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In order to make my life a living hell, the editor of the Reese River Reveille, Mr. Mahlon Dickerson Fairchild, one of the prospectors that discovered deposits in the area, named the district to commemorate his newspaper, making it ten times harder to find articles about the site because there are thousands of Reese River Reveille and Austin Reveille article that get pulled up when you do a search for "Reveille." Anyway, here is a general overview.

Reveille is on the east side of the Reveille Range in a northeast-southwest-trending canyon that slopes northeast. The area was the site of a rich silver strike in 1866. Today Reveille consists of a number of ruins with rock walls and a cemetery on a hillside near the site. The structures at Reveille are of two basic types: dugouts and partly standing rock walls. There is also the fallen remains of a 30' x 12' board-and-batten structure, but it was the only one of this type at the site. Nine dugout structures were observed at Reveille. They are essentially similar in construction, the principal difference among them being that some are mortared and some are not. One unmortared dugout measures approximately 12' x 10' with walls 7 feet high at the highest point. This structure has a fireplace, a flue chimney, and an area where a box was built into the rock wall to serve as a shelf. Another dugout, mortared with a friable mud, measures approximately 20' x 15' with the highest walls about 6 feet high. A third dugout has a wall about 4 feet high and measures 12' x 8'. The caved-in roof is built of 2" x 4" milled lumber and corrugated metal. The walls of these structures tend to be about 2 feet thick. One dugout is larger and possibly newer than the others. It is U-shaped and measures 40' x 30' with unmortared walls nearly 4 feet high.
The rock wall remains of seven structures are at Reveille. These are generally found in open areas and not built into slopes as are the dugouts. One structure measures approximately 8' x 8' with unmortared rubble rock walls about 1 foot thick and 6 feet high at the highest point. Another unmortared rubble rock structure measures approximately 25' x 30' and has walls 3-1/2 feet thick. The highest standing structure at the site measures 40' x 16' with walls 9 feet high. The inside walls have been washed with mud. The remaining rock wall structures are similar to the ones described. There is also a fairly large amount of debris at Reveille, much of which has been picked over by bottle seekers and other collectors.
-HISTORICAL DISTRICT SUMMARY; POTENTIAL NATIONAL REGISTER SITE, 1977

It's generally accepted that there is a New Reveille and an Old Reveille, each in its own location, although they are close to each other. Old Reveille came into being in 1866 when ore was discovered and prospectors began to arrive. Enough was produced that a mill was built in the valley to the west at Gila. Never very big, its fortunes ebbed and flowed over the years. Even after New Reveille was established, a few residents continued to live in Old Reveille, but after 1911 the town was dead, although limited activity took place up to the 1940's. A history book overview:

Ore was discovered in August, 1866, by W. O. Arnold, M. D. Fairchild and Alonzo Monroe, and a district was at once organized, and named in honor of the Reese River Reveille, of Austin. By the ensuing year fifty mines were in course of development, and the ore shipped to Austin and other places. A town sprung into being, containing two stores, a blacksmith shop, a boarding-house, a post-office, and 150 inhabitants. The town of Reveille now consists of one hotel, a saloon, post-office, butcher shop, livery, stable, and a blacksmith shop, and about thirty inhabitants. The buildings are constructed of wood and stone. Freight is hauled from Eureka, a distance of 125 miles, at a cost of two and one-half cents per pound. In the vicinity of Reveille are five or six cattle ranches, but agricultural interests are not
flourishing.
-History of Nevada 1881

THE BEGINNINGS OF "OLD" REVIELLE

The rush to Reveille was like many mining camps of the era, with both prospectors and merchants arriving to take advantage.

We have promised the following letter from Reveille: As the mines of Eastern Nevada am again beginning to excite considerable interest in mining circles and among capitalists, since it has been demonstrated that there are rich, extensive and permanent mines in limestone formation, I thought it few lines from this District might not be uninteresting to the readers of your valuable paper. Reveille is situated about 100 miles south of Hamilton, in a range of mountains about 15 miles in length and from 6 to 8 in width, running in a northwestern and southeastern direction. The mineral belt extends about 6 miles in length by two in width, running somewhat diagonally across the mountain. The town, which is only beginning to be built, consists of two grocery stores, one liquor saloon, one boarding-house, and a number of miners' cabins. It is situated in a little cone, or flat, in the mountains, about one and a half miles from the nearest mines. On examining the Recorder's books I found about 200 locations had been made, some of which, from the best information I could get, and from my own observation, I should judge could be profitably worked. Very little work has been done on any of the mines; not enough to arrive at any definite conclusion as to their extent. So far as can be ascertained at present, the silver-bearing quartz assumes the form of deposits, some of which are of exceedingly high grade ore, $2,000 per tun having been obtained by mill process. To get such ore, of course, requires a very careful sorting. -Sojourner
-White Pine News, July 17, 1870

The newspapers played their part in providing encouragement.

REVEILLE DIXTRICT.
From a correspondent we learn that the mining outlook of Reveille district of a most encouraging nature. New developments are constantly being made in the Gila mine, as the explorations proceed, and ore of a superior grade has been found in the new tunnel at a distance of 120 feet from the mouth. The alterations of the mill are now about completed, and it will be again in motion by the 26th instant. Lumber and plates for the mill are daily expected to arrive from Belmont, when active operations will be resumed.
-Eureka Daily Sentinel, April 29, 1875

It would appear at this point that quarreling began between some of the shareholders of the Gila Mine, the largest mining operation in Revielly at the time, due to the misuse of funds and mismanagement.

THE GILA STOCKHOLDERS.
There are two classes of stockholders in the Gila mine in Nye county; one class is satisfied with the management of the company's affairs, and the other is not. The dissatisfied held a meeting in San Francisco Tuesday night to hear the report of a committee appointed at a former meeting to inquire into the management. That committee reported that the funds of the company have been used by the managers, who are large owners, in the Tybo Consolidated for the purpose of developing that mine at the expense of the Gila. It also reported that twenty thousand shares of stock were given a manager to sell for the benefit of the company; but instead of doing so he sold his own stock and let the other alone. Thirty-five thousand shares of stock was represented at the meeting, and a committee was appointed to nominate Trustees to be voted for at the annual election. The Gila has been producing considerable bullion for some time past, and though dividends have been promised from time to time they have not been forthcoming:, because, as the committee says, the net proceeds have been used in developing another mine in which the managers are interested.
-The Silver State, December 30, 1875

At the end of 1883, the population was about twenty men working.

Reveille District. From one of the Norris brothers, who came in from Reveille District, Nye county, yesterday, we learn that there are about twenty men in the camp. Mr. Norris brought in two tons of ore from the La Salle mine that assayed $340 to the ton. He says that Gov. Adams had started to erect leaching works to reduce some 2,500 tons of tailings from the Gila mine, which will go from $30 to $60 per ton; but the work was stopped by the freezing of the mortar. Next Spring the Governor will put up a roaster and start up the mine, which is said to be looking remarkably well.
-Eureka Daily Sentinel, December 1, 1883

Unfortunately, Reveille was not free from violence.

A FATAL AFFRAY.
A Verdict of Justifiable Homicide Rendered.
At Reveille, Nye county, on the 2d instant, Patrick O'Brien had a difficulty with Deputy Sheriff J. J. Gallagher. After they separated, O'Brien procured a 'shotgun and was seeking for Gallagher. John Reid wrested the gun from O'Brien to prevent him from carrying out his avowed intention of slaying Gallagher on sight. Whereupon O'Brien drew a huge knife and assailed Reid, who in self-defense fired at O'Brien. The recoil of the gun knocked Reid prostrate, when O'Brien rushed in upon him and stabbed him twice. After cutting Reid, O'Brien reeled and fell to the floor. An examination disclosed that the charge from the shotgun had penetrated O'Brien's breast, producing a mortal wound, from the effect of which he died a few minutes later. The wounds inflicted upon Reid by O'Brien with the knife, after receiving the contents of the shotgun, are likely to prove fatal. A Coroner's jury, summoned to told an inquiry into the cause of O'Brien's death, brought in a verdict of justifiable homicide, on the ground that Reid acted in self-defense in shooting his assailant. Reid is familiarly known as "Scotty,” and has recently arrived in Reveille, from Arizona.
-Reno Evening Gazette, November 11, 1886

Nor was it free from mining accidents.

Very seriously Injured.
Reveille Nev., Feb. 17, 1893.
ED. COURIER: J. W. Willsey, Postmaster at this place, was badly injured yesterday by a missed blast exploding while he was preparing it for reloading. Nothing was known of the accident until he failed to come home at the usual time. Then several started to his assistance, but nothing could be found of him, except blood stains, commencing at the face of the drift where he was working and extending 40 rods or so on the trail towards his home. The night being dark it was impossible to trail him farther, and we could not find him until this morning, when he was found on the face of a precipitous cliff on the face of North Mountain, where a bird could scarcely go. If he had gone two feet farther he would have gene over a precipice of 40 or 50 feet. We brought him to town. We fear that both eyes are gone and both arms broken. His hands and face are lacerated beyond recognition. Yours, respectfully, W. R. Norris.
-Eureka Sentinel, March 17, 1894

THE BEGINNINGS OF "NEW" REVIELLE

In 1904, a new camp was formed called Morristown-- which is just as bad for searching as "Reveille"-- and grew enough that it acquired a post office, but it quickly began to fade. Renamed New Reveille in hopes of drawing some attention to itself, enough ore was found to keep it viable. Three years later it found itself with a population of about 150. Strikes in the next decade generated some interest, but the failure of some of the larger mines caused the post office to close again. Prospecting continued even through World War II, but the camp's fate was sealed long before that time.

Poor Mr. Clark just didn't want to go to the hospital.

County Seat Notes
George E. Clark of Reveille was found dead in a water hole at that place on Wednesday by Charles Gilbert. He had evidently been dead a week. The County Commissioners sent George Sharp and another man to bring Clark to the county hospital, and his death was evidently a case of self destruction, as he had been heard to say that he would take his own life before he would go to the county hospital. Mr. Clark had been a resident of Reveille for many years, where he was engaged in milling and the mercantile business. He was a brother-in-law of Dr. Lewis, and a native of New York, aged about ninety years. Deceased was a man of great integrity and was universally esteemed by all who knew him. He had never been married.
-Tonopah Bonanza, June 7, 1902

Activity in the district was returning.

The Reveille District, Nye county, Nevada, 125 miles south of Ely, is again attracting the attention of prospectors and mining men. It is one of the oldest districts in the State.
-Reno Evening Gazette, July 2, 1904

A call for miners went out.

Reveille Wants Miners.
0. K. Reed was an arrival in Eureka last Wednesday, from Reveille, Nye county, looking for miners to go to work in the Last Chance mine at that place. Mr. Reed says the mine is looking flee and that new bodies of rich lead ore are being opened up. Thirty men are now employed, and wages are $8a day. Board is $1 a day. The new road to Tonopah is completed and the distance to that camp from Reveille by wagon road is now 55 miles. Eight large teams are hauling ore to Tonopah at $15 a ton, and the same rate is paid on whatever back freight there is. The T. J. Lynch Company recently purchased stock with a view to putting some teams of its own on the road, but it is thought that the company will not do all its own hauling. —Eureka Sentinel of last Saturday.
-The Central Nevadan, August 25, 1904

REVIVAL AT REVEILLE.
Camps at a Standstill To-day May Be Moving To-morrow.
The revival of an old mining camp at Reveille, Nye County, Nevada, is an instance of the energy with which the mining industry is being urged in that State. Reveille was an old and practically abandoned camp 30 years ago. Daring its early days in the latter sixties it was a shipper of high grade ores, but the rich spots were not numerous enough for the times and gradually mining in that district came to a standstill. Now, however, with a railroad at Tonopah, only 50 miles away to the
westward, new conditions have developed for Reveille district just as they have for many other districts, both old and new, in Nevada and Utah. The veins of the district are large and well mineralized, and the probability is that some of the new undertakings will become profitable and long continued producers, while some of the old ones will share in a measure this revival of prosperity. The camp is only another
illustration of how time and changing conditions make the unsuccessful and poverty stricken camp of to-day the rich and prosperous one of to-morrow. —Mining and Scientific Press.
-Eureka Sentinel, October 29, 1904

Where there are miners, there is a need for groceries and supplied.

WILL OPEN STORE AT REVEILLE
Walker & Reischke Form Partner-ship and Go Into Business. The firm of Walker & Reischke, consisting of Will Walker and Herman Reischke, has been formed to conduct a general merchandise store at Reveille, Nye County, which will be the first store of its kind in that section of the State. The firm will also operate a twice-a-week passenger, mail and freight stage line between Reveille and Kawich. The partners in this new enterprise are well known in Eureka. Mr. Reischke has lived in Reveille for year9, working the mines he sold for a big figure a few years ago to the company now operating in that camp. Will Walter is a Eureka by and the son of Mrs. W. G. Blair. He went to Tonopah about a year ago and by taking advantage of his opportunities has done well and is now a co-owner in a very promising business. A few years ago he worked in the SENTINEL composing room, and the SENTINEL is always glad to learn of its boys and girls doing well in the big, wide world. Messrs. Walker and Reischke will open their store next week, and as it will fill a long-felt want a good patronage awaits them.
-Eureka Sentinel, September 23, 1905

REVEILLE GOODS VIA EUREKA
Herman Reischke and WIll Walker of Eureka ordered their stock of groceries and supplies for their new store at Reveille, Nye County, to be shipped by way of Eureka, and William Blair of Duckwater loaded the goods at the E. and P. depot Monday, and pulled out for Reveille.
-Eureka Sentinel, October 7, 1905

Revielle was picking up steam.

MUCH ACTIVITY AT REVEILLE
Many Properties Are to Be Opened Up.
Herman Reischke Will Establish Mail Stage Line Between Tonopah and Reveille.
Herman Reischke, the pioneer Nevada mining man, came in from Reveille Tuesday on a business and pleasure trip. Mr. Reischke has mined in various parts of Nevada and says that he prefers Reveille to all the other rich camps. He has many diversified interests at Reveille. He says five new companies are about to be launched to develop Reveille properties. They were in the incubator ready to be hatched when he left the camp. One of these is to be named the Bromide hill mining company. Herman Reischke, George A Bartlett and F. A. Moore are the incorporators. They have twelve claims on Bromide hill, four miles north of Reveille, with shipping ore from the grass roots down in all of them. There are several ledges, the main one being a monster. Moore and Harris have developed a fine showing on the South Mountain mining company's ground. They broke into a splendid shoot of ore at a depth of only ten feet, a few days ago, and are now extracting good shipping ore. On the Highland Boy, Frank Kitzke has drifted on a ledge which shows an ore body rich in horn silver and other metals. He encountered it in driving a tunnel about 200 feet on a contact of porphyry and lime. The extent of the ore body is not known as yet, but Mr. Kitzke has opened it up for a distance of 60 feet and there is no telling how much further the shoot extends. D. A. Bush, Frank Work, D. McNamara, the Goldfield assayer, and F. Frampton, a merchant of that city, have started work on the property of the West Side mining company company. This corporation has five claims on Middle Mountain in the Reveille district that give splendid surface indications. They expect to make things hum in that section in the near future. W. W. Booth and E. Anderson have a splendid group of claims adjoining the Bromide Hill mining company's ground. There is a fine surface showing on the property and a little work will undoubtedly result in the opening up of a good body of shipping ore. Inasmuch as Uncle Sam has not seen fit to establish a mail line between Tonopah and Reveille, Mr. Reischke has decided to start one immediately, on his own hook, for the benefit of the people of his section. He has secured first class stage coaches and experienced drivers, and has established the following time schedule: Leaves Tonopah Thursday morning arriving at Five Mile station, near Clifford, that evening; leaves Five Vile the following morning and going via Clifford, Bellehelen and other camps, arrives in Reveille that (Friday) evening. The return trip will be made by leaving Reveille Monday morning and arriving here Tuesday evening. The fare between Tonopah and Reveille will be $10 and between Tonopah and Clifford $6. The Tonopah office will be above the "Celtic" on Florence avenue, Mr. Reischke having purchased this property this week through the R. S. Moore Co. This will certainly prove a popular stage line, and Mr. Reischke's enterprise is to, be commended.
-Tonopah Bonanza, March 3, 1906

The area was important enough that the U.S.G.S. decided they had better make a map of the place.

VALUABLE MAP FOR PROSPECTORS
About a year ago, topographers of the United States geological survey began to work on a map of the desert areas south and southeast of Tonopah. The map, which is drawn on a scale of one inch to four miles, is now finished and ready for distribution. The region east of Goldfield is shows as far as the southern portion of the Railroad Valley. The positions of Blake's Camp, Longstreet ranch and Eden are indicated. New Reveille is just on the edge of the Northern boundary, but the old town lies about three miles to the north of it.
-Goldfield News and Weekly Tribune, August 4, 1906

Mining corporations continued to move in and poke around.

JACK MCCRIMMON TELLS OF REVEILLE
HIS COMPANY IS DOING BIG BUSINESS THERE.
Jack McCrimmon and A. C. Stoddard of the Nevada Smelter and Mines Company were in Tonopah yesterday from Reveille. Mr. McCrimmon was interviewed by a Bonanza representative concerning operations in the Reveille district. He stated that the new shaft of the company is now down to depth. of 100 feet and will be between 6OO and 700 feet. A gasoline hoist and air compressor will arrive on the ground in a short time and will be installed immediately upon their arrival. The Highland Boy has a carload of high grade ore all ready for shipment; in fact, part of it is on the road now to Tonopah. Big returns are expected. The Reveille-Liberty Company recently made a small shipment for experimental purposes. A test run was made and the results highly satisfactory to all concerned. Shipments will soon go forth regularly from the property. H. H. Clark of Bullfrog is soon to begin operations on the old Glory mine. east of the camp. Several new companies have, recently been organized, composed of San Francisco and Tonopah people. They have some good ground and state that development will begin on their holdings at an early date. Ali in all, Reveille is looking great. It promises to make one of the very best little camps in Nevada.
-Tonopah Bonanza, November 10, 1906

Ore was being shipped and supplies brought in to get more ore.

New Reveille is one of the sensations of the state. The camp was only recently discovered. it is about five miles from Reveille. The mines are operated by Keistzke [sic] brothers, who are shipping their h!gh-grade and piling up everything that goes less than $125 on the dump. The last carload of ore shipped netted them $5500 besides paying $55 freight and $12 treatment charges per ton. Some oof their ore will go as high as 3400 ounces in silver per ton.
-Nevada State Journal, April 27, 1908

MINE SUPPLIES FOR NEW STRIKE NEAR REVEILLE
Equipment to Work Weisher and Moore Property Is Sent to Scene.
Two wagon loads of supplies including 300 feet of rails and an ore car were shipped Saturday to the new strike five miles from Reveille. Tonopah is the nearest shipping point and although the road is good, the distance, 65 miles, absorbs too much of the values to justify hauling out ore for other than experimental purposes.
-Tonopah Daily Bonanza, May 13, 1913

By this time, the post office had already closed, but mining activity continued.

CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT
A change in the management of the New Reveille lead mine, about three miles south of Arrowhead, took place this week when George Kempt
disposed of his interest to A. Grant Miller and associates of Reno. Work has been in progress on this property for the last several months, during which time occasional shipments in carload lots have been made. It is said that there is a great body of lead ore exposed, but it is essential that operation costs be kept within the minimum if the product is to be made to pay. —Tonopah Daily Times
-Nevada State Journal, June 22, 1920


There was always a new find that generated interest.

RUSH TO NEW FIND
A rush to the Reveille range. about fifty-five miles east of Goldfield, is on and the country has been staked far and wide. Recent high grade gold finds started the ush to the diggings, where, it is stated, Johnny Kuntz and associates made the first locations.
-Carson City Daily Appeal, November 7, 1921

By this time, Revielle was pretty much a ghost town. Reische & Walker's grocery store had already pulled out and Mr. Reische had been operating out of Tonopah.

TONOPAH STORE OWNER SUICIDE
Herman Reischke [sic] Takes Life Because of Ill Health, Belief
TONOPAH, Dec. 7.—(UP)—Herman Reischke, pioneer Nevadan and operator of a grocery store here, shot and killed himself today. Po-lice found his body in the rear of his grocery store. Reischke had been in ill health for several years, which is believed to have caused him to end his life. He came to Nevada may years ago and mined the Reveille property long before Tonopah was discovered. The Reveille is now a ghost mine. He is survived by his widow, and two daughters, Mrs. Nevada Miller. San Jose, and Erma Reischke, Tonopah.
-Nevada State Journal, December 8, 1934

As late as the 1940's, folks were still poking around looking for useful minerals.

Antimony Group Is Under Option
Irven B. Bates, of Los Angeles, has taken over under bond and lease the Antimonial group of three claims in the Reveille district of Nye county, seventy-three miles east of Tonopah, and will begin development work within two weeks, it is reported. A cash payment has been made. The ground was owned by Homer Buckley and Art Craig, and the deal was negotiated by A. C. Langan. The property has had considerable development work and a number of shipments have been made. There are said to be ten or more showings of a fine grade of antimony ore in sight. Reveille is one of the oldest mining camps in the state and has made a large production of silver, lead and zinc.
-Reno Evening Gazette, May 9, 1942