The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-06
Letter from Uaienville.
UxroxrrLIE. Oct. }. 1869.

I EDITORS IxpEPExpES1:-Afer n sojourn Of
/. few weeks in Your thriving. busting town,
/ this place seems exceedingly quiet, and ye;
evidences of improvements and increasing
confidence in its permanency as thrifty
mining town are abaniLn;ly apparent. \
mania for locating and frncin; outside town
bots Is now raging among embryo real estate
dealers, who see. III their mind eye. a famous
! city raising where few hundred unsightiy
adobe houses now cumber the ground Hope.
however. is drawn heavily upon in making up
this estimate; which fact alone to the casual
and disinterested observer. calls up an invol-
untuy distrust that ''all may not be gold that
gtters.' II these real estate operators are
askei upon what they ground their filth of
rapid demand for and increase in price Of real
estate, they uvolintArily answer that the in
creased shipments Of bullion and rich ore
Justify their sausuine HOPES, which has led
me to make some inquiry conccruin; the sub
jets, resulting about follows: The product
of the two mines worked by John c. Fall X
Co., and ). D. r. Stewart X Co, i much
greater per month than Il. any former time.
The shipment of ine bullion for tn month is
about one tun, worth SIS per ppuu !. II king
about $1,000 for the III Ilth. Ia .liitiun to
this, eIcL company Ia, saipp.l tbpGt - ;uus
of rich orr. worth $50 per tll. II tliCs an
a4sre- gate vllIc Of S!9,jJl, or a little over
$1,000 per month, rs IL total prolIct Of tn,
two mines. With this encourA gin exhibit, il Is
said tnht the mIasS are i'm .I:Jvin; every day
as work progresses AMI thu mountain is pene-
tE'tci. Both of tho comp Iuies are nov hoist
lug ore 10 the surface faster than they can re-
dLce it with their milling ctptcitie,. AMI
hence an Increase of stamps may be looked for
before long ut this place.
The nrw mill for the National mine. above
town, started up yesterday, but ~ yet have
ing. There are several other mines. in adj
dItion TO those named being worked in the
district, but none of them have vet reached
point where they can be called productive
properties. and many of them, i'll all human
probability. never will.
Il stranger, COMM: To- this town for the
first time, wns 20 judge Of its prosperity 10y
the number of people seen in the streets or
loungiug about the saloons during weekdays.
met the fate OF the great number, Of mining
camps TINT houTishrd for u season and are
now only known anon. the things that were
On Sundays. however. the town becomes
quite lively with the presence of miners.
wOud-Chopptrs, and tcamstcrs, who. resting
from their labOrS, may lee seen upon the
streets, giving the town lively appearance
for at least one day i'll seven.
The Board of Comfy Commissioners has
been engaged day and and night for several
days past IN giving hearing 10 the friend,
aud enemies of the CuuEty-stat removal.
Petitions came III containing more than the
requisite number ut names, under til" law. to-
authorize the Board to call mn election: but
many of the names have been assaulted n~
illegal. unauthorized and fictitious. II tins
writing, the petition has been pretty closely
srrEiIHI-l and eliminated from al names not
frHUl GA the registration lists Of the culI,ty
or otherwise satisfactorily Identified ~ l".,ll
voters within the county. Hud Vet the pros
poet - that TIA" requisite thrcr-iithS will till
rrnnin AMI that IN election will De ordered 10y
the Commissioners; hut. from what | hear
upon the streets | am satisfied that before
any election il hud the action uf the BOnrl
nf Commissioners will have To- pass the ordeal
OF "a legal investigation III the courts. II i
generally conceded that Uuionvillc j. not the
most desirable plnce for the cuunty-sci,t bcny
twenty miles from the railroad, and not cen
trail as to populations hut III view of the ftct
that the county buildings are all here and that
the cost of AN election At this tim" will be
very considerable, il l. thought the movement
Is illadyiScd and uncallcd for. That tn.
/ coumty-scnt will leave Uuionvillc, sooner or
later, there is but little doubt, and hence 1t
may he regarded as only question of time.
should il now iul.
Joseph Hymnn, one Of our oldest and most
substantial merchants. returned from below,
on Thursday, accompanied 10y his blooming
bride, who comes to dwell in our mountain
camp, and whose presence will add new graccs
to our social circ.c.
HAD LI0HT.