Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-08-18

A Sentinel Correspondent Visits
and Tells All About the New FL
snroAn

A Sentinel Correspondent Visits
dorado.
EDITOR SENTINEL: The residents Of the
placid Humboldt have been thrown into q
fever Of excitement during the last few
days, owing to rich discoveries having
been made in the hills about six miles west
from town. The climax was capped on
the 9th instant by the discovery Of a body
Of ore whose wealth and dimensions are
simply marvellous. Ben. Stafford, the vet
eran prospector, and well known in Eu-
reka. while on his way to Lewis stumbled
show a body of ore Immediately under the
grass roots, having a width of Is feet and
a length OF rs feet, and situated between
two we'll defined walls, the country rock
being porphyry and quartzite. The ledge
contains various classes of ore, among
which may be mentioned chloride, car
Donate, bromide and ruby silver. Assays
recently made show the value Of the ore to
be not less than sos, and running as high
as $40 per ton. OF course such a dis
covery naturally aroused the curiosity
Of our quiet little burg, and clerks, mer-
chants, layman and lawyers, with pick in
hand hastened to the new Eldorado. For
miles around the famous Stafford discovery
men .could have been seen, with tape line
in hand measuring, with coreful notes, the
boundaries Of their claims. Horsemen in
frantic haste we're rushing to the noun
tain top, where water was known to exist,
and fhora plQcin0 q wrifton daaiapatsoa
that the same was owned by man. Others
at the foot of the mountain were stalking
out lots and blocks, the boundaries of
"Hope City," and even the ubiquitous
Chinese, who, having heard of this Mecca,
we're vending their way up the toilsome
canyon, preparing to become a part of the
population. Even our affable County Re-
corder fastened from Eureka, and rem
dered valuable assistance in locating the
District. Bob Rowland and George Obri-
der, well known in mining circles, graced
the occasion with their presence. There
above the raging Humboldt, fifty hard
listed sons Of toll organized the Stafford
Mining District, with boundaries 10 miles
square. Walter s. Marchant, u jovial
j. p, was duly elected Mining Recorder,
and amid the cheers of our gang,
Stafford District was duly declared
a permanent point. The erection of q
small water power furnace on the river is
contemplated, and we feel confident that
ere snow flies a prosperous little camp will
adorn the south bank OF that stream. /
Among the locators may be mentioned
o. H. P. Bailey, 7. R. Jewell, John Mar
chant, Morris Bros, E. M. Baum, Johnny
Crowley, Dan Reagan, A. Y. Ross, Henry
and B. s. Sothern.
1t is reported that Ross, the big shotgun
man Of the e. & p, and our handsome |
blonde conductor, in their excitement to
reach the land of wealth, were compelled
to cross the river with naked feet, and
never discovered they were shoeless until
perceived their number ~elevens on
the opposite bank, necessitating their re-
reminding us Of the old absent
man who thought he had lost his
spectacles, and was i~ntently but absent
mindediy wiping them previous to putting
them on SO as to facilitate his search. It
is also intimated that they likewise located
on the foot-wall of the Stafford ledge, and
placed a notice for a water right on some
seepage from the river. But, seriously
speaking, the new district is really merito-
has a bright future, and we hope
we may be able to chronicle ere long the
of fortunate ones who, in company
with Uncle Stafford, may exclaim, sTo the
bleak hills we owe our fortunes" M.