Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-05-16
Another New Tunnel Enterprise
Inaugurated.
THE SILVER PEAK TUNNEL COMPANY PRO-
POSE EXPOSING TIE SECRETS or OLD
PROSPECT.
ORsccrs, Location. AMI Prospects of
The Newest or Base Raase
Enterprises.

EUREKA, May Is, 1879.
EDITOR SENTINEL: CELEBRITY and pro-
gress mark the age We live in. and, in this
connection, / might, with some justice,
add, that nowhere are these characteristics
of Angio-Saxon civilization more forcibly
illustrated than in the district we inllabit.
Does not the unparalleled rapidity with
which the burned portion Of our town is
being built up bear evidence to this fact?
1t does, and more; it exempliies the con-
fidence reposed by our business men and
stationary population in the future Of
Eureka. 1t shows that they still have fatth
ia its permanence. faith in the continuance
of its prosperity, faith in the enterprise Of
its citizens, and faith in the lasting quail
ties Of its ~unbounded mineral resources.
Occupying one Of the most prolific and
still promising mineral sections Of Nevada,
outside Of the great lode coursing under
Mount Davidson, Eurekans have just cause
to be thankful for the privileges so bounti-
fully granted them. And these privileges
ought to be taken advantage Of and appre-
ciated to the extent that they deserve. By
doing so, we will best subserve our own in
tcrests, for when the capitalists and mining
spectators Of the outside world hear Of the
launching Of undertakings, such as are
indicated in the above caption, and by
Eurehans exclusively, will it not offer to
them the very best incentive to invest in
speculative enterprises, in which the bus
mess and moneyed men Of the district are
willing to embark 1t is, IN all sides,
conceded (Kearneyites excepted), that cap
ital is the talisman whose touch, judicious
application. adds to the wealth Of the
world, enables the adventurous to become
millionaires, gives bread and employment
to the deserving, and without whose power
the vast treasures in the noble metals
which the mines of Eureka are every day
unfolding, must have remained undls-
covered. Providence helps those who
help themselves. 50, the more local pro-
| jects, mining or otherwise, started by the
citizens Of either this, or any other mining
center, the more confidence they will give,
and the greater attention which, as a con-
sequence, capitalists will direct to that
particular center. The
SILVER PEAR TUNNEL coMPANY
Is n of the newest Of the new iucorpora-
tons formed in Eureka. Incubated in the
course of a forenoon's tramp, the site
was located, the notice posted, the same
recorded, the Company formed and incor-
porated, the officers elected, and all else of
an insipient nature accomplished during
the subsequent afternoon and evening. To
will was to do. III this instance, and the
names and occupations Of the gentlemen
| Incorporating and who are at present the
Compsny's officers. guarantees the bona
tide character Of the enterprise ard gives
assurance that it will be pushed forward
with all possible dispatch. Following are
the officers: W. w. Bishop, Counselor at
Law, President Gen. P. E. Common. Vice
| President; W. III. Clark, one of Eureka's
Oldest merchants, Treasurer ; Frank Dout-
rick, one of its newest and, apparently,
most energetic merchants, Secretary, and
e. N. Robinson, present Manager of the
Albion, superintendent. With such a
combination Of brains and industry to di-
rect and father it in its infantile course,
who can doubt its career towards manhood,
or until its tunnel penetrates the great ore
bodies known to trend with the axial lines
OF Prospect Mountain.
The tunnel location, the fifth / think
made in the district, is not only the lowest
but the most e~astcrly in point Of selection,
and the altitude at its outer orifice will not
approximate much more than 600 feet
above Eureka. The entrance to the tunnel
will be within a few yards of the road lead
ing to the Atlas hoisting works, and about
one-half mile from the entrance to Good
win Canyon. 1t will enter the base OF
Prospect mountain after cutting through
the ore bodies Of an intermediate hill, and
intersect the Ruby Hill lode at a point
north OF the Bald Eagle, and cut through
some of the Eagles at a lower depth than
has been yet attained. In this one respect,
not to mention Others Of as great promi-
nence, and which must present themselves
to the thinking, it is by far the most prom
ising enterprise of the sort which has been
heretofore nodded into form in this dis
trict, and what is more, work will be com
menced Immediately. j.. d. POWER.