History of Nevada; . e houses and cabins. The cit^ isno more; the streets are deserted, and the houses,including the cabins, have departed. The beautifuland strong stream of water flowing through thecanon was a most attractive feature in building upthe town, the impression being that its power wouldbe required in moving the machinerj- of the manj-mills that must be built for the reduction of ledges, however, proving small and valuablethan anticipated, the sparkling waters have goneunused to their sink in the Reese River Valley. CutTON, in 1863, numbered about 5U0 inhabitants,had
History of Nevada; . e houses and cabins. The cit^ isno more; the streets are deserted, and the houses,including the cabins, have departed. The beautifuland strong stream of water flowing through thecanon was a most attractive feature in building upthe town, the impression being that its power wouldbe required in moving the machinerj- of the manj-mills that must be built for the reduction of ledges, however, proving small and valuablethan anticipated, the sparkling waters have goneunused to their sink in the Reese River Valley. CutTON, in 1863, numbered about 5U0 inhabitants,had a post-office. Wells, Fargo & Cos Express Office,and many important places of business. Though itcannot properly be said to bo deserted, its popula-tion is very much decreased, and its business mostlygone; it is a part of the village of Austin, andjoins it on the west. Clinton was one of the cities of 1863 situated onthe eastern slope of the Toiyabe, bordering SmokyValley, and fifteen miles south of Austin. Some. HISTORY OF LANDER COUNTY. 473 mines of fine promise were opened here, and in 1865a splendid quartz mill was constructed, but to dis-apjioiiit for the time, probably to reappear in thefuture and fulfill by further developments thepromise of early days. Geneva occupied a little nook in the great SmokyValley, where Birch Creek, a beautiful stream,debouched from the eastern slope of the ToiyabeRange, twelve miles south of Austin. In the hillsinclosing Birch Creek were some large and appar-ently very rich veins of quartz, some of which weresold to New York capitalists, who expended largesums of mone} in thoir development, but withunsatisfactory results. Geneva, in 1864, had somefine stone buildings, and numerous log and clothhouses, but the inhabitants long ago folded whattents they could, and the stone walls, the prettyvale, and the sparkling stream are left in theirwildness. Jacobsville, the first county seat of LanderCounty, was situated six miles west of Austin, wasori
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