Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-19

incline is only down about 20 feet,
from which they are drifting NORTH
and south in good ore. They have
main shaft sunk 1T5 feet. and ut tii,
depth of lao feet are drifting for the
ledge. Great interest in manifested IL
the result of their explorations, as til,
result will be deemed in a great meas
ure indicative of the character and valu,
OF The locations on that mineral belt
There are probably a dozen othel
mines which are equally worthy oi
mention AS these which | have briefiy
described, but which time and space
Will not permit me TO specially notice
CONFLICTING LOCATIONS.
There is M chance for a newcomer
to locate any mining ground upor
what may be termed the Tuscarors
mineral belt proper, or that section
embraced within from a quarter to hal
a mile from the center of the town, as
it is all covered, in some instances,
three or four Geep with previous locs.
tons. II the ground is as valuable as
it is confidently believed to be, this is
bound to become a perfect Paradise for
lawyers. There are plenty of chances,
- iNNPrCtOlS a iiltic luI-
Their off. and quite a number of prom
ising locations have recently been
made within a few miles of the town.
Rock Creek, about II miles west from
here, where the Falcon claim is located,
is receiving considerable attention and
is believed to abound i'm valuable
lodges.
THE PEOPLE HERE.
The population of the place is de-
cidedly cosmopolitan in character.
Idaho, Montana, Utah aud California,
are well represented, and there is a
fair s%prinkling of tender feet from the
sunrise side of the rockies. People of
nearly every nation, Missouri includ-
ed, are here, and the streets present as
great a variety of representative hu
manity as can be seen on tie thor
%oughfares of san Francisco itself.
There are Spectators and experts,
mill men and miners, merchants look
ing Tor business locations, Jacks of all
trades watching for opportunities TO
do anything, mechanics OF all trades,
from the boss machinist to the timer
ant clock doctor; professional men of
all sorts, except c~iersymen, none of
whom have yet Put in au appearance;
loafers watching for chances to do
nothing, and invariably finding
them; sporting men OF all classes and
a sufficient number of hurdy houses.
There are, however, quite a number of
families, and the society of the place
will compare fayoIably with that of
any town, when at this period of its
age and growth, ever founded Oh the
Coast.
There are twenty. nine Of them, four
quartz and twenty-five whisky.
MELANGE.
But three marriages have yet taken
| place at, or rather from this town, two
of them at least being elopements,
when the candidates for the joys of
Hymen overcame the obduracy of
cruel parents by flight to a neighbor.
ing county, where the indissoluble CO.
nent was applied. The other was in
fact also another elopement, although
the high contracting parties only
stepped acros the street to the
Justices office, where the wedding
process was consumated while the I'M
vi tiO ldil vi
was quietly surrounding his hash.
Judging from an interesting gum
matching game which Oscar Fairchild
aud your correspondent accidentally
" itnessed last evening, reflected upon
the wall of an Illuminated canvas
house, it is not improbable that an
other clandestine Wedding is, or ought
to be on the tapis.
Fuel is scarce and proportionately
high. Cottonwood and quaking asp
retail readily at from ten to twelve,
n nut pine at from fourteen to SIX.
teen dollars per cord. The principal
fuel used at the mills and hosting
works is sage brush, for which is paid
about three dollars per cord. Coal
from the Rocky mountains has been
brought here, but does not appear to
be much used for domestic purposes.
OF the old-t.me Eurekans here, is
Frank Oliver, "a Base Range pioneer,
but for the last six years a resident of
Zion. Frank holds his own, and
looks as natural as Jim kelloeg's wig.
On the streets is also to be noticed the
burly form of Steve Hoge. another res
ident of Eureka during the times that
tried mems souls and stomachs. He
is the owner of several bonauZas at
Rock Creek.
Frank Stewart has several promis-
ing locations, the Governor among
others, in which our worthy Chief
Magistrate owns a half interest.
DIR. Deal, formerly of Phoebe, is
practicing medicine and is building an
office. on Weed street, opposite the
Times establishment.
Governor McBeth, of Battle Mount
ain, put in an appearance yesterday.
lie has mining interests here. Judge
Hayden. OF Salt Lake, also arrived
yesterday.
Hayes and Pierce, the two men en-
gagged in the recent shooting ARRAY,
are living. The latter is recovering,
but the formers chances are slim. He
is falling rapidly and the probabilities
are that before this reaches you be
will have passed away.
HERRICK,