Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-19
FLUE DUST.

We are pleased to learn that little
Mamie Steler, who has been seriously
i'll, is rapidly recovering.
Ten carloads o crude bullion and
refined lead were shipped to Palisade
yesterday.
DIR. Bishop and others have located
a series of mines at Jones' Canyon,
some six miles due west from Eureka.
All four of the Consolidated furnaces
are running full blast. The Gerrish
will be added in a few days.
There are rumors adoat that the At
las furnaces will be started up on the
first of the month.
The trial of the Cherry Creek mail
robbers has been postponed until the
Both instant.
A quantity of orc is being shipped
from the Bald Eagle mine to the Rich
mond furnaces.
President w. p. Dewey, of the Ham
burg Mining Company, departed for
San Francisco yesterday morning.
Mrs. Stoves lecture last evening
attracted a YER fair audience, and was
highly appreciated by those present.
We are informed that the Metamoras
ore bodies are looking well, and the
shaft is making rapid downward prog
ress.
A wagon. loaded with ore, broke
down yesterday, while coming down
from McCoy's Hill. The roads are
very steep and rough in that section.
The most Of the locations on Pros.
pect mountain are being vigorously
worked, and that vicinity swarns with
miners and ~prospectors.
Messrs. Steele and Sturgis, of the
the MetamOras Company, write that
they will be in Eureka about the first
of June.
United States Department Revenue
Collector, A. e. shannon, of Austin,
arrived in Eureka last evening, and is
stopping at the Jackson House.
There is considerable activity in real
estate. and a large number Of transfers
are being made, a fact that we learned
yesterday at the Recorders office.
Mr.. EdofI, of the firm Of Reinhart
q Co., has departed for Humboldt
Wells, and will be absent for some
days.
The Hamburg shaft is pronounced
by all miners as the best piece of work
in the district. 1t has been constructed
with an eye to the future.
A new piston rod for the big engine
at the Richmond works is being con-
structed at the Eureka Foundry. 1t
will be ready for use in a few days.
Well posted stock sharps venture the
prediction that Eureka Consolidated
shares will 20 to 500. They ought to,
on sheer merit.
A large amount of ore is being taken
ont of the mines on Adams hill. A
portion of the product finds its way to
Utah.
Contractor Henry Allen is engaged
in turning the Gerrish furnace into an
old fashioned stone furnace. The work
Will be completed in a few days.
We understand hat the price paid
for the Consolidated Company's flue
dust was Sl25, 000-a very nice addition
to the company's treasury.
The Ruby Hill band was in town last
evening. and delighted our citizens
with some fine music. They will COM
pare f%avorably, for proficiency, with
any organization in the State.
Mr.. NJ. b. Bartlett informs us that
he will put a force of ten men at work
on the hall in the morning, aud will
complete the improvements by the Sd
of June.
A number of Eureka experts, at the
solicitation of Major Dennis, will go to
T~uscarors, in order to decide as to the
sex of the hero or heroine of that sensa-
ton.
A sign painted for a Palisade hotel
announces that the "Albergo Ameri-
cano sets huoni pasti at so soldi;'
which Lambert Molinelli translates as
"A solid meal for four bits"
The masonry work to the basement
OF X. Ssdler Il Co.'s warehouse is
nearly completed. and the second story
will be put on in a few days. 1t is a
very substantial affair.
Large quantities of wool are coming
i'm from Duckwater, Kern Creek and
vicinity. All of the large bands of
sheep in that vicinity have been
sheared.
Alfred Furth, telegraph messenger
at Austin, is quite i'll. Alfred was at
one time employed in the same capac-
ity at the A. Il p. office in Eureka, and
was a general favorite.
A number of ladies picnicked up the
canyon yesterday, and returned laden
with wild flowers. We acknowledge
the donation of a very handsome bo-
quet from the fair ones.
Two carriage loads of mining experts
visited Silverado yesterday, for the
purpose of examining the Queen mine.
There is a mov on foot to purchase
that property.
A base ball match will take place at
the new race track to-day, between the
Eureka and Ruby Hill clubs. Glass
ball shooting and other sports are also
announced.
George A. Davis. the gentleman who
can not tell "a lie, held forth yesterday
on Main street, his chosen subject be
ing the excellent qualities Of various
clocks, shotguns, etc. lie sold a large
number of the articles.
The Shoshones complain thattramps
are usurping a field they have here.
tofore monopolized-the back doors OF
kitchens. II such is the case, they
must be a modest breed. In other
localities they knock at the front door