Bernice Gibbs Anderson, Golden Spike Oral History Project, GS-4 and GS-5, August 9, 1974, American West Center, University of Utah

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MmE. ANDERSON Page 25 GT: Sure were prosperous times ... BA: They were prosperous tin1es here, and the town was pretty wild. They say there were thirty-seven saloons. I don't think there were quite that many gambling houses here. GT: That's a lot BA: There was something else I was going to tell you about that, but it slips my mind. Oh, that was it. I ·was going to tell you what it was for. It was for supplies that went up to the mines: food and clothing and machinery that was shipped up to Idaho and Montana and all those northwestern states at first. And food, canned stuff, a.nd it came in drafts, I mean it was paid for. The drafts went through the bank from New York . ~anking houses for that amount during the year, to supply the mines and also the bullion that was shipped down here from the mines here was shipped east on the railroad. GT: I see, they would freight it down ·here, load it on the railroad and ship it east. BA: That's right. They'd go up loaded machinery or with produce, or clothing or something else for supplies for those miners and they'd come back loaded with as much as they could of gold or silver. PN: Did you ever hear any fantastic stories about any daring robberies, that took place here, all that bullion would come down to Corinne? BA: No, I think it was pretty well guarded. I have heard of maybe ten thousand dollars worth being taken off a stage pr something. But the trains, I don't think they got to much from the trains although they did say that out west there was about ten thou~Jnd dollars or more and