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Aptly named Silver Bow was a silver mining camp that went through many booms and busts before finally succumbing. Not unlike the papers of the day, the local rag was involved in promoting the town and the nearby mines. In an effort to drum up more interest in the town, the Silver Bow Standard apparently mixed some gold dust with the ink and printed some copies of Vol. 1 No. 20 with it.

A front page that assayed $80,000 to the ton! Such was the claim of the Silver Bow Standard, a long-forgotten newspaper in one of Nevada's ghost camps. The story of the gilded front page has been told several times, in accounts of the Southern Nevada mining boom of the early 1900s, and in listings of newspapers published in Nevada over the years. And at least one such listing noted "no issues located." But one such issue did turn up the other day — in fact, the very issue that was supposed to have represented the gold standard. But this sheet showed no trace of bullion, and its front-page story remarked that some of the copies had indeed been enriched with gold dust worth $80.000 to the ton. Whether the precious ink wasn't available for the entire edition, or a problem developed of mixing printer's ink with powdered metal wasn't explained. Gold or no gold, this paper is a page from the story of the great Nevada mining boom that began with the discovery of Tonopah at the turn of the century and spread across Central and Southern Nevada.
SILVER BOW BACKGROUND
What and where was this camp with the poetic name of Silver Bow? The records of the State Mine Inspector's office at Carson City give brief notice. Silver Bow was located in Silver-bow on the west slope of the Kawich Range of central Nye County, 45 miles east of Goldfield. Silver and gold were discovered in 1904, and the ledges explored in 1905. The first shipment of ore was made in 1906, and in 1913 a two-stamp mill was put into operation. In 1920 the property was taken over by the Blue Horse Mining Co. of which J. W. Plant was president. The mine continued production and treatment of ore in a 20-ton Gibson mill until operations shut down in 1921. Silver Bow became one more ghost town, and the 1960 census noted its population as zero. But in its brief boom days, Silver Bow, to its promoters, was going to be another Comstock, and was sure to out-pace Tonopah's production of silver, and outdo Goldfield's outpouring of gold bullion.
THE SILVER BOW STANDARD
The Silver Bow Standard shared this enthusiasm, as did the newspapers which sprang up in other boom camps. As John Gregg Folkes noted in his bibliography "Nevada's Newspapers," "During the boom and bust days of the early 20th Century, several of the publications were gaudy examples of a period of intense melodramatics. Understandably, the discovery of gold or silver frequently led to newspaper publicity entirely out of proportion to the strike's importance." The gold-imprinted edition of the Silver Bow Standard is cited as such an extravaganza. Life in Silver Bow followed the rowdy course of other frontier camps. Nell Murbarger, who has traced the history of those days, wrote, "Ore was rich in the Silver Bow district in 1904-05 and a plague of claim jumping developed. While Silver Bow as a camp had a life into the 1920s, its newspaper didn't last near that long. The Standard's existence was less than a year. Its first issue came out in 1905, and it wasn't long after its gold-dusted edition in January of 1906 that it ceased publication. Silver Bow is now only a fading memory, but its one brief claim to fame is preserved in that copy of the newspaper that was going to tell the world of Silver Bow in literally golden words. That copy is now in the archives of the Nevada Historical Society, a gift of former Reno newspaperman John Sanford — a memento of Nevada's colorful past, and also of the breed of newspapermen who hauled their presses and types along the trail of gold and silver.
-Nevada State Journal, March 15, 1969

After it's initial boom stage in the first year or so of its existence, Silve Bow slowly petered out. According to Shawn Hall in Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Nye County, Nevada, in January 1913, W. G. Cook shipped ten tons of ore from the Silver Bow Belle—the first shipment from Silver Bow in years. Only a few more followed that year, and by 1914, the revival had fizzled out, leaving the town deserted once again. By 1917, only Fred Newton remained, still hopeful about his mine. Another brief revival came in the 1920s. The Blue Horse Mining Company, formed in late 1920, built a twenty-ton Gibson mill and sank two shafts, but both proved unprofitable, and the mill shut down in 1921. Thomas Clifford, Fred Jackson, and Frank McMullen worked several claims during the decade with limited results. The Virgin Gold Mining Company, led by T. L. Mahoney, also tried its luck but failed. In 1928, the Silver Hoard Mining Company acquired four claims, dug shallow shafts and short tunnels, and planned a fifty-ton mill, but the ore ran out before construction began. The last attempt came in 1929, when the Silver Bow Consolidated Mining Company bought the old Blue Horse properties. Its richest mine was 150 feet deep with 1,500 feet of lateral tunnels. A fifty-ton flotation mill was built that year, running sixteen hours a day with eleven men. By 1930 almost all activity in the area had ceased.

People got in line to proclaim what a great place SIlver Bow was. It was a long line that stretched for years.

J. J. Clark has just returned from Silver Bow, the New Kawich town, just named, and reports things burning in that place, and predicts a great future for it as a bullion producer.
-Tonopah Bonanza, April 22, 1905

There were enough miners there they had their own union.

UNION AT SILVER BOW
A Miner's Union has been organized at Silver Bow with fifty member. Ed. Hummel was unanimously elected Secretary.
-Tonopah Bonanza, July 15, 1905

Silver Bow had everything it needed-- except for you!

Silver Bow, the latest find, is an exception to the other desert camps, for the reason that it has plenty of wood and water. All the town lots of Silver Bow's main streets were sold in Tonopah in a few days, six blocks going in a week.
-Tonopah Bonanza, July 22, 1905

Men were tough in those days.

Champion Distance Walkers.
George Wingfield, C. J. Kapler and Messrs McClelland and Johnson, the well-known mining engineers, enjoyed a thirty-mile walk from Cactus Peak to Tonopah, on Friday that they will not soon forget. They left Silver Bow ' late Thursday evening in an automobile and when near Cactus Peak at midnight the chug-chug machine broke down and the gentlemen concluded that they could reach Tonopah quickest through the use of "Shank's mare" ["walking" - FN] —and they did—covering the distance in 16 hours. They claim the long distance championship of the world and are ready to meet all comers.
-Tonopah Bonanza August 5, 1905

One of the several merchants in Silver Bow
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Frank B. Evans, who conducts a general merchandise store in Silver Bow, was in town Monday.
-Tonopah Bonanza, August 12, 1905

Things are going well.

Dan Fitzpatrick, mayor of Silver Bow, arrived in town Wednesday night from that young but rapidly growing city and is enthusiastic, though very conservative, in referring to its possibilities. The whole camp is prosperous and the mines, or rather prospects, are improving as depth is attained.
-Tonopah Bonanza, September 2, 1905

If we could get a road that wouldn't jar our molars out, well, that would be great. Roads were an issue here, as it was too expensive to ship low and mid-grade ore to be processed, ad they had a lot of that.

The mine-owners and business men of Silver Bow are circulating a petition to be presented to the County Com-missioners, requesting that body, at its meeting next week, to appropriate $500 for repairing and placing in good condition, the main traveled road be-tween Tonopah and Silver Bow. Nearly all the road is in commissioner Locke's road district and as there is a considerable sum in that fund, no doubt the prayer of the petitioners will be granted, as it should.
-Tonopah Bonanza, September 9, 1905

If you are aware of the facts, you know you'll be hearing train whistles soon!

No one acquainted with the facts any longer questions the future of Silver Bow. Owners and leasers in that camp are breaking into new ore bodies tram time to time, and there are many applicants for leases. The well known McGonnigal and Catlin properties are busy bee hives. Capitalists are going into the district and picking up promising properties at fancy prices. Kawich will be a very active center of operations during the winter.
-Tonopah Bonanza, October 21, 1905

It may not have had spectacular ore bodies, but one thing Silver Bow did have is a plethora of bad tempered individuals. THe town was known for claim-jumping and other violence-inducing sports.

Trouble at Silver Bow
Wm. Fuerste received word last night from Aiken, who with Messrs. Buell and Larson, is a partner of his in the Jennie K. claim at Silver Bow that one of their leasers named Clinton, had been cut in the back with an ax wielded by a man named Padrick. A warrant for his arrest will
be sworn out at once, at Silver Bow.
-Tonopah Bonanza, November 18, 1905

A telephone always comes in handy.

Silver Bow Telephone.
Articles have been filed with the Secretary of State incorporating the Tonopah and Silver Bow Telephone and Telegraph Company. The period of existence of, the corporation is 25 years. The principal place of
business of the corporation is Tonopah. A branch office will also he established at Silver Bow.
-Tonopah Bonanza, December 12, 1905

It's hardly a year old and it's already making a comeback!

SILVER BOW
Silver Bow, which was started last summer under the most favorable auspices, but which later suffered a setback on account of litigation and other causes, has received a new lease of life, the result of Robbe and Reed making a sensational strike on their lease on the Blue Horse claim.
-Tonopah Bonanza, December 23, 1905

Here comes the mill!

SILVER BOW
On Friday of last week a 20 horse team left Goldfield loaded down with a complete ten stamp, concentrating
and amalgamating plant, headed for Silver Bow and was in charge of P. J. Donohue, the well-known millwright,
who will have charge of installing the mill. Superintendent Fillman of the Nevada Development Company, which company is putting in the mill, left Thursday for the new camp, and will rush the work of grading so as to have everything in readiness for the reception of the machinery. It is thought the new mill will be completed and ready for operation within the next sixty days.
-Tonopah Bonanza, April 28, 1906

Another merchant and mine owner.

W. J. Cook, who conducts a store at Silver Bow, was here Saturday. He says a mill is being erected on one of the mines there and everything looks promising.
-Tonopah Bonanza, May 19, 1906

Slavonians! In 1906, the term "Slavonian" would most commonly refer to a person from Slavonia, a historical region located in what is now eastern Croatia. At that time, Slavonia was part of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which itself was an autonomous kingdom within the Austro-Hungarian Empire

A strike is reported near the Blue Horse mine on a lease being worked by some Slavonians. These men have been at work there for several months and it now appears as if they are to be rewarded. The concentrator for the mill has arrived from Goldfield and is now in place. It is working very satisfactorily.
-Tonopah Bonanza, November 17, 1906

Now we can really process some ore.

The Nevada Development company which owns the Huntington rotary mill at Silver Bow has ordered a complete cyanide plant which will be delivered at once and be in operation by June 15.
-Nevada State Journal, March 21, 1907

It's 1907 and about 150 people live here.

W. G. Cook, the Silver Bow merchant and mine owner, arrived in town yesterday with three tons of high-grade ore from that district. Mr. Cook is very enthusiastic over the outlook of the camp. He says, "already the town has a population of 150 with more arriving every day."
-Tonopah Bonanza, April 6, 1907

There is considerable doing just now in Silver Bow district, the camp attracting more attention now than ever before. The mill at the place is being remodeled, and the owners will put in a cyanide plant in addition. This will prove quite a boom and addition to the camp.
-White Pine News, June 17, 1907

Another "boom" and lots of women? Head for Silver Bow now!

BOOM SCHEDULED FOR SILVER BOW
Silver Bow is scheduled for a boom: in fact the boom is on already. The tide of immigration is sweeping that way from Tonopah and Goldfield, and the roads leading to the eastern camp are flecked with teams and rigs of all descriptions. G. P. Plyler, president of the Carlson Mining Company, came in last night from Golden Arrow and reported that there was considerable excitement in that direction over the new discovery in the Silver Bow Bell mine. On the way in he passed five teams with outfits going to Silver Bow. On the majority of these there were women, who were evidently going to the new boom camp to remain there. Hugh D. Fulton, who is interested in Silver Bow with George Wingfield, arrived from the boom camp yesterday morning, and confirmed the reports which had reached here of the high grade finds. Mr. Fulton said that while there may have been some exaggerated reports reached here, he saw himself samples which ran $382 in gold, and away up into the picture values in silver.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, October 12, 1907

Briinging in another mill!

At a meeting of directors of the Silver Bow Bel Mining Company Friday a ten stamp mill was purchased which is now located at Ellsworth, about forty miles distant from Mina. The mill will be dismantled at once and hauled to Mine, brought to Tonopah, and taken to the property. It is figured that six week's time will be consumed in delivering the mill at a cost of approximately $500.
-Reno Evening Gazette. October 31, 1907

No more post office for SIlver Bow.

STATE NOTES
The post office department has ordered the postoffice at Silver Bow, Nye county, discontinued. Mail for Silver Bow should now be sent to Tonopah.
-White Pine News, November 9, 1907

Besides its silver SIlver Bow got a reputation for claim jumping. This resulted inbad tempers and violence.

THREATEN NOOSE FOR CLAIM JUMPER
Residents of Silver Bow Mining District Up In Arms
The discovery of rich ore at Silver Bow started claim jumping, which resulted in a meeting of claim owners at which it was decided that anyone jumping claims in the future would either be hung or "escorted across the desert, never to return." The claim jumping was started by two Slavonians, Nick Vicko and Nick Stephic.

"On account of the rich ore shown up on the Gift claim and the good showings that are on the adjoining claims, claim jumping at Silver Bow was the principal excitement of last week. The ground upon which Girton let a lease to Captain Peterson of Goldfield was claimed by Nick Vicko and Nick Stephic on account of Girton locating New Year's night and the location paper read 'Northwesterly and southwesterly.' His work was completed and ground staked in January and staked nearly easterly and westerly. The jumpers alleging that he did not stake as located, drove the leasers off, and the men— E. Lanke and C. Anderson, whom Captain Peterson had put to work— went in with the Nicks and all located the ground, claiming they could not find the stakes. The Swede boys, who have a lease on the Silver Bow Bell, jumped two more of Girton's claims, Lanke and Anderson being' witnesses, on account of insufficient work having been done. Girton returned to Silver Bow last Monday night and was informed what was going on. He and his son went to the claims next day, found all the location papers gone and the claims located. Girton kicked down what monuments could be found and went to most of the men in camp and informed them what he had done. Twelve men met that night and decided to go with Girton and investigate his claims. They found the claims staked and work done on all except one, on which it was sixty-two feet short as measured, exposing the ledge in place. This work was done in six feet of snow, completed January 21 this year, as shown on the records. They decided that the claims should be Girton's. But Nick Stephic refused to consent to this and said he would bring suit. A general meeting of the camp was called that night to see what should be done. Thirty-seven were present and by a majority of this number it was resolved that after the 8th day of November all work must be 240 feet and claims staked by six stakes. Any one jumping claims after this date would be hung or escorted across the desert never to return. The Nicks were very angry came hunting for Girton with a large club, a slingshot, and a knife. Girton was in the postoffice when they found him. They entered with the remark, "Girton, we are looking for you." He remarked, "Here I am, go to it." The postmaster and another being present probably saved Girton's life.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, November 14, 1907

Despite its troubles, they want to build another mill.

CATLIN OWNERS WILL BUILD MILL
The owners of the Catlin property at Silver Bow, Nye county, will erect a ten-stamp mill in the Spring, according to Bert L. Smith, one of the large owners.
-Eureka Sentinel, November 30, 1907

The stupid thing here was not that one man accused the other of claim jumping, but they were arguing about someone else's guilt.

TRAGEDY AT SILVER BOW
Edward Johnson Kills Hugh Fulton-- Shooting Was The Outcome of Dispute Over Claim Jumping Case.
Silver Bow has added a tragedy to its history, and a sad one at that, for it is the story of one man shooting his best friend over an argument in which neither had a very great interest.
Edward Johnson shot and killed Hugh Fulton on Sunday night. The weapon used was a rifle, and at the time the shot was fired, Fulton was in the act of turning loose a Smith & Wesson six-shooter on Johnson. The two men were in the post office store early in the evening, according to the story of Toni Eastman, an eye witness to the shooting. They had gone there from the Silver Bow club. Fulton had been drinking, and Johnson had had a glass or two. Johnson carried a rifle and Fulton had on a six-shooter. Both men seemed to be in the best of spirits, and joshed and joked for some time, and Fulton bought a padlock. Then they started down the street for their cabins, and Eastman accompanied them. The conversation turned on the recent trouble over the jumping, and the arrest of the six men on the charge of threats against the life of Gertin. Fulton took the side of the men who had been arrested, while Johnson maintained that Gertin was right. They reached the spot where the old second-hand store used to stand, and Fulton suddenly turned on Johnson and declared that he didn't give a ---- ----- for Gertin, or him either. Johnson tried to calm him, telling him not to get sore. Fulton then reached for his weapon, and with the butt of it in sight, Johnson admonished him not to draw. "If you pull that gun. Hugh," he said, "I'll kill you." Johnson kept the rifle in his hands, and did not attempt to raise it to his shoulder. Fulton was in the act of raising his gun when Johnson pulled the trigger without raising the weapon. The charge struck Fulton in the groin, and he fired, but the shot went wild. Johnson fired again and the bullet struck Fulton in the region of the heart. He lived for about twenty minutes, and died with-out recovering consciousness. Johnson surrendered himself to W. G. Cook, postmaster and proprietor of the store, where the men had been only a few minutes before, the best of friends. Cook started for Tonopah with his prisoner, accompanied by Eastman, and arrived here yesterday morning. Johnson told his story almost incoherently, and cried in his cell over the tragedy which had come into his life at a moment's notice. Sheriff Owens, District Attorney McCarron and Judge Brissell will leave for Silver Bow at 7 o'clock this morning, and an inquest will be held over the remains, and an investigation into the shooting.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, December 24, 1907

Johnson was later found "not guilty" as the shooting was declared self defense.

More "Silver Bow is looking up!" articles.

Activity at Silver Bow
Silver Bow is looking up and they leasers are much in evidence. Prospectors are swarming into the district and development work on a number of properties is being pushed.
-Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune, March 28, 1908

PEOPLE ARE FLOCKING TO SILVER BOW CAMP
Forty-seven people are now at Silver Bow and it looks like the camp is on the edge of a big boom.
-Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune, November 14, 1908

Apparently Silver Bow has beomce a tourist attraction for nearby camps, and no wonder!

TYB0 VISITORS ENTERTAINED
People of Silver Bow Give Picnic in Honor of Their Visit The Sentinel received the following from its Tybo correspondent : On June 14 a party composed of Mr. and Mrs. James Kautz and family, Miss Mary Morrison, William Pierce and J. Fothergill left Tybo on a pleasure trip to Silver Bow, about 6o miles south of the former place. Silver Bow is one of the few picturesque mining camps in that part of the State. It is surrounded by large pine and cedar trees and is nestling among the mountains. There are a number of rich mines there. Mr. Kautz was given several specimens of the ore of that section, and on his next trip to Eureka will bring them with him for display here. A picnic was given by the people of Silver Bow in honor of the visitors at the Breen ranch, about two miles iron the former place. The event was at tended by nearly the entire population of Silver Bow, numbering 30 or 40 persons. A fine lunch was served in the shade of same willows to which all present were invited. The amusements of the day consisted of sleight-of-hand tricks with cards. money, etc.: also dancing, singing, and acrobatic feats. In the evening a dance was given, the music being furnished by S. Girton and J. Larson and was and was greatly enjoyed. Before the Tybo party returned home they expressed their thanks to the people of Silver Bow for the manner in which they had been entertained.
-Eureka Sentinel, June 29, 1908

One of Silver Bow's problems was that they could only ship out high-grade ore. It wasn't economically feasible to ship anything else, and there was plenty of mid and low grade sitting around. So the idea of a railroad close by got everyone pretty excited.

SILVER BOW IS AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT
CAMP IS GOING AHEAD DESPITE EXCITEMENT IN OTHER LOCALITIES.
The fact that the Tonopah and Tidewater railroad is going to run its line within speaking distance of Silver Bow, has caused the property owners there to get a hustle on. Mr. John Bruener, one of the pioneers of that section, arrived in Tonopah yesterday from the camp in the Kawich range which attracted much attention a few years ago. He says that considerable work is being done on many of the holdings there and that splendid showings are resultant therefrom. He has every confidence in the future of the camp, believing that it will eventually prove a big producer, due to enormous bodies or milling ore that have been opened up in the course of development. Mr. Breuner 'ays that capital is traveling in the direction of Silver Bow. Many others of the old-timers are returning to Silver Bow and the camp begins to look like ye olden days.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, July 10, 1909

These figures give a good idea of the number of men living in these localities. Remember that women could not vote until 1920.

PRECINCTS ARE REPORTING NUMBER OF FALL VOTERS
FOURTEEN PRECINCTS GIVE A TOTAL REGISTRATION OF 1749
The precincts reported so far are as follows:
Tonopah, 1444
Beatty, 54
Johnnie, 35
Bonnie Clare, 12
Silver Bow, 10
Smoky Valley, 28
Pioneer, 50
Golden Arrow, 22
Rhyolite, 215
Manhattan, 309
Berlin, 70
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, October 25, 1910

It's not quite dead yet!

MUCH ACTIVITY AT SILVER BOW
Late arrivals from Silver Bow report that the old camp is not yet abandoned, but the work on the different properties the past year and the annual work for 1911, which has all been completed, with few exceptions, shows that better work and more developments have been made than ever before in the history of the camp.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, January 1, 1912

PORTLAND MAN BUILDING MILL FOR REDUCTION OF SILVER BOW ORES WITH FIFTY TON CAPACITY
Silver Bow is to have a real and substantial revival and, strange to say, the man who is chiefly interested in the camp is averse to publicity. He evinces faith in the camp by investing his money and avoiding incorporation as he is going it single-handed and putting in a 50-ton mill which will pave the way for further development in that direction. This gentleman, Mr. William Stevenson of Portland, Oregon, has been at the Mizpah hotel for several days awaiting the arrival of a big 35 horsepower freighting truck which was due to arrive from Los Angeles in the early part of the week. The tractor came in last night loaded to the guards with supplies and went out this morning to Silver Bow.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, October 12, 1912

While mining activity after this period was mainly carried out by leasers, mining became more sporadic and infrequent.

Between 1920 and 1929, mining activity at Silver Bow in Nye County, Nevada, was minimal and largely marked by decline. After brief revivals in the previous decade, most operations had ceased by the early 1920s. A few individuals, such as Fred Newton, continued to work small claims in hopes of a revival, but no significant production or investment materialized. Sporadic efforts were made to extract ore, but the district saw no sustained development or shipments of consequence during this period. By the end of the decade, Silver Bow had largely returned to a state of dormancy, with only scattered signs of mining persistence. Between 1930 and 1940, mining activity at Silver Bow in Nye County, Nevada, saw only limited and sporadic revival attempts. The district, which had experienced earlier booms, was largely quiet during this decade. A few prospectors and small-scale operators continued to work intermittently, reworking old tailings and attempting to reopen previously productive veins, but there was no sustained development or major investment. The Great Depression further hindered funding and demand for precious metals, contributing to the decline. By the end of the 1930s, Silver Bow had once again lapsed into dormancy, with only a handful of hopeful miners maintaining a presence in the area.

As late as the 1940's, some folks were still poking around here.

Miner Injured At Silver Bow
TONOPAH, Nov. 26. (Special) Edward Kane, local miner, lost the sight of his left eye, and partial vision of the right eye, when he picked into a missed hole while working at Silver Bow Sunday. Kane and his partner, Dave Eason, had set off a round of shots Sunday, and reportedly knew of the missed hole. While attempting to clear out the muck from the blast, he accidentally picked into the missed hole, which caused a 11 second explosion and brought the serious injuries. In addition to the injuries to his eyes, Kane received lacerations and contusions on the body and face and his left hand also was seriously injured.
-Nevada State Journal, November 27, 1941

If you had visited in 1997, you would have found conditions like this:

Silverbow is located on the western flank of the Kawich Range. Silverbow is at the confluence of three stream-cut canyons, of which Breen Creek Canyon is dominant. The canyon walls are relatively narrow and have dictated how a few of the structures would be built. Several areas have been leveled with rock retaining walls and fill to make level building pads. Some rock structures have been dug and built into the hillsides. It is reported that one structure has a natural rock chimney, i.e., a vent hole through a rock formation.
Silver was discovered in 1904. The principal prospects were within three miles to the east, northeast, and northwest, and Silverbow became the supply center for the nearby camps. The area was worked until 1942 even though the town was long dead. Now the town site is marked by five wooden and two stone buildings, as well as debris. One wood-frame structure is a one-story house approximately 15' x 15' x 12 feet high with an attached 10' x 10' lean-to. The medium-pitched roof has 2" x 4" framing and is covered with composition material. The walls are of horizontal board and batten with tar paper and corrugated metal siding. The house is in fair condition.
Associated with the house is a one-story structure 11 feet high, which actually is two nearly identical structures that have been joined. It is 27' x 9' in plan. The 2" x 4" framed structure is covered with corrugated metal. For the most part, the structure is in poor condition. There are two wood-frame privies in fair condition. The principal rock structure has no roof. It is a one-room house 20'-5" x 15'x 9 feet high and is in fair condition. It is built of angular rock using various sizes and is mud chinked on the interior and exterior walls. The long axis of the low-pitched gabled structure is east-west. Its walls are 2 feet thick. Thy north and south elevations rise 7 feet to a peeled-log ridge-pole, which supports log rafters. These rafters are held in place by notches cut into the rock walls. The west elevation has no openings; the north and south elevations have 10% and 15% openings, respectively; the east elevation holds a door and two windows and has 25% fenestration. The door and windows are framed with milled 1" x 6" lumber. The doorway has two hand-hewn 8" x 8" log lintels, which extend 18 inches into the walls on either side of the door. These lintels are shimmed into place with wooden wedges. Each window lintel is one shaped rock that spans the opening. It extends into either side of the wall about 6 inches. The floor of this structure is dirt, which is part of the 2:1 slope that the structure is keyed into. An adjacent structure is 42' x 30' and has 4-foot-high unmortared rock walls 2 feet thick. Apparently construction stopped at this point. The site also has the concrete foundations, leveling slabs, and framework of a contemporary mill site. There are also miscellaneous concrete foundations and associated lumber. At a grave site is a granite headstone approximately 1 foot wide by 3-1/2 inches thick by 18 inches high. Core sample trays, rusted cans, colored glass, nails, and charcoal indicate the locations of burned structures.
-HISTORICAL DISTRICT SUMMARY; POTENTIAL NATIONAL REGISTER SITE, 1977