White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-06
NEVADA STATE IN THE MAKING;
RICH MINES OF EBERHAROT

alone on his accomplishments at Ebe
erhardt. and though 1t Is scarcely
part of this story brief mention
might be made OF II. II was in the
winter of 1882 that Drake wss
called upon by the London direct
crs TO go TO Montana and examine
and report on the Drum Lummon
mine, for the purchase of which the
English interests were negotiating
with Thomas Cruise. Within twenty
four hours after Drake had made a
favorable report on the property a
first payment of 100000 on the
purchase price of s1.50e.0e0 was
tabled from London To the account
Of Mr. Cruise in New York. II was
This property that for time gave
Lombard street, London, corner On
the silver market of the world.
stock being sold on $50. o.000,0 900
lasis within three years of the time
the property was acquired. Drake
was later sent to Mexico in the late
SOS TO erect stamp mil for the
London interests. While he was IN
the south his health failed and he
later died in California.
While Frank Drake was undoubt-
cdly the guiding genius whose name
lnI llia0a sIdlH SDtllth piooptiiiF
fof Eberhardt credit must also he
given 10 his partner, Ed Applegarth.
Applegarth, as has been previously
mentioned. was a ieams'er at the
time he formed his partnership with
Drake II was he by the way, who
brought the FIRST load OF hay ever
hauled 10 Treasure Hill. bringing II
from the Reese River valley south
Of Austin. Applegarth brought six
COMPOUND bales and before 1t was
unioaded from his six-horse wagon
he disposed of II all 10 eager buyers
at sl1e bale II might be inter
esling II note shat al this time. in
tie latest Cos. -four was selling at
SO for forty-eight-pound sack.
with everything else In proportion.
other friends Of Captain Drake
who stood by him In the dark DAYS
before the finding OF ore and while
Trake and Arplegarth were trying TO
finance their new company were
Tearly Rowell. mill foreman: Henry
Randall. head amalgamator: =. NJ.
Reish, chief carpenter during the
construction of the new Eberhardt
mill in 1874, and John Raum. for
many years watchman OF the mill
and town OF Eberhardt. These men.
With unbounded faith in the ability
and integrity of Drake. worked for
months without pay and willingly
paid their expenses out of their own
pockets until such time as Drake
could make good his belief in he
future of the camp
In Nav 1873. when the writer first
visited Eberhardt. he found Il .
thriving little town. Few of the
residents OF that day. however. are
now living Alex Muir. then as now.
was highly respected citizen and
was engaged in hauling ore from
Treasure Hill In the Eberhardt mill.
Jacob Lewis and o. NJ Converse We're
similarly employed
Pat Casey in those days was
political parsonage 10 be reckoned
with. Pat. who for fifteen years was
custodian of the old Sanford mill.
one OF the old landmarks OF Eber-
haidt. will be long remembered by
his political opponents. He moved
To California along in the SOS and
WIS one o: the prominent leaders In
the management of the O'Donnel.
nayoralty campaign in San Francis
co during the late SOS.
Adam Johnson. postmaster of Eh-
erhardt for many years. will be easily
recalled by old-timers owing to the
sao, that he was the first man to in
lroduce the ten-cent piece into the
camp. thu quarter dollar previously
teing the smallest coin used. The
dime was unpopular and the author
II the innovation was promptly duh.
lea "Ten-Cert Johnson n nickname
which stuck to him while he remain.
.c in the caop
One of the tragedies OF the camp
was the murder of Jim Beck. Dor
ular resident, who was stabbed to
death by "A newcomer named Jackson.
bad man from Arizona. Beck
though mortally wounded, succeeded
in wrestling the knife from his as
sailant and infieting fatal wounds
Beck died within few minutes
while Jackson succumbed the follow
ing day in the county hospital at
Hamilton
Frank Dana. another old-time bust.
ness man of Eberhardt. was killed
in a team accident on the grade be-
tween Hamilton and Eberhardt while
returning from the Fourth of July
celebration at Hamilton on July 4.
iA75. Ii was about this time that
the writer first met w. c. Gallagher,
who was brother-in-law of Mr.
Dana and came west 10 wind up his
affairs.
Other Eberhardt pioneers of whom
brief mention may be made were Col
Thomas Spikens. locator of the Tin
Yot mine: Frank Enos, who was in
terested In the hotel and boarding
house business with Norah Ahearn:
William Hawkins, who owned and
{ perated the toll road between Eb-
erhardt and Hamilton until he dis
posed OF II In 1874 to Bob Meyerhoff,
and Oliver Drake, who leased and
worked over the old Eberhardt tail
ings dump in the latter part of the
70s.
OREGON PRUNES-Choice orch
ard run Oregon Italian prunes. 1920
crop, In 25 or so pound boxes or
more. delivered anywhere In Nevada
by parcel post or express prepaid, at
15 cents per pound; by freight to any
railroad station In the state. at IL
cents in 100 lb lots or more Quail