueness to a mining rush
In this stream of queer humanity was
Henry Rives. He was young and
lOnged to win a favor from Dame For
tune who was distributing her richest
treasures with a lavish hand. This
time she was reckoning them to Pr
Oche, they answered her call madly
The young lawyer elbOwed and scram-
bled with strange men and women in
the race to Phoebe, and was on the
scene of the new discoveries with the
leaders CT the motley army.
Conspicuous In Litigation.
The richest mines in the new local
ity were the Hermes and Raymond
Ely silver-gold properties. These two
mines adjoined each other. This prOx-
unity led TO strife which in turn led
to one of the greatest struggles record
ed on the pages of mining history
The Hermes property was being deveI-
oped by ]. B. Haggin and Senator
George Hearst. The two miners were
friendly for years. One set of pumps
served both mines, each company
meeting half the expense of the pump
ing kept up constantly to keep both
mines dry. Development in the Hermes
mine revealed immense quantities of
rich ore. The friendliness existing be-
tween the two properties began to give
way to a quarrel, which grew bitter
rapidly. The dispute arose over the
pumping expenses. The Raymond-Ely
management said the Hermes had
passed beyond its boundaries and was
removing ore from the Raymond-Ely
ground. The war waxed warm.
The miners employed by the two
mines fought each other upon slightest
provoeation. Hand to hand conflicts
ensued both above ground and in the
workings below. The battle was final
~ carried to court. Henry Rives was
as its local counsel. The brightest and
most famous lawyers in the west were
hired by the two companies at enor-
nous costs. Young Rives passed
through the fire and gained fame. The
matter was finally left to a jury for
decision. The Hermes crowd fixed it,
with a juror to pass out the result of
the jury's elaboration ahead of time.
If the verdict was to be in favor of the
Hermes crowd" the juror was to
flash a colored silk handkerchief. This
was done and relays of couriers took
the news to the nearest telegraph office
from which the news was flashed on
to San Francisco. The Hermes CLIQUE
made fortune in buying up stock on
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