Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-27
STATE NEWS.

make some developments far ahead of
auy now known. Down in Esrneralda
county they feel confident of making
some rich strikes. In Belmont Dis
trict a similar feeling is felt. No one
doubts that Cornuropia, TuscarOra ami
thai section will very soon cause an
excitement. Here in WashOe We all
believe that Pyramid is a second Com
stock, and i'm "A few months we expect
to demonstrate the fact. At Eureka
and Austin everyti ing points to better
times. Even Phoebe claims that an
other era of prosperity is o to
dawn. Ward District, in bite Pine,
is attracting much attention, n its
friends regard it as having the briah
est outlook of any place in Eastern
Nevada. Take the situation generally.
and mining men are more hopeful OF
the future than.w have knownthem to
be tor a long period. We all share,
more or less, in the same opinion. and
We shall all rejoice when our expscta-
tiuns will be realized. We believe the
good time coming is almost here.
Carson Tribune: He vas an honest
miner, and by the sweat of his horny
fisled hands in a rural mining district
bad saved up a neat little stake. He
came to Carson and net a Reno friend.
or course they must take in the town.
They imbihed, and the morning light
and a policeman found our honest
miner sleeping the sleep Of innocence
on the cold, dreary sidewalk. But
the Reno triend-where, oh, where
was he? He was seventy-1ve dollars
tos ~ and ,n tl,, ,.,,I tO yviryinio
The miner was taken to Jail and later
in the day was brought before the
stern Justice, who modeSly fired him
$50 for sidewalk lodgings. He vainly
searched his pockets for coin, but none
could he find, and then he moralized:
Dam me, / think Jack he ben IA
foolin' % me-; when l cOtch i'm l put
TIM a 'ead as big as a piano on 'im."
And then he went into tie lining of
his coat and produced a $500 check,
paid his fire and departed a wiser
man. He is now negotiating for the
position OF tenor singer in the opera
troupe.
The Truckee Republican wants to see
a literary club established in that town,
but has become discouraged. as will
he seen by the following: 1t a dog
fight were advertised, or a cock pit We're
about to he built. hosts OF T~ruckeeites
would rally to the battle cry. A first
class drunken row on Front street
would collect a crowd i'm a jiffy. Back
street furnishes material for the Police
Court nearly every day, but anything
which would promote intellectual Gull
tIre, or engender a love for elevating
influences, meets with little encotir-
agement. If we can't have a lyceurn.
let's club together and have a first.
class sparring match, the first man
who is knocked down to pay for the
whisky for the crowd. There ars a few
places on the Pacific Coast as large az
TruCkee that have not got a pubic Ii
brary or reading room, but like ANGELS
visits, they are few and far between.
s. NJ. Vessels, formerly Superin-
tendent of the South Mountain Udaho)
mines, passed Winnemucca yesterday.
with his family, on the way to Arizona,
where he has been engaged in mining
for some time past. He informed the
Sitpcr State that in the Peck district,
tnirty-eight miles south of Prescott.
they are working ores that average
one thousand dollars per ton in silver.
The ore, u specimen of whioh he car
ried in his pocket for exhibition, is
principally norm silver; but in appear
ance different from any we have eve
seen from the mines uf this State. lie
thinks Arizona will prove to he a rich
and extensive mining country. but, in
justice to South Mountain, it must be
said that he has the same opinion of
that place.
The Lyon county Times says the
mines of Palmyra district are again
coming into favorable notice. Some
Ga pitalIsts are about erecting hosting
works for the efficient working of
scme of the many mines known to he
rich in gold and carrying a goo | aver
age OF silver. The old RappAhannock.
relocated as the Aurora, il spoken of
most t~avorably. the ledge being wide
and well defined, assays from which
have gone as high rs 81 900 10 the ton.
The old town site of Como has been or
il about to lie laid out, Charley vii.
lard having left Dayton on Tuesday,
accompanied by n surveyor, Tor that
purpose. When we have money plenty
10 work undeveloped mines Palmyra
district will come To the front.
Since the commencement of work
on the mills here, says the Borar Miner,
new faces are 10 be seen on the streets
every day, and the camp is rapidly as
Stunning a nor lively look. The OPP
pprtunity to get custom ore worked
afforded by the Gen. Thomas mill has
been the means of starting numerous
prospecting parties, and specimens
from their strikes are constantly com
ing in. Several contracts for working
ore have already been taken by the
new company.
The Reno Gazette says: A vagrant
had just stepped from the c%ow-caicher
when lie was accosted by an officer
who advised him TO move on. "What's
the matter O. your said he. "Well,
We have several unemployed gents
here now and we don't want any
more" Jaw, what you gIvin' us;
guess l know my business; got ten
days to go on, hain't /? You couldn't
tell me where a fellow could get a job
OF b~ookkeepin', could your"
As an indication OF the dull times
hereabout-, says the Austin Revcitle.
it may be stated that the festive tiger
no longer sports in the land. the look
outs chair is ~vacanlly bare, and the
Case.keener's for slaanerS Oc.