The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-02-06
PIOCBE IS LIVELY.
Old Camp Is Fast Coming Into Lime
light Through Developments.

Special 70 Tho Tribune
CALIENTE. Feb 5.-The Tribune cor
respondent at CRliente spent two days
this week I'm Piochc the county seat of
Her than for years past, old mines work
Ing TO their full capacity and new mines
opened up and employing all the men who
can be satisfactorily worked TO advan-
tSSe The streets are crowded with min
erS. business Is booming and the rich old
camp Is making rapid strides toward the
lead In eastern Nevada silver producers.
Years ago. when silver was 81 %. Ploche
was red-hot camp, every mine and pros
pcct running full blast, mills and smeltors
turning out hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars In the pure white metal and a popu-
lation Of over 2oo00 floating through the
camp constantly, but with the fall I'm sill
yer Piochc drifted backward and became
one OF the numerous has becnS'' OF
which Nevada has so many examples.
Now. however. with the magnificent
transportation facilities afforded by the
Salt Lake Route and the influx OF new
capital and blood into the cid camp, in
addition to the real intrinsic merits OF
scores OF mines al ana tributary to Plu-
che, the old camp has taken on Il now
lease of life and dozens Of new hands are
being added to the working forces Of
large number Of mining com
paniesr new railroads projected Others be
Ing built, itteen-mile narTOWgauge now
In operation between Phoebe and outlying
camps and not an idle man in town. win
every prospect oil the Salt Lake Route
DtElullluS li' bullulnI OF llS pTdICll lllt
from CalIcnte TO the county seat within
the next ninety days, TO say nothing OF
the recent rich gold strikes made where
the rcd metal was unSuspectcd, and in
such vast quantities and high grades as
To make the future of Pioche assured as
one of the best producers of the Sage
Brush State.
Thomas Osborne. one of the leading at
torneys and mining men of eastern Ne
vada, has recently acquired several val
uable pieces of realty in Ploche and has
also invested largely in dozen or more
OF the rich active properties near the
camp. The future OF Phoebe as q high
grade gold and silver camp is assured
and with an immense amount Of pay ore
in sight In q score of mines and ample
capital Pioche is clearly a Sure-thinG
winner in the near future.
Local merchants are eadeavoring to Sc
cure the same freight rates from
obtain from Salt Lake to Mo-
dcna, In order To successfully COM
Iete with the last named town for hand
ling Plochc shipments via this camp as
Plochc shippers would be materially benC-
flied If rates were thus equalized to per
NIT their shipping via Calicnte instead Of
Via Modena. the roads from this camp TO
the county seat being very much better
and shorter than via Modena. a contract
was recently made by Lloyd, forwarding
agent at Modena, for the frelghting of
fifty thousand tons of mine timbers to
! Phoebe via Modcna and loading back to
Modcna with Phoebe ore at one-half cent
per pound.
b. Slbert owner OF the Sibert gold
mines at this point, returned from busi-
ness trip to Los Angeles yesterday He
has been investigating the matter of in
Stalling n large capacity mill for the re
duction OF his rich free gold ores at Cal
| iente and anticipates having his mill in
commission within the next four months.
A drift now being run on ledge tapped
at the foot Of mountain on the Three
A claim. OF the Sibcrt group, has
| opened out twenty feet wide carrying very
| high values in free gold.
| Judge Maynard, Mr.. Lcmone and their
partner are daily expecting the arrival
| OF Eastern parties who have had an op-
tion on their rich group OF silver claims
In Timpaute district, west of Caliente5 for
several months past. As soon as the gen
tlemen arrive the formal transfer of the
group VIII be made to them and active
development work rushed and test ship
monts made to Salt Lake. Fabulous as
saws have been gotten from these mines
and il has been nothing unusual for the
owners TO take out chunks Of solid silver
Weighing several ounces from their shafts
and tunnels on all their claims Lack OF
big capital for proper development and
handling was the only reason for May
| nard. ct al, diSposing of their rich claims.