Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-23
WOOD RIVER.
Notes About Eurekans In That
Region.

Items OF . Number Of Mines
Temporary Draw backs-Fime Az
r~icultural ResOurces-A Region
With Splendid Promise for sh'
Future.
M. ]. Storer, who recently returne
to Eureka, after having sojourned in tn
Wood River country about six months
gives US some interesting personal note
with regard to former residents of thi
place who are now living up there.
Pete Canavan and Dick Smith hav
some fine mining prospects, and are doinl
fairly in the saloon business.
0. l.. Scott is doing we'll in his bushes
at stone kueton in Johnny Fordham'
saloon.
Johnny is doing pretty we'll in the saloon
business, though not making a great deal
as this business is generally slow.
Big John Murphy has a saloon at Halle,
and M at Bellevue 1.-THE others mentioned
are all at the latter place). He has beer
doing first-rate this Summer.
Mrs. Gallagher is keeping the Capita
Hotel at Bellevue, and McFall the Inter
national. The hotel business is very gooc
the best -and both houses are making
money. There are q great many trans:enr
boarders, people visiting the country on
prospect.
Billy Gulliford has q grain, hay and
vegetable ranch on Soldier Creek. He
finds ready sale for these products. and ID
doing irst-rste.
Charley Sampson. who went from Duck.
water, is also on Soldier Greek farming.
Uncle Jimmy Hayes is blacksmithing at
Bellevue.
John Walker is in Bellevue, and has
some very good prospects there.
Dan Meade, the barber. has the only ton.
serial shop in the place.
Aiken, the carpenter, has . ranch on Sol
dier Creek, IS miles west Of Bellevue.
Everybody seems to be going after land,
In the expectation that the country will be
filed up with settlers and that they will
find ready sale for all they can raise. The
soil and climate are very favorable for
farming. Anything can be raised. Corn,
cucum bers. w~atermelons. tomatoes, ETC.,
grow thrifty and in abundance.
THE MINES.
The mines are opening out better. The
great trouble in the Wood River country
has been that prospectors have held their
claims too high and have discouraged cap
ltal in this way. They have demanded
large sums for mere prospects on which
hardly any work was done. The general
stagnstion in mining has had the effect of
depressing this industry in Wood River
still further. Eventually the country is
hnvnA ~ asn 4-t t. a.. -.l -
dealing with ore is being revolutionized
Hereafter all ores will be concentrated on
the ground. and the concentrations, in
stead of the ore. shipped to Salt Lake for
reduction. thus saving q great deal in the
cost of transportation.
The ores are mostly galena, with some
c%arbonates.
None Of the mines have been worked to
any great depth. The prospect shaft of
the Minnie Moore, which is the deepest, is
down only 800 feet. The owners have
been trying for a long time to cell it. but
not having succeeded in doing so they are
now going to work it themselves and are
putting up an 80-ton concentrator. They
will ship their concent rstions to Salt Lake.
The rock is generally limestone. though
the ore occurs sometimes in porphyry and
granite.
The Minnie Moore is held at $500, 900,
but it is claimed that there is that much
ore in sight.
The Philadelphia Company's mine at
Ketchum is turning out 5000, 900 per
month. Ketchum is the l~iveliest town in
Wood River.
At Bullion, seven miles from HALEY, a
series OF mines owned by q Chicago COM
nany Ia fnrpipu ont ahouf tho an
John Weber, known here, thinks he has
on Hot Creek, about six or eight miles
above Ketchum, a fine prospect for q gold
quartz mine.
On Rock Creek, about seven miles west
OF Bellevue, there is a wide ledge that
crops out for seven miles and has yielded
ban dsome prospects in gold by surface
washings.
Considerable work is being done on the
Big Smokey mine, owned by Minear d
Son, about As miles west Of HALEY, so
men being employed.
Major Schenck is opening some big
mines at Gslena.
The Bay Horse property. about 30 miles
northeast OF HALEY, is owned by Gilmer
& Salisbury. The camp there is the big
est in the Wood River country. The COM
pany paid out $50, 900 for work there last
month.
There are some mines on Big Lost River;
also on Little River, that look we'll.
There are many other mines which
might be spoken Of to show the general
richness Of the Wood River region.
A project is on foot and will doubtless
be successful. to induce families Of farm
ing people to settle on Camss Prairie.
some 40 miles west OF Bellevue. 1t will
afford homes for 500 ranchers, allowing
each 100 acres. The soil is very rich, the
climate tine. and plenty Of water; in fact
big crops have been raised In the black
loan without irrigNtion.
The reason why reduction works will
not be built in Wood River for the present
10 that there 10 no AUX for theo ores in suf-
ficient quantities. Iron 10 needed ss .
6ux, but this ia had only at the two reduc-
ton works in the country. one at Bullion
and the other at Ketchum. II reduction
works we're put up in several Of the other
camps it would be as expensive to ship in
iron Aux a. il would be to ship away the
concentrated ore.
There are parties in the country taking
In oil the mining property that they can
get hold OF in a quiet way.
The Winter being severe will stop .
good deal OF work and drive some people
cut. but they will all return next Spring
and many more.
Mr.. Storer thinks Wood River 10 labor
ing under the usual drawbacks Of q new
country. but will be a big, booming min
ing center 10 the next few years.
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Suicide.
We learn by private letter to q gentle
man IN EnraLa that Qanrua r Mead com.