Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-31
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
o TELLS Us "what the Matter Is,
We Must Get Acquainted IA
Cosby Communication.


NEW YORK, December %, 1880.
EDITORS SENTINEL: Since my last letter
TO you ! have been taking my regular trips
through the principal thoroughfares of this
great and growing metropolis, but with all
the pleasure and excitement it affords,
nothing interests me as much as nv reeu-
lar trips at home in Eureka District among
and in an M Of the mines of Prospect
Mountain. Nor do l find the "last sepsa-
ton y as attractive as the " last strike /" of
ore in any one of our numerous mines.
Among my friends l have been kindly
and cordially received, and none of them
but are willing or even anxious to listen TO
my description of the country and mining
for silver in Nevada; how the ore is found
and the precious metal extracted. Not
withstanding the desire for knowledge the
impression prevails that mining is haz-
ardous and entirely too speculative and
unsafe. Railroad stocks are absorbing
the attention of q great many people who
are at all inclined to speculate; a rise of
o~ne-fourth OF one per cent a day being too
tempting to resist. Thirty per cent have
railroad securities advanced since my ar
rival here, yet none but those "inside"
dream OF q crash; but it will surely come,
and the sufferers will realize the fact that
1t is just as safe and probably safer to in
vest their money in the mines OF Nevada.
ON H GAMBLE.
There are many thousands Of people here
who live through a continuous whirl Of
excitement on every species of gambling;
with these when the railroad stocks drop
the mining fever will rise; but the people
at large will be more cautious than were
those who rushed into the Leadville excite
ment. Taught by hard experience, they
VIII be more conservative, and will make
inquiries OF a proper nature before invest
ing again.
As l stated in my last letter people here
little or nothing of Eureka District.
l have been repeatedly asked how far it is
from Leadyille; if the mines are as
good as those of Colorado; where the Eu-
reka Con. mine is situated and if there are
any other mines near it. When mines are
spoken of a preference is shown for Colo
RADIO and Arizona, for nc other reason than
that those sections have been and are loud |
ly advertised.
PRINTERS INK.
Eureka is scarcely noticed or thought of,
because our people are asleep. |
ink is not wasted in advertising |
our vast resources, therefore are they neg
The people of other mining dis
tricts who are ~enterprising and energetic |
are growing richer every day by getting
their mines developed with acquired CAPT. |
tai secured by the liberal use of printers
ink, and that fact many of our most prom
lnent men do not seem to appreciate. We
have some Of the richest silver mines
known in the world that are already de-
veloped, and practical mining men believe |
with good reason that there are many |
mines in the district that are not devel- |
oped that are equally as rich as the Rich
mond or Eureka Con-, neither of which
produced largely until sold to men pos
sessing and using ample means to work
them. Then why do not our leading men
take the matter in hand of publishing a
pamphlet, advertising our resources, that
the world at large may know something of
our immense deposits Of silver ore, our
mode of mining and reducing them. Civ
ing figures for the amount of production
Of silver, gold and lead; amount of wood
and charcoal used; means Of Transports
ton and access; an account Of partially
developed mines and leading locations, etc.
All in a concise and statistical form, and
accompanied with al attractive history Of
the discovery and growth OF the district. |
With such q pamphlet distributed in the
and counting-houses throughout the
United States and England, u mines
would soon be in the hands Of people with
plenty Of money to develop them. Eureka
would grow rapidly and soon take rank
With the largest mining towns in the West.
OLD Aco~uAINTANcEs.
I have met several Eurekans in this city,
whom are Billy wermouth, M. B.
Bartlett, Frank Miller, Julius Lesser, Jo.
Kind and Paul v. Roux.
Mr.. Bartlett is complaining OF a cold,
but is talking to his friends about the
mines OF EUREKA, huu giving uuo assoAeioA
10 the "Geddes Il Bertrand"
/ have been at the Office OF the Hoosac
Company nearly every day since ! have
,een in the city, and from what have seen
md heard I am safe to say that work VIII
De resumed at the Hoosac mine in a very
hort time.
Julius Lesser is with his brother, who is
manufacturing clothing. Il
10. Kind is manufacturing cigars,
loing we'll, and Paul V. Reux Is still In
he Custom House. l spent q pleasant
,vening with 10. Kind at his house. he
8 nicely situated, but longs to be back at
where to all of his friends he SENDS
lis best regards.
COUNTY TREASURER SAM oooPER.
I also called on our old friend Sam
Cooper, at Green Point. I spent an after
loon with him, and was delighted to find
him much improved in health. He has
crown quite feshy, but is still weak and an
Invalid. He recognized my voice as soon
I entered his room, and was heartily
ylad to see me. He talks of going back to
he Pacific Coast again, but his sisters,
who are very devoted to him, will not
link of his going before spring, by which
time his physicians give hopes of his re-
covery.
I was very much grieved to hear of the
death of Mr.. A. M. Hillhouse, as were all
in New York. The sad news
us through the SENTINEL OF the
18th instant. While we extend our heart
sympathy and coincidence to his wife
and little ones, we feel that his place will
be hard to fill. NJ I'D.
To Remove.
To-day Ed. wilhelm, the jeweler and
moves into his new and COM