Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-08-15
MINING IN EASTERN WHITE
PINE.

PINE.
A correspondent of the San Fran
cisco Mining Press writes as follows
regarding mining matters in the east.
ern portion of White Pine county:
At Egan Canyon Gen. Rosecrans is
still driving his tunnel, fifty inches OF
water coming out. but as yet no ore.
In Cherry Creek there is nothing do.
ing. The Star mine has a half million
bonanza i'm sight, but don't move. In
Hunter district the Vulcan mine looks
beautifully. 1t is being slowly but
surely developed. In White Pine, the
Eberhardt and Aurora 30-stamp mill is
running to full capacity, and from the
appearance of the mine will do so for a
long time, if silver is not Knocked out
of the market. Ward is a No. | camp,
and has paid from the beginning, and
will for years. They have worked ST.
lently and economically, and have
proved an immense mine. They are
now going to build up a substantial
town. At Egan Canyon the San Jose
mill was shut down after having put
through S6f tons of ore. Mr.. Dahlgren
worked it up to 72H per cent. with a
loss of 229 pounds Of quicksilver, or
bcoNt u lCa VIII AAtc
was the same class of ore AS they had
lost so much quicksilver on in pre-
vious runs. The cost vas 1881 per
ton. including 81 for repairs and so
cents per ton for supplies and i'm
provements. This was the most sue
cessful run the company eve had. 1t
is said that before this they had only
succeeded in working the ore from 80
to 80 per cent.
"LIT OUT."-The picnic and ball
given last week by the National Guard
can not be designated a financial suc-
cess. The company's exchequer is
depleted to mir, while the unpaid bills
contracted for The frolic amount 10
nearly three hundred dollars. This
lainentable state of things is attributa-
BILE to the forgetfulne>s of tie treas
urer of the Finance Committee, who
lit out Sunday night for the Black
Hills, taking with him The funds &C
cruing from the sale of tickets, which
were sufficient to liquidate all de-
man1s against the company. 1t is
supposed, in his impotence to draw a
bead on Sitting Bull, that he entirely
forgot his little business relations with
the National Guard, and that he will
remit the o as soon as he has
checked that warriors baggage for the
happy hunting grounds. Members of
The company assure us that in the
meantime arrangements will be made
To raise money to pay the indebted
ness. and hat none of the companv's
creditors will lose "A dollar on account
of ID dishonesty Of the defaulting
treasurer.
REPUBLICAN, PRIMARIEs.-The Re-
publican primaries, to elect delegates
to the County Convention next Satur-
day, will be held this afternoon at the
Court house. The polls will open ut 3
o'clock and close at Z. The conven
ion will elect delegates TO the Stale
Convention. and nominate "A legislative
ticket. There does not appear to be ar
extraordinary mount of interest
evinced in the result. probably from
the fact that no county ticket Is to be
nominated by The delegates 10 be
elected to-day.
IL TowN.-A. &. Cleveland, former
" Senator from White Pine county
arrived in town last evening from his
ranch in Spring Valley. lie is on his
way To san Francisco. but expects to
return in time To participate with the
Indian WA Veterans in the celebration
of the anniversary of the battle of Jeif.
Davis Peak, fought by the Mu!doon
aud Mulligan Guards, Under com
mand ct Captain Hubbard on the thir-
t%y-second day of September, 1873, B.
G.
ADJUDGED INsASE.-Peter Thobaben
was examined yesterday before Judge
Cole in regard To his sanity. Drs. Will
liams and Chamblin conducted the
examination and reported the patient
insane. lie left this morning for the
Asylum at Woodbridge, California.
The overthrow of his mind is attrib-
uted TO disappointed expectations.
RETURNED.-L. A. Hall, who has
been running for a few weeks on the
lightning train between Virginia City
and San Francisco, returned on last
nights train to Resume his old position
in Wells, Fargo Il Co.'S office here. He
expresses himself glad to get back TO
the Base Range, and his friends hope
he will content himself to remain here
for the future.
lee OUT.-Johnny Halls ice, con.
trary to e. expectation, has suddenly
given out, and many OF his customers
must go unserved this morning. lie
req rets this,Nbut he vas greatly mis-
taken in his supply, owing to the late
cloud-burst at his place having de-
stroyed eight or ten tons. Johnny
says he will have enough to last all
season another year.
CAVE IN II RICHMoND.-We learn
that a cave occurred last Sunday after
noon below the SOC. foot level in the
Richmond mine. We were aware that
such All event was expected, and that
every preparation had been made to
avert any disastrous consequences.
We have not learned any particulars
further than that the mine is not ma
terially damaged by the save.