Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-04-21
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE.


Belts-A Trim stopper.
[From our regular Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, April II, 1880.
EDIros SENrrNEL-Eurcka is to be con-
graduated on having rid herself Of two
evils-a long and necessarily expensive
mining law suit, and the termination Of
the Hagin-Tevis control and direction Of
the affairs of q good, but for q long time
mismanaged property. Nobody who is ct
all acquainted with the merits of Ruby
Hill. OF who has watched the course Of the
K X mine from its location to the present
time. doubts its value, or will question the
hopes entertained OF it now that the long
borne incubus which has oppressed it has
been removed. Six years ago, in the col
umns Of the SENTINEL, / first called the
attention Of the public to the one-sided
management of the X K, which now, after
having depleted the Of its out
side-the- ring stockholders, whom it has
MIXED a. dry as q sucked orange, is, with
out any flourish Of trumpets, incontinently
transferred to new, and il is to be hoped to
more considerate owners. Ever since the
Eureka Con. passed out OF the hands Of
the same management which for SO many
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property, its course has been marked by .
prosperity unparalleled, and it is reason
able to suppose that the addition Of 80 fine
. property as is the K X, henceforth to be
incorporated with it, will exercise no small
influence in promoting its future great
ness, and thus aid in furthering the inter-
ests Of Eureka. Pity that a like fate could
not befall its sister properties to the south
Of it, in whose councils still prevail . little
OF the same sort Of influence, which so sys-
tematically levied assessment after assess
ment on the X X. 1t is the influence and
manipulation Of this character which have
tended to influence the sort Of mining legis-
lation which is now being enacted at the
capital Of this legislation cursed State.
An Irish dividend or two once in awhile
is not seriously objected to on the part of
mining shareholders, as they are aware
that q property can not be rendered valu-
able without q reasonable coin outlay.
They do, however, object, and seriously,
to have their pockets taxed necessarily
without any hope Of receiving therefrom
any return in the future, just by way of
varying the monotony Of the thing.
THE FEELING HERE
Regarding the purchase Of the K K by the
Eureka Con. is one Of unconcealed glad
ness, because its shareholders had long
since ceased to hope that anything would
be lone to further their immediate inter-
ests. The local management Of the mine
was good enough, but it could not always
avert the results of the premeditated action
of headquarters dictation. l know some
thing on this score, otherwise l should
remain silent. Years ago / penned many
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sheets in praise OF that property, but not q
line but what was at the time richly mer-
tied. If q little of the sound advice which.
l then almost daily gratuitously bestowed
some of your Eureka readers had
been needed, in the spirit in which it was
given, I have no doubt that they would
find themselves benefited thereby. The
transfer of that mine will greatly beaefit
Eureka, which / now, as / have always
done, predict will become, not only the
most prosperous, but the most permanent
Of the mining sections that. dot the Pacific
slope. We're there u 1.-THE Of the money
which has been and is still being invested
in the Leadville s'blanket lodes" laid out in
developing the mines Of
EUREKA DISTRICT
What a mammoth flow of the precious met
ais would they not give forth, and what a
genuine furore would their rich output not
create in Eastern mining circles Had
this been done Leadville would bear about
the same relation to the Base Range that q
full-fiedged Comstock feline now bears to
the Richmond, or to the Eureka CONSOLE
dated properties. The failure Of the Little
Pittsburg to realize the promises Of its
Eastern promoters will, in time, work q
change in the minds OF Eastern specula-
tors with regard to Colorado properties.
So long as the Chrysolite. and mines Of its
order, continue to pan out dividends, so
long and no longer will they continue to
attract attention. Let confidence once be
shaken in the properties OF that region,
and down will go with almost lightning
velocity the barometer OF Leadville's great
ness. Then fresh fields of investment,
confidence and enterprise will be sought
out, and what field 80 worthy Of notice as
the field from which SO rich q harvest has
been already gathered. Eureka, with its
sixty millions gross output, and its ten or
twelve millions net yield, in the space Of
the last decade or less, ought not to pass
unnoticed. II it ever was worthy Of solid,
careful consideration or thought, is worthy
Of it to-day, for at no time in its history
did it presage greater things or promise
more ~abundantly than 1t does at this writ
ing. I write not without . correct under
standing Of the subject under discussion,
and now that / have severed all residence
connection with your camp, nobody can
accuse me Of partiality. or OF q desire to
forward personal interests by giving it q
gratuitous putin the SENTINEL.
FEMALE P~EDEsrRlANIsM
Is one Of the boldest, and I think, one Of
the most debasing Of the isms Of the times.
Debasing, in that it robs woman Of her
greatest charm in the eyes Of man, by pros
tituting the innate modesty and purity Of
feeling and thought, which in other times
characterized her. But the display Of mus
cular beauty powerfully helps to entice the
sequins from masculine pockets, a fact be-
fore which sinks all other considerations.
But the prize to be contested for during the
six days "go-as-you-please" match, which
commences at the Pavilion in this city on
the 26th instant, is not to be . golden but
a silver one, in the shape Of q magnificent
belt of that metal, o on exhibition In Q
store window at the intersection Of Market
and Dupont streets. The bright, elegantly
chased bauble is daily viewed and criticised
by thousands. The entered contestants
are Miss Amy Howard (sawdust anne l
supposed, champion female tramp Of the
world, and now the holder Of . less valu-
able trophy Of her skill OF ability. made
out Of the same metal, also on exhibition
with the former Madam LaehapelIe, Miss
Sherman (Bodie), Madam Tourtelotte and
Sadie Alice Donnelly, together with some
others less known to fame as walkists. One
Of these is q Miss Tobias ~(alias). She is q
regular clipper. thin, spare. but . COM
pactly rugged stopper, OF the brunette type,
whose fine physique and determined look
bespeak grit and endurance Of no ordinary
character. BAXTER.