Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-13
MINERAL HILL CORRESPOND.
ENCE.

Result of the New Furnace-Quali-
f%icatiOns to Join the Club-POli-
tics.
MINERAL HILL, October 10, 1880.
EDITOR SENTINEL-There must be some
thing ~singularly strange about the old fue
furnace which made such a lamentable
failure at Union recently. Either through
an inherent curiosity, or a love of the
tumble-down structures OF ancient or mod
ern times, we felt compelled again to visit
the same; and as we sat upon the ruins,
not unlike the old fellow at the ruins Of
Troy, we wondered what would be the
ultimate fate of this monument of folly
and misdirected energy. What is left Of
the structure is so situated that even if the
camp attains the size of Eureka, which is
not at all improbable, there will be no ne
cessity of removing the debris, and the
conviction gradually forced itself upon our
mind that, centuries hence, some learned
Psychologist will unearth these ruins, and
formulate an elaborate paper on the meth
cd Of conducting an ancient pottery, or
glass-blowing establishment, about the
nineteenth or twentieth centuries. With
this conviction we will now leave it to the
vicissitudes Of time. We found another
small furnace standing idle, and learned
that it had bees in successful operation,
and had produced
A MoDIcUM OF BULLION,
With very little trouble and in a few hours
run. Mr.. Bennedette says four bars Of go
pounds each was the result of eight hours
u on Victoria ore. The ore from this
mine is known to be very heavy in lead,
averaging, perhaps, so per cent. 1t is q
grey carbonate, and by judicious mixture
with some of the iron ores Of the Washing
ton mine, worked very easily. The rock
of which the furnace was built proved
worthless. and it is not probable that any
more attempts will be made to smelt the
ores until the proper quality OF fire-rock
can be secured. By diligent inquiry Of
Buster we were informed that nothing but
ore and charcoal were used at this test,
whisky bottles and salt being ignored,
much to the qualification of that worthy,
who swore SO furiously at the i'll success
attending a former trial, and used such
emphatic language denouncing the attempt
to transmute salt and glass to gold and
silver bullion.
A LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
First C~itizen-"Be there any Dam
phools }"
Second Citizen" Now and then one |;
some in Eureka, some everywhere. One
in Union-the false alchemist."
First Cit.-"But are there any In this
town 2"
Third Git, advancing-"Yes; I'm one"
First Cit.-~"You Well, then, il that's
the case, will you please inform me what
are the necessary qualifications for a per-
son to join the organization? I am ac-
quainted with the Chairman, and may,
perhaps, wish to become q member. You
have been to Eureka, and should know
something about it,"
Third Cit.-"All that is absolutely nee
essary TO become q member OF cur club is
to go to Eureka, and make yourself as
ridiculous as possible. II you can manage
to go as a delegate to a county convention,
all the better; people will take more notice
Of you. Get as tight as q brick, and stay
a day or two. Fill up ON b~ug-juice and
small beer; eschew Stomach Bitters. Never
fail to partake when asked. In short, get
as tight as blazes, and throw yourself into
the hands of your friends, and they will
see that you become qualified to enter the
club by the time you get SOBER"
First Cit.-"Great seath I don't want
any of it in mine |"
A Stranger-"Did you Join any such
outfit as that?"
Third Cit.-"Of course not"
stranger-"Why, you said our club"
Third Cit.-'You lie."
stranger-"Say that ten times more and
I'll bounce yeri'
They clinch, but before anything serious
happened, the Judge and other friends in
terposed and separated the combatants,
and Andrew, happening along just at this
time, proposed that they take . drink.
This settled the difficulty. The citizen Is
rapidly regaining his usual composure. but
the unfortunate stranger decamped the
next morning, saying, 'If it has come to
pass that they organize societies Of Dam
phools in a Christian country, he'll go to
Puget Sound, and wrestle for CLANS on
Hoods canal"
MISCELLANEOUS.
The salt works In Diamond Valley are in
active operation. manufacturing salt for
use at the mill, which. it Ia semi-oficially
asserted, will crushing about
the 1st Of November. The company have
. large amount Of high-grade ore on their
dump. but should the present force Of
miners prove inadequate In keeping the
mill supplied. they will work for . time on
tailings. Of which they have an immense
quantity, estimated a. high as so, 600 tons.
The Republican orator, who visited US .
few days since. failed to create much en-
thusiasm. In fact. this place is fast gain
ing a reputation as q hotbed Of Democracy.
The Jones brothers. who have been min
ing at Silverado for several years, came in
on this mornings train, and will CON-
mence active operations On their mine
north Of town Immediately. They have
heretofore don't considerable work on this
property, and have taken out some high
grade ore. They are endowed with rn-
pluck and energy, and will, no
doubt, be richly rewarded, financially.
7. J. Isbell and VIM. Earls are extract
ing some very rich rock from their claim