The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-06-19
OLD NEWS FROM
FILES OF SENTINEL
As Told In Our Issues Corresponding
To the Present Week I'm June and
From 10 to 4S Years Ago
1872

valued at $1,16S.26.
Fire almost completely destroyed
the business portion of Mineral Hill,
SO miles north of Eureka. Estimated
loss over 100000.
Eureka just now boasts of braver
men, prettier women. more girls and
boys, bigger mines, bigger furnaces,
more bullion. more charcoal, more
business houses, better business men.
better weather, cleaner streets, more
whisky, more hurdy houses. more
fast women, fewer Christians, (but
the few more devout than anywhere
else, lest they would go astray), bet
ter musicians than any other noun
tain town.
Yesterday evening ten coalwagons,
two lumber teams, three pack trains.
nineteen horsemen, two dog fights,
band playing in front of Iron Hall
for the Amateurs, two stages, a bell
ringing for the Skating Rink. horse
race, fifteen hundred people and any
amount of political buzzing, could
have been witnessed all at one view
on Main street. 1t was rather an an
| imated scene.
The Enterprise has the following
interest here as in Virginia City:
| Woodruff & Ennor are running three
| lines of stages. On the route from
Virginia to Steamboat. they are run
ming two sets of coaches, one leaving
at p. m. and the other at $3.50 D.
m. They make the down trip in two
hours and the return trip in three.
! Several horses are employed on this
route. At present they are doing all
of Wells. Fargo & Co.'s freight busi-
ness. Besides this line they have
| two others-one from Palisade to
Hamilton-a distance of one hundred
and twenty-five miles, and another
from Humboldt Wells through Spruce
Mountain to Schellburn, distance Of
ninety miles. On the Palisade and
Humboldt route they are using two
hundred and fifty horses. They own
fine hay ranch few miles from
Humboldt Wells. This enterprising
company has created its business
within the past six years. The road
! from Palisade to Hamilton was con-
structed almost entirely by this COM
pany. 1t had to dig it's own wells,
beside erecting barns, stations, etc.
Len Wines is running line of stages
from Salt Lake to Cottonwood Can
yon. Hill Beachey is in San Francis
co, and o. r. Johnson has a line of
stages running from Oakland to San
Leandro.
1880
Charley Broy's six-horse team
brought in 10 tons of high grade ore
from the Bay State mine in Newark
district and delivered it at Richmond
furnaces.
The railroad company has COM
menced running a daily freight train
between Palisade and Eureka, owing
to a press of business.
The weekly letter of the Richmond
Mining Co. to it's London Offices states
that the weeks run was $4,000
week the refinery produced dore bars
to the value of $4,000. The report
of the directors prepared for the
forthcoming meeting is highly encour-
aging. The mining profit for the
year was 2143.063, and the net profit
4134,512 equal to SO per cent on the
company's total capitaD, which, add
ed to the undivided profit brought
forward, gives an available balance
of f154,030 1Ss. Sd. Out of this the
shareholders have received three div
idends of rs cd. per share each, and
are now to have another of los. per
share, making total for the year of
81 12s. Cd. on each So share, or S21a
per cent per annum.
The weekly letter of the Ruby Dun
derberg Company gives 210 tons of
ore smelted, as against SIS tons smelt-
ed the previous week. The 21O tons
are estimated to have returned a net
value of about $1,000.
Commissioners accepted new Court
house from contractor Costerisan.
1890
During the week the Z. & p. rail-
road shipped 40o- tons of ore to the
Salt Lake smelters.
The Eureka Con. Company shipped
II bars of bullion last Monday valued
at $4,000.
1900
A lively voting contest to decide
who shall take the part of the Cod
dess of Liberty in the Fourth of July
parade is developing considerable in
terest. The ladies taking part in the
contest were: Misses Nevada HUI,
Mary Fraser. Clorinda Rebaleati, Dor
othy Bergman and Mrs. e. r. Keen.
/ Eureka & Palisade railroad goes
into the hands of receiver-M. l..
F, Requa, who took possession of the
| property. The E. & P. was complet-