The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-09-20
CLEARING SKIES FOR EUREKA
Railroad Commission Is Action Re-
garding Local Ore Rates, and
Reported Early Resumption
vi Windfall and Farmers
Properties Are Given
Out In To-Day's
SENTINEL

On September 10 the Nevada Rail-
road Commission, through an opinion
written by j.. F. Shaughnessy. first
associate Commissioner, has proposed
a compromise on the rates for the
movement of low-grade ores between
Ruby Hill and Palisade, which is
calculated to assure to Eureka a re-
sumption of prosperity and to the
mining district in the immediate vi
cinity a career of activity not known
IN the preceding four years.
Few matters of so complicated a
nature have been presented before
the Railroad Commission in its his
tory and few have so vitalIy affected
so large a district. Other matters
have extended farther but have not
cut so deep into the existence of
communities. If the dispute be set
tied by the opinion it will mean a re-
sumption of prosperity in Eureka
County and a wide development of
mining resources.
The Commission sent a copy of its
opinion to the SENTINEL with a re-
quest that it make public to the
people of Eureka the action proposed
by the Commission in the premises.
The SENTINEL last Sunday after
noon issued an extra giving the find
ings Of the Commission on the two
main points considered, and on the
first and eighth pages of to-day's
issue publishes, excepting several
citations to court decisions, the COM
plete opinion of the Commission.
Nevada's Railroad Commission APP
pears to have handled this difficult
problem in a most mastery manner,
with fair and just treatment of both
the mining company and the railway
company's interests. The SENTINEL
believes that after due deliberation
of the Commissions findings both
companies will come to a satisfactory
settlement of their differences over
the rate question and will conclude
an agreement to resume operations
upon their former scale of activity.
This will bring about prosperous con-
ditions for both companies and make
a live camp of old Eureka.
More Cheering News
The SENTINEL is just in receipt of
a letter from a former Eurekan who
sends most cheering news regarding
the immediate resumption of work
here by both the Farmers Mining
Company and the new Alkali Mines
Company, successors of the old Wind
fall Mining Company. The following
extracts are quoted from the letter
of Eureka's well-wishing friend:
"Messrs. Hollis and Truax, repre-
senting respectively Scotch & Sny-
dacker, and the Palmer Estate, both
of Chicago, will be in Eureka within
the next few days to begin opera
tons on the Windfall property for
| Scotch & Snydacker, and will also
commence operations on the Silver
Connor property for the Palmer Is
tate.
''This little news | thought might
| interest the good people of the old
town, but you, however, may have
already been appraised of this infor-
nation.
81 trust that this is just a starter
of the good things to help bring the
old camp back,
This is information gained
through sources from the inside.
Scotch and Snydacker are both
millionaires. AS | still have the wei
fare of the old home town at heart
thought it would not be amiss TO
advise in advance in order to inject
a little spirit of hope into the lives
of your people,
Fine BIooded Cattle
uy,n. Il Mendes. the Duck