Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-12
INTELLIGENCE.
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

zen so long and patiently waiting,
las ut last burst owe this part Of the
moral heritage" 10 tho great joy of
= lon. differing inhabitants. Never
kciorc since the settlement Of Eureka
las the annual recurrence of the
bpring been hailed with greater or
more universal delight. than it is at
resent. The weather for the last few
AVS has been bright and clear; the air
burc and bracing, healthy and invig-
bnting, with the genial sunshine
khecriny and comforting US in return
Ebr the long and drcary Winter which
ge have just experienced. Under the
ahuence of the sun the Winter SHOWS
re rapidly melting away from the sur
,unding hills and canyons, amidst
which our leading mines are situated.
The approaches t" these in the immc-
late vicinity of town are now also
pearlv Invested Of the supetabundance
II the beautiful element that has for so
Ong u time rendered them almost
IO;ally impossible.
our cntcrpr.Sing team owners,
dcs>rS. Davis and Harrub, are now
bu>ily engaged upon their respective
trades, each with a large force of men,
ehoveling snow and otherwise prepar-
Dng them for the long anu busy
Be.son which they will, in Il short
while, inaugurate. The roads leading
h. the Richmond. X X, aud Eureka
Consolidated, will soon DC in a fair
- I--. - el:. 1., -.-
feaIns. The road following the sinu-
ositicS Of Goodwin canyon to the elc-
WAITED region on the eastern ridges OF
&Pro>pcct mountain, wherein are To-
gated the
"a VALUABLE MINIS
sSOf the Ruby Consolidated and others,
a now being put i'll thorough repair,
siShndcr the supervision of Mr.. Davis.
10 whom Was awarded last season the
eonf ract for hauling the o:e from the
hines Of the aforesaid company to its
= furnaces. Mr.. Davis, whose teanling
Jarililiiie> are uneqnaled. to uSe an ex-
prcs>ivc but vulgar Phrase, will short
zl.y have to "Spread himself" III order
to meet the requirements Of his con-
~trac.S. He will. however, we are GER
Ram, be found equal to the emergency,
HE it ever so trying; and from what
we have heard in relation to the ore
denominations at the Dunderberg,
y huntsville and PleiadeS, We have but
|litttlc doubt about its being found to he
b. at no great length of time.
The thorOughfares radiating from
lere to
L COAL FIELDS
knd the adjacent tributary CAMPS Of
Newark, Pinto, Diamond mountain,
|ferrct canyon, Spring valley, Bald
pn"un:ain, ETC., are every day bscom-
|iny tirmer and easier to be travcrsed
Chan they we're found to he dur
6nS the past four months. Coal is al
Ready coming in, and thou sands oS
Pni>i,clS OF 1t will hcnceforth daily find
BlS way to our !a,ni>h NJ furnaces.
plundiels of men will, in a short
while, l"". find or 'tant and reInuner-
hltiNe employment rs miners, SmeltcrS,
team>,cr>, wood-chopperS, eic There
nre probably about 1850 men en-
hloyc in this Iii tr.c; now, bctwiNt
slninin. and coal burn ng. These two
kbrancleS alone will, in the course of Il
tlnontlI or so more, absorb the labor of
Enot less than 1900 additional able
Bodied men. The arti .itv thu will
Then prevail in these and the other de-
!lmrtmcntS of bu ,:ncss that are, to Sonc
dependent upon both of them
Efur success, Il not fail tn have Il very
sensible influence III increasing and
strengthening our business and tinan-
|rial relation, at home and abroad.
Duh times we have had here,
j; il true, during the past few
months, but they were the result of
laws that could I've neither controlled
nor directed in any way to suit the
wants or wishes of our people. With
these laws meteorOloyists are well ac-
H%uain:el; yet they are equally above
either their direction or manipulation.
Dull times will, however. soon vanish,
and it is more than likely that the
grand future awaiting us, will, i'll good
time, make ample amends to us o the
many tribulatiOuS We have lately sut-
irrcd from the meteorological peculiar
tiles Of our climate.
Il THE SEVERITY OF II WINTER
Did not, however, retard the vigorous
prosecution of work upon many of the
mines of the district that cOne under
The head of - inSuticiently developed"
I The owners of them will, by and by,
\ rejoice for having, during the bad
weather, done so large an amount of
the dead work which, if neglected,
would seriously Interfere with the
summers operations; and not a few
oi them, too, we are assured, will
open up into valuable and permanent
properties. We have also been in
'"rh'ed, during the past week, that
WORK WILL BE REsIMED,
At an early day, upon the Jackson,
lIhcnix and Adams Hill mines by
Incir respective corporations. J.. w.
shaw, President OF the Eureka Con-
sIidated, is to have the management,
while the immediate control or fore
,lanship is to be vested in Mike Lamb,
late foreman of the latter company.
These undertakings will bring into ac-
1--WE use, once more, the two furnaces
owned by the first named company
winch have been 81 long idle. They
are to he put in thorough repair in il
snort while, preparatory to the reduc-
1ion OF the ores to he obtained from the
above mines.
TIE JACKSON,