Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-25
The scientific Point tn ihe Great
Suit-Actsvlty in the Mines,
and other Matters.

variation OF Il degrees Ten years ago
the variation here was Is degrees 30
minutes. Now Il patent obtained ten
years ago could be conveniently disturbed
to-day ii the present standard variation IL
followed.
Now, wish to be understood. The
location OF patented claim is perman-
entity set down on the earth s surface and
on record in the General Land Office.
Our records show that The variation of
the compass is easterly and science tells
us that it will vary in that direction for
two hundred and fifty years TO come.
Then, science shows how it will return,
pass the SUMS magnetic equator and the
variation of the needle is then west OF
north. But to come to the point. If, as
we know, the needle varies thirty
minutes in ten years how in heavens
name are We to determine, permanently,
our accurate position on the carth's sur
face
Ii our garden spot to-day is due north
and south, an accurate survey ten years
hence would
THROW OUR PEACH TREES INTO y NEIGH
BoR's LOT,
Unless he too got into litigation, when II
move OF twenty minutes east would be
ordered by court, and i'll few years the
peaceable citizens Of this portion OF Juab
county would find themselves closely
hugging the Wasatch range, while ii the
problem were fully followed out we would
push Massachusetts into the ocean ere
Ben Butler got to be President. This
matter will not come up at Provo this
term, but it is n journalistic duty to keep
ahead Of the times
THE MINES OF TiSrIc
Are being worked vigorously, but the
District Court should receive some credit
for the increased activity in Eureka
John McChrystal, assisted by Pat Shea,
has charge OF the Eureka Hill, while
Dennis Sullivan handles the Beck prop.
crty. The whole sidc-hill is filed with
mineral, and the workings of both com
panies are, to stranger, more compli-
Gated than the Mormon question is To- an
ordinary Senator. But the question at
issue just now is not necessarily vital to
either company \ slice of the water
melon has dropped. Who owns ii? Let
tho Court decide.
THE BUSINESS OF THE CAMP
Is conducted by three business firms.
! hlCIl Hl'il " W. 'ahiI y an Nilit VNt NuNli
imagine he could need, while Beck says
he can make stand-of with the Big
Coop, but "Bless YOU. my boy" SAYS
our old friend, Jim Robbins, 81 make no
comparison. My name alone is sufficient
for all of Our Utah trade" Robbins has
large stock of merchandise, and it is
well handled.
Pat Cusicl1 is the backbone Of the Nc
Chrystal firm (the former occupies all
his time in the Eureka mine, and that
alone would keep Jay Gould busy, but
Cusick is a study Go where you will
there is Cusck. Leave him in a horse
trade to buy pair OF socks and, unless
you know the man, you'd be surprised to
find him dilating on the superior quality
of his seamless balbriggans. He is OF
the camp and the camp is OF him.
LIKE ALL PROSPEROUS CAMPS,
Eureka has its saloons. Thsre IL smiling
NJ. G. Sullivan, Harry Tompkins, with
| his Hyde Dan Sullivan, the genial, good
looking, whole-souled. Dan McMurphy
| is here, too with his quiet smile, ever
ready to please, though the atmosphere
| may not be at all times pleasant; John
| Yates should be suppressed the weather
cannot be interrupted. A cyclone is a
whisper to him bat there are angels
worse than Yates. Prosser & Conner
don't say much, but my! it takes big
| hand to make either lay down. Hatfield
owns the tabernacle on the hill. He has
q lofty position, and is well calculated to
hold it. But do you wish to enjoy pleas
ant nook across the street? Then cross
the bridge with me and see Gblin; if he
is not in Jim Macauly is, and il we can
not be entertained by od-time yarns
there and treated like princes, why let us
leave the camp and move to San Fran
cisco, We could stop Off long enough to
tell Macauly's friends at Eureka, New,
that he is the same old jim.
TIE HOTELS COMPARE FAvoRAnLY
With those Of other camps, and are far
superior TO some in many OF our "cities "
They are the Eureka, Keystone and I'm
ion restaurant. The Eureka, owned by
IL. X, Tompkins, is at present under the
management OF - Savage, who is a
iirst-class caterer. Mrs. Holland runs
the Keystone, and as landlady Is second
TO none. The Union restaurant il under
the management OF Mrs. Naylor, so you
see we want for nothing in the hotel line
here.
The Palace barber shop is in the hands
OF Jim Mcfarland, and it is claimed by
his many p"trons that he is chief while
Prof. lie Beau, though not laying claim
to the tonsorlal championship, has many
admirers.
NOTES.
Nesbtt, 4 well-known Silver Reef min
ing expert, il here exporting for one OF
the parties to tho famous Eureka-Becl
suit,
Darlington runs daily coach connect
ing with trains arriving and leaving Iron
ton,
Those who prefer longer stage rid,
and Goshen buttermilk, can take Tuttle'!
coach for Santaquin
Simon Bambcrger was here Yesterday
and from the manner in which he climbed
the trail to his Blue Rocl, mine, a noun
tain sheep has no business in those hills
j. b, Stephens, formerly OF Salt Lake
has built up Il nice boot and shoe trade
here. MoNOToNy.
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