| Show WAS EARLY AT COMSTOCK One of Few Survivors Tells of Bo Ba Bonanza Bonanza nanza Days O 0 C Steele Stele who enjoys the distinction tion of ot being bing the th oldest oke living resident of the attended the meting meeting of if f the American Mining Ining held in Goldfield Mr Steele arrived eng on the tl Corn Com stock stok in 1859 8 and an ever since sin that date he has ha resided at City In speaking of or the old ol days da he said saidI sid tr I was working In Johnstown which was situated between Silver City and Dayton when I heard hed the news of the strike at Virginia City CI but it I ita was wa a 8 couple of days das later before I ar arrived rived on the Comstock At that time there was nat not a c house hou e in the town T furnished Virginia with the first water supply by b building a sluice for two and anda a half miles mies in length The ThE water was wa ane secured from the Santa Reta Beta and Gra Granada Granada Granada nada tunnels at Gold Hill Hi Afterwards I Isole sold soll sole the outfit to the Virginia Virinia and Gold Hill Hi Water company The Te only hydraulic lie lic Ii claim dalm ever worked In Virginia City was owned by myself and during th seven years I operated orated it I I took out about a million dollars In gold The Th original discoverers of the Com Cam toek to k were Peter Pete OReilly Peter Petr Mc Ic Laughlin Lau hIn Manuel Penrod a miner called caled Od Virginia whose who real name was wa James Feeney and Comstock whose who first name I I dont ont remember Of these thes men only one ones j i s now alive alve This is Manuel Penrod Penned whom we call caI Penny Penn for short He Ie now i resides In the eastern easter part of the th state t but was in Virginia Virgini several months ago |
