Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-07
PUBLIC
ENTERPRISES.
THE MIMEs-onE EXTRACTED
AND BULLION SHIPPED.
Assessments and Revenue Re.
turns-Propoytion o! Lands.
TOTAL VALUATION -. S!,77a,j 800 %.

Ell HEkA, fEkA N.Y., !
September 18th, 1874. }
To 7. j. Tennant, .Auaitor, Eureko
county, Nerado:
SIR: The law requires the County
Assessor to report to the County Au-
ditor at the time he delivers to the
Clerk of the Board Of Equalization his
assessment roll, a statistical statement
OF tue following matters, to wit:
First-The number of acres in agri-
culture, and the approximate amount
OF agricultural, grazing and timber
lands.
Second - The number of horses,
mules, jacks, %jennies, cattle, sleep,
goats and swine.
Third-The aggregate quantity of
wheat, rye, maize, potatoes, grasses,
and other agricultural products of the
preceding year.
Fourth-A statement of the approx
innate quantity of mineral lands in
such county, and the approximate
quality ana value Of such.
Fiith-The number of mills. manu-
factories, distillerieS, and breweries,
classifying each, and the number and
length of all fumes and water bitches
used To convey water for mining, nan
utacturing or agricultural purposes.
SiXth-lIe shall also report such
other matter AS may he required by
the annual circular OF the surveyor
General.
~ "a ,ptigN pn vyt{I, t1,o rnatr,
ments of such law, l herewith sub
NIT this as my report for the year A.
y. 1874.
The acknowledged growth of tie
material industries Of the county, and
general prosperity OF business men
engaged III HE various pursuits re-
quireI in the reduction OF ores, gives
encouragement To capitalists seeking
lnI estnients in mines.
Tiao Increase sf Stack Isa3.i.;
Since my last report, is noticeable by
reference to the statistics for this year.
The culture of WOO. is marked with
returns exceeding the estimates of last
year, the experience OF wool grow
ers c~onclu>iyciy establishing the adapt
ability of our p~astuiagc and climate to
tie introduction OF the family gcnHy
ortS, and the regular market prices
for mutton guaranteeing incomes
dOub!y commensurate with the capt.
tai required in this pleasant and profit.
able business.
In farming. the husbandman finds
greatest profits in the raising of vege-
tables, oats and barley; good markets,
and prices that return handsomely for
investments and labor.
The hay market throughout the II
tire county is perhaps the best in
the State. with prices satisfactory to
tie producer.
Is being introduced, and with such site
cess that in Il few Years our meadows
will be Yielding and markets demand
ing this desirable clover hay
over the wild grasses. Already
two crops in fun bloom, and OF
large growth and yield, have been
harvested from the same meadow,
large and remuneraii>f"x
The Eureka ana Pai,;. &c Marrow.
(iau=" Raiir0ai,
Now in course OF construction, will,
when completed. add materially to
our taxable property. Fifty miles OF
the road will rim through this county,
and with the incoming additional
wealth consequent upon the compile
ton of public improvements of this
nature, the most encouraging views
can be taken toward our future pros
peri!y. Up to the present time but
three miles of the completed road are
in this county, leaving. as it does, Pail
SADIE, its northern Junction with the
Central Pacific Railroad. and running
south the boundary OF Elko county is
reached in said short distance; hence
the light eveuue for The year 1874.
An allusion to the flood, OF July last,
| would Ceem to be proper i'll tnis re-
port, as it from the destruction Of
property relates alike to State and
county finances. This calamity occur
ring ut a season Of the year when
capitalists anticipated the most o
aging results from their investments
in our mines, together with the tenn
porary cessation Of smelling by one of
our largest companies; the loss OF
properly amounting to S50,000: bust
ness arrangements broken; houses tie
stroved, and, Sadder yet,
The ~ Of Fiitecl Lives.
Spread sorrow among our inhabitants
and struck pointedly at every interest
and calling in this portion of the Il
tv. True, the growth of Eureka WAS
retarded by this visitation of PIovi-
dence. vet the wish Of our people To
make homes in so desirable Il climates;
their established faith. in the pcrnil-
nancy oioEr mines, coupled with their
interchangeable zeal to develop the treas
ures OF the district and replace the
structures once IN ornament to the
town, evidence, to-day, the fultillment
of their mental resolves by the rebuild
ing and reoccupancy of n,arts recog-
niZed a. business centers.
The Revenue Returns.
The daily shipping receipts OF
bullion. the force employed in
mining, the extensive mining i'm
provements, the large number OF
of men employed in producing char
| coal, leaning required. and regular
, quotations of our stocks, not only
speak .'Eusiness," bu, concluslvely
! show the advantage of investment
in this district.
While We admit no great eNci;ements
in the aatan cment Of orr u'iNin.