The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-04-18
FROM DUCnWGTER TO T0N0pM

offered rs the chance to go with him
in his auto to Tonopah. Never hav-
ing seen this city. we accepted with
thanks, the more 50 as it would give
rs an opportunity to see something
more of the mining camps on the
way.
Going over a rough road in a Hup-
mobile at the rate Of g miles an
hour, and only hitting the high places
occasionally, one cannot, Of course,
enjoy the scenery very much. Still
the trip was a pleasant one.
Our first stop was at Irwin Can
on, where a new mill has just been
finished in a neat. workmanship
manner by the boys. The mill
was run for a while for our benefit,
and although the rock put through
was only ordinary waste from the
dump. the amalgam pan soon showed
gold. Three hundred dollars was
cleaned up in one day a few days
later. Mrs. Ruth Irwin served Us a
a fine dinner and we also visited the
tent Of Allen Henry, who was sick
in bed, but the careful nursing of his
intelligent wife will soon make him
all right again. Both Mrs. Irwin
and Mrs. Henry are school teachers.
and both have taught my former
schools, so our meeting was interest
ing from a teachers standpoint II
was a pleasant reunion midst the
beautiful, wild mountain scenery.
The Irwin mill also will accom-
modate the pres of the other miners
in the canyon, and Ihaye no doubt
but Irwin Canyon will be heard from
as a good gold producer during the
coming Summer. The Irwin boys
will make big money, although the
work is necessarily on a small scale.
Now don't get scared at a new
name, for we next come to Nyala.
A strange name given to a newly dis
covered species of antelope in South
Africa. and a fitting name for the
post office of the newly discovered
mining camp of Willow Creek. Her.
man Reischke conducts the store and
post Office and accommodates travel
ers, and Mrs. Reischke puts up a
fine table, so good that M forgets
he is in the American desert a hum
dred miles from nowhere, and the
fine volumes of good books and var
iety papers and magazines show that
one is among refined and intelligent
people. Here our picture was taken,
including three automobiles, q auto
truck and one motorcycle, which
shows that there is something doing
here even so early in the season.
We did not visit the mines at VIII
low Creek, but work is going IN ac-
lively and the prospects r very en-
couraging. A big strike of rich ore
was made the day before we arrived
there, but the man who found it at
once rushed away, so no particulars
could be learned. We think Willow
Greek will be heard from this Sum-
mer as a good producer.
We next visited Clifford. Here
also a new mill has been installed,
similar to the one in Irwin Canyon,
and has been successfully run. At
present it is not running, and this
gave Mr.. Clifford a good chance to
show us around, which he was kind
enough to do. To show US the
gold in the concentrates, he panned
out a small painful and the bottom of
the pan was all covered with gold.
We took took two pieces or ore out
of some sacks and they were all
sprinkled through with gold. You
need no glass to see it. There
were about 60 sacks of this ore ready
for the mill. The mines of Clifford
are certainly big mines and a large
fortune will no doubt be made out
of them.
From there we went on to Tono-
pah, nearing the town after dark.
1t was like a beautiful panorama.
All the electric lights of the Belmont
mine and of the town made the night
almost day.
The next forenoon we spent in
looking over the town and visiting
the Court House. We met some of
our Eureka friends. but the time was
too short to see all. We met Will
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