The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-07-06

MT. 6odbe, Officers and men {
ne Prince Consolidated Mining COZ
any, ladies' and gentlemen: | estee,
a privilege and / voice the sent
Aent Of those gathered here, tn.
Is great pleasure to Is all [
ave the opportunity OF Hitnessin
as erowning event OF tue years
ease-es toll and endeavo.-the dri
As OF the golden spike {. at mar.
ne completion Of the Prince Cons.
.atsd railroad great indusri.
..hiegement
Ia opening my remarks Il may no
20 amiss to say Il few W, rus OF tn.
men who made this camp famous
u floeht, with its vast tlaCt ol ar.
ID treasure land, the hist ry of which
reads like an Aaddlu's lairy tale.
ihe cary days of aiilG,ute may
De ilkened TO the wouGe. lul results
endt obtained when Aia0iuu rubbed
l.s magic lamp, then came the long.
can years. when the wicked magl
secured possession of Tho lamp ana
-low as Il burst of sur .line comes
he return Of the lamp 10 it's lisht.
.u1 owners and Phoebe atun has
~he opportunity to rise t1' the DO
Il lon OF wealth, power aud glory
hat it once occupied,
IN the early sixties Pine Indians
ook some "panacare" CT silver
1re from here TO one, liaIablin. a
| Mormon missionary from st George
| @ho came here and located prQperty
| -ook away some ore but never receiy
I'd amy usbstantial benefit, Then, IL
s6s, T.. l. a, Pioche after WHOM
me town was named-sent a man by
NE name OF Williams IN to loeat,
property, which was done and by
this means the Meadow Valley Min
tJ8 company came into exlstence--the
fabulous wealth Of the hills was I'M
| covered and the news sent out to
the world
| Then came Raymond and Ely. pur-
| 2hasing the celebrated property which
1ears their name. Other adventure.
lus pfespsctors came, uitil in
$40, the inhabitants numbered ten
heusand souls
With an the difficulties and lack
! facilities the camp produced In a
eW years the stupendoua amount of
or'y million dellars. The only meth,
q they had Of handles & their ore
vas by small mills, usint pan amaIpa.
iatioh, ana yet the orc was so rich
PAID IN spite of shameful waste
lla biggest mills were at Bnlli m.
HE, Formerly called Ely, to which
re had to be hauled; The aver.
lse cost of ming, freiehting and mill
ng was IN che neehborhood Of SIS
ler ton, but the saving fact was
nat the ore averaged over 5000 per
| on hence great profi' s we're LEFT In
t'thoueh large calues were left in
he tailings.
during these days Cf prosperity
aa camp had many stage lines IN op.
ration to the outside Wcrld, the Dies
ret and Western Union Telegraph
mpahies maintained offices here
here weret two newspapers. ais
eaters andi general stores palor
ife was at fever heal, the minint
'Ws were uncertain-might mad,
isht and scores Of gun men helt
le properties against Ill comers
mich reminds me Ct jingle which
9seribes the men of the time.
There was sand In his craw
But he was Slow on the draw
nd they buried him out in the dew
In Phoebe, in ~.
All went well until the black ledg
vas reached 1t contained large de
Jsits of silver, lend and zinc; bu
1oyhad no practical method of treat
g that class of ore. Water wa
truck in large quantities and tn
7 amp then commenced to wane, Thi
| ondition, coupled with the fact thf
p n 1875, the Bank OF California, II
. which the big OPP rators had place
ali, failed and put quietus on tn
amp from which il has taken al
: hese years to recover.
ADVENT or W S. GODBE
4 IN 1881 Mr. W. s. Godbe, til
: father of the Godbe boys, bought tn
It Bul'ionville tailings, built smell
er and although its process wa
l. crude, took out one million dollars
e. In '8S he came to Phoebe and b
d lieying in its possibilities immediate
D. ly saw the necessity Of smelte