The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-12-06

the scene of the discovery, they start
ed work on a small seam of ore from
which they extracted two tons. Then
it pinched. They made W trips out
with the ore. hauling n ton to Aus
tin and one ton to Eureka for ship
mcLt. They then returned to the
prospect, this time with a w~indlass,
determined to sink in the hope OF
finding more ore. In grading out
for the windlass they uncovered the
real Mizpah vein. five feet in width.
| Winter had come on and the wealth
err was bitterly cold. They had no
hay or grain, the horses were hob
bled" and turned loose to rustic from
the spare bunch grass. They often
wandered far afield and eddie, being
the youngest of the trio, undertook
the job of rounding them up. While
not engaged in chasing the horses.
hauling water, cooking, etc., he
worked in the shaft. Finally came
a check from the smelter for the two
tons Of ore, 5000 per ton, which re-
newed their courage and gave them
something with which to sustain life.
NEWS SPREAD RAPIDLY
News of the rich strike spread
quickly and early In 1901 men from
the outside reached the new Ell Dor
ado. Leases were let, new discover
les were made, rich ore was sent to
the -smelters and the boom was on.
Probably never in the history of min
ing was a big venture, such as this
quickly became, handled in such SIM
pie fashion. Butler let the leases,
pacing on the distance and setting up
rude stakes or monuments of rock to
mark the boundaries. There was, in
the words of the Indian, mo paper
talk"-no formal documents-mere-
ly a verbal lease and a notation made
by Butler in a little red note book
that block No. so and so had been
leased to so and so. eddie was the
Office man and to him Butler made
report. The job grew into big pro-
portions and the work became on
erous. Freighting teams focked to
the camp and at one time 800 head of
I horses and mules were engaged in
hauling ore to Sodaville, a distance
of sixty-fve miles, the neares rail-
road point. Sodaville was an old
mining center and supply point on
the narrow-gauge Carson & Colorado
Springs railroad, and was poorly
equipped to handle ore. At one
time there were $50 leases in oper-
alton, shipping all the way from a
few tons to carloads of ore; and
these leases had umerou partners,
whose interests in some instances
we're based upon the time at which
they became partners. eddie billed
all shipments, looked after the smell
ter returns, received the money and
divided it, paying the teamsters, sub
tracing the royalties and then divid-
ing the money among the lessees in
proportion to each mans interest.
He had no modern Office equipment,
no adding machine, nor v a type
writer, and M clerical help. He did
the work alone and without remun-
GRAFTON. And so well was the bust
ness administered that in the full
Iyear Of leasing operations there was
never q dispute over boundaries, or
shipments or returns. In contrast
With the usual custom of handicap
Iping a lessee when he developed a
lgood shoot of ore, eddie encouraged
the boys and advanced them money
50 that they could employ miners and
get out as much ore as possible.
RAILROAD BUILT
'sCal Brougher came down from
Montana at the behest of his brother,
IWilse, and the two took a lease, which
ffmade them good money. Other big
producers we're the Lynch-O'Meara
Ilease, the Cutting and the Douglas
McQuellin. Near the end of 1901
the mine was sold to Philadelphians
who organized the Tonopah Mining
Company and built the Tonopah &
Goldfeld railroad. New discoveries
Iwtre made and the camp grew into
large proportions.
shortly after his arrival, Cal
Brougher opened a place of refresh
ment at q corner where the trail from
the leases joined with a struggling
line Of tents and rough buildings,
manned MAIN street." The four
story Mizpah hotel o occupies this
tcorner and Brougher owns stock in
tho hotel company. With Oddie he
took over the Belmont. a prospect
that was ~unfavorably considered.
which they succeeded in financing.
kOrt Of their efforts grew the great
Belmont mine. m
The spirit that Influenced and in
spired the pioneers of Tonopah is
still alive in Nevada. Men still wan
der far into the out-of-the-way places.
sleep put Of doors, eat beans and null