The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-02-03

shaft. The company has recently built
a 100 ton cyanide mill. for which power
is furnished by two 80-horsepower
steam boilers. The property is under
the management of George L Reading.
and 10 men are employed.
The Cyanide, under the supervision
of Frank Kopp, is working six men.
The property is operated through a
two-compartment shaft 800 feet deep,
and the rock is hoisted by a 2-horse.
power gasoline engine.
The Richmond-Eureka are the most
extensively developed mines in the dis
trict. and although now idle will no
doubt resume operations just as soon
as the railroad is again ready to re-
ceive ore for shipment. This property
is operated through three shafts, one
$50 and the others 1900 feet deep.
On one Of these shafts is one of the
largest hosting engines in the State,
800. horsepower. Power is furnished by
four $50. horsepower boilers The ore
is mined by what is known as the slic-
ing system.
W. j. Harris and J. Fl. Fine are ex
tensively prospecting a group of claims
and have a splendid showing.
The Buckhorn, in the district of the
same name, has recently started mp
again and is working a small force of
men on development. When milling
and railroad facilities are adjusted this
property bids fair to become one Of the
steady producers.
The West mine. about three miles
from Palisade. in the Stafford district.
is one of the steady producers of the
State, and employs about so men. The
character of the ore is iron and is in
great demand at the smelters. The
work is in charge of H q Snyder.
The Square Deal
1t has long been the cry of all classes
that strife. discord, dissatisfaction and
the general feeling of unrest would in
q large degree be done away with If
those selected to outlaw making bodies
would more closely look into the wants
and needs of all classes and legislate ac-
cordingly. 1t is generally claimed, and
in many. instances justly 30, that the
laboring men are ignored.
But such a claim cannot justly be
brought against the legislative body of
1911. Its members were imbued with
that spirit of fairness which has ever
predominated in the Nevadan, and for
which he is famous the world over.
They rightfully saw that one Of the
necessary requisites to bring capital in
to our State was to show to the world
that we not only had the resources on
which to invite investment, bnt that the
most friendly relations exist between
capital and labor. The Inspector of
Mines bill and the Employees Compensa.
tion Act and the bill providing oxygen
helmets for mines, all of which are for
in advance Of any like measures to be
found In this country, in so far as the
protection of life and property are con-
cerned. were passed unanimously and
were accepted with hearty approval by
all concerned, and by these acts both
employer and employe have met upon
a common ground, and the last Legisla.
ture should receive the hearty con.
mendation Of all for bringing about a
condition where all have joined hands
to labor as one for the upbuilding of
our State.
Nepada's Furtuys
The u of this great State are as
yet in their infancy. When we stop to
think of the hundreds Of miles of noun
tain ranges within It's borders. showing
their mineralized groupings and holding
ont To the nrosnector indisnutahla