The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-06-10
Interesting Data Regarding Early
Day Scenes In This District
Attending Enormous Activities


customary stipend fer such service Of
! $40 per diem Not far from this fort
was the Burke mine, which gave RAY
mond and Ely their start, and also in
This liciniH were the Washington ans
Creo',. which became merged. aao
which later acquired the Mazeppa
The Washington and Creole wa
operated as a distinct corporation
although its stock was controlled by
the Raymond and Ely. 1t was one OF
the very last mines TO produce boun-
dfully. 1t sent out ore up to the lat
ter part of 1876, although 1t reached
the hight of it's production in 1873
when it frequently made record o.
$1,000 per day for considerable
periods.
No. 9.known as the Gen. Washing
ton" and later as the Phoebe Mining
Co. property" was a magnificent pro-
ducer and paid three dividends. II
was sunk to depth of 1900 feet be-
fore 1t was abandoned. The Huhn and
Hunt was another quite famous mine
and did not give up the ship until
the latter part of 1876. The Newark.
few hundred feet south of No. 8
shaft, was such copious producer
That 1t owned its own mill. One month
1t shipped over $4,000 worth of. bul,
lion.
TIE OLD BOWERY
The 6owery. now included in Tic
ground of the Boston and Phoebe
also had itssawn mill. and for a
considerable time produced ten tons
of high grade ore day. The Condor,
beyond the Alps, started with an
excellent record. 1t also had its own
mill.
Several claims to .thc west of the
Llghtner shaft made a big stir at
different times. One of these was the.
Phoebe Phenix. and its shaft is now
No. ! of the Consolidated Phoebe
In this vicinity were the Hermes and
the Kentucky, which were in litiga-
ton with the Raymond and Ely in
1879. George Hearst, one of the most
sagacious mining men this country
has produced, engineered the Hermes
litigation. His principal associ-
ates We're Haggin and Tevis. He
made a beautiful touch" ON old Col
Raymond and with the money thus
secured he went 10 Park City, Utah.
and invested in the Ontario, which
made the whole gang multi-million-
aires. The Kentucky failed in its con-
tention, bat these iitigations and
other legal contentious cost (direct-
ly and indirectly the Raymond and
Eiy company over half million dol
lars.
I Above the Burke and Washington
aAd Creole was the American tlag.
norT the Yuba. This was really 4
great mine, and must have produced
close TO $2.000,000. There were still
others on this hill of considerable
note fer a time, but with record
more ephemerai. All of these prop
critics are now included in the hold
ings ~ the Nevada Utah Mines &
Smelters Corporation, or the Consoi-
idated Phoebe Mining company except
ing the Bowery and the Condor.
MUCH HIGH GRADE
The fact that go many claims with
in this district produced high grade
oie in such enormous quantity is
very important. as shedding light
upon the phenomenal richness of the
district which the Nevada U tab now
covers. 1t seemed as If all that was
necessary was to dig in the favored
zone to get it.. Early in October,
aS72. the San Francisco Chronicle
sent a bright reporter here to inves-
tgate the camp. His story was very
Interesting. Among other things ha
SAID that $50 shafts had been sunk
a. which so had struck rich ore. This
was apparently q fair statement. The
deep source from which this wealth
came held 1t in, such profuse amount
that In working its way upwards /.
seemed to get almost anywhere with
out reference to any we'll understood
system. 1t may be interesting to
mention here Sthat the wonderful
dightner shaft, from which ore pour
ed out faster than such ore had ey-
ier been knownsto come before, was
not intended to- be sunk on ore al.
all Col. Lightner sank this as q verti-
cal working shaft from which he in
tended to run levels to his known Pa
naca vein. when he did strike this
astonishing deposit he thought that
1t was very likely a new vein
which he had discovered, and he had
one thousand feet of 1t located In
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