The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14
EARLY DAY RELIC.
PROvES0F INTEREST

Last Tuesday while taking up the |
linoleum In the room formerly occupied
by the Alps Mining Company az an Of
flee and which Is now a part OF the
family residence. Mrs. A. A. Sherman
found an old copy of the Phoebe Rec
ord dated June 80. 1873. It being still
in fair condition of preservation.
The Alps mine on that date forty
two years ago was In financial dinicul-
ty and the newspaper contained an ac-
count of the meeting of the creditors.
at which some twenty-nine signed q
paper extending time to the company.
committee was appointed to call on
some of the stubborn creditors. and
they reported the task to be hopeless
and that the company would be forced
into bankruptcy. This later proved
true. The Alps mill was advertised
and f. r. Clute. the superintendent. So
licited custom ores. which the mill
| would receive and work on short no.
tice.
| The old newspaper contains many
familiar names and some notices of
rather out-of-date institutions. The
advertisement of the Philadelphia
brewery gave the location on Main
street and praised the product-lager
beer. Today the breweries do no ad-
vertising. The State Bank of Nevada
carried large advertisement and
among others there We're noticed: Cur
tis Smith, merchandise; j. Nesbitt &
Bro. merchandise: G.. H. Fish. hard
ware; Mrs. James Pearson. San Jose
house: Eli Schwiger. shoemaker: VOL
denburg & Armer. merchandise; J.
Meyers & Bro. clothing; Loomis 4
Alderman. butchers: G. r. Alexander,
drugs; A. Cohn 4 Bro, tobaccos: Schu-
strich 4 Kleine. bakery: Julius Hoff.
man, assayer: d. C. Clark & Bro. Jmep-
chandise. w. p. Goodman, stationery
There are other business houses adver-
tised but the paper was crumbled and
these could not be made out. A dupli-
cate copy was taken from the files al
the court house and the Information
) strengthened.
The most interesting advertisement
3 was perhaps that of the stage company
| operating Concord coaches drawn b!
American horses between Phoebe ant
I Eureka and between Phoebe and Sal
$ Lake City. Evidently the Indian 'cay
d use" was looked down upon by tn
h drivers of that day. The fare to Eu
reka was $33. which compares quit
e favorably with the cost of making tn
! trip today, although the time require
q is quite different. The fare to Sal
a Lake City was $40 and the stage lef
e Phoebe every other day.
a The Eureka & Palisade railroad ad
n vertised that it furnished the shortes
% and quickest route to Phoebe and tina
J. It connected with the fastest freigh
"a outfits 1t also advertised that whisk
a was transported at the owners ris
ts on account of leakage.
3 One of the news items referred to
ID dispute between the water compan
~ and some of the residents over tn
spring on Lacour street.
"Pioche females fight like devils
was a phrase In print and recalls II
bravery Of those who lived in tim'
4 gone by. Who would dare to print sue
u truth as that today?
The Day mine was taking out rio
ore and enjoying a factional fig
ao =. among the stockholders due to sa
- of stock of some delinQuents. In
published letter Of Captain H. H. Da
az general manager Of the Day mine.
H. A. Fox he gave the figures Of $S'
~ 354.27 as the production to that tir
y" ~ and he said that the average value
o0 the ore was we'll over 500 to the tc
= The furnaces OF the Hillside Coz
~ pany at Bristol were started up on t
oath Of June, 1873. and were worki
splendidly. producing 1870 bars of b,
lion every day.
as The Raymond and Ely was product
some fifteen tons of ore from the upI
levels and the Meadow Valley "
hosting screenings from the secol