Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-05
IlIKO.
Hts Mineral Resources as Viewed
by am Occasional Correspondent
The bad Men OF Pahranagat-
Sncfafv Nnfes. ETC.

The had Men OF PahranagRt-
Society Notes. Etc.
HIKo. Sept. 2, 1885.
EDITOR SENTINEL: During a late visi'
through this section Of Lincoln county, ]
was more than favorably impressed witt
it's mineral resources. and this, too, In the
face of O failure that has just been made
there by Messrs. Warren, Howell and
Lyttle. I may say. however, that I have
seen the bright and dark sides Of too many
mining camps to allow my judgment to be
| warped by q single failure, wherein the
prime movers are very frequently mex
perienced In the art Of mining, or where
they lack the wherewith to overcome the
many obstacles incidental to the develop
ment of q property situated q long distance
from q railroad. That the gentlemen above
mentioned lacked both experience and
money in this their first mining venture
is q fact pretty we'll understood here ut
present, although their plucky 6uperin-
dent, Eugene Howell, may still pull
through to the extent of being able to pay
his miners, as there ia lots of ore in the
mine that will average $40 per ton. The
company have also labored under the dis
advantage Of a scarcity Of water at their
mill. il it can be called suoh. II is an
old-fashioned arrangement and would
make q better bonfire than o chlor.
idizer Of the precious metals. Coupled
to ell this may be added that the
district is some 200 miles from the nearest
railroad point. Tenn Pahute District is
not q great distance from Hike, and is ex-
ceedingly rich in the precious metals,
there being an abundance of ore lying
around on the surface that will assay from
$50 to $75 per ton. In fact, when ! take
into consideration the millions OF tons
of low grade ore that can be extracted
with little or no lsbor-say in an area OF
30 by 20 miles, / cannot help but think
that q prosperous day is in store for Lin
coin county, the dawning of which will be
ushered i, just as Soon as the iron horse
crosses her boundary line.
The bad men of P~ahranagat are gaining
considerable notoriety as killers" and l
presume should one Of them enter your
peaceful burg and declare himself q Fire
Eater from Pshranagat. that the aver
age Base Ranger would not care to tackle
him. There 10 not much probability OF
such an occurrence taking place, however,
for the Pahranagat fighter was never yet
known 10 face his man, but. Apache like,
slips up in his rear and shotgun him.
They have q peculiar manner of slaughter.
ing each other over there that have so
bafied justice, while the balance OF the
people of the country-good and law
hellish work. For instance, when
q man becomes unpopular In the val
ley he is killed or rather bushwhacked,
after which every mothers son Of them
will stand In and swear that he was the
aggressor and that IL was q case OF justih-
able homicide. Although 1t had Ga man
for breakfast" % they term 1t, another
one is picked out for q favorable opportu-
nifty. when the bushwhscking process will
again be inaugurated, and often the VIC
tim is killed and the farce Of q trial is
well over. costing the county several thou
sand dollars, the same old verdict OF mot
guilty will be rendered. An able edito-
rial in the Record OF . recent date, the edi-
tor, after commenting on the Albrighthomi-
eide, Justly saws "that although the jury
was composed Of good and intelligent men
there was nothing left for them to do,
after hearing the evidence, but TO bring in.
9 verdict Of not guilty." just so is the
evidence always strong, for the gang ia
generally on hand and prepared to swear
to anything that will clear their fellow
murderer.
A dance given here ON the night Of the
Fourth Of July beats anything that l have
ever seen, and I have taken in some Curl
GUS affairs while p~arambulating through
the frontiers Of Texas and Old Mexico.
The affair commenced on the evening OF
the Fourth and lasted until the morning
OF the 7th, an intermission of one twenty
four hours. The affair was to decide Q bet
between the boys and girls, the latter
claiming that they could dance the former
to sleep every time. Both parties failing
TO come to time on the evening OF the 7th
the contest was decided q draw.
That some OF the women Of the Valley
have psrtaken Of the warlike spirit of their
lords Of the soil. the reader can judge from
the following conversation. which lately
took place between two of them during a
quarrel over the respective merits Of their
young progeny: Sister Smith to Sister
Jones-"Come ON with your club, and PHI
bore a hole through you that your mother
can't mend" ROVER.