Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-07-29
MANY YEARS AGO.
Old Time Items of Interest to RaSe
Range Pioneers.
Culled from the Sentinel" Files o
ye Days of Long Ago.

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history OF Eureka
The frst number OF the SENTINEL was
published in Eureka. then Lander county
on Saturday, July 16. 1870. by A. Skill
man and l.. G. McKenny, in which occurs
the following article headed. Eureka
Smelling Operations"
Eureka IL eminently . smelling camp.
Eight months ago. where the tow and
furnaces now stand was q wild waste.
In November, Colonel d. E. Buel arrived
in the canyon and bonded the Buckeye
and Champion mines. then only just
located and barely opened. Az about
The same time. Colonel Robbins came 70
Eureka and purchased the Kentuck and
Mountain Boy mines. In December
both these parties COMMANDED TO smelt.
The former hired the Mccoy furnace, and
under the hands Of Messrs. Jones & VIII
liams ss foremen, worked ore from the
Buckeye. The latter built q draft fur
mace, and, under the direction Of Mr..
W. T. E. P~riichard, smelted ores from
the Mountain Boy. Both works proved
the prscticability Of smelling the Eureka
ores successfully. and, what Is most m
p~ortant, they demonstrated that smslt-
ing under skillful direction was more
profitable in this district than In any
other vet tested in the State Of Nevada.
In fact, their operations, though then
necessarily conducted on . somewhat
narrow scale, showed the fact that the
limit to the money to be made in the
business was marked only BY the extent
OF the operations and the size Of the
works.
Encouraged by these results, In January
Messrs. Bateman Il Buel commenced the
erection Of extensive works. while Colonel
Robbins, representing the Butsercup
Mining Company Of New York, made
arrangements for starting up larger opera
tions. The energy Of the Bsteman Asso-
> citation, as the company was now called,
brought their works 70 completion rapidly,
( and on the 25th Of April last they fred up
, their fret new furnace, and in q few weeks
, after the second one began to run out
bullion. In the meantime, the Msrceline
Mining Company commenced to build
their furnace and work their mine under
| the direction Of Messrs. Wilson & Prit-
! chard. Messrs. Wallace & Bevan, who
had prospected the district in the Fall.
Q returned from Philadelphia with two iron
cupelo furnaces and the necessary mschin.
cry. Between the LIST and 18th Of May,
these furnaces we're all in full blast, and
the results up to the 30th Of June, are as
follows:
Eureka Consolidated Mining Company
Ill Hate Bateman, Buel & Co.)-bul-
per ton; total. .slsO.152
Marcelins Mining Company-buliion,
200 tons; average value, $3.50 per
Mccoy F-urnsce-bullfon, 10 tons;
average value, $3.50 per ton; total. 1880
Buttercup Mining oompaDy-bullion.
100 tons; average value. 1875 per -
tOA OtNN
, Wallace & S~evan-bullion. rs tons:
average value, $3.50: total .......... 26,25O
Total. .$3l3,40z
Not to extend our presen. notice to too
great Q length. we select the operations OF
, the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company
for the ffty-six days Immediately preced.
D ing the transfer Of the works from the
Bateman Association to the Consolidation,
to show the comparative costs and profits
E of smelling in Eureka. We are indebted
10 the urbsnity Of Colonel Ingoldsby for
these figures, who gave them to us from
the books of the company. and therefore
are thoroughly authentic and reliable.
In Hfty-six working days the company
smelted 766 tons, 1858 pounds Of Champion
ore. which gave 2as tons Of bullion. realiz.
ing in New York sa4S per ION. The net
results stand thus on the books:
? 23s tons bullion at s34s per ton........ $50. s2l
3 Total costs, including miuing. hauling.
smelling. Goals. freight to New York,
Z refining, commissions, etc.---..... s7,lS6
Leaving net profit, In So days. .s45, sSs
Inc hIuOuut VI tuo CObi ooubumod AZ
smelling this ore was as. 1882 bushels, and
the cost Of mining and hauling from the
dump to the platform Of the furnaces, was
81 25. while three and one-half tons Of
ore gave one ton OF bullion.
From these figures, our readers can
draw their own conclusions as to the
merits Of the Eureka mining district. The
result Of the operations Of the other fur
naces may be safely inferred, and certainly
require no comments from rs.
Wood 10 abundant and easy Of access.
The current rates for cord wood are Sc 10
ST so. and for charcoal so cents per
bushel, delivered. Water runs in . fine
stream through the canyon and is ample
to supply . large number Of works. What
with the quantity Of ore now in sight In
the various mines. and the ores On the
dumps, together with the abundance Of
wood and water. both readily accessible,