Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-18
A PILGRIM'S OPINION OF THE
BASE RANGE.
An Eastern Duck DOimg tho ..Far
West,

bins bonded the Matamoras mine, on
Prospect mountain, for $4,000, and
went East to sell it for 500, 1000. He had
completed all of his arrangements and
was en- route for Eureka when he met
with an accident in Chicago by which
he broke one of his legs. This inter-
fered with his plans, and so he had to
intrust his business to the hands of n
couple Of gentlemen of Troy, Ohio.
Mr.. Morris, a member of the Ohio
Senate, and a sharp, inquisitive, little
man,, with a smattering of mining
knowledge acquired during a visit to
Utah and Montana, was one of the
parties, and G. II. G.. Dye, County
Treasurer OF his native county and the
son of a wealthy local banker, was. the
other. They arrived here on time and
spent several days viewing the sights
OF the Base Range. Dye was more of
a 'fiat" than his companion and the
boys here had great fun in relating to
him wonderful stories, all of which he
unsuspeclingly swallowed as the Cos
4 pei truth. During his stay here-the
last of October he wrote a couple of
letters which are published in the Mi
ami, Ohio, Union. The following ex-
tracts will serve to show something OF
the exaggerated notions which he i'm
bibed of this country. This paragraph
is from his first letter:
Eureka is a fair sample, so said, of
the mining camps of the West. 1t has
a population of 5000 to 1000, and is a
lively place assure you. The inhab-
itants are much mixed-Indians, Chi
namen, Italians, Mexicans. and white
people. The principal traffic is poor
whisky-a saloon every other door,
and all full of people continually.
But Tor all that few get drunk. Their
capacity is SO great that it is iinpossi-
ble for them To drink enough to get
drunk. There is no law in this place,
and no court but Judge Lynch's, and
he is said to be a prompt judge in ad-
ministering Justice. There is no thiev.
ing going ON here. You may feel per
fecily assured iH leaving your coat, hat
or any other article of clothing, of
finding it just where you left it,"
And here is what Mr.. Dye had to
say after he had learned all about the
country. We don't know whether or
not the boys had him out sniping, but
if SC he omits to mention it. We are
sorry the young man did not locate
here-sorry on account OF the Mutual
Life Alliance people. He would have
been a healthy subject for Moody and
Sankey to tackle. But this is the mod
est way in which he speaks Of us he
nighted Base Rangers to the enlight-
ened constituency OF old Fog Horn
| Allan:
We made our first trip into the hills
to day IN cyote (?) ponies. Such po-
MES never saw before. They are a3
active As mountain sheep; can climb
anywhere and go any distance almost.
The one | rode, though. was pretty
we'll tagged out hen we got
bsck. was q little too much for the
little fellow. Then to describe our
"Trip. We left bout 7 o'clock in
the morning, after a good breakfast,
(and they are famons for good things
to cat in this country, and took All In
dian trail Just wide enough for n
horse, and went single file up the hills,
so rugged and steep that at times !
would almost lose my courage and
feel like going back. But away the
pony would 20, like a goat, and it
would be- all | could do to keep my
seat in the saddle. We would go up
IN places that looked To me almost
perpendicular, and would make me
dizzy headed to look hack; hut we
finally got to the summit and the mine
we were looking for. We hitclied our
ponies IT, the rough rocks and went Ia
the miners cai,in and took a rest. ]
would like to be able to describe to
you-or in other words to picture to-
you-their cabin. l will not try to do
II now, but will tell you when l get
home.
We went into the mine, and / was let
down hundreds of feet by a windlaSs
in = ,u,-d0wn, doWn, until I thought
| wou d never reach bottom; but did
finally. The others were let down
likewise, anu With candles we pros
pected the mine. if / may call it so,
nut | think we were poor judges.
What looked 10 me as the richest ore
was denounced AS the poorest, and
what | thought the poorest was said
by miners to he the richest. 1t all
looks like 30 much dirt. Two men are
taking out of this mine daily one thou
sand dollars worth of ore. lust think,
thirty thousand dollars per month;
over three hundred and sixty thousand
dollars a year! When VI were tired
out lothiiH thfougn the tiIiuf, VIC NciV
once more hoisted to daylight, and re-
paired t o the cabin Tor d~inner-and
such a dinner-One any good house
wife might be proud of-and all p e.
pared in less than half an'honr 10y a
Swiss miner. The following was the
bill of fare:
Fried beefsteak, with mushrooms;
fried sausage, boiled potatoes, eggs,
French omelets, good bread and butter,
with blackberry jam; tea. coffee, con
densed milk, French mustard. Des-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, California pears,
and the best OF French brandy; cigars.
Now, how do you like that for bill
Of fare? assure You that after our
ride over the hills and our tramp
through the mines, that Wa did justice
to The dinner; eat u till. never
reliShed a meal As much in my life.
After our dinner had settled We
started back, 40 as 10 get in before
dark, for it gets dark early in the after
noon i'm these large hills, and we did
nat vrupk TN stay in the hills over night.