The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-07-06
N0SSon'S Address At
Prince Consolidated Mine

, anu railroad, lie built smelter
at cost of a million dollars and
| near.y million more was spent by
the Union Pacific r. k. In building
a grade from Milford to Phoebe. and
chen came the panic Of '93, when all
further improvements stopped.
| Turning to later events we find
that the unquenchablc hope, conf,
denee and tireless energy of few
men has kept Phoebe aIye. Thirty
yrs. of depression and hand to mouth
iAi5tence have not discouraged any
II The old-timers and new blood has
1eeh injected TO assist in the reyu-
'ehatlon OF the camp Mention should
oe made OF such men as the late
| 'amented William Lloyd, God bless
aim. the Freudenthals, Kirby, Hodson.
COOK, Osborne, Hackett. Thompson,
Low, the Nesbitts. Hodges, Day, the
Cobbs and the Godbes and many 9th.
ers.
These men have labored under what
have appeared to be unsurmountable
Illueulties The CODES and Col.
iiackett bought the Prince In 1907
md developed 1t 50 that 1t has II
| continent OF ore in sight The Ne.
vada Utah has done big work. but
has suffered from Internal troubl q.
Large nuirSers Of properties are de-
| veioped, but there have been no ia,
| Nlilt loo for ham Hmm tb.,i q
ttof Clark built the railroad to Pi-
| 'che, and then it was washed out
| Favorable terms could not be- secured
trom the smelters, money for invest
ment and development was hard
to get and SO the story goes.
RAILROAD A NECESSITY
IA railroad to tap thees pronerue,
was conclusiyely shown to be nee
sssity The Godbe boys and theil
supporters rose to the occasion; they
realized that there were millions q
tons OF ore in sight; that only a
fraction of what exists had been dis
closed; that here they have an
abundant supply OF water; climate
unsurpassed; that the natural rich.
ness OF the whole field will make
1t an Eldorado for all classes of
mining men; that Phoebe not only
has the earmarks but the positive
proof of permanency and so they
have built the railroad, at cost of
Us OF mineral wealth.
With the advanced methods of min.
ing and In the science of metallurgy,
he improved syst ms OF ore produc.
tion, the advantages of railroad ia.
cilties, | believe the new bonanzas of
pioche will equal, If not eclipse,
| he wonderful old mines of The camp.
In closing | am tempted to quote
| bit of poetry which | believe will
voice the sentiment of the men
| who have made this railroad real
lty:
'ioche, its the land have you seen it.
IS the strangest land that | know
frcm the big dizzy mountains that
screen 1t,
TO the deep death-like valleys below
some say God was tired when he
made it,
some say its good land to shun--
Maybe, but there is some as woult
trade 1t
For no land on earth and I'm one.
The time has come to drive tn,
last spike; drive it home and driv,
It true. One of the Oldest enthusi
asts and ono Of the youngest will
drive 1t, namely. Mr. Henry Sadie
and Mr.. Rufus Cobb, men who hav
devoted their money, time and con
sclentious effort in their endeavor Il
work for the best interests of tn,
camp. II
[ Good luck to the Goddess Good lucl
!. to the Prince Consolidated Railr ad
} Good luck 10 every man :, woman al
. child in or intert ated in the camp
8 Good luck to PioeAe May she rls,
; strengthened from the slumber o.
years, and come forth vigorous witt
! renewed youth to take her plac,
3 among the great mining camps o