Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-30
ElREKA DISTRICT.

NWhg ana 'Sc1eHttHc ffeSS, Wrltlng
that journal from this town, gives
following concerning Eureka dis
- 1t. which appeared in that paper OH
18th instant:
Prize Eureka mining district was or
Anized sometime in the Summer of
Is. vet it was not brought prOmi-
Xnly before the public as Il mining
P Xntcr till early in the Spring of 1870
II is situated among the low range of
2rubbv hills running nOrtheastcrly
Iii ea>terly from Prospect mountain.
8hich is the main range of the district
wing its course almost due north
Id south. There are many valuable
lines located on the eastern slopes of
is range, whose altitude cannot be
IS than 5000 feet above the level OF
Alt water. The district proper en-
aces an area of something like four
Au,re miles, 1t is. however, bounded
miles on the northeast by Diamond
Roun,ain district; II miles southeast
Pinto: ii miles same direction by
Newark; seven miles southeast by
hcret Canyon district; and II miles to
west by Spring Valley district,
hitch. with the others just enumerat-
a, are all tributary to and depenllant
0pon Eureka tor their supplies. as are
fhe districts south of it. The popula-
Hon of the town and district numbers
bout 5000 souls, drawn hither chiefly
by the prospect of gain which the
Nealth and great mineral resources of
he district held. and still holds out to
8em. and the others that are sure to
4 Anal. hny N ft,f ~ wa.
Dellom or never were there brighter
prospects spread before any of the
mining camps of Eastern Nevada. or
more real signs of permanency and
prosperity before itself. than those and
he>e that are now dawning upon Eu
eka.
IA THE TOWN
j situated in about 3S1. degrees of
Xorh latitude. and is built in Il long.
DIV canyon, at II point where il opens
M i'll the shape of an ellipsc, betwiXl
he hills that incloSe it on the east and
test. 1t is reached by stage, distance
Of 81 miles from Palisade station, on
~ Central Pacific line, and is distant
fom San Francisco, probably 400
niles as the crow flies; through by
nil, via. Palisade. it is over 600 miles.
The general features of the town and
surrounding country do not differ ma
<erially from those of other sections.
There is SameneSS about mining
tOwn>. particularly about the towns of
His State. that can he found nowhere
else on the coast .anda description of one
goes far to cover all others. The style,
AmenSionS. appearance and architec-
3ural finish of the houses, stores, ETC..
3 b. about equal. Here we have the i'll
seyiabc main street. found in every
MJnntain burg. of any prc;en sion> to
metropolitan importance. Its long,
sfaggIing thoroughtare. running in
Straight line midway between the SIDES
ot the cllip>e. on each side OF whose
length. tor Il half mile or more, are
Built stores, saloons. restaurants. ho-
teiS, lod ring houses. etc. The Rich
Monl and Consolidated furnaces occu-
ly the extreme and opposite ends of
thc town. the former on the south and
the latter on the north. while the Silver
sWr>t, Jackson, Ruby, Consolidated
1tnd lioo>;lc furnaces are ranged on the
tlerIivities of the hills. bordering the
Awr>t side ofthe town. which is adorned
: lv many elegant and substantial build
sing>, of wood, brick. anda kind of soft =,
white sand stone. found in abundance
! III Il convenient distance. Being very
Soft when first quarried. it is easily
dressed and prepared for buildings.
and hardrnS when exposed for any
length of time to the air and sun.
The county buildinG> consist of Il
.'all. Il county hospital. Il commodiou>
public school house and Il court house,
III which latter buildings are arranged
the county offices, such As the Clerk :
the TrcaSurer'S, Assessors. District
Attorneys, Surveyors. AUDITORS and
county Recorders office; while the
Sheriff and his deputy have their Of
i ire i'll the strong house of the county,
4 over which they preside. The finan-
! r@ affairs of the county. which is yet
4 III ll> infancy, though ii is making wig
ofou> strides toward manhood, are i'll
Il Very healthy condition, and are ably
"nd ludiciouSlv managed by trllln-
Nlrate Board of County Commissioners,
VINO hold five sessions 4 month, pre-
4 Nlied over by ID. II. Hall, of the Inter
4 national Hotel. They receive for their
4 services the pitable monthly stipend of
i NH, and being public servants liable to
public censure. are often grossly and
9nttagcously abused for the real or inn
a-fnary wrongs they commit; and my
qPnion is that the imaginary oifen>e>
AfSe!y preponderates over the real
ones. The dear public is, however, 4
| capriclouS creature ot many impulses.
S'ine warm and generous. some cold
anu selfish, while it's very fickleness in
naiters of the gravest import renders
ahout as hard to be understood IN
'ariouS moods and lenses as the syn
t'A rules of our ancient friend, Lind
ev Murray, used to be in the days OF
aud lang svne," when the birch and
,'ie ,uie helped to inculcate the principles
,hey covered, and when the village
isdagogue held undivided sway over
ne minds and senses; for
n here in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule.
~ village master taught his little school"
Inc incubation of religious and NOR
- =, ethics is "A thing, too. that is neither
'oteo'ton nor neglected aS it might he
supposed it would be in mixed and
an, a,,srish community, such as ours is,
,'i ina such, too, as usually constitutes an
fnd t,iaiid mountain district far removed
',oth the civilizing and refining influ-
nges that are found to prevail in less
G a,Gpiated places. Nor do we find that