Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-25
CANDELARIA CORRESPONDENCE.

81. Patrick's Day RefIectiens-Can
delaria's Elk pmustOm - The Room
observation-disclosures frOam wads-
worth-Cost Of Freight from san
FranciscO-Mines Bonded and Be
ing Bonded-Baxter in Field
ETC., Etc.
from our regular Correspondent
C~ANDELARIA, New, March II, 1880.
EDITOR SENTINEL AS indicated by the
date line, you will notice that, in a chrome
logical sense, / have selected q somewhat
memorable day on which to exercise my
Faber in behalf of the SENTINEL. OF tho
many bright pages in Irish history, few SO
bright, instructive or, indeed, interesting.
than are those which treat of the life, actions
and Missionary labors of the great Apostle
Of Erin. What strain SO calculated to stir
to the depths, the heart of an freshman as
that of st. Patrick's Day in the Morn
ing"
Has notably expanded since I entered it.
1t is spreading, aud would spread and grow
into no mean proportions still faster, could
timber be got to build with but itcannot,
even at its present high price OF from $50
to 500 per M. 1t, and kindred commodi-
ties. are now scarce and promise to be
scarce for some time to come, or until the
roads shall become hard and dry under tne
influence of more favorable weather thau
Is now ruling in sections separating US from
Wadsworth, the shipping or freighting de-
pot connecting with transcontinental rail.
The latter point is distant, by team road,
140 miles from here, which makes trans
portation rates on merchandise, ETC., COM
paratively high; say, from 4 to Az cents
per pound from the Bay.
THE ARRIVALS FROM OUTSIDE
Are numerous, and it is now certain that
we shall secure a large population by the
ides of next June, if not ~before-much
larger. it is feared, han there will be ac-
commodations for. But this, or other con-
siderations, will not for a moment deter
the tide from drifting or flowing this way.
Let it come. There are plenty Of vacant
lots, tenantless tunnels and rope fences on
which the Adventures can roost, if better
await them not. The man who
nbub u sptCdu HCIC nOW Aiay tobSidCA hAa1-
self among the favored ones, for if he does,
he will stand indebted to some friend or
acquaintance for it.
The outlook is every day becoming more
promising. The work Of permanent devel-
opment is being pushed On apsc in many
of the mines of the camp, which have been
lately sold under bond for comfortable
sums. There are many more bonded, and
in process Of being incorporated, and l
would not DO at all surprised if there were
not at least a dozen new companies operat-
ing here within the e sixty or ninety
days, SO general is the attention directed
here, as well from the East as from the
West. Among the old
Interested here is T. P. Murphy, from
whom you correspondent has bonded two
Of the most promising locations in the dis
trict. In point Of altitude they also are
among the most conspicuous, and are dis
tinguished by being in good company, they
being bounded Immediately on the east by
the Northern Bellies west lines. on the west
by the Vanderlilt's east end lines, on the
south by the Equator's north lines, and on
the north by the Sbelah Company's south
lines IactS WHICH SECURE tutm III uucdn
prominence. From the
BARCELONA,
Occupying the backbone Of the range, l
to-day obtained two samples, which gave
assay values OF $i43 60 and $9S 40 respect
lively. The May Flower, the name Of the
second, is a well defined cross ledge, which
intersecis the barcelona lode, and thence
courses southeasterly through the Equator
Company's ground, the latter ledge having
a trend parallel to the Barcelona. All Of
these properties are finely situated, and
none OF them can now be had for less than
sums well up in the thousands.
/ shall leave here tomorrow, probably,
in which case / shall next write you from
the Bay.
Our town Il 4 to-day quite lively, as is evil
denced by the excitement OF those now
around me. / write in a saloon, full to
overlooking with jolly fellows, wetting their
shamrocks, that is, in their imagination,
for there is not a blade Of any thing green
to charm the eve or relieve the everlasting
sameness of the landscape, to be seen for
leagues around. Nothing but evidences OF
past fierce igneous action are to be seen,
wherever.one looks; hill toppled on hill,
and all nature wearing as desolate an ap-
pearsnce as if suddenly vomited forth from
the abode of his Satanic majesty.