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ness. Cedar trees are noticeable along on
the bluffs as we pass by; sage is abund-
ant, and jack-rabbits are numerous and
very large—ihey call them “ narrow-gauge
mules” in this country.

Crpsar—is the next station, three ana-a-
half miles from Pine.
rough and broken, and sage predominates ;
the grade is heavy and the road crooked—
twisting and turning for 7.5 miles to

Summir—a station on the dividing ridge
between Pine Valley on the west and Dia-
mond Valley on the east. The face of the
country is not very inviting, except for
those “ narrow-gauge mules.” Near the
summit the old overland stage road crosses
from Jacob’s Wells on the east to Austin
on the west.

From the summit the road enters Dia-

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the road making, between Summit and

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doubling back upon itself to
the projecting spurs that shoot out from
the range of high bluffs on each side.

Continuing along up the narrow valley
nine miles, we reach

DraMON D—an unimportant station,

and another run of twelve miles brings our
train to the end of the road at
| KEureka—tThis city is 90 miles south
_ of Palisade, and contains, with the near
surroundings, a population of 6,000, nearly
all of whom are engaged in mining and de-
phan pursuits. "eeides the usual num-

r of stores, hotels and small shops, there

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works and 16 furnaces, with a capacity of
50 tons of ore each, daily. These extensive
establishments, running night and day,
make business pretty lively, and will ac-
count for the quantities of base bullion
hauled over the railroad to Palisade, as
| above noticed. Of the hotels, the Jackson
} and the Parker are the principal ones.
There are two daily papers, the Sentinel
and the Republican.
| The Ruby Hill railroad, really an ex-
| tention of the Eureka & Palisade, runs
from the depot at Eureka around the various
smelting and refining works and mines of
the different mining companies, and around
Eureka, delivering freight and handling
ores. This road is about six miles in
length. The most prominent mines at
Eureka are Eureka Consolidated, Rich-

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mond Valley, and follows it up to Eureka, |
| being two smelters and six mills.
GaRDNER Pass—six miles from Summit:
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are two 30-stamp mills, seven smelting

/ mond Consolidated, the K. K., the Jack-|

Stages connect at Eureka, carryin
sengers, mails and express to the various
mining towns and camps in the adjoining
country; to Hamilton, 40 miles, daily,
which runs through the Ward and Pioche:
distance to Ward, 100 miles; Pioche, 190
miles; to Tybo, 100 miles ; Austin, 80 miles;
tri-weekly stage to Belmont, 100 miles.

The freighting business from Pioche and
all intermediate towns and camps is very
extensive, most of which is hauled by the
Railroad Company’s teams, as previously
stated.

Tue Wirt Prxe Country, is sit-
uated to the southeast from Eureka, the
principal city of which is

Haminron—This city contains a pop-
ulation of about 800, all of whom are en-
gaged in the mining business. Milling
and smelting are the only occupations, nore
English company is now engaged running
a tunnel under Treasure Hill, to strike the

reat mineral deposit known to be there.

1is tunnel, when completed, will be 6,000

jfeet long—7x9 feet, double track, “T” rail

—and will tap the mines at a depth of
1,600 feet. It is now completed about
2,600 feet. Hamilton has one weekly
newspaper—the News.

Waite Prne—is nearly due east of Vir-
ginia City, where the first silve: mining ex-
citement occurred on the Pacific slope, and
by many is supposed to be on the same
range which produced the Comstock and
other famous lodes. Possibly such is the
case, though “ranges” have been terribly
shaken aboutin this section of our country.

The Eberhardt mine, which first attracted
attention to this locality, was discovered in
1866, but the great stampede of miners and
speculators to that quarter did not take
place until the winter and spring of 1869.
As far as prospected, the veins, in a ma-
jority of cases, are not regular, being broken
and turned in every direction. Some are
flat, others dip at a regular angle and have
solid walls. The Base Metal Range in
this vicinity is very extensive, and a num-
ber of furnaces have been erected to reduce

the ores into base bullion for shipment. |

For items of interest see ANNEX No. 30.
We will now return to Palisade, and re-
sume our placein the C.P.cars. Passiag
down the canyon, winding and twisting
along around a succession of projecting
spurs, we pass the “ Devil’s Peak,” on the
opposite side of the river, a perpendicular
A probably 500 feet high, rising from