Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-31
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new 1OTk uihTkeI yeSteTuays
The shaft at the Gray Eagle Is down
Is feet in very favorable ledge matter.
The miners have struck the hanging
wall In the Jefferson DRIFT on the 300
foot level.
The partnership heretofore exist
ing between Messrs. Lansing IL Baily,
has been dissolved 10y mutual consent.
At the rate Of production at the pres.
ent time. the mining tax for this quar-
ter will aggregate $3.50. 1000.
RUBY Hill gives an output of Is 900
tons of ore per month. which. at a
rough estimate, will yield 81, 900.
As much as 1000 tons of bullion are
stacked up in the Richmond yard, in
close proximity to the refinery.
The value of the crude bullion that
was shipped yesterday morning was
$l3. 900.
w. p. Haskell returned to Eureka
last evening from q protracted visit 10
San Francisco.
The funeral Of the late Greer Hamil-
ton. yesterday, was largely at
tended.
We are informed that recent ASSAYS
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tunnel went AS high as SIS a ton.
An ejectment suit occupied the at
tenlion Of the Justices Court yester-
day.
A pack train loaded with rich ore
from Newark valley delivered its
cargo at the X X furnace yesterday.
There was a very heavy fall of snow
in Spring valley aud vicinity yester-
day.
Eugene Blair will return to Bristol
District Tomorrow. His departure
will be regretted by all the boys.
Pete Canavan clsims that he has
been appointed Consul General ut the
samoan Islands. As he is not a native
Of Ohio, we decline to believe It.
The numerous locations of claims in
Eureka District during the month dem
onstrates the increased activity Ia min
ing circles.
The amount OF bullion shipped for
the four months of 1878. ending to day,
nearly equals the entire product for
1877,
An inquiry will probably be made
to morrow into the mental condition
OF Dan. Dunn. now confined in the
county jail or a charge of insanity.
Fun and frolic at Bigelow's Hall on
Tuesday evening. The "girls and
boys" will indulge in a grand mas.
querade ball on the night mentioned.
Dick Ryland has received half a
mile of iron water pipe, and IL putting
1t down in the canyon. Bricks will
loon be- In order.
Clay Simms has added a unique and
handsome crystal specimen to his cab
met. IL came from the Lake Superior
region.
There will he a meeting Of Charity
Rabekah Lodge. No. S, /. o. o. F., on
Monday evening TEXT. See notice 10
another column.
The Richmond bullion will average
from 500 to $500 per ton: the X X
Con, from $500 to $3.50; the Eureka
Consolidated. $500.
Anolher lot of contraband hides were
fisbed out Of couple Of wells dow the
canyon Friday lest, They were TOO
badly ~decomposeC to recognize their
brands.
There was a rilmor In circulation
yesterday that the Tybo stage robbers
bad been grantee a new trial hut 1t
WAS probably only a rumor, and not
founded In fact.
The proceedings In the Board Of
County Commissioners. tomorrow, Is
expected to be OF absorbing interest,
and there will doubtless lie a large at
tendance.
We understand that Manager Shoen-
bar. of the Rescue. will, during bis
absence East. purchase substantial ma.
chinery, including steam hosting
works, for the mine at Silverado.
The Eureka Consolidated Company
will pay their furnace men on the
forenoon OF the Sd proximo; coal bills,
In the afternoon; miners. on the 5th;
and town bills, on the 9th.
George w. Hopkins, a mining ex-
pert of considerable note, came up
from San Francisco last evening. His
visit is In connection with some recent
locations on Ruby Hill.
The result of one mans work for three
days, and the yield of the ore extracted
by his labors, during that period. was,
after psving all expenses OF reduction,
etc, Sl,744.
Muncey Creek, White Pine COUNTY,
wa W u 'fCttN u W nv liz IhIlr
road depot yesterday, for shipment to
San Franciso.
Shafer, the "Grasshopper." we'll
known In Eureka, Is astonishing the
Eastern billiard sharps with his bril-.
liant playing. See our telegraphic dis
patches.
NJ. j. Franklin, of the firm of Mev-
ers Il Franklin. returned from San
Francisco last evening. The first in
voice OF his extensive purchases OF
spring goods were received at the store
yesterday.
All of the White Piners, now dwell.
ing In Eureka. are watching develop
ments on The Poeonip with eager in
t1rest. and would move back to their
former high altitude If the dis veries
would warrant 1t.
The owners of the Williamsburg
mine have contracted with Salt Lake
parties to deliver all Of their ore at the
smelling works in Utah. They com.
menced to ship the first installment of
l25 ton yesterday.
Captain VIII s. Rabbits, of Palisade,