History of Nevada; . ^••????1-^ ?? ?? ./-.^^^i;:- RANCt-i r r;E:5iDENCE FITCH. LYON CVNEV. , ~ ?^i:*^.h ^4 ^%^>^v. ..J **5l *• W .**>? v; ^ JS^ & If i(£r, RESIDENCE ,. DAIRY RANCH »• T. B. SMITH. SMITH VALLEr, ESM E RALDA C?, N EV. HISTORY OF ELKO COUNTY. 393 County. The ores also contain considerable hornsilver near the surface. The Excelsior and ElDorado were among the princij)al mines. Theformer was put on the stock board at San Francisco,at shares, and was quoted in 1S73 at ).A shaft was sunk to a depth of about liOO feet on thismine and another on the
History of Nevada; . ^••????1-^ ?? ?? ./-.^^^i;:- RANCt-i r r;E:5iDENCE FITCH. LYON CVNEV. , ~ ?^i:*^.h ^4 ^%^>^v. ..J **5l *• W .**>? v; ^ JS^ & If i(£r, RESIDENCE ,. DAIRY RANCH »• T. B. SMITH. SMITH VALLEr, ESM E RALDA C?, N EV. HISTORY OF ELKO COUNTY. 393 County. The ores also contain considerable hornsilver near the surface. The Excelsior and ElDorado were among the princij)al mines. Theformer was put on the stock board at San Francisco,at shares, and was quoted in 1S73 at ).A shaft was sunk to a depth of about liOO feet on thismine and another on the Argenta reached a depthof 240 feet. Mountain City grew up in consequenceof this discoveiy, and at one time was one of themost prosperous mining towns in the State. In1871-72 it contained about 1,000 people, some of thebuildings were of cut stone and two were built ofbrick. The frame buiMings have near)} all beenmoved awaj. There is one, out of twelve still continues business, also one store. Theclosing down of the in the fall of 1873caused the decline ot the town. Cornucopia District was dis
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