So all-pervading was the darkness that the mere opening of the "Emporium" front door shot out an illuminating shaft which revealed the whole length of the little main street of "buckeye," while the simple passing of a single figure before one of the windows momentarily eclipsed a third of the settlement.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
This undue pre-eminence given to the only three citizens of buckeye who were still up at ten o 'clock seemed to be hardly justified by their outward appearance, which was that of ordinary long-bearded and long-booted river bar miners.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte
Two years previously, the buckeye Company had found gold on the South Fork, and had taken up claims.
"Sally Dows and Other Stories"
Bret Harte