The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-07-25

and survivor up as the a%ssailant had
met the fate he deserved in the esti-
mate of the community.
"As an instance of the highland
ed, dastardly character of a certain
lawless element existing previously to
the action of the aforesaid commit
tee, l will relate what was told me
had occurred at the Adobe Meadows,
some distance south of Aurora, upon
the road to Bishop Creek, when a
gang was spending their time there
in carousal. 1t was a bitterly cold
night, when a call was heard from .
the outside, and upon going to the
door, a man on horseback was seen,
who vas told to get down, but
answered that he was so cold and
stiff that he could not without help.
%whereupon one of the crowd pulled
out his ~six-shooter and shot the
horse which fell, and the rough re-
marked. with an oath, Now you can
get off, can't your and it was deem
ed a good joke by his companions.
The action Of the aforesaid 'citi-
zens' committee met with the APP
prevail of the general community and
resulted in %quenching the spirit of
lawlessness prevailing before it's ac-
ton, as it's organization was main
tanned for a long period after.
"The desolate picture drawn by the
article mentioned, of the nee famous
old town, formed a striking contrast
to the period when l dwelt within it
for a year, during a large portion of
which time | was superintendent of
the Antelope Silver Mining company,
the mine being situated on Silver
Hill, and a 2O-stamp mill at Bodie
Creek, that l cannot refrain from
stating that in 1865 Aurora boosted
of having $50 stamps in operation.
The Del Monte with 80, the Antelope
20. and the Wide West with 20. were
all fine brick structures with timed
roofs. The Wide West was situated
at the foot of Last Chance Hill,
wherein their mine vas located, adj
joining the Del Monte mine. The
Del Monte and Antelope mills were
near each other On Bodie Creek,
close to the mouth of the stream,
upon which the town Of Aurora is
located, and ore to them was hauled
two miles over a toll road. Just
above there was situated the Brodie
mill of 10 stamps, erected by James
Brodie, at one time superintendent of
of Peter Donahue's foundry in San
Francisco, and operated as a custom
mill, working quite a large quantity
of ore hauled from the mines of the
%neighboring camp of Bodie.
another 10-stamp mill was built
IN Bodie Creek just above the
Brodie, but not operated long.
"Along in the 7O's the Del Monte
mill was moved to Bodie, becoming
the property of the Standard mine,
and it repeated a great bullion pro-
duction from high grade ore it had
previously reduced from Last Chance
HILL
1.-THE FOCUS mill of 10 stamps, and
one of five belonging to George w.
Coffee. were located in the town, and
the Winters mill of 20 stamps, just
north of the town, is all I can re-
member now.
with the aforesaid number of
mills reducing the rich ores at one
time prevailing in the many different
mines, and the prospecting and Incl
dental requirements and expendi-
lures, one car readily believe that
business Of all kinds was very lively.
and there were hot times in the old
town at night
In 1865, however, the ore supply
began to diminish in values required
by the process then in vogue, and the
camp was left ultimately for others
to show the remarkable progress and
improvement in mining and ore re-
ductiOn that has made possible it's
revival after nearly so years Of
abandonment and idleness."
PALMETTO PROPERTY