Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-08-03
WARD ITEMS.
The Reflections of n Week as Re.
nected in the Reflex of Saturday.

A. Prairie, inst in from his ranch in
Lake Valley, informed us Thursday last
that eleven men pat in an appearance
at his place on Sunday night last, and af-
ter a short stay proceeded to Patterson
Pass, 40 miles south Of Ward, N COM
menced grading for a railroad to be ex-
tended from the Utah Southern. The
party is in the employ Of Jay Gould, and
came instructed TO travel night and day
and secure Patterson Pass, which they
succeeded in doing, and beat another party
with the same object in view-so the story
goes-20 miles. Mr.. Prairie learned that
the proposed road would cross the Snake
Range at Osceola and after reaching
White River Valley would take a southerly
course. The name OF the road is yet un-
known. On the strength of what he
learned Sunday night Mr.. Prairie got up
early Monday morning and located two or
three more wood ranches.
Cne Of the numerous rumors in Eureka
is to the effect thatthe L. & G. r Railroad
will connect with the Utah Southern in
stead Of the Dad from Stockton. We are
at the same time assured that the projsc-
tors Of the e. d G. X. railroad are afraid Of
Gould, who controls the Utah Southern.
II there is any truth in this last report
there is certainly none in the first, for the
managers of the road from Eureka will be
apt to give Gould a wide berth if they are
afraid of him.
A piece of mining property located in
Robson District has changed hands within
the past few days, but the purchase price
and the name of the mine we are not per-
mitted to give at present. The prospects
are good for other sales in the district.
This sudden awakening in this old district
is caused by the prospects of the railroad
passing through Robson, which now
amoun to a certainty. The purchasers
are from Salt Lake.
A party of surveyors connected with the
Utah Southern Railroad, says the Phoebe
Record, are now at Hike, and are prepar-
ing to survey the route from that point to-
ward California. The surveyors who
started out from the terminus of the road
at Milford will survey from that point to
Hike.
The surveying party under W. N. Nc
Gill is still in the vicinity of Mineral City.
Hercules Gap and West Camp will be sur
veyed before the party moves this way,
which will take several weeks yet. The
general impression is that Robson Can
yon will be the point selected.
Col. II. E. Woods, Superintendent OF
the Henry Tunnel in White Pine District,
has accepted a position as surveyor for the
Eureka 4 Colorado River railroad. This
looks like the Colonel intended giving the
tunnel a rest for u while.
Work on the Monitor mill on Steptoe
Creek, we are informed by Robert Briggs,
is far advanced, and all that now remains
is to put in the machinery. The mill will
be ready to run inside Of 80 days.
The Eberhardt Company's west drift il
now in over 400 feet, and the ground il
getting softer. This, says a correspon'
dent of the News. Is the only indication OF
ore vet encountered.
VIM. Dooley. we learn from the Pioch'
Record, was killed in the Day mine a
J~ackrabbitt on the 18th inst. A boulder
weighing TWO tons fell on him.
d. McNaughton. a resident Of Ward
couple of years ago, will have charge o
one of the gangs Of graders on the Eurek'
4 Colorado River railroad.
The upraise from the Martin White tun
mel is now in exceedingly hard rock, an
progress Ia necessarily slow.
Snow fell on jeff Davis Peak on Sunda,
last, but it soon disappeared.