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Show CAMP OF EUREKA IS WORKING HARD ; Properties Long Itllo Awaken-ing Awaken-ing at Touch of the New H' Order of Things. SEVERAL MINES IN H RICH SHIPPING ORE Hi United States Company Sending Out Resources Fast as , Cars Received. j Eureka, New, -where aro centorcd H numerous Utah mining Interests and ac- H tlvitles, according to all tbo reports, Is H enjoying a llhoral portion of the pros- H perlty that is spreading broadcast over Hj Novada and Utah. Tho district Is de- vcloplng In proportion to thOBC strenuous times, and the present season has soon quite a change In every way throughout this noted old producing region. A largo number of tho properties, whoso achiovc-H achiovc-H monts In tho early days aro matters of H honorable history, aro being prepared for HT active developments, and within the past H I ten months somo forty-five new locations H have been ruado and proved up. H Several of the new mines, the Van H Nortan, for Instance, aro producing oro in shipping quantities, tho values ranging 1 up toward tho $00 mark per ton. Numor-1 Numor-1 ous properties with abundant tonnages of low-grado ores, which could not bo de-veloped de-veloped or touched under tho old rates for transportation, are being worked at a generous profit under the new condl-tion condl-tion of affairs. Everything is contributors contribut-ors lng to tho prosperity of both the high 1 . and low-grado propositions in the dls-' dls-' trict, with tho single exception, perhaps, i I of the railroad company. This company Is Incapable of handling ( the large volume of business that the district affords in this resurrection period. Shipments, consequently, to and Hl' from Eureka are limited on this account. H All the ore shippod over tho road has to Hl be transferred by shovel from the nar- H; row-gauge to the broad-gauge cars at Palisade, for tho reasons that sufficient labor can not bo secured cither in Ne-vada Ne-vada or surrounding States to complete the construction of the ore transfer bins. From the United States mines on Ruby Hill ore shipments are being mado as fast as the railroad can haul It away, and with moro Improved transportation facilities a still greater tonnago will bo sent from these great properties. Tho United States company's office building, , the mess, bunk and store houses arc nearlng completion; .to tlieso are being added the residence of the superintendent and the assay office. All these necessary and comfortable buildings will bo ready for occupation within a month. A largo Hj number of cottages are planned, and will he put up by tho company as soon as tho material can be secured. Those will H- compose what will be named "New H, Town." This little city gives every promise of becoming one of Importance. Hj; A schoolhouse, water works system, a ! general store, boarding-house and a sa-j sa-j loon are already in place. The Eureka ' region has every reason to feel gratified at the outlook for future seasons. |