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A Hundred Years of Rip and Roarin Rough and Ready By Andy Rogers (1952)(Hathitrust) (117 pages)

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1 church building, with a leantoo k. On top of the Hill is the 014 ‘building, now standing in 1950. women in the camp that a miner ken walked thirty-two miles to @ rawboned wife of the storekeeper. MANY BIG SCARES f K. got word that the secessionrass Valley contemplated making a vada City, and take over the town, 0, 1867. , ARMS, NEVADA LIGHT GUARD and children urged to flee to tain. The Sheriff mustered forcn Kidd a Banker, pressed into serds set, court house surrounded by Braves, my appeared. Scouts armed to the Rough and Ready Judge Blazes took. tain Lancaster of the guard, told f he was going to take over. sent a bottle of cocktails to the e and the D--M with the counter Sheriff retired to a game of irpo came across the plains in acksmith. It is said that he took m6. r, when in need of a drink, or or flour, had a $225.00 chunk of ut, ‘and would when in need, chisel k of gold and take it to town in r told his neighbor woman, "I an de, and I want to show you where ied my gold." She said, "You are to die," and she thought he was hen she said, "I don't want to if someone finds it, you may hold ible.” He died that night. Some r, in plowing a field, a gold coin was found of the cache. efter digging for gold, ashes from fire were dug up and gold dust panafter rains, nuggets were found in eg3, even washed down into town. ekeepers building burned down. In ound the ashes, he discovered gold ch he had hidden away and had acone of stealing. here were no scales available, gold easured out in three finger pinchously proportioned, thumb and fingmajor business asset. asons for Chinamen wearing long ls, in measuring out gold dust in Finger method. Chinamen had it mericans, as Chinamen would see to large portion would get under their ls, and bring them a nice profit. alifornia came into a free State, ame free. Many were brought to Ready. Zachary Taylor helped free the women of the Hell Roaring od cook, famous for her pies. usband passed away, one of the ot-footed it up to her home and "This is sudden, and may be out of will you marry me?" Said she, e of a sudden age and fast pace, I have just accepted the underGoogle Ground so rich, and gold so accessable, miners were paid by use of their lunch pail cups. Handling a cup full of gold dust, to Joe, with "Here is your share, Rubet--another cup full with, "Here is your share, Cousin Jack." . John Fippin, Sr., while teaming on his return trip home, was held up as a joke by H. Schmidt; when John was demanded to stop,
he reached in the jocky box and pulled out a pistol and then pointed it to Schmidt, who threw up his hands and yelled, “It's me John, it's Schmidt." John said, “You're a fool, I almost shot you," and Schmidt said, "John, I never knew you to carry a gun." John Sr. on another occassion, had nine hundred dollars of $50.00 gold slugs ina buckskin bag in his pocket, and standing at the bar, when a man with a Mexican tried to take the bag of gold from John. John started to pull off and hit the thief; the Mexican grabbed John, but John saved his gold. Gold slugs were then in hexagon shape. Miller and Jackson, owners of the Iron Clad in the early days. Tisher's place, supposed to have a robper's den on it. Nemes taken from an old Rough and Ready store record; Dries Bach, C.B.Comstock, Hugh, a Chinaman, Charles Smith, John Saunders, P. Williams, J. Cook, J. Clifton, G.M.Grant, Geo. J. Morrill, James Downey, John Downey, P.B.Morgan, Wm. Bozzep. If one will notice, many names are not pow used in common. Was it that the names isappeeared with the ones passing away? . J.H.Nile came here in 1861 and married Miss: I. Marsh. T.J.Robinson came here in 1865, teamed, farmed, blacksmith in 1870, and married Miss C.A.Robinson. John C. Schroder, born in Germany, was the Rough and Ready Postmaster. John Taylor came here in 1852, married Miss Sarah E. Millner. Al Bagley came here in 1855. A. Chaty came here in 1866. T. Vanauken came in 1850. H.A.Church came in 1851, ran freight to Virginia City, Nevada, through Rough and Ready. Married Jennie Arthus. Ran the Buckeye House. Henry Davis came in 1857--William Doyle, Anthony House came in 1874. E.0.Thompins, Anthony House came in 1851. Dr. Davis Shoemake lived at the Anthony House in the gold rush days. H.M.Miller, son of California Joe, lived in a cabin at Rough and Ready. He came in 1863--in 1866 went to Montana and Idaho, on horseback. CONCERNING A FEW MINES HERE © Charles Kent and C.£.Cope worked the Mistletoe Mine $80.00 to $150.00 per ton. The Iron Clad supposed to be a good undeveloped mine. : E.W.Roberts, Osceole Mine $225.00 per ton. J.F.Schroeder, W. Chamberlain and J. O'Brien, the Forlone Hope Mine. John Black and Single owned the Spanish mine. John and Frank Fippin owned the Fippin Quartz Mine Schroeder, the Herett Claim The Prince Black Bear, biggest and best proposition. J. Hockett, owned the Oriental The Picayune Mining Co. Randolph Flat Diggings Grant Brothers, F.E.Gross and William Torpie Tunnel 1700 feet Baltic Gravél Mining Co. Placer