The Silver Cell mine situated on Whiskey…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

The Silver Cell mine situated on Whiskey creek within two miles of Pinos Altos, has a history connected with its discovery similar to that related of the famous Horn Silver of Utah. It is said that two prospectors one day, weary, dirty and discouraged, sat themselves down upon a projecting ledge of rock, one of them in disgust struck the ledge close by him with his pick declaring with western emphasis he would prospect no more. The blow chipped off a piece of the ledge which his partner picked up and examined, casually at first then very in- tently, finally jumping to his feet and shouting, “Horn Silver by G — d! Bill,” and it is told around the camp fires today that the mine was located and recorded as the “Horn Silver by G — d” instead of plain Horn Silver as quoted today on the New York and San Francisco Stock boards. Be that as it may they got sufficient money from their strike that it was not neces- sary for them to prospect any more and since the mine was sold to the company it has paid to date $4,300,000 in dividends, paying a divi- dend this month of $100,000. But to come back home and to our subject. The three Dimmick brothers kept a dairy ranch on Whiskey creek and sold the milk in Silver City or Pinos Altos. One morning last September two of the brothers started out after the cows.