Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-09
MINING, BUSINESS AND STOCKS.

||OLD CAMP OF EUREKA
BECOMES MORE ACTIVE
Conditions in Old Nevada District
Show Improvement and Realty
Is Selling.
While the boom that has been pros
phesied for Eureka. Nevada, this sum-
mer has not come as rapidly as some.
OF the more enthusiastic residents may
have hoped, the conditions in this.
section OF the state have improved a
great deal during the past few weeks,
and there Is now every reason to be-
slieve that the improvement is but the
beginning of really prosperous times.
says the Eureka Sentinel. The in-5
proVement is To be seen in many diff
5ferent ways, which when taken to-
sgetl,erTmust convince the most pessi-9
sn'istic inhabitant of the district that
there is far more than the usual.
amount Of activity in Eureka mining
circles. One of the most notable evil.
dences is the number of strangers
who are coming into town. An old
resident who Is we'll acquainted here
Was watching the people pass on the
streets the other evening, and re-
marked that at least three out OF five,
who passed We're strangers TO him
This is literally true, and nearly all
of these are strong, lntelligent-look-
%<,itf
zenship in any mining camp. They
are going quietly about their bust
ness, with little to say and no disturb
ance of any kind. Many have found
employment in the mines, and others
are waiting for5an increase of the forces
at the mines.
IS There are more mining men COM
ing into the district than have been
seen here for years, and all seem to
be alive to the fact that there arc
many remarka bly, fine properties here
Others who are we'll known invest
ors in mining property is expected dai-
W, and the experts who will make the
examinations of some Of the developed
mines will be here this week. There
are an unusualGnumber OF automobiles
coming in from Ely, Tonopah and Cold
field, and each brings men who expect
to invest in Eureka district II favorable
opportunity is offered.
Real property in Eureka has not
been moving for several years, but
have been made at prices that are
large in comparison to those which
have been asked for the same prop
erty heretofore. Vacant houses are be-
ing inquired for by those who expect
to bring their families, and 1t is now
expected that many new families will
be moving in during the summer
There has been little building going
on in town during the past 10 or is
years, but 1t is now reported that
some new houses will be built as
soon as arrangements can be made for
their construction.
The output of ore that is&8 being
shipped has not increased to${a great
extent as yet, This feature of growth
facilities, but it Is thought
that the new railroad to be constructed
i'll the near future from Ely TO Gold
field will give the district ample means
of transportation at minimum rates.
The Eureka low grade ores carry lit
tie lead. and it is now fully demon
strated by the success of the Windfall
ut small cost by the Eureka Windfall
mine. This method of treating the ores
Will undoubtedly reVolntionize mining
in Eureka district, as soon as the nee
essaryl plants can be gotten ready for
operation. The lead ores offer an ex-
cellent opportunity for a concentrating
plant, and these ores can be had in Inn
meEse quantities.
Z The Holly mine is shut down tempo
rarily, but will resume operations as
soon as the water supply can be
brought in through a pipeline from
the One-Eyed Nick Ranch and a con-
centrating plant constructed. The ore
out is sufficient to warrant the
making OF these extensive surface Inn
and it is probable that no
further work underground Will be done
until the plant i Is ready for operation
The Holly is the only new mine on
Adams Fill that has been developed
value OF the ore now in sight there is
good deal Of attention to
this once highly productive section of
Eureka district. Other mines on
Adams Hill are working steadily with
their regular forces.
The outlying districts are receiving
their full share of the interest that Is
being manifested here California par
lies are now making an examination Of
in Spring Valley, and a con-
tract fo1 a tunnel 400 feet in length |
was recently let for the purpose of de-
one of the SiIverado mines.
Secret Canyon is also the scene of con-
development work, which has
been going on during the last eight
However. it is probable that
the Prospect Mountain region Is re-
ceivins the most attention at the pres