Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-03-29
EUREKA.
Something AbOut Our Past and q
Peep Into The Future.

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dull times and growing duller. The com.
plant is not altogether without founda-
ton, though it often extends beyond what
is warranted by the actual condition OF
things. There has certainly been q
marked shrinkage of values in Eureka.
Th price Of real estate has tumbled from
the pinnacle it used to occupy. With the
contraction Of business rents nave fallen
greatly, though not below what they
ought to be, or what they probably should
have been. There is a good deal doubtless
IN the general depreciation that is real,
but we cannot judge of the worth of this
mining district altogether by the condi-
ton OF business in the town Of Eureka.
A TOWN.
1t has been evident for some time that
Ruby Hill has been growing away from
Eureka. Our %neighbors are building up
unto themselves, and though they a year
or so ago were looked upon rather as a
suburb OF Eureka, they are now in many
points Of business a distinct and indie
pendent town. This fact became more
evident after the building of boarding
houses and lodgings on the Richmond
side, near the Albion works. But, of
course, nobody is blind to the fact that
the tow of Eureka and the business
prosperity of the district are by no means
what they were when the Eureka Con. was
paying So dividends or the Richmond
delving in the splendid Potts chamber.
Still there is no one who is familiar with
the actual state of affairs in the district
but feels that the mining outlook for Eu-
reka is good, very good. We have seen
worse times in the camp. This we all
know, though there are some who feel out
of humor at this particular season and
prefer to wear a long face because the
Albion middle has brought with it q tenn
porary gloom.
GREAT MINING REGION.
We believe that the town of Eureka is
in the middle of one of the grandest min
eral regions in the world. Taking this
town as o center, there are a hundred
mines within q radius Of ten miles that
| could be made to pay handsomely for
working from the grass roots down. OF
these mines we have spoken separately
from day to day, as occasion suggested the
propriety of reporting upon them. The
developments in the Richmond mine have
practically been confined to the surface,
as also the developments in the Eureka
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other mines Of Eureka District. Does
anybody believe that The extensive de-
posits, the bonanza chambers, found in
these properties are confined to q space
included between the grass roots and a
few hundred feet below? Hardly.
DEEP MINES.
To believe this would be to entertain
ideas that are contrary to the established
fhanrino nf minino This rrphla,p bpvr-
ever, if it can be 80 denominated, will be
solved by the magnificent explorations
started in the Eureka Con. Within the
course Of a year it will be determined
whether the ore bodies of Eureka District
are mere chance formations near the sur
face Of the earth, or whether they but lead
to still greater bonanzas at great depths.
But there are chances abundant to find
small mines, as these have been, on which
this camp may live and flourish, though
the explorations at the Eureka Con. should
prove a splendid experiment only. All
the work done on Prospect Mountain goes
to show that it is a great and valuable
mineralized mass. The developments in
the Eureka and Prospect Mountain Tun-
nels prove this, while the mountain con-
tains many mines that are being pros
pected from the surface by shafts and
inclines, and give evidence of a wealth
OF minerals that will be uncovered when
ever they are systematically explored.
Were no ore found deep down in the earth
in this district, there would still be left
the prospect of a world of ore from the
grass roots to the depth of a few hundred
feet in mines now scratched open and in
many others in which the pick has never
yet been struck.
THE RICH MINES.
Then we have Secret Canyon to look to.
The laeching process there has proved a
perfect success, and the mass Of ore in the
Geddes u Bertrand gives no symptom of
decrease. Miners agree that the Albion is
q good mine and there are those who
believe that it will show up bodies of ore
not inferior to any yet uncovered on Ruby
Hill. Much more might be said and par
ticulars given Of other mines that we have
not named in order to show, in a general
way, the basis of the faith that we have in
Eureka District. 1t must be remembered
that there are and have always been in
the history OF mining camps seasons of
''boom" and Of depression, such a thing as
a regular and undisturbed age of pros.
perity being among the things unrecorded.
1t would be we'll for those who are dis
posed to have the blues to look back upon
some Of the dark days in the history Of
Eureka District. For instance, consider
H OUTLOOK IN 1876.
During the Spring of that year there
was almost a general dependency in the
camp. But little work was being done in
the Eureka Con. and the outlook in the
Richmond was SO discouraging that Man
ager Probert advised his company to sus-
pend operations altogether. Prospect
Mountain was totally deserted and one
half Of it might have been taken up by
anybody that thought the making Of
locations thereon worth his while. Before
the Summer had been fairly ushered in,
however, the celebrated Potts chamber
had begun to put forth its magnificent
contributions to the worlds wealth and
the Eureka Con. had resumed its course of
splendid prosperity. From that time up
to within two years past Eureka has been
a booming camp. Why should we NOPE
now that the stream Of bullion output is
diminished and, il you please, checked in
some quarters?
BE CHEERFUL.
There is really no good reason to de-
spond. Our mines are not worked to such
depths that the cost OF extracting ores
makes a Comstock bonanza necessary to
pay expenses. We have plenty Of rich
virgin ground TO explore at comparatively
little expense, and the whole country is
full of ore that can be taken out and made
to pay handsomely in business-like enter
prises. Let us not expect uninterrupted
prosperity. Let us rather be willing to
put up with a season Of dearth in mining
and general business and comfort our-
selves with tho reasonable expectation that
we will have again in good season o re-
sumption of prosperity, If MOI. q tremen-
dous boom.
Miss Nevada in Paris.
The debut OF Mile. Emma Nevada at the
Opera Comique, Paris. says a correspond