The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-06-28

Nv OOaA tCBy VI EIhuh 1
Following letter from his father, G. Colli
will be-read with interest BY many. espe,
AmherstIure. Ont, March o, 1883.
My Dear son-You ask me for some
faots In regard to the early history If
Eureka District. | left White Pine
with Volney Rector in August, 1869. on
q prospecting expedition and we camped
near the spot where the Parker House
and the ground on which Sweeney's
stable now stands. The block was part.
iy enclosed then with q picket stockade.
inside OF which was q haystack and q
meat stall. which vas supplied with
beef from the Hay Ranch. Judge
Adams was the agent for the sale of the
meat and hay. He lived in 9 small can.
vas tent In one corner Of the corral, in
which he held his office as Mining Re.
corder. doing his cooking In an open
fire. Here made my headquarters un-
til / had examined the Secret Canyon,
Spring Valley and Eureka District
mines.
The Only House
The only house then In Eureka was a
stone hut with q canvas roof about
where p. N. Hausen's store now stands.
This was occupied by William Mccoy.
Nose Hill. Dalton. Tim Haley. Tom
Short and others. owners Of the Buckeye
Champion aud Richmond locations.
The old Mccoy furnace was idle and
Major InRolsby. with two men. was
hewing down with axes the sides for q
store on the bill. which was afterwards
sold for the Eureka County Hospital
Majors Mccoy aud Ingolsby lived in the
log house at the spring above W
The Kentuck and Mountain Boy
l bought from Frank Duket and Ed
Oerless an interest in the Kentuck aud
Mountain Boy mines. and as they had
nc money / paid Judge Adams a $40
gold piece, which he said was tbs irst
money he had received for recording in
the district, the common custom being
then for the Mining Recorder to go up
on the ground with a book in hand and
make the record on the spot, and for his
services he took up an additional claim.
In this way Adams became a part owner
IN nearly every claim recorded up to that
time.
Smelling Failures
Sol Nathan had a few hundred dollars
worth Of goods in a tent store where
Dunkel's building now is. found upon
examination that there had been some
considerable work done by the old
Tannehill Company, organized in 1858,
10 New York Canyon aud that a furnace
had peer built near the mouth OF this
canyon by Professor Alexander h. Ever.
EFT who, after experimenting. failed to-
succeed in smelling the ore, and the
company abandoned its mines. Profes
sor Stedefelit had been employed by the
Eureka Smelling Company Of San Fran
cisco to build q furnace. This wa
owned by Ira Rankin and others OF tho
Pacific Foundry. San Francisco. Prof
Stedefeldt failed to make a success II
smelling. and the furnace was sold Z
Major Mccoy.
Success At Last
After assaying the ores l determine,
to locate at Eureka. aud bought fror
Monroe 400 feet front of his tract &,
land and started for Hamilton. Tn
was in September. 1869. At Treffren,
station, then kept by Mr.. Ham. on To
Austin road, | met Dave Buel and IT
Bateman. who arrived upon he sar
stage whicn TOOK 'or TT
return TO EureSa "oeA Oh
fouud that they had bonded the But u
ave and Champion mines for SIX mon Do
and rented Major McCoy's furnace, I th,
bargained that the owners OF the mi N
should work in them aud receive a
tain amount OF money for each tor
ore delivered. ii to be paid for as fas
IL was smelted. Immediately
meuced the construction Of a draft RI
ace. sent Harvey Tregaskis to On ~
for lumber. for which l paid s2Op, 1
thousand on delivery. emr0' -
William Mccoy. Haley. Nose Hii"u M
other owners of the Buckeye snd 7"
MON to grade the ground for a fa'e
p'o" - ont s,ore. hat pa,