Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-24

Governor. They continued In office
until January, 1875, at which time the
present incumbents, who had been
chosen at the general election In No
vember, 1874, were installed.
Growth of Population.
The old Overland stage road traverses
Eureka county little north Of the GEN.
trail line. Previous to 1864 the only
white settlers within its limits were the
employees OF the stage company. More
or less prospecting had been carried on
in a desultory way, but without sue
cess. The Shoshones and Piutes were
the only inhabitants of the region.
The history of tho discovery and de-
velopment Of the Eureka Mining Dis
trict comprises the history OF the
growth Of the entire county. IN the
summer of 1864 w. o. Arnold, w. II.
Tannehill. q. j. Tannehill, j. w. StOtts
and Moses Wilson organized in Austin
a party with a view to prospecting Dia-
mond and Prospect mountains for sfl
ver. On the Goth Of September Of that
year, having previously me favorable
Indications, they discovered and To-
Gated a ledge in what is now known as
New York Canyon, on n Of tho
north eastern spurs of Prospect noun
tain, about a mile south Of the center
of the present town of Eureka. This
ledge was located as the Eureka mine
and the Eureka Mining District was at
once organized with G. J. TsnnehiIl as
Recorder. Several other locations
were made by these gentlemen. The
ore extracted from these mines was
taken to Austin, a distance of SO miles,
and at that time the nearest point
where it could be reduced. The re-
turns were so satisfactory that other
1866 Arnold. Stotts, Wilson and the
two Tannehills conveyed their mines
to a New York company. This COM
pany expended large sums of money;
but as is the wont of Eastern cOmpa-
nies-their operations were conducted
in q alike unscientific and un-
practical, and their expenditures re-
suited in naught. 1t was not until 1869
that the district entered upon a career
of permanent prosperity. Before that
year there were not 100 white inhab-
itan.s in the county.
From 1869 dates the first successful
treatment of the Eureka ores; and in
the train of that success am capital,
labor and increased facilities for trans
porlation. In that year the towns of
Palisade and Beowawe were located on
the Central Pacific railroad, then just
completed, and the town Of Eureka, so
miles south Of Palisade, was laid out.
The two original proprietors of Eureka
were Major w. w. Mccoy and Alonzo
Monroe. These gentlemen respective
ly acquired the possessory title to the
Eureka valley, their surveys joining
on a line crossing the valley at the
present center of the town. The Mon
roe survey lay to the north, the Mccoy
to the south OF this line. In the latter
were included the springs which now
supply the town with water. Two ad-
ditional surveys were subsequently
made, the O'Neil on the west, n Nc
Donald on the East Of the original sur
veys. The town has extended over a
portion of both OF these tracts.
In thA summer OF 1869 the town OF
Eureka, then in its infancy, vas nrst
placed in regular communication with
other settlements. The route of vii
sons line of stages between Austin aud
Hamilton was changed so as to pass
through Eureka. A mail was thus af-
forded, but ~ postoffice was estab-
lished until 1870. In the spring of 1870
Woodruff Il Ennor established = stage
route between Hamilton, in White Pine
county, and Palisade on the railroad,
passing through Eureka. Before this
all the travel xnd transportation for
that portion of the State lying east OF
us and south OF the railroad, had cen
tered at Elko, and Notwithstanding the
superior advantages of Palisade as a
depot for freight and passengers, great
difficulty was long experienced upon
the new route, arising principally from
the determinations of the Central Pa
cific Company against Fslisade and in
favor of Eiko, the town site of the lat
ter place being on railroad lands. For
over two years Eureka suffered greatly
from this csuse. In 1871, Pritchard's
fast freight line, which had previously
worked to Elko, established its depot
at Palisade. In 1874, the Eureka aud
Palisade Railroad Company having
been incorporated under the Stale laws,
commenced the building of . narrow
gauge railroad between those points.
The road was completed in October,
1875, and has since been in successful
operation. With its completion the
toNu VI IsuIcNd DtChtiio tue CepOt VI
all wagon transportation and freight
and passenger traffic to tho different
mining camps lying south of It. 1t is
now in regular stage communication
with Austin, Belmont, Typo, Ward
District, Hamilton and Phoebe. The
population Of the town in October,
1869, was less than one hundred. BY
October, 1870, it had increased to about
1000. In the fall of 1872 it was esti.
mated at 1000; in 1874 st 5000, and to-
day there are probably 1000 inha5i-
tants in the District. From the unas-
Stunning mining camp of the winter OF
1869. 20, with a few scattered canvas and
log houses, the town has grown to be
the second in the State in population
aud resources, and far from unattract-
i've in appearance. There are many
fine brick and stone structures; the
stone quarries in the eastern and west
ern portions of tho town, and the brick
yards Immediately south of it furnish
ing an abundant supply of building
material. The town is abundantly
supplied with water by the Eureka
Water Works. A 55,0O0-gallon tank