Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-21
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loaded with 80, 900 pounds of freight,
departed for Phoebe this morning.
Mr.. j. L. Parker, one of the owners
of the Albion, was taken seriously i'll
Sunday, and is confined to his bed.
A force Of men are engaged at the
Consolidated sacking flue dust and
getting it ready for transportation.
The hosting works at the Hoosac
will be built owe the old shaft, which
latter will be sunk a depth of 600 feet.
Arc the young ladies', who attend
evening services at the Episcopal
Church so regularly, "vesper bellies ?"
The sum of "a, 900 was offered and
refused for the North Main street prop
erty now occupied by Mr.. +. Hasten.
The mail, Sunday evening, was a
very large one, over a thousand letters
having been received and distributed.
Harry d. Smart, agent of the Den
man Thompson Combinations, arrived
from the West last evening.
A communication, signed 'Tax-Pay-
err" is unavoidably crowded out of this
issue. 1t will receive attention to-
morrow.
A hand satchel, found in a wagon in
the rear of Phillips store, was left at
theSENTINEL office last evening, where
1t can be reclaimed by the owner.
Our Palisade and Mineral Hill r
respondents are informed that their
letters were crowded out for want of
space, but will soon appear.
And nov is the season when the
house.iy becomes numerous once
more, and, as of old, has no higher
ambition than to flop in the butter.
The poles for the wires between the
Richmond works and mine are in
place, and telephone communication
will be made this week.
A force of men started in on the i'm
provements to Bigelow's Hall yester-
day morning, and the work will be
rapidly pushed.
Mr.. Thomas Freehill, an old timer
on the Base Range, was in town yes
terday, and will depart for Hamilton
tomorrow.
Coal receipts at the present time are
very light. Both of the companies are
using up the accumulated supplies on
hand since last winter.
Prof. Goodchaux, a mining expert
of some note, is s%ojourning with us.
He is examining aud will report on
Silverado properties.
Remember the soiree at the hall this
| evening. II ia the last one of the sea-
son, and there is a chance for lots of
enjoyment.
A number of we'll posted gentlemen,
who have visited the Jackson mine
lately, speak highly of the recent de-
velopments in that property.
Crowds flock to Joe Mendes' hall
nightly, to listen to good music and
passable singing. Plenty of both can
be heard at that resort.
The Eureka experts who went to
Tuscarora to probe the mysteries of the
sensation, telegraph back that there is
nothing in il.
The firm of r. Sadler & Go. have
contracted for 6 $4,000 bricks, to be used
in the new warehouse now building on
| Monroe street.
A bunch of keys, belonging to some
unknown party, has been left at tie
FL Dorado saloon, where the owner can
recover them on application.
The April bullion product of the
Eureka Consolidated mine amounted
to 1852. 500. and that of the X X Con-
solidated Si4 900.
Stock owners state that the late rains
will be very beneficial to the ranges,
and insure feed for cattle during the
season.
A lot of barbed fence wire, consigned
to Mr.. Stonebarger, Monitor valley,
has been received at the l.. Il p. X. II.
depot.
Some very rich ore Is being taken out
of the Geddes Il Bertrand mine. The
company have a four-foot vein of very
high grade, struck on the l5G foot level.
a Sunday school boy, on Ruby Hill,
was asked by his teacher if his father
was a Christian. eyes, sir" he re-
piled, "but he is not working at it
much"
II Edgar Mills negotiations with the
P~ostoflice Department at Washington
are successful, a mail agent will run
regularly on the Eureka and Palisade
railroad.
Denman Thompson and troupe will
commence a season at Bigeiow's Hall
on the Sd of June. The combination
has been the sensation at San Francisco
for the past three months.
The farmers of Duckwater and Kern
creeks have finished putting in their
crops, and are sanguine of a large yield.
Barley is the principal grain raised in
that section.
The storm has effectually laid the
dust, and just at the present time W
have a fit of profound indifference in
regard to the advent of street sprink-
lers.
Mr.. O. II. Hahn, one of Eureka's
old time scientific smelters, departed
yesterday morning for Utah. He will
take a position at the Germania smelt-
ing works.
A large steam pump and a complete
assay Office outfit has been received at
the depot, and will be forwarded to the
Hillside Mining Company, Bristol
District.
Operations at the Richmond refinery
are going on very smoothly, and the
works are turning out a larger amount
of fine bullion than at any time since
they were built.
Very little water has vet been met
with in the Consolidated, just enough
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