Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-04-12

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EUREKA, April 10, 1879.
The decade beginning with the year
1870 will ever be memorable in the annals
of Eureka; memorable because Of tho spirit
of enterprise, the impetus given to ex-
ploratory researches, the courage, the
will, and the undaunted spirit with which
the pioneers Of those early times entered
upon those widespread developments in
augurated in that year. The extent and
value Of those explorations rave been long
since demonstrated, and, since they form a
%well-known and not uninteresting chapter
in the history Of our district and our town,
which to-day stand q shining, irrefutable
witness Of the great results which have ac-
crued from them, I shall refer to them only
slightly at present.
The history Of Ruby Hill is, Of course.
intimately blended with that of Eureka.
Had the rich ores OF that wonderful hill
not been found and profitably utilized,
Eureka would have had no more tangible
or solid existence to-day than what might
have been given it upon a nicely-executed
own survey made at the instance of some
ambitious, oily-toDgued land grabber.
and yet so disastrous to many who took
part in the hegira to the Pogonip region.
This portion Of sageland, outside Of the
few who then resided here, was looked
upon as a sort Of terra incosnito. a half
savage, unexplored territory, whose hills
had not yet, except in a small way. afforded
any evidence Of their possessing the vast
wealth which has since been extracted from
them. From 1864, the year Of the first or
ganization and discoveries, till 1859, or
early in 1870, Eureka might be said to
have lain in a state Of stdtu quo. Early in
the latter year, however, a new and enter
prisiug element Of strength, in the shape
Of hardy miners and experienced pros
pectors, invaded our then sparsely popula-
ted camp. Those adventurous spirits came
to us I. ON every quarter Of the coast, their
coming hither having been, of course,
very materially facilitated by the rapid
transit afforded by the much-abusedC Central
Pacific. Without the aid and facilities of
travel afforded by that great highway, it is
not improbable that not only Nevada, but
the greater portion Of the great intermural
basin bounded by the Rockies and the
Sierras, would, even at this day, still be
luxuriating in their native wildness, bar
rem. alkali-covered, u~nproductive wastes,
which might ~ well have been altogether
eliminat, d from the territorial possessions
Of Uncle Sam, for all the good they would be
to him without the aid Of such highway.
Railroads are blessings to any country
through which they pass. Take, for ill.,
stance, our W little narrow gauge. which
links us in indissoluble bands with that
great road, and note what ii has already
been instrumental in accomplishing for the
interests OF not alone Eureka, but for all
the country south OF it. Extended to the
Colorado, who can estimate the prosperity
which, as n natural sequence, would ulti-
mately How from the opening up of so
large u stretch of country, rich in almost
all the treasures Of the mineral kingdom.
That road is q necessity, and il will be
built some day. Without the facilities
afforded by rail. Of what value to us would
be our mines. Those roads, by the rapid
ity Of transit they furnish, enhance in a
measure the value of our products, which
tue former bear ~ the two leading marts
Of the continent, the one facing Europe
while the other looks across the Pacific
upon the wonders Of the Orient. Had We
had the 4. & p. II. II. to aid in the early
days Of our camp, when difficulties in
Vulnerable had to DO borne with, who is
there who will not reiterate the assertion
that with it the resources Of our district
would have been long since more largely.
and probably more effectively developed
than we find them oven at present. From
those resources have been already realized.
and added to the worlds wealth. an amount
Of treasure so vast in the aggregate that l
I'M sometimes tempted to doubt whether
the accounts which have from time to time
gone abroad Of it. could have found ready
credence among people strangers TO the
wealth of our hills. and who could not he
expected to possess much accurate knowl-
edge Of tho Importance Of our
MINING INTERESTS.
Viewed in the aggregate, as all such mat
ters must or ought to be viewed, in order
to give one a full sense of their magnitude,
the yield Of the Eureka mines. contem-
plating the bricfncss of the period during
which they have been worked, is simply
enormous. Placing the lowest estimate
upon it, there must nave been more than
$50, 900, 900 in treasure shipped from this
district since 1870. going abroad in the
form of dore bars and refined lead from
the Richmond, and crude bullion from
other companies. That the major portion
Of this treasure came from the mines Of Ruby
Hill is, Of course, we'll known here; but that
it can be as well known to a large portion
OF the outer world, it cannot, of course,
be expected. Blu while it is proper to
eulogize Ruby Hill, and credit its incom-
parable mines with the largeness of their
yield, it would DO improper and smack toe
much Of righteousness to ignore the claims
OF other sections of the Base Range, which
have in the past and will soon again be con-
tributing their metallic quota to its
monthly shipments. OF this number may
be named
THE HoosAC NINE,
| Whose record, next to the Richmond and
! Eureka Consolidated. stands without a
parallel in the district. Discovered in the
summer or fall Of 1869, by its present man
ager, Mr.. William Wermuth, it was per-
manently opened early in the succeeding
year, and with such flattering prospects,
that the developments then inaugurated
and in progress, insipient though they
were at first, were pushed ahead with the
dispatch which such potent factors rs
muscle and money are capable Of produce
ing. The brilliancy of the Hoosac's rec
| ord is well known, but it may not be SO
| generally understood abroad that it's aggre-
gate bullion production from 1872 to 1874,
| the period at which it discontinued active
operations, in both mining and smelling,
| anproximated about 5000. 600. Daniel