Eureka and its resources; a complete history of Eureka County, Nevada, containing the United States mining laws, the mining laws of the district, bullion product and other statistics for 1878, and a list of county officers . s, he made no calculations forthe uncertainties of life, and had forgotten that The ambitious youth who fired the Ephesian dome, outlives in fameThe pious fool who reared it. In July, 1874, a disastrous fiood, caused by heavy rains,visited Eureka, which resulted in the loss of seventeen fives,and property to the value of $100,000. During the springof the present year the t
Eureka and its resources; a complete history of Eureka County, Nevada, containing the United States mining laws, the mining laws of the district, bullion product and other statistics for 1878, and a list of county officers . s, he made no calculations forthe uncertainties of life, and had forgotten that The ambitious youth who fired the Ephesian dome, outlives in fameThe pious fool who reared it. In July, 1874, a disastrous fiood, caused by heavy rains,visited Eureka, which resulted in the loss of seventeen fives,and property to the value of $100,000. During the springof the present year the town was visited by a destructiveconflagration, sweeping away one-half of the town, in whichone life was lost, and property to the value of $1,000,000 was ^4 EUREKA AND ITS RESOURCES. destroyed. But notwithstanding these serious calamities,Eureka is pronounced to-day by the California and NevjK apress as being the most prosperous mining camp in the State. In conclusion, it is but justice to state that to W. W. McCoy,G. Collier, Bobbins David, E. Buel, Geo. W. Cassidy, C. , and the late and lamented Isaac C. Bateman, Eurekais indebted to-day for her existence, and to our own presenttownsmen for her EUREKA AND ITS RESOURCES. CHAPTER II. Progress of the Countys Industries—Bullion Product—Furnaces—Treat-ment of Ores. The main industry of Eureka county is silver ores demanding reduction by smelting process, the man-ufacture of charcoal is a adjunct to mining. Thereare several localities outside of Eureka district where miningis profitably conducted. There are now in Eureka sixteen furnaces, whose dailycapacity varies from forty to sixty tons. The Lemon M. &M. Co. has also erected a mill of fifteen stamps. This was inoperation for a few months, but milling ores have not yetbeen found in sufficient quantity to render it remunerative,and it has long been idle. It is impossible to obtain correct statistics of the charcoalmanufacture of Eu
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