Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-11

something About the Mines, Dat
More About Osher Things.
Sunday morning q gentleman friend and
quid nunc started from Eureka in the
formers buggy-such q luzp.y, Of curse,
the latter never bad, exec ,t, perhaps, in
his dreams-for Silverado. Pinto District,
intending to take q breath there and after
wards 80 to look upon the bonanza re-
Gently uncovered in the Fair Play. The
travellers were persuaded to unhitch their
horse and put him in the stable for awhile,
and they gave way to the hospitable
urgency Of Supt. McGrath to 20 over to
the house. 1t was q pleasure to see Mr..
McGrath looking as he was. He had 3
very honest and hsrd-working look. He
had been horseback onto q very high noun
tain for q supply Of charcoal. He had
never packed any charcoal before, how
ever. and he did not get down the bad de-
civ tiles with it.. His horse didn't like the
way the seven sacks had Of trying to get
off sideways in order to reach the bottom
in advance Of him. so there was Q great
struggle between the horse and the sacks.
All last, when the outraged creatures ears
and launches formed points in the same
We rtical plane-thst is. when the animal
found be had to descend on his head or
stop. he stopped and intimated unmistaka-
bly, his determination not to descend. Mr..
McGrath, realizing the uncertainty Of his
position, and not wishing to be the victim
Of the irrepressible conflict between the
horse and the sacks, whacked out his jack
knife and cut the latter loose. He then
rested from his labors until Mr.. Wilson. who
had rr.A n, n <hn 1850 k~-o.-Aaa
came along and the two packers brought
down q few sacks, sufficient for immediate
purposes. II any dress or coloring could
disguise the Superintendent Of the Sill
versdo Company's mine be would nave been
effectually disguised on the occasion refer
red to, for he was as black as though he
had burnt . pit of coal himself. We all
adjourned over to the comfortable two
story cottage, where we met Hon. James
w. Smith, who was following the injunc-
ton of the good pooh by resting. He
needed it, for he left Eureka the afternoon
before afoot at 8 O'Clock and tramped until
10 O'Clock that night before he reached
his lopged for couch. 1t was q delightful
little social gathering in the second story
OF that picturesque cottage. The air was
thin. but gentle breezes were blowing and
some beer flowed after a substantial lunch,
when all hands fell asleep. Who is capa-
Bile Of singing the sweet comfort OF IN
afternoons nap? Nobody. 1t is not in
words, you know. More beer. then sup
per, and then more beer. In the twilight
the party climbed the mountain = thou
sand feet higher to the Queen mine, where
the proprietors, the Jones brothers, have
in their cabin q really magnificent organ.
Beer up there too, and then music. 1t
Waa q auaar and iptaraafin0 apactacla A
neat little cabin some 10, 900 feet tmore or
less) above the level Of the sea. The night
was clear and lovely. Every star was out
and the moon half full reigned in the
brilliant heavens with all the mellow love-
illness she ever possessed when in that
state. Afar off, but seemingly near, the
grand mountains Of Eastern Nevada arose
in majestic outline. Inside the cabin seven
or eight men OF nearly as many nationalities
sitting, reclining and standing under the
light OF q tallow dip" Altogether the scene
and the occasion were OF . nature to make
the least reflective or sentimental person
think aud muse. The mountains, the air,
the stars, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in
silent harmony with the elegant notes OF
the organ brought out by the accomplished
musician of the party, Mr.. McGrath. Not
that all was sentiment. The solemn spell
went out Of the window after a while in .
race with the jig that Dan Finn danced
Tim Flannsgan's Wake" 1.-The Mining
Engineer" etc.. etc. At half-past Z the
traveller. quid nunc's friend and guild
nunc. hitched up and drove home, chilled
in the same atmosphere that had nearly
scorched them q few hours before, such is
| the change in this most delightful climate
from the heat Of the day to the GOODNESS OF
the night.
MINING NOTES.
We have it, not by actual inspection but
upon reliable authority, that on the 400
level Of the Silverado Company's mine
there are fine seams being followed,
which give promise Of leading to hand
some bodies Of good pay ore. A shipment
OF 100 tons OF 500 ore was made to Eu-
reka yesterday. The mine is worked on
the principle that it must pay its own ex-
penses. That il will do so, with the pros
pecs OF valuable developments beside. 10
what may be expected from the present
condition OF the property.
The Fair Play mine 10 looking better
than ever. The recent strike 10 showing
up better and richer all the time. The
lucky lessons will make their pile out OF 1t.
The working force was yesterday increased
to nine men. who will soon find what the
limits OF the little bonanza are, or else
work it out in the least possible time.
The Queen mine is not psnning out very
big Just now, but thousands have been
taken out OF II, and the Jones brothers.
probably the most industrious and hardest
working miners in the county, are follow.
ing good indications and are sanguine OF
striking II rich again.