Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-11-18
LIS LETTER.
Cold Facts Garntshed with q Burst
OF Genius.
WILLOW CREEK, New, Nov. 10.

sure, running about north and south, and
pitching into the hill at an angle of about
80 degrees, both walls being slate. The
ore Is mostly a ~decomposed quartz con
tanning sntimonisl silver %sulphurets, bro
mides aud some chlorides. Incline shafts
have been sunk on the vein in two places
about 100 feet apart. One to the depth OF
90 feet, and the main shaft, in which work
is now being prosecuted, about 100 feet,
The latter is from q tunnel which runs in
from the southern slope OF the hill. The
greatest depth is not over 1875 feet. The
vein varies from me foot to ten feet in
thickness. The former owners took only
the best portions Of the ore, leaving thou
sands of tons in the mine cribbed up and
in. the vein, which will yield q handsome
profit to the present company when they
erect reduction works near the mine,
which we understand is their intention in
the Spring. 1t certainly looks like a big
mine. Open cuts made on the vein at
different points south of the main work
ings show the vein to be from four to six
feet in thickness, all good pay rock. There
are 400 tons OF $65 ore on the dump.
This would be considered a ridiculously
low estimate by the denizens of the camp,
but miners always get their average Of an
ore pile too high. When they cast their
metalliferous optic on a batch Of ore
each piece containing horn silver, or chic
ride, acts as q magnet and attracts their
gaze directly to it. They never see the
poor, hungry, low grade Jumps that fill up
the intervals between the richer samples.
The Mayor Mining Company, composed
mostly Of Eureka capitalists, own several
claims in this district, which are now be-
ing sampled with a view to future develop
ment, or possibly getting some of their
best ore worked in the mill. The Pauline
has been opened by 9 30-foot tunnel, and
shows some rich gold rock, though more
de velopment is necessary before any idea
of the value OF the ledge can be formed.
Other claims owned by the same company
on the extension OF the Ohio lead are
likely to become valuable when the latter
mine comes into prominence.
FANcIFUL NAMES.
Romantic fellows, these miners, as is
evidenced by the fanciful names given to
their pet claims. We have the Southern
Dcilt nv III Albutt OlltcI UhFCf
pride OF the Valley" etc., but an old fell
low named Pete Cassidy ignores romance
and puts the seal OF his country and his
politics upon his three claims by naming
them the 1.-The Tilden," 1.-THE Irishman"
and THE Democrat" The three graces,
as it were. One day last week VIZ went to
examine the wild Deer" mine. Bill
Mayor was along. We rode mules. The
trail in some places was very steep and
Bills saddle kept gradually slipping back
until he WAS unconsciously performing
quite
A CIRCUS ACT
BY riding on the barren part Of the mules
tail. The animal made an awkward STUN
BILE, and Bill fell off backward. The mule,
true to the traditions OF his race. dashed
out with his hind feet and struck Bill just
where nature had been most kind TO him,
and where it is generally conceded there
could be no danger from conclusion OF the
brain. Bill rolled down the steep hillside
until he brought up against u clump of
friendly willows, with several quartz boul-
ders which plsyfully kept him company in
his descent. When he collected his scat
tered senses and other things which had
broken loose from him, he concluded that q
little exercise would do him good, SO he
walked home. He stood up at supper that
evening. and the empty chair in our fire.
side circle at night was sad evidence that
the mule was shod.
A BEEF FAMINE.
We are having a beef famine. Bacon
rules the roost. Bacon fried, bacon boiled,
bacon fricsssee, and yesterday l had the
1-aa w1tkh q a1oh nj 70 I'm
bacon carefully placed between two slices
OF bread. We were out on the mountains
at the time; otherwise there would have
been raw Chinaman for somebody to cook
at the station. Why this scarcity OF beef
is a mystery. Everywhere you go over
the bills or into the valleys you encounter
bands OF fat beeves. Every few weeks
large droves pass the house on their way
to San Francisco. We live in the midst OF
a beef country, but it's the rarest thing in
the history OF our quiet and %uneventful
lives when we find ourselves outside OF a
good beefsteak. 1t is q queer and I'M
solved problem in political economy that
carloads OF bacon in yellow bags should be
packed into this remote region while we
are sending carloads of beef to California,
where they raise the hogs. Why not let
the Californians eat the hogs and let Us
keep the beef, and so save freight and get
even with the railroad monopoly Such
an arrangement would certainly give IN
bounded satisfaction to the inhabitants OF
this pork-ridden district.
VOLUNTARY CROPS.
The weather ia simply superb. Ii II
keeps up like this until Christmas we will
have Q volunteer crop Of everything except
children. We have had one long sue
cession OF dreamy Indian Summer days.
Up the canyon we have trees, and Autumn
tints, and birds. just as they do in Gods
country. Sitting on a fence overlooking
the BARNARD Of one of our little ranches
the other day, lulled into calm repose by
the drowsy atmosphere and the rural sur
r~oundings. | was seized with an eruption
Of ~poetical ideas, which burst into song
unbidden save by the divine fire OF genius.
Here il is:
Fs A WILLOW CREEK IDYL.
The Q~rssshopper climbs the sweet pea vine;
The fumes from the barnyard are gently
stealing;
And the gosling 10 thrilled with o tenoer
feeling.
The iaybird sings on the willow tree.
Thera's = Piute sauaw with a d dolly warden
The magpie snatches the bumblebee,
And the cInchbug digs in the cabbage garden.
.,t an aha ION of a barbed, wire fence,