Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-07
Sagebrush News.

r.,r.BJE MINE.-R. IL. higgins,
amoIl.known music store man at
e.r;n;a CITY, has sent us a sample Of
llsi ls.'it which is being produced from
sane S" owned bv himselfand part
lanes Duffy, ESQ. of Carson.
nine IS situated about 35 miles
,heast flom here, in the Walker
region, at the head of Mason
V,,ov and in what might be termed
.sce dirrings. The saline deposit
a"~ered with a few inches of drift
Nd and dirt. so that a person naSs-
~ over it wonld not suspect what
beneath. The deposit itself is
"m one TO two feet in thickness and
sily shoveied up, pure and clean,
I,o sacks. Beneath and about three
I"t from the surface lies a hard pan
s,iff blue clay. In tnkiug out the
snosit, it is dug down to this clay
s5 in trenches three or four feet
do These fill inside OF twenty
bnr hours with seepage from the
Eies which very shortly crvStaiizes.
krming a better deposit than the
riginal. 1t is Just three-fourths salt
one.fourth soda, giving better
.mcal combination of the kind for
Slorinizing or chloridizing silver
res than any heretofore i'm nse. The
hine was but recently opened, vet al
eady at quite number of the princi-
Al mills in this vicinity the salt is
eing used with excellent profit and
feet.
GONE TO THE MINT.-William Eas-
I, ESQ.,, better known as Billy LAS
4, engineer and machinest at the
Fellow Jacket works, left last even
M for Carson CITY, where he iS to
Ike position as machinest in the
lint. He was escorted t. the train
N evening by \ large number OF
ersunal trends. II bottles OF whisky
nd band of music. From personal
knowledge of Mr.. EasSie we can rec
nlnen. him AS a proper person to
Dn the mint machinery, and shall
ave no further Tears in that respect.
THE repairing Of the new aqueduct
Jas completed yesterday. The water
Fas turned into the pipe at $50 last
vening. At II O'Clock the perpen-
)lcular pressure upon the place
mounted to 1895 feet, showing that
le water was running into The tlunIe.
Ve are informed by the Water COM
knys agent that the water arrived in
5irgnia City al an early hour this
p0rning. As indicative of the MI
lense pressure to which the y ater
;Olnpanv's pipe is subjected at the
pwest poin, If depre>Sion, we may
late that when the pipe was.in use.
yesterday, great drOuS OF water forced
heir way through the pores OF a cast
fOn sleeve TWO and Il half inche, in
lcknesS.
YESTERDAY Patrick Cronin killed a
lthesnake in the vicinity OF the Lake
flew House, measuring four Ieet in
fhgtll and tive inches in circumier-
|nee. HIS snakeship had eleven
Fliles lie was supposed 10 be the
krandIather OF ali the rattleSnakes III
'ashoe Valley.
We understand that the Water
Fompany contemplate building 4
fie.raph line alongside of their new
Pqueduct so as to Ue able to regulate
|lie lOw OF water.
h fom the Virginia Chronicle, August 4.l
DEAD. - William III. Smith. an
(lslnan by birth. az q about II
Fears, soldier of the Mexican war
E1 a pioneer o.. California. died at
ee County Hospital Yesterday of
(enerai debility, Superinuuced by
partial p ra ysiS. from which he had
Rsen Suffering for MANY months. 1t
"a IL Il, ia
peu III childbirth a few months since
Y ,neveu-mile Canyon, leaving five
eUie children in destitute condi-
eoh' Since that sad event the two
FINALE children have been cared for
n !he Sisters of Charity IN this city,
Pnu TWO or the BOYS were taken
kEaalge nf 10y the Sisters of Mercy of
r.aSs Val ley, California. The other
|n',e Ee. ooy Is still here, and is now in a
EFeSIi!nte u SuIi!!nte and pitiable condition.
Y mliam IL: Smith was a well-to-do
reichant in Aqua Frio, MaripoSa
California. in 1850; subse-
Eaentiy Kept the Ridley and Split
FoVk ferries across the Merced river,
Ee.ween Mariposa and Coulterville;
Eup' lhe Garlbaldi Hotel in Bear Val
'S3, was postmaster ot that town. and
Irnle 10 this city some wears ago and
["saSeo ina IN the lumber business on
~, piVlue. tie was Il largo-hearted,
nId nNIId1erous, Whole SOulded man. and
H. sray-bearded miners climbing
iaV snowy steens of the north ana
'o",Hhg on the cactus plaius OF the
'ou.n' men who have reason to re-
VII siIIi,ioer Billy Smith affectiOnatelv,
N ~ i;ililSlet their sighs with the winds
S' sing requiem over his grave.
B eiAGE WITHDRAwN. - Homer A.
ltarn proprietor and driver of the
cSe carSe plying between this city and
poin,nn pn % ana touching at intermediate
bns bas US lChaik Hill and Dutch Nick 's),
Fl,;sadn'u out his stock in trade to John
lnna 'n M oI the Aurora and Independ-
md binyo county, Cali stage line,
on,as aas Withdrawn from the unequal
,ar1et ,Iest between the high price of
care;, ana the low price of fare and
bornny OF passengers. No more
Irirrooughbred Irirol gentleman. careful
3illin.or or worthy man than Homer
nustang. 'o' o'oi " WIN
ro,h rMo,hhoskINs COMING. = DIR. Mckay,
prinor 10 the celebrated Warm
ono ss * scout, Donald Mckay, has
on ~ !" .ne Warm Spring, Reserva-
nmnase o yet his warrior brother and a
4 spah ny OF the Indians who render
iodoo elective service AGAINST tho
tatas ~, 10 make "a tour of the United
itv .hoin iney may be expected in this
,onth th'out the end of the present
purhs saltention of highwaymen.