Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-24

content than when they are coyct,y
TOR they dare not openly dcfaminr
persons INFINITELY superior to Them
selves IN al! of IN Attributes which are
known to constitute true nohlcnr~s of
character. iut since we care not 10
pursue this subject II further n pres
ent, we VIII now return to the l%rpifi-
mate purposes 10 which the rtuiaiu-
der OF this article is to be devoted. The
week has been an apparently lively
one, not alone i'll mining matters but
IN every other branch of business.
The accounts of the new strikes
which every day reach us from the
nor remote quarters. of not only this
but cIrcumlaccnt districts, are of thr
most encouraging kind. The men
who. through veal and woe. have
clung To the fortunes of Eureka. vii
not be disappointed. The fruits which
reward the patient and p~rr,eypriur
everywhere are beginning to ALREADY
manifest themselves in a tanriblr form
to many of our citizens. We are This
week privileged to give publicity TO
some transactions of an impor,ant ma
ture, inasmuch as they indicate the
estimation in which the mines OF this
section are held Ivy those who are ever
on the alert for safe and profitable liz
vestments. Such an II do we rccor-
ME IN the person of our friend
JOHN II. MURPHY,
superintendent of the Baysc CONSOLE
dated Silver Mining Company Iin.it-
ed of London, who is alsoa LARGE cwn-
er Ill those. two promising mines
known as the Teacup and Geneva af
Cherry Creek. the value of whose ores
Is found up among the thousands.
rms Gc~nilenan's cntcrprisin~ spirit
and restless disposition led him this
week to examine some few ofthc waltz
abe properties located on the eastern
slope OF Prospect mountain, with a
view to conSumma'ing IL purchase
should they be found Us rpprr~en.cd,
The series of mines which he inspect
Ell on last Wednesday, and which were
subsequently
70 himself and associates on last Fri
day for the sun of Sl0,nG0. were the
Industry and Chief OF the Hill. and
some others which We are not as Vet at
liberty to mention, and Which are stu
ated as aforesaid. Mr.. Murphy left
for the Bay on Saturday evening to
make all needful arrangements whi.h.
when completed. aS they will To- III
about ten days, Will enable him Il re-
turn here 10 commence the vigorous
prosecution of work upon the large
and valuable property which we are
satisfied he he has 50 luckily obtained.
"he two former mines can he placed
upon a paying basis from the start, for
the ores, which are of a fair grad. are
hoth abundant and available. From
~N separate samples Of orcs taken
from the mines previous to their pur-
chase there were returned assays
which gave an average OF So - per
ION in gold ana silver. These ores.
from the larEe percentage of iron
which they contain. aS We'll a. rom
the entire absence OF silica. can be very
readily Snlelted without mourning Il h
er much labor or expense. This is The
only bJHG iie TRANSACTION III the min
ING line that has come to our knoNl-
c1ge this week. We have heard OF
o'her me that are alpat IN relation
to contemplate sales. but since they
are hot vcty reliable We do not Wipa To-
ike them currency. Not ic.nr in a
position last week 10 give a very e>-
tended notice ct he developments in
prorrp>> in the frs ami second level,
pi The