Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-08
EARLY "REMINISCENCES OF
EUREKA.

The editor of the Virginia Enterprise,
after paying the SENTINEL a handsome
compliment upon the occasion of its
seventh birthday, relates the following
interesting "reminiscences of the early
days of Eureka. The writer, Judge
Goodwin, was one of the pioneers of
the Base Range and combated the
wolf here during the soul-trying days
of 1910. Listen to the Judge:
No other town in the State has such
q history as Eureka. 1t was started on
n hope, simply, and lived OH that hope
for six months. It's final success was
a wonderful Endorsement of the prin-
ciple of imitation. Men without means
commenced by giving their notes, and
wher they tnatured paid them by Civ.
ing q new note. Nothing saved the
camp from bankruptcy, repeatedly,
except that, from the first, it was dead
broke. This last sentence vas writ
ten without any thought of making a
bull.) The f~urnace-lmen paid their bills
by orders on the stores; the merchants,
in despair, left their business to their
clerks, and, when their San Francisco
creditors came around, took to the
hills. Smelling was an experiment;
the furnaces would run ono day and
then chill, and rival furnace sharps
from Swansea and Frieberg would al
ternately look ut each other as the fires
in their respective furnaces would go
out and in horrible German, or still
more horrible WEIGH, sneer at the
1ux used by their rivals. The liveliest
place in camp was the Justices Court.
II any mi thinks that wen and i'm
partial justice was not administered
there he is mistaken. Among the good
there were also some very hard citi-
zens. There were men who would
steal a blanket or a sack of flour. These
were mildly treated, because the
weather was cold, houses scarce and
fOod-the plainest kinda luxury.
Then there were fighters by instinct
and fighters by circumstance. Whena
man came out of a saloon, threw his
hat on the ground and declared the
fact that he was a coal-5urner from
hell, people knew that he was harm
less; that he was a good worker; that
he had too much gin for the night;
that he would dance once perhaps at a
h~urdy-house, 60 to sleep and get rob
bed, and next morning 80 back with a
headache to his coal pit. But there
vas another class, who did not toll
neither did they spin, save to ''spin
around town." They did not make
much noise, but if ever a fight was
started they were there. It was a JOY
tor the Magistrate to get n Of these.
The stage com pany grew rich carrying
them to Austin, until Lander county
taxpayers looked forward to the bank
rlyrfnu nf fha nnr,ru ptat Vpsfk fl,a
spring a change anne. Men discov.
cred that there was ample guaranty for
Eureka in her mines. The furnaces
commenced to run along for sixty.
days at a time. Money began TO come,
pay-days were established, men paid
their debts, people began to make
homes, and since then the town has
steadily flourished. We are glad that
is promise for the future is bright.
We hope that its mines will go down
to the center of the world and grow
richer all the way, and that every man
there will make u fortune.
DIED.-We mentioned in yesterday
mornings issue that frankie, son of
j. G.. Brown, was so low that he was
not expected to survive the night. He
lived until seven o'clock yesterday
morning, when his spirit forsook its
earthly tenement and SCARED above to
its heavenly guardian. His sutferings
were severe during his illness Of several
months duration, but he bore them
with a fortitude perfectly surprising
for one Of his age. He was q manly
little fellow and greatly beloved by all
vx,hn Et,avu him IJic ro1otivaS hoyyn
our heartfelt sympathy in their afflic-
ton, which we trust will be solaced by
the recollection that he is releas ed
from his sufferings and is safe in the
household of Him who said: "Suffer
little children to come unto me, and
forbid them not, for of such Is the
Kingdom Of Heaven"
MINERAL HILL.-We learn that op-
erations ut Mineral Hill are at a stand
still, in consequence of an order de-
laying the starting up of the English
Company's mill. The different com
panies have about 1000 tons of ore on
the dumps, and were e expecting to be
able to get returns for their summers
labor some time this month. Messrs.
IIoCh WOOO " HyIoS VIII sup iVui Coho
OF ore to the Winnemucca reduction
works. This is from a pocket in the
Bonanza mine, which yielded about
twenty tons, assaying from 81 1000 to
$4,000 per ton. Other companies will
doubtless follow their example, and
the returns will infuse new life into
that prosperous camp.
DRESsMAKING.-Mrs. j. G.. Lock-
wood announces into-day's SENTINEL
that she is prepared to execute all
kinds of dressmaking work at the
most reasonable rates. She has a
complete assortment Of alphabetical
letters for pillow shams and the latest
improved stamping and braiding ma
chimes. She Is regarded by the ladies
Of Eureka as a first class dressmaker,
and with her superior facilities for
plying her business, will doubtless
command a large share of the work
in her line.