Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-07-08
EUREKA.

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Eureka. the county-seat of a county
Of the same name. il a mining town Of
about l.4OD inbabitants, and il situated
at tho b.se IF a hiyh mountain. one of
The Diamond range. At this pla, g
here are two smelling furnaces where
silver ore Is couverted into bullion.
In Nevada there are two kinds of sill
yer ore-one kind is pulvpriZed in
STAMP mills, the other is stnelted in
furnaces. The silver is Obtained bv
the latter process from the ore COM
biued with lead, and this form is called
base bullion, 81 10 OF whch il lead.
Eureka j. the Pitt>hurg Of Nevada. 1t
is "A very thriving town., being wholly
sustained bv the mines in its virini v.
It's y ulation is decidedly mixed.
com posed of all Dat~ionalitie- and col
ors. Here | made the acquaintance OF
q. w. Baker, a thorough gen leinan
ana an excellent LAWYER, VINO kindly
:" showed me around" | feapmyself
under MANY obligations in this ron
nection, to acknow ledge The kindness
and politene-s Of the penple of Eureka
generally. and of G.. w. Btker eSpe
cjalIy. had TO wait for a conveyance
to Belmont Two NIGHTS and a day. The
dista nee between Eureka and Belmont
il 10 miles. which has to he ira, eIpd
hy stage. Tie road bet ween the two
pIacps ruuS hrouyb the Diamond and
monitor valleys. The prevailing Ne
vada .cennrV-sayebrust. sand. NOM
iains and ,Ikali. was met ON that roufe
in All its purItv. iuter.persed with
SNOW and frost. Bv the wav. me-
with inc dent on thi. part of nv ionr.
nev. which made me blush for the
good name of nv State. Away up on
the side of the Monitor mountain.
: mn fear above the level of the sea.
saw a moor widow with three orphan
Children and a. a,ed mutber depeud-
ont unnn har tur sunnnrt kim ONT a
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taa,g . ,anch in ,h.t drn,rv aud ass,
late region where The stag puts up for
the night. | was a.krd th" u~ual
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Inc c"tfeNV"h'i""t NUS summarizes
his i'm pre>>ions OF Nevada:
Nov with reference 10 the S,ata of
Neeada When She wa> created agri.
rnltur. was cartaiuIv not ,ntisiGerpd
neither was tlr. c~nnveaience or com
lori of man. She does not make amy
prefer ion, to agfi, ulture, H,rsIlver
4 tstine< are her priIe and her boast, ON
the tsaductiou of SILVER she is ret lv 10
4 as Dnse the supremacy win u part
#if the wurld. But hrr existence A. a
sta 9 Is "A fraud on the Tn on. Her
pupnla ion q pe~ not exceed 5000 all
are actually ritizth~ Of california anu
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