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to Treasure Hill, and lies between the latter and the main White Pine Moun 

 tain. 



The north and south slopes of Treasure Hill are gentler than the eastern 

 and western. Near the foot of the north slope is the town of Hamilton, the 

 county seat and the business center of the district. On the southern and 

 southwestern slopes are the towns of Eberhardt and Sherman, the former sit- 

 uated at the junction of Applegarth and Mazeppa Canons, the latter in Silver 

 Canon. In the neighborhood of Sherman are several mills, enjoying the ad- 

 vantages of cheap fuel and water, the latter sufficient for milling purposes, 

 though not for motive power. A little north of Sherman, in the same canon, 

 is situated the small town of Swansea, in the neighborhood of which are sev- 

 eral smelting furnaces for the treatment of ores produced in the Base Range. 



Treasure City, next in business importance and population to Hamilton, 

 is near the summit of the hill. It is nearly 9,000 feet above the sea, about 

 900 or 1,000 feet above Hamilton, and at an average height of about 1,200 

 feet above the surrounding valleys. It is in the center of mining operations. 

 The town is laid out upon a comparatively even or gently sloping surface, 

 which forms a narrow bench or plateau on the western side of the hill, be- 

 tween 200 and 300 feet below the peak. The crest of the hill, measured 

 along this surface, from north to south, is about a half mile in length, including 

 the areas at the southwestern extremity, known as the Bromide, Chloride, and 

 Pogonip Flats. These flats are in, or just below, the town; they are covered 

 by hundreds of mining claims, and crowded with pits or shallow shafts, from 

 which have been taken large quantities of rich silver ore. Along the crest of 

 the hill, within the limits of the half mile, but just above the town, are situ- 

 ated some of the most important mines of the district, such as the Aurora 

 South, Aurora Consolidated, and others, less famous but very productive, at 

 the south end of the ridge, and the Hidden Treasure, Rathbun, and others 

 further north. The celebrated Eberhardt is on the southern slope of the hill, 

 a quarter of a mile south of the Aurora, and about 400 feet lower. Beyond this, 

 the south end of the hill is covered with mining claims; among the most im- 

 portant are those of Mahogany Canon on the southeastern, and the California 

 on the southwestern slope. The north end of Treasure Hill has not proved 

 to be so rich as the southern. It has been extensively prospected, and some 



