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One-third of this juiioinit, according to the best estimates, was gold, 

 and two-thirds sih'er. The prodnct in h»ad is not so easily determined, but 

 it is not far from 225,000 tons, an amount sufficient to affect the market 

 price of lead in all the great commercial centers of the Avorld. 



Around this industry has grown up the town of P^ureka, which is the 

 center of poj^ulation and trade for this ])art of the state;. It is a long, nan'ow 

 settlement, lying in the main northern drainage channel of the mountains, 

 and sheltei'ed on the east side by Richmond Mountain. Here are located 

 the smelting furnaces of both the large companies. 



The Eureka and Palisade Railway, 88 miles in length, connects the 

 town with the Central Pacific Road at Palisade. Branch tracks (connect 

 with the Eureka Consolidated and Richmond furnaces, the former at the 

 lower, and the latter at the upper end of the town, and these again by 

 a somewhat sinuous com-se with the principal mines, which are situati'd 

 about two and one-half miles southwest of Eureka. There are an imposing, 

 well built court house, three or four churches, and several blocks of brick 

 stores and warehouses in the town. It supports two daily papers, which 

 have a considerable influence and a wide circulation throughout the state. 



Rubv Hill, the only other town of any importance in the district, is a 

 flourishing place, nearly the entire population being actively engaged in 

 mining in the immediate neighboi'hood. It is built on the north and east 

 sides of an isolated hill which bears the same name, and on which are 

 located all the more iirominent mines, including the Al})ion, Richmond, 

 Eureka Consolidated, Phoenix, and Jackson properties. On the slopes to 

 the north are situated the Bull whacker and Williamsburg mines, while to 

 the southward of Ruby Hill, on Pi-ospect Ridge, are found the Dunderberg 

 and Hamburg properties and others of more or less importance. 



