Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-04-08
EUREKA AND WHITE PINE.


great stock section, and the town o
Eureka, once the center Of activity foi
the famous Base Range, is still good
town. 1t has been one OF the grea,
mining camps of Nevada, but the ore
was of rebellious nature. There is
yet much ore unworked and undevel-
oped that can be worked to advantage
by modern mining methods and scien-
tific appliances. There is also a fa-
nous silver mine at Cortez which is
known as the Weban mine. Mineral
Hill, Cortez and Eureka are to-day
holding their own. The Eureka and
Palisade road taps this county and
affords access to the Central Pacific.
The recent rise in lead has caused the
smelters to bid for Eureka ores.
Beowawe, on the Humboldt, offers
the best agricultural advantages, and
it is here that the Grayson properties
are located. Pine Valley, which is
another stock center, is near the
railroad near Palisade. Eureka may
never equal the prosperity OF the long
ago, but mining men are reaching
back to where fortunes have been
taken, in the hope of finding more,
and if silver and lead ever come up
again, Eureka will be one of the live
lest towns in the State. Her noun
tains contain fine opportunities for
prospectors. 1t has been prospected
only in part. There will be no retro
grade in Eureka and in common with
Nevada she is enjoying a revival of
confidence, and mining men are look
ing into the county again with re-
newed hope. Eureka is necessarily a
mining county and owing to scarcity
Of water can never become great in an
agricultural line unless storage reser-
voirs are built. She has magnificent
valleys with a princely domain of
arabic land.
The history OF Eureka is one OF the
interesting histories of Nevada, and in
future she will be given a full allot-
ment of space and her mineral posi-
oilities given to the mining world with
the hope that capital may come in and
rescue her from inactivity.
The decline OF silver sounded the
death knell TO mining, but some gold
properties are being found, and Eu-
reka may become as famous a gold
producer as it was a silver and lead
camp.
WHITE PINE COUNTY.
White Pine county borders upon
Utah. Utah, the rich. thrifty. popu-
lous State. The dividing line does not
mark any characteristic difference in
topography, climate or soil. Yet that
part of Utah which borders upon
White Pine county is a country OF con-
siderable development and sound
prosperity. White Pine county is not.
The answer to the question why this
is, is that there is difference in the
people, in the methods employed in
taking advantage OF the industrial
opportunities, and a decided advan-
tage given Utah in the matter OF rail-
road transportation. White Pine is
richer in mineral wealth, richer in her
agricultural possibilities and far more
limitless in her grazing lands. Her
people are as thrifty, as earnest, as
able, as intelligent as those OF Utah,
and should reap the same benefits
that 20 to the people over the line.
White Pine county contains S,SS5
square miles or $3.50, 400 acres of land
divided as follows: Under cultivation,
10000 acres; grazing land, 100000
acres; mineral land, 100000 acres.
Is there any country of equal area
with more evenly divided variety
Of land? Some OF the highest noun
tains in the State rise in White Pine
county, and some OF the best mining
properties in the State are to be found
in the county. Mining men are seek
ing the field as one offering splendid
opportunities for investment, and the
Star and Grey Eagle mines are pro-
ducers of immensely rich ore going
$4,000 to the car load. The concen-
trates from these mines are sent to
Golconda to be smelted.
AT Cherry Greek and Osceola large
properties are being developed, and
new discoveries are being made in
many sections in the southern end Of
the county. The Exchequer, the
chairman and Tom Glen's mine, if
properly developed, promise to be
very rich.
From an agricultural standpoint
1raot 81 ha.,.. l.