Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-10-29
LETTER FROM TYPO.
An Interesting Letter from a Resi-
dent Of that District.

iiigs HtHtu Hike 10 SIN something
concerning Il town, mines and pros
pects.
The town is situated AT a distance OF
- miles southeast from Belmont, and
about Is miles south of Hot Greek, w.
Ing irregu!arly along the canyon for a
distance of two miles. The buildings
are c~ongregated in three differen,
places. but at the present rate of inn
provements the intervening space will
soon be occupied by new buildings.
Among
The business HORSES
Are three genera! stores, one drua
store. two large livery stables, butcher
shops. blacksmith shops, bakeries,
etc, all OF Which ara apparently doin.
we'll, BuildiHg is progressing rapidly.
In all directions the cheerful, music Of
IL G hammer and saw can he heard. de-
nating 4 time of general ACTIVITY.
Every one l. ima-Inabiy rich in the
possession of town lots. Numerous
saloons have been opened that are nov
dninZ Il thriving business. owing To
the presence of sundry political aSp.-
rants now i'll orr midst. But rs ON
Tiie sEine.
Is placed the dependence of the people.
it would be well to give a partial de-
scriPtion OF these very essential eie-
ments TO onr future as well as Il
present prosperity. The PRINCIPAL
mine is the > q. consisting OF three
tunnels, running i'll a seuthclstcriv di-
recslon, one above the other. and are
designated as tunnels No. |. -. ana 3.
Iunncl No. | has q length 0f3i0 feet.
Two hundred feet of this distance
contains lead and smelling ore. the re
malnier quartz and mi limerick. Two
shafts. or wines. have been sunk in
tins tunnel los depth of - feet enc :,
one a Il distance OF 10 feet, the other
~ feet from the mouth of The tunnel.
From the bottom Of these shafts tun-
nels are being driven toward each
"eh5r, and the quality of ore being
found i the best Yet discovered in Ibis
district. Along
Ei.s Main Tiinneis
Are reserves opened 50 that in case
the supply OF ore gives out in the
VINES. or hE any cla~e be partially
checked, ore eaa be imm dia.clv oh
tained. owing 10 the iaet that HE
company has no means ot working
quartz. HIS ror,iou Of the ore body i
only mined il a sufficient extent To- al
low Il r~a>>tee=NaS through. This pas
sa"e moa~traieS that the uaar;z
l,fJFfa IL at li-tLt AaN#It E4.f ,,it. I.f
the eatife wtlII has not vet been as
cer5aiBel.
Tunnel No. > is ISL feet in lcnrlh
AM 3 feet above the level Of No=l.
IL strikes the different chimuevs in
the satla manner IL III The lower tun.
nci. Itle.e two tunnels are connected
by 4 shat through which all the oIe
pl>se~ That j. extracted above No. |.
Al the ore coming from below the
icSei Of his tunnel i brought up lie
main shaft, sunk abuu, 20 fees froun
TIE tunnels.
Tunnel No. , Is still hi-her. and i
no" in a distance of ~ fee. develop.
ing the same kind of ore as found in
tne otHcr tunnels.
Tie furnace dat has been shut down
fer WANT OF coal has
Resumed Work.
And is turning out bullion at the aver
aye rate OF three ana Il half tens Il day.
The value oi tui> h;lllion isa5out 500
TO the ION. which shows the character
Of the ere being tahen oft of the mines
of our dI, riot. The furnace employ,
tli.crn HIri, aud i NE only II rtlu-
UTuE. bat the Ct}GtitN OF tie tuIiup.