The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-01-25
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SATURDAY, JANUARY rs, 1919
LOcAL BREVITIES.

on the Hill during the week,
end but two ip Eureka. All those
attacked are said to be on the road
to recovery.
A. E. Kimball was an arrival from
|Elko by Wednesdays train. He was
met here by Isadore Sara and they
have since been going yer the af-
fairs of the Eureka Live Stock Com
bny. They went out to the Roberts
Greek ranch Thursday.
Two Eureka County young ladies
have secured positions in the Nevada
Legislature at Carson, Miss Velma
Reynolds of Eureka as Enrolling
Clerk in the Assembly, and Miss Kitty
Flynn of Mineral Hill as Committee
Clerk in the Senate. Miss Reynolds
left by Thursdays train for Carson.
A telegram has been received in
Eureka announcing the death of the
Infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. William
robinson, Jr., at Hylton, Elko Coun-
", and stating that the remains
we're being brought to Eureka for
nterment. The family is coming
from Hylton by team and is expected
TO reach Eureka to-day.
Mrs. John Evans of Eureka re-
feived a telegram this week from
her son Peter Evans, announcing his
arrival at Fort Douglas. near Salt
lake City. Fort Douglas is now an
krmy convalescing hospital and it is
thought he has probably been sent
there from New York for further
treatment of his injuries before be-
ng discharged from service.
John Siri of Diamond Valley was
N Eureka several days the first of
the week attending to business mat
fers. He says this is about the long,
est and coolest Winter he ever ex-
berienced in the valley and that it is
taking a lot of hay to keep cattle in
even fair condition. Several weeks
lgo his thermometer showed from
D to IL below zero every night dur
ing the week.
n F. H. Dakin, a mining engineer,
arrived from San Francisco by Wed
pesday's train. and is now engaged
n sampling and inspecting the Phe-
pix mine on Ruby Hill. This property
3 understood to be owned by the
Forbes estate of San Francisco and a
survey of the low grade ores that it
Is said will average about $14 is be-
ng made with a view to their re-
R~uction here by a milling process.
The main shaft in the mine below
Fhe 200 foot level is not in good order
Ind it is thought some difficulty will
pc experienced in exploring the
ground below that level.
F. W. Ahlers was in Eureka We'd
nesday from Diamond Valley and re-
ported that the we'll he was drilling
for Handley Bros at the Rye Patch
was down ninety-two feet, but prog
fess had been slow owing to
trouble encountered in getting
the casing down through the
wash that he had been drilling in
6ince starting the we'll. Nc water
was struck until a depth of 80 feet
bad been reached, and this was only
b small flow. The ground now in
~aicates that a clay formation is being
approached and Mr.. Alters believes
hat the present we'll will develop
an artesian flow.
W. A. Barnes, manager Of the Eu-
feka-Holly Mining Company, has been
here from San Francisco this week.
When asked about operations at the
company's property he said that no
new work is contemplated at present
and that, while the mine will not be
Fhut down, the scale of operations
will be curtailed for some time. The
price of lead was further reduced
last Monday when a new quotation