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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
DETAILS Of Disaster.

OeIHTs OF UISdSteT.
The minister of marine received a
detailed description of the disaster
from Toulon today over the telephone.
One-third of the officers and 1870
men had over Sunday leave of alb
sence. There are several stories as
to where the fire started. The fire
alarm was sounded and the watch
alarm sounded, all hands being order
ed to their posts. Then came the ex-
plosion which shook the giant war
ship and flames broke out all over
the afterquarters. Two other ex-
plosions followed.
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created Tidal Wave.

BY the light Of the flames, the Of
ficers and men could be seen at
their posts. Suddenly, just as the
other vessels of the fleet, were head
ed toward the ship, there came a
great crash which blew the ship into
a dozen pieces and created tidal
wave in the water.
A great hole was torn in the sister
ship Republique When the smoke
cleared away, only the hulk of the
Liberte was seen above water Life
boats were dropped from every ship
and sailors rowed frantically toward
the wreck.
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Train Behind Time.

The train, it is said by passengers,
was nearly half an hour behind sched-
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palIx River bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will cease to rise by
Tuesday morning, and fall by We'd
nesday.
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Local observations

Mean temperature, Sept "a, 6S.
Highest temperature, IA.
Lowest temperature, 60,
Lowest temperature last night, SO.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
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One Hundred Rescued.

One hundred men were rescued
from the water.
All were so badly hurt that they
had to be placed in the hospital at
once.
While there are many theories as
to the cause of the explosion, there is
also wonder that the fire could not
be confined in the room where 1t
started. One theory is that the in
itial fire put the electric equipment
of the ship out of business SO that
the doors could not be closed by
throwing of a lever and the fire con-
fined to the one room.
Was Built In 1907.
The Liberte was completed in 1907
and cost the French government sS,-
2s2,1S0 The ship had displacement
of 14,635 tons with draught of 2S
feet and $4,000 horsepower. 1t took
four years to build the vessel Her
speed was Is knots an hour and she
was armed with one Founders and
10 three Founders with two torpedo
tubes. Her complement was 793 men,
the largest of any of the French war
ships and she was sister ship of the
Democratic and Justice, the three be-
ing built at the same time.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
COOdWin'S Comment On
Anla|ganatcd Pi0GhG Deal

Thanks to the energy and persist
ence of Ernest R. Woolley, the Ne
vada-U Utah, Prince Consolidated and
Ohio-Kentucky properties in the Pi-
oche district, have been welded to-
gether and the Amalgamated Phoebe
Mines G. Shelters corporation is a
substantial reality. The capstone of
the edifice was the ratification by
the stockholders of the Prince and
Ohio of resolutions giving the Off
GERS of the companies power to trans
fer the assets to the merger. A vote
to this effect was recorded at the
special meetings of stockholders in
this city on the 18th inst. The minor
shareholders had perceived no official
statement as to the terms Of the con
solidation, but they accepted assur-
ances of the negotiators that the term
were reasonable and the unofficial
outline published in these columns
two weeks ago. That that state
ment was correct Is tacitly admitted
by the negotiators Of the deal. Unless
Mr.. Woolley decides to tell the story
himself no one will ever know what
a splendid piece Of work the organic
alton of this merger has been. Other
parties to the deal know something 0
the obstacles surmounted, but Wool
ley has done practically all the worl
and he alone can narrate the intricat
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

gins what is known as Cathedral
Gulch"-which was given that name
by Mrs. w. s. Godbe. Here one can
view some of the wonderful works
Of nature. Unlike Condor canyon, it
is formed by wash through the clay
banks, which, at some remote time,
covered the whole valley. The rains
OF ages has washed the softer strata
away leaving thousands of fantastic
spire-shaped cones, some of them,
reaching from so to rs feet high.
From distance. they very much re-
semble the pictures of the old Euro
pean cathedral spires. When you get
to the banks you find long aisles
running away back, in Obvious ways,
far into the hills. Many of the aisles
end in covered caves, some quite ex-
tensiye in area In other places they
are narrow, giving room for only one
person to pass at time; then they
widen out, and great columns run up,
80, 40 and SO feet to arched domes.
These columns are regular and per-
! feet in shape and very much resembl
the standing trunk of some of the
| beautiful fir trees of the mountain
ranges. In one of the aisles lie the
skeleton of COW, which evidently
dropped through an opening at least
j so feet overhead. The beauties of this
wonderful canyon can only be prop
cry appreciated by having been seen
The first death that.occured in the
Panaca colony was that of man
by the name TO Otto Brynkee; who
with his wife. are buried in the lit
tie lone lot west of the cemetery; but
Grandfather Lee was the first person
laid to rest in the town cemetery
which now contains the remains Of
many of Panacas original pioneer in
habitants.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
PIOCHE X-RAY
READY TO START

From Joseph Taylor, manager Of
the Phoebe x-Ray Mining company.
the Record has ascertained that
the company has recently succeeded
in placing large block of stock In
the east, as result of which, the
saschequer of the corporation has
been supplied with FUNDS suffieisnt
it is believed, to carry the developmej
of the X-Ray property to the stage
whereby 1t viii be placed soon upon
producing basis.
Mr.. Taylor states that some of the
eastern shareholders of the company
will be In camp soon and in the
meantime he is getting things In
shape at the mine for resumption
of activities. M
The Phoebe X-Ray is one of the
most attractive propositions of the
Highland district. 1t Is located ad-
accent to the Mendha and Oregon
Phoebe mines and 1t is the opinion
Of mining engineers who have exam
ined it, that the territory embraced
contains an extension of some
that it contains an extension of some
OF the resources which have opened
up so splendidly In the Mendha.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
ORE SHIPMENTS FROM
INK
DAY Nine This WEEK

The Nevada Utah Names Il snaelt.
ers corporation has increased the
working force at the Day mine at
Jackrabbit this week by several men.
Ore shipments have been maintained
at the rate ct so tons per day dur
ing the month, Notwithstanding the
interruptions caused by the washouts
In the fore part of theh month.
Chief Engineer Parker states that
new rails will be laid on a portion
of the Pioche Pacific, or Jackrabbit,
railroad in the near future which
will become a matter Of necessity ow-
Jog to the increased traffic on the
lne.
The management of the Salt Lake
Route sent an extra train from Cal
iente with empty Gre cars last We'd
nesd.y and another Is expected today.
it is believed 1t will be only a
short time until daily train
service will be In vogue again.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
Ntndh0 Ores Now Being
Sampled In Salt Lake

After having taken a faithful samp-
ing OF all the ore in sight from
the surface down to the 900 level,
last Thursday a ten-ton shipment of
ore, representing the gist of this
work was sent out from the property
OF the Mendha-Nevada mine at Phoebe
to the Utah Ore Sampling company,
says the Herald Republican, and up
on the results Of the thirty day test,
which it will ultimately be given,
Will depend the character of the $780,
900 mill which the Mendha people
are figuring on erecting in the near
future. This statement was made yes
terday by John R. Cook, general man
ager of the property, who expects
to leave for Phoebe today after hav-
ing spent a week in the city de-
batting the contemplated improve
ments with som eof the principal
owners OF the company.
Mr.. Cook says it is estimated that
the Mendha has not less than 10000
tons of good milling ore in sight and
on the dumps This should be worth
half million dollars. Between 5000
and 5000 tons are on the dumps
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

of the big properties that is to go
into the Amalgamated Phoebe mer-
ger. 1t is also adjacent to the Phoebe
Pacific mine owned by a Salt Lake
syndicate.
Mr.. Whitty visited the Ohio Ken
lucky. Mendha and other mines dur
ing his stay here; he went over the
surface of the Phoebe Mohawk COM
pany's domains and was exceedingly
well impressed with the geological sit
uation there. In fact, be became
genuine Phoebe enthusiast.
Confidently" he said. Il see no
good reason why Phoebe should not
become one OF the biggest and liyii-
est mining camps In the west.I regard
1t as being camp that has been neg
lected; it is surprising to me that it
has not received attention from, the
big mining men of the country until
now. But | am satisfied, now that the
merger deal has been effected, that
this district in which Phoebe is locat-
ed will soon enter an era of pros
perity which will excel by far any
Of Its early-day splendor. expect to
come back to Poche soon and hope
to become Interested here myself. l
know of no mining camp anywhere In
this country where the opportunities
are so favorable for good return
on legitimate mining investments as
they are right here in Pioche."
MIR. Rand, who was accompanied by
Mrs. Rand, returned to Portland Mon
day, going by way of Los Angeles.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

NAMED at the tent until the men folk
returned from their labor
MADE GOOD INDIANS
About six weeks later some of the
men. in self defense, were compelled
to Kill three red skins and at the
same time, but in another place,
three more were killed; the scene
of the latter taking place near where
the Nelson horse now stands No
white men were killed in either
fight, but Uncle John Lee viii carry
the mark or scar to the grave which
he received from the murderous knife
of one Of the savages just as the
sun was sinking. One of his eyes
was nearly cut out; but it is needless
to say that Indian was soon after
good Indian"
Glover Valley, small settlement
rs miles ditsant, and which was set
tied before Panaca, was at that time
was the nearest settlement. Hebron,
33 miles southeast was the next near
, est and then not another this side of
f., st. George, over 100 miles away.
EARLY DAYS OF PIOCHE
: Phoebe, a mining camp, and the
county seat of Lincoln county, is
now the nearest town; it being about
IL miles distant. 1t was first set
tied In 1859 and William Hamblin
was, among the first discoverers of
! the rich mineral which caused great
I excitement at that time and fer
many years afterwards. Thousands
of people flocked there and great
quantities of ore was mined.
There being a water scarsity al
Phoebe, a large smelter was buili
about ! 1-2 mics from Panaca where
1t was plentiful Around this smeltei
and a number of quartz mills, the
town of Bullionville grew up and fol
a number of years was prosperous
little city. Now. however, these OLE
reduction works are in ruins.
The first ore was hauled to thes'
, mills and smelter by 16-mule team
but in 1873, narrow guaged railroa'
was built from the mines at Phoebe
The Bullionville enterprises, in con
J junction with mines in the neighbor
j ing city made prosperous times 70
! Panaca, supplying home market TO
; all the surplus poducts; while MAJ
D men in Panaca were able to obtai
work at good wages.
b CATHEDRAL GULCH
+ About one mile from Bullionville b
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
Minneapolis Capital
In The California PiOChc

The California Phoebe mine will
soon be placed on the active list
again. Through the efforts of II. w.
Rand Of Portland. Ore, who is one
of the heaviest shareholders in
the corporation, Minneapolis capi-
tai has become interested in the en-
terprise.
The deal rested upon the report OF
]. j. Witty. superintendent of the
Calumet & Montana Mining company
of Butte, and representing the Min
neapolis syndicate
MIR. Witty was here last week and
made an exhaustive examination of
the ground and just before depart
ing for home last Monday stated to
a Record representative that he was
exceedingly well satisfied with the
ground, geologically and otherwise,
and that he would recommend the
immediate installation of a large
hosting plant. At present. the proper
ty Is equipped with a gasoline hoist
and compressor, but Mr.. Witty TAX
es the view that when 1t comes to
mining a depth, steam power is the
most satisfactory. He states that ii
will be the plan to sink the shaft to
at least 700 feet; but there are ex-
cellent reasons to believe that ore
will be struck somewhere around the
500foot level.
The California Phoebe company's
properties lie adjacent to the terri
tory of the Consolidated Pioche.one
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details of the negotiations.
In advance of the launching Of
the Amalgamated, other Phoebe COM
panies are Fastening to market with
their wares. The Phoebe DEM. ohm
set the ball to rolling by enlisting on
the Salt Lake exchange. The Eastern
Prince Gold & Silver Mining company
has followed and the Phoebe Double
Dixie shareholders met here last Tues
day and authorized a Boston house
to market $50, 900 shares of treasury
stock of a total capitalization Of one
million shares. To make the sale cas-
Ter, holders Of the issued stock will
pool their holdings. gs.-Goodwin's Week.
".
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
CALEB POWERS, OUT OF PR.soN INTO CONGRESS.

~ POWERS who salary March a
a dramatic
sensational novels
he politics life
William Goebel
assassnatea the
completely the
Kentucky pardoned THUS ending the
considerable the
platform time fall from
district RepuIcaa opposition
seating him because of his trial probable that when
congress- he viii hnd Il his hands.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

awaiting the mill. This ore will av-
erage from SIS to $1S ton. In the
various metals it goes per cent
lead, s to 9 ounces silver and from
SIS to Sc in gold. 1t is claen ore,
showing no arsenic and no sulphur
The expectation Is to put five in
one, the concentrates to be worth
around $50 ton, and will be of a
very desirable character.
MIR. Cook says that for the past
two years practically nothing has
been done at the Mendha except to
block out ores with view of devel-
oping sufficient tonnage to justi-
fy the erection of mill At the same
time he has taken out and shipped
just enough to cover operating ex-
penses. Now he has sufficient ore
in sight to keep mill going for
two years.
At present developments are ON the
900 level, where from seven to eight
tons of $50 ore is being mined daily
for shipment The SIS to $40 ore is
not touched only where 1t is neces-
sary. Before the force was recently
cut on account Of the washouts, 300
tons month was the production OF
shipping ore from the Mendha Most
Of this ore is found on the bedded
planes between gray and blue lime.
Several years ago the Mendha had
a production record Of $500, ,0O0 Dur
ing the past twelve months or so
it is estimated that at least 1000
of the new ores has been opened
up. The Mendha is one of the most
promising properties of the entire
Phoebe district
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
Pan0lC;2 S(Il(N).
Girls story
Historical

The following, containing brief his
torical sketches as applied to Panaca
and Phoebe, is the work of Miss Rox-
lie Edwards, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Edwards of Panaca. Miss
Edwards is a member of the gradu-
ating class of the grammar depart
ment of the Panaca pubic schools,
of which Prof T. H. Carr, is teach
or. The article appeared in the last
issue of school paper issued month
ly by the pupils Of the pubic scho Us
of the high school town and shows
the young lady to possess much LIT,
literary talent Here is what she says
Panaca, small town containing
about three hundred inhabitants, is
situated in beautiful valley; seem
ingly surrounded on all sides by hills
and far-off mountains.
1t was settled in the year 1854 by
a Mormon family by the name OF
Lee; which consisted at that time,
of nine members; out of which num-
ber only John Lee, George Lee aad
Mrs. E.ceta Edwards, are now llv-
ing.
At the northeastern outskirts OF
the village is the cemetery In
which many loved one has been
laid away since 1854.
About a half mile north of the
town is a spring which supplies al
the inhabitants of the town with wa
ter. This spring, which issues fortf
from the base of an immense hill
of limestone, is something of won
der and Of Almost incalcuable value
in a dry section such as this par'
of the state it. 1t not only supplies
water for domestic purposes bu
1t also furnishes an ample supply Il
frrisate all the valley lying below
that has been placed under a STATE
of cultivation. During the whole
year this never failing spring pour'
forth from 300 to 400 inches of wa
ter and no matter how dry the sea
son may be, the flow never varies
10 as to be noticeable.
CANYON BEAUTY PORTRAYED
About mile north of the sprlnI
Is Condor canyon, great fissure Gu
through the solid rock of the noun
tains and runnig back for severa
miles. In some parts Of the canyon
the rock walls stand almost perpei
dicular for as much as 900 feet, an
in the narrowest part the walls al
proach within so feet of each othe
The rock forming the banks. or side
of the canyon in some places Is
very deep dark red color; which, col
es from the iron formation. A lare
stream of water, and the railroa
track run through the canyon. Du
ing the winter months. the strea
of water becomes a raging torren
which sweeps everything before it
often bringing disaster to the ra
road.
AT one time there was d smelt
and two lime kilns operated In Il
canyon. In summer 1t Is vel
beautiful and refreshing place; WI
it, cool caves, pretty trees. vim
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
eoIdfield Bullion.

The report of State Bullion Tax
Collector Adamson for Esmeralda
county, as shown by the books of
Sheriff ingalls,, indicates that the to-
tai for the quarter ending Decem-
Der 81, 1910, was $31. .760.37, as COM
pared with $25,SS5.24, or an increase
of $5,7S513.
OF this amount the Goldfield Con-
solidated Mines company contributed
$50, 0,438.19, the Florence Goldfield
$315.51, and the Silver Peak. $1.00S.-
67.--Goldfield Tribune.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01
OUTLOOK is GOOD FOR
oSCEOLA AND BLACkHORSE

That the claim owners of Osceola
and Blackhorse are jublant CT the
prospects for successful season dur
ing the summer months is evident
from the activity that has beendis
played in that section since the be
ginning of the year, says the Ely Elk
positor.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

and numerous other shrubbery; while
there are many springs of pure cool
water Wild deer have often been
seen and killed there; also in times
past elk have strayed into the depths
OF this canyon.
THE FIRST SETTLERS
In 1850, the White mountain boys
came into the valley. They made
bitches from the spring to lands be-
low; they also made the best roads
they could for the passage OF the
Mormons,in case they were driven
out of Utah by Johnson's army.
1t was great undertaking for
the members of the Lee family to
leave their homes and friends iii
st. George and cross what was a wild
and desolate country to search for
new home. First among the hard
ships experienced in the journey was
watching and fighting the Indians;
next, the driving of their cattle,
sheep and hogs, but this work was a
tended to by the women folks in the
party. The first camp in the valley
was at the spring where the immi-
grants stayed until they could get
water through the old ditch to
what is now the cold spring field.
Then they went back there to stay
for sometime. 1t was while living a.
the spring that the first real trouble
with the Indians was experienced.
All the men were away from home,
or further up the valley clearing a
piece of ground on which they rails
ed the first crop of wheat ever grown
In Panaca. This wheat was taken to
the mill in the fall and ground into
flour and from which Mrs. Lee
made the first white bread Panaca
ever saw. At this time the family
lived in tents, all being Joined and
with no opening except at one end
At this end stood the cook stove and
wood box they occupying space to
| one side. On the other, Grandmoth
er Lee was sitting talking to lit
tie Indian girl (Sallie) whom the
Lee family had raised and who could
speak both the English and Indiar
languages. atu sasne
FLAYED THE INDIAN
At that instant, two young, but pow
erful Indians stepped up to where
Mrs. Lee was sitting and commanded
her to give them the gun which the,
could see hanging inside the tent
Mr.. Lee paid no attention to then
until one of the Indians started t
go inside the tent; at that she SELF
ed stick of stove wood from tn
box nearby and knocked him dowT
On arising the Indian drew his boy
and arrows at the same time muttel
, ing something in the Indian lingo
! The Indian girl, Sallie. understood
! and cried out: "Oh, mother. he sal
he was going to kill you" The
grandma quickly threw the site
Of wood-which she still held---s
4 him with all the strength she coul
summon. The stick struck the Il
dams bow; broke the string, ,knockfn
: it out of his hands. Grandma the
seized another stick of wood and tol
r Sallie to hand her the loaded CUR
e but at that moment, white man. WI
was a stranger came up to the tel
b and the Indians noticing his approas
8 fled in great haste. The stranger :
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-01

Mrs. Lichti, daughter of John Shier
of Caliente, is a guest of MIR. and
Mrs r. P. Thompson.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-01
RECOGNIZE VALUE OF TREES
the Beauty and Worth of
Foliage.

No city, state or nation ever lost
prestige on account of having too
many trees, yet many once prosperous
countries have become barren, unin-
habited wastes through the removal
OF all the trees. Cities 10Y maintain
a constant rivalry as to which n is
best entitled to the name Of THE For
est City" for trees. especially street
trees. are Of equal value with parks
In municipal assets. 1t Is the Arm be-
lief Of the writer that II a city or town
10 to have either every street fully
planted and no parks or plenty OF
parks with not a street tree. the for
inner condition IL preferable as ten dol.
lars Is to one.
Abundance of street trees In a land
is closely akin Of forests and the high
est state Of civilization is found where
forests abound and In those countries
street planting has also reached Its
highest plane. Germany Is the lead
ing country In scientific forestry ant
SO we'll have they learned the value o.
trees that the nation Is likewise vel
and favorably known for Its intelli
gent use of trees In planting streets
and highways. Those nations are dc
cadent that do not reforestate theil
denuded lands and In such countries
no street trees are found In q s9un
try noted for its unusual Amount o.
sunshine. as is ours, trees along al
Iiras If travail are much more neces
sary than in those having a consider
able natural supply. There Is nj
place in the world where trees have I
greater value or more enhance tnt
beauty of the land than In southern
California.