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Show J ' -1 V (Contributed.) NEVADA. When the parish of Salt Lake was i.Ms. d to the dignity of a Vicarist Apos- ; ..i- in 1K7 to the parish proper, which . inbi ar ed the entire State of Utah, was add.-d live counties in the eastern part if Nevada. These five counties, em-l.rac- an area of 71.578 miles. Three j.rif sts who are located respectively in Austin. Lander county, Eureka. Ir.u-rrka Ir.u-rrka county and. De Lamar. Lincoln ountv. to attend to the spiritual wanta cf the Catholics in the entire district. altstt::. V.yW in 1S62 the first mine was located lo-cated in that district by an attache of tl:r- staue station at Jacobs Springs. D'-'ing a rider in the pony express of tin davp, the new mine was ehrlst-nC(! ehrlst-nC(! "The Pony." On May 10, 1S62. a n-ining district was mapped out. and c-ul!. .1 the Reese River district, after t'aputin Reese.' the first explorer of that reuion. its growth in a very short time was marvelous. Reing chartered with its o:iieers it was: a model mining camp. Kev. K. Kcllv, who was the first priest to -it Salt Lake, was also the first to 'Hoi.; s, rvices in Austin, which at -the , linio was under the jurisdiction of Rt. ' Kev. i:ugene O'Connell. Soon after his w lim visit he commenced the erection of a church: but before its completion was retailed to Marysviile. He was succeeded by Father Monteverde. who continued the work of his predecessor. The church begun was soon finished, in 1ST2 he was transferred to Pioche. . and was succeeded by Rev. William Maioney. who remaining a few years, and was in turn succeeded by Rev. Joseph Phelan. In 18S0 the Church, which was partiallv .destroyed by lire, was repaired at an expense of Jo, 000, by Father Thelan. In 1S94 Father Phelan Phe-lan resigned his charge, which was taken up the same year by Rev. James Dutkr, the present incumbent. BELMONT. : The capital of Nye county was after the discovery of some good mines in j lfs(i6 a prosperous mining camp. The 1 mines, with its ten-stamp mill employed j about 700 men. In 187: it was visited 5 by Rev. William Maloney. who soon commenced the erection of a Church. The following year- the Church Mas" completed. All that remains of its "past faded glory" is, that it is still the county center. Being a part of the t "Austin' mission. Father Butler holds i services there occasionally, j lone, another deserted mining camp 1 in Nye county, is visited occasionally I from "Austin. It had fairly good pros-' pros-' pects when firs discovered in 1S63; but j the hopes based on the discovery of I gold and idlver mines were of a short j duration,. A few years ago, many hoped I that some mines would, through the I prospecting then done, be discovered. That ray of hope has now been dis-' dis-' pelled. Services are held in a large hall and when Father Butler visits the place the ranchers from the surrounding surround-ing districts come to the place and attend at-tend services. BATTLE MOUNTAIN. One of the principal towns in Lander county is Battle Mountain, which is situated sit-uated ninety miles north of Austin, and on the Southern Pacific railway. It is i near a range of mountans where a bat-I bat-I tie was faught in 1S57 between the In-! In-! dians and government surveyors engaged en-gaged at the time in surveying land i for the Pacific railway. The district I borders on the valley of the Humboldt, 'which affords grea,t advantages for min-j min-j jng purposes. Copper ore is found in j various parts of ; the district. Catholic 1 services have been held occasionally since the opening of the Southern Pa-I Pa-I cine railway, in 1S69. At present the i pastor of Austin has charge of it. Early in 1897 a site for a Church being do-' do-' nated. Father Butler commenced to ! raise ' funds for the erection of a Church. In October of the same year, after submitting his plans, and the -probable estimate of the cost, to the Ordinary of the diocese, he commenced ; the erection of the Church, which was completed in November. Since then regular services have been held monthly." month-ly." Catholic ladies of the place, on other Sundavs devote an hour to teach-I teach-I ing the children their catechism, when I all recite the rosary and chant some Catholic hymns. I v EUREKA, NET. I The history of the Church in Eureka 1 dates with" the discovery of the first ! great ore bodies in' that once thriving i and prosperous mining camp. As eariy as 1!67 a. priest visited the camp and held public . services. The substantial rock Church yet used, was erected by Father Monteverde. The present pastor. pas-tor. Father - Mannion. took charge of Eureka in lf:7. In addition to Eureka j proper his charge extends from Palli- - . . sade to Ogden on the Southern Pacific railroad. Twice each year he visits the different railroad towns, where he holds services for the benefit of his people. Hamilton and Cherry Creek, . White Pine county, which have two nice churches built in the early '70s, are also a part of the Eureka district. In Tuscarora, Elko county, a church was erected in 1890 by Rev. P. J. Quig-I Quig-I ley. who at the time had charge of the surrounding districts. During the present pres-ent year a church was built by the lit.' Rev. Bishop of the diocese in Car-lin. Car-lin. Both churches come within the jurisdiction of the Pastor of Eureka. DE LAMAR, LINCOLN COUNTY. Among the Nevada mines, De Lamar has taken the front rank as a gold producing pro-ducing district. In 1S90 prospecting was carried on there to a large extent. ex-tent. Two large gold mines Avere discovered, dis-covered, and in 1S93. mills were erected. In the summer of 1SE5, . " it was first visited by a priest. Rev. M. II.' Kennedy, Ken-nedy, then rector of Eureka, coming there to give the consolations of religion reli-gion to one of the dying citizens. In September of the same year another urgent sick call was telegraphed to Salt Lake. This was attended to by Bishop Scanlan. During .his visit there he saw the necessity of establishing a permanent mission in that district; and on his return to Salt Lake in the first week of October, he made arrangements ar-rangements by sending Father Mannion there. He remained ' till' Sept em bar, . 1896. In November of that year Bishop Scanlan made a second visit to the place. Soon after his arrival, he found that for a. permanent mission a Church and residence for the priest were needed. The miners and citizens showed their willinfrness to co-operate with him. A lot was soon secured. Subscriptions for the Church were generously given, and the erection of the Church began in November. The building w-as finished and ready for services on Christmas day, 1896. Being the first services they were solemn and suitable for the occasion. His Lordship Lord-ship celebrated the high mass and preached. He continued his visit till the following April, holding services twice 'on Sunday in the Church. The following Mav Rev. M. A. Kennedy Ken-nedy was appointed pastor of the district. dis-trict. ' ' PIOCHE. In 1S70 the fame of Pioche was wide spread, it was 400 miles, from any railroad. The large and rich deposits of ore silver and lead discovered there, brought miners from, all parts of the Pacific, slope. A week on the stage from some railroad point was considered no hardship to old-time prospectors who now hoped to get their long dreamed of bonanza. With its growing population a priest was necessary, especially when it will be remembered that in the early days of Pioche law and order were at discount and many, to use a mining .camp phrase, "were dying in their boots." The priest selected for that difficult and hazardous mission was the present Bishop of the same place. .In the early part of 1S70. Father Scanlan was appointed ap-pointed Pastor of Pioche. In February of that year he took the stage at Pallesade. His first experience . of night travel, by the side of the driver on a cold frosty night was far from being pleasant. Win n he . reached Hamilton, owing to the exposure, he contracted a severe cold which - developed de-veloped into., mountain fever.1 .and necessitated his stopping-in the-above named camp for a whole month. Late in November he reached Pioche.' and immediately commenced his . Church work. In less than three, months a neat frame bunding, with two -rooms in the rear for his residence, was the fruit of his first labors in the place. In his visitations to the sick he found prospectors feeble, and bowed j 5 7 j down with ' age, young stalwarth men unaccustomed to a miner's life and work, suddenly stricken down by t severe illness, and all living in either j dugouts or log cabins, neglected and deprived of the loving sympathy of far away friends. Seeing in many cases lives ebb away through want of proper care and attention, he assumed the roll of the Good Samaritan. He called a meeting of the miners and business men of the district, told his experience with the sick, and said in. the name of humanity and Christian charity he would appeal to them to provide some suitable home for those poor men who were unable to care for themselves. The speech, remarkable for its brevity, was surpassed by its effects. A society was formed before the meeting adjourned, ad-journed, with Father Scanlan as its president, and sufficient funds sub- scribed to build an hospital and home j for the aged, the feeble and the sick., The miners and business men promised j $1 a month for its support. Two months after the meeting a commodi-I commodi-I ous and suitable building stood on the .hillside. It was the only hospital then .or since in the camp. Father Scanlan : was succeeded in 1871'.. by Father Monteverde. who, in 1S71. finding the "Church built by his predecessor too small, commenced the erection of a rock church, where services are still held, by Father Kennedy of De Lamar. |
