Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1891-10-31

The Number OF Mem Employed I'm
Eureka and Contrfbutsry Dis.
triets.

Eureka and Co~ntributary Dis.
triets.
Eureka is dull but not dead. We do
not look for a revival until favorable
silver legislation is passed by Con-
gress. IL will require silver at par to
stimulate production. Capital will
take hold when the silver question is
settled U way. There is no better
mining field on the continent than is
presented along the mineral zone from
Adams Hill to Secret Canyon for the
profitable investment Of capital. 1t
is the most extensive as we'll as the
most promising mineral belt in the
west to-day. A great many hundreds
Of claims are located along this belt,
many Of which carry good prospects at
the surface. There are more than fifty
mines being worked at the present
time in the various subdivisions OF
Eureka District and Newark and Sill
verado and Secret Canyon and the
Diamond range and Spring Valley.
Outside of the principal mines the
forces are small, generally ranging
from one or two men to a half dozen,
A great deal Of the work is being done
either by prospectors or tributers. A
close estimate, amounting almost to
an actual count, places the number Of
men employed in Eureka and neigh
boring districts at $50, about one-half OF
whom are working for days pay. The
rest are for themselves either az pros
pectors or tributers. Practically every
mine being operated has some sort OF
showing Of ore. 1t may be only such
a quantity as a man a hoist with a
windlass or run out Of a cut or tunuel
with a wheelbarrow in many Of the
mines, but il demonstrates that We
have mineral in more spots and cover
ing a greater area Of territory than any
other mining district in the whole
western world. We give below an in
complete list Of the mines under work
with the number Of men employed:
Diamond 20 Hamburg Is ;Dunderburg
Z; Eureka Con. 80; Richmond 20;
Williamsburg 16; Phenix 8; Jackson
10; Eureka Tunnel l; Pioneer 2; Ell
uOIduO - OOHlcllf L NlOTtllu6E -
Shindle 2; Wallace 2; Silver West A;
Bullwhacker 5; Mountain Boy 3;
Geddes 8; Seventy-six 2; Dia-
mond Range 5; Newark 10; Ruby
Hill Tunnel 3; Silver Conner 3;
Silverado 9; Page & Corwin 2; Mata-
moras 4; Voik & Piantoni 2; Lizzie L
2; Dead Broke 9; Needle 2; Dugout |;
Huguenot 3; Antelope 2; Joe Dejou 5
Eureka Star |; Orange 2; Lord Byron
Z; Reeves & Berry 2; Silver Lick 4;
Diana 2; Hagerman | BETH l; Ore
gonian 2; Margaret 9 /; Adelphia 2 L.
II. Rose 2 and Mount Hope 2. This
is only a partial list but it will be
found substantially correct as far as it
goes. There are no doubt several
claims that have escaped our notice.
But enough have been furnished to
show the scope OF operations going on
in this district. The showing is not
what We once had nor what we hope
to have again, but it is better than that
offered by an utterly stagnant and
hopeless camp. Eureka is passing
through a severe depression, but il has
better prospects Of future growth and
prosperity than any othertow in the
State. Our possibilities are without
limit when the conditions begin to set
in our favor. For the present, how
ever, and possibly for a year to come,
the town is too large to be well sus-
tanned by the number Of producers we
have in the field.