4 SILVEE-LEAD DEPOSITS OF EUEEKA, NEVADA. 



Still later the Tip-Top and Richmond claims were sold by Messrs. 

 Dunn & English to a company in London, and smelting works were erected, 

 under the supervision of Mr. English, at the south end of the town. The 

 Jackson and Phoenix companies were also incorporated in San Francisco 

 about this time, and the explorations, which have since resulted in the pro- 

 duction of such large amounts of lead, silver, and gold from these proper- 

 ties, were begun in earnest. The Maryland and other mines in Silverado 

 District, 16 miles southeast of Eureka, were being opened during this period 

 by an English company, and a large mill was being built at Pinto The 

 Page & Corwin and the Geddes & Bertrand mines in Secret Canon, south 

 of Eureka, had been producing rich ore since 1869, and a mill was also 

 built on the spot where the present leaching works stand. Secret Canon at 

 this time formed part of Eureka District, but has since been severed from it. 

 Mr. Robbins was also developing the Kentuck and Mountain Boy claims 

 in a range of mountains about fifteen miles west of Eureka. 



It is not necessary to follow the history of Eureka through all the 

 vicissitudes which are incident to the growth of such towns, nor to describe 

 the different enterprises which have been undertaken and abandoned ; suffice 

 it to say, that in the course of twelve years this mining camp has been 

 twice partially washed away by floods, once ravaged by the small-pox, and 

 twice almost completely destroyed by fire, but remains to-day, after thir- 

 teen years of prosperity, one of the most productive mining towns on the 

 Pacific Slope. 



The number of inhabitants of the district is at present in the neighbor- 

 hood of 6,000, but, as in other mining camps, a close estimate is very diffi- 

 cult owing to the floating character of the population. 



Production. — As nearly as can be estimated the production of the precious 



metals up to the end of 1882 has been about sixty millions of dollars. 



Probably about one-third of this amount, or twenty millions of dollars, 



was gold. It is difficult to ascertain the quantity of lead produced, but 



this is approximately 225,000 tons. 



