The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-07-03

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An old Nevada miner who chanced the table, replied
81 know district in Nevada which paid start
had TO- would buy its STOCK and the only way the
e could live get of the ground That
Eureka.
The finding great on Treasure H in
White Pine County, Nevada in 1867 6S attention
Nevada Phoebe quickly discovered and Eureka
M had been previously discovered abandoned
appropaed and by the autumn of 1869 good many pros
tors had gone there and exploring all that region Four
men had up the Eureka mine and had mined and piled
! dump perhaps fifteen hundred tons of ore.
others had located the adjacent claim north the Rich
non and sinking it. The Jackson to the South had
likewise been located and little work done
"a hundred other locations had been made the and
many miners at work. but clear that about all they
hoped make good showing they could in the hope
to later sell for the all heavy in lead with good
deal silver and small percentage of gold all impossible MILL
that time successful smelling had been accomplished
in the State
"Then of the would bear transportation to the rail
thence known point of reduction for to get
from the railroad had north 140 miles from Eko
Hamton-three miles below Treasure Hand thence north
miles, Eureka In December 1869 Eureka consisted of
log house. rough board house and corral
Isaac Bateman who built the first and second International
hotels Virginia City, with Colonel David Buel and with Joe
silent partners had bonded the Eureka mine and little
later Bateman went to London to try to sell it.
They also built two furnaces of about 30 tons capacity each
d old Baltimore copper sneer who knew nothing of cen
& smelling the analysis of the needed fuxes and
gave him charge of the smelters.
"The Jackson smelter running with similar ability
charge and because the goodness of God and the fact that the
great selhuxng, base bullion
ned little later road opened to Carn, and in the
following Spring still another road opened to Pasade and the
old Central Pacific railroad
h the of the winter crowd of people had ocked ill.,
until the camp 1900 1900 people, The only source
Farren had money but Bue and
Bateman had speak Of That firm made arrangement
with Austin bank get advances their bullion The Jack
company made similar arrangement with Hamilton bank
"But tough hard winter 1t the only ever
where people held together by the cohesive attraction
universal poverty With the great many tough characters
had oked there and things always lively and sometimes ex
citing There jail and if convicted of any
nse he had to be by stage 80 miles, to Austin the county
seat
he late Major H. Dennis deputy sheriff. and he
made get the county to build him Jail But the
commissioners cautious they informed him that would
prudent wait and if there really going to be
permanent camp before building Jail
n this crisis of the county commissioners came into the
camp with fourhorse team load Of barley sacks
The brought his food and blankets with him.
lied his the four wheels the and fed them and
when night sleep his blankets his load
barley.
Dennis knew all the thugs town. He selected two whom
considered experts explained them that in the interests
usce separate four sacks of that barley from
wagon and deposit them designated place. for which he
promised reasonable reward and exemption from prosecution
Barley worth there the time four and half pound
accomplished Next morning the commissioner
rushed Dennis and acquainted him with his loss Dennis
him would be idle find and arrest the culp
him he had got off cheap and expressed surprise
that they did not likewise take his best span OF horses
The commissioner hastily disposed of his load and the next
night made his camp out the road to Austin twenty-five miles
from Eureka and is sad slept that night with eye open
Reaching home he special meeting Of the board of county
before the meeting Jail for Eureka
message Major Dennis to begin work on
the Jail at
The Major always insisted that when he had secured the JAIL
he restitution the for the lost barley and
maybe he did, he dead the commissioner are
nearly all of that old company and de mortus nil ns bonum
"Coone Dave Bue great help to Eureka In that first
winter inches tall musced like tiger was
afraid of nothing and the whole town knew his history and when
they him. of them did not feel like making trouble
couple of anecdotes are told of him in Nevada One Illus
rates his the other his gall He in the 5o Sheriff