The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
CITY OF GOLD And SILVER
DGIS THIr CAV NEVER COME
BICk To VIRGINIA CRY.

City I8nhla IN tAs aagehFunh % q
Mountain where Peopse LaVea n Lax-
ur,- Gamlng went en- IA EBours Nag.
= don't know anything about the merits
he scheme to consolidate all tho old
mes on the mother lode out In Virginia
~ said an old miner but Il did my
4 eyes good just 60 read the other day
- Old names that Oaos made music In our
~ Con Virginia. ophir. Crown Point.
How Jacket. BslOher. savage. Gould
"a Curry and the other bag producers
the good Old days I can remember
q. time hack in San francisco when
q. name of any one Of those stocks called
. The big exchange in Pine street OF the
l,rl~ exchange in Lsidssdortf street.
49, all knew that a. Paupsr Allsy-would
ca:s a riot on the floor when men were
dding for shares &C q price that would
We been too high 70 the fifteen hundred
LOT Of the lode the shares covered had been
lid gold.
there are in New York probably some
q pusands OF men past middle age who
.0t the same sentimental thrill The
antiment was aroused probably a. much
" the recOllections th0ss old minsrs,
.ospectors and capitalists had Of that
,onderful city a. by a memory Of the
mines themselves.
For Il was a wonder city. provided by
,,'ure with no indnoement whatever
..r the settlement Of mon. Yet Il had In
PA. great days population Of about 5000
,~ople and from its mines there was
.p,pped bullion of gold and silver OF the
alue OF $40. ooO.OO0 The city was located
here for the one reason that IL was there
" accident that the great lode was die
nvered and the first few caloins having
aen huilt around the FIRST ahaft that was
rmL those who followed in quest OF other
nos settled there also. thinking they
we're hut making a temporary home and
rrrefore not seeking better town Iooa-
N. which could have been found within
rasonable distance at the foot OF the
Aons east Of the lode
30 the city grew by thousands the COM
,onest unsk lied labor being paid % 9
Nv IN gold for every day in the year
.,lled labor % all kinds receiving from
81 day. and those engaged in super
utendence that 10. the shift bosses. level
,osses. engineers. foremen. machinists.
savers. mill bosses and superintsndents
nsinR paid from sloa day up 20 . thousa nd
dollars month. with the precious metals
,oming out of the ground to pay thess
vages aud salaries. and there seemed to
10 no end OF the ore from which these
metals were extracted. a city Of luxury
and sXtrsvaEance grew mp.
The site OF the city was the rather steep
ssgebrlIsh covered side OF q mountain
without water or wood or any modern
means ol transportation But with the
s0d the mines supplied wooden fumes
-"on brought streams OF water from
mountain lakes. railroad was built
tom the Central Pacific at Reno which.
winding in and out Of Gallons. climbed
In and over the lode itself to the heart
- the mining camp. and then the golden
~Ee indeed Of Virginia City had it, he
SHINING.
There soon grew a class 81 men who
we're accustomed 90 comfortable IL not
INJURIOUS living mining enRineers. grad
yates of Eastern and European schools
n mining. Ansayers. superintendenta
-snd @oOn these organized themselves
ntO a social club. the famous washoe
lub of the Comstock. Following the
,"Enpletion 81 the railroad hundreds "
visitors came to town. mining experts
REGULATORS ga lesmen. and for their accom-
INauAAtNu hlrNH was ptlN n nov ~ Nnlpn
wen to-day in q much larger city could
Justly be rated an frat class. and acrua-
. street from the hotel a San Francisco
rench restaurant keeper opened a re-
Irant. where he served what hs had
en- accustomed to serve in San Fran
90. that is to say. the hest meals %
found in America.
The necessities Of this shifting popu-
lion % well To do people prompted the
nrroad to run a fast express daily be-
~ecn the Counstock and San Francisco.
md each day that express in Leaving
ar Francisco carried from ia wonder
ID markets the best n the fresh meais.
rtrn". poultry. FISH fruits and vegeta-
rir-
Wnen the population IN this sage
h'uth desert town found that n could
'ns tnere a. u was accustomed To dine
tho MAison DoFee OF the Poodle Dog
Nan Francisco then &c wanted the
'HoatT~ after dinner. The demand created
T" supply. There was built on the COR
pep - y street and Union street Piper's
uIara HOUSE.
Ihs and Law - steep there that while
49,. uttered az u street On the sidewalk
m" sidewalk level u 4 stree, At
back ran along at about the height ~
q. ualnt bridge. That 10. the hack wall
I" stage was built up for thirty feet
against q rocky cut The stage it.
vas Land over a foundation of this
~'7r" country rock a. IL wAs called
i.o'v On" had money and plenty OF IL
a' N" theatre was crowded from the
I.g.r e - opening
''w- - this reaching the San Francisco
ayers. they got into the habit Of
-' trng - New York companies at
I."p and running them zap To this new
n "'r derful mining camp for a week e
..rnf 'tpla business Thus Edwin Booth q
,.wisnv was dated for virginia City
.. -itg" manager vas informed that
Roth would play one night at least Ham
- 49, be- directed the stage carpenters
.li through the stage for a space the
% II grave and then hired some miners
N.' dug What n perhaps the first and
.'' r"'l grave ever .,Ised by a HaHis;
'."H Bppth arrived and tho nitua ton was