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Three fabulous Eureka, Nevada mining letters

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Three fabulous Eureka, Nevada mining letters
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From R. A. Haines to his brother. “There are so many varieties of ore that a single specimen would be little value to you for comparison for smelter. There are many varieties but generally of a yellow color…” “There is so called a black carbonate rich in silver…” “A great many tons of it were thrown over the dump at the celebrated Pioche Mine in Ely District before the ascertained its value.” ”Horn silver and ruby silver you have seen at Silver City, Idaho.” “But mining is a precarious business. It is not more than one in a thousand that make a scratch.” “…whereas a country like this with no resources but its mines is destined to remain as it is, Sage Brush State fit for adventures and dissolute characters, noisy mills, a few reducing ores but the majority sometimes called whiskey mills when men are made to drink.”



And that is just part of the first letter. Included are descriptions of galena ore, working for Major McCoy at the Maryland Mine in the Pinto District, etc. Some staining.



City: Eureka
State: Nevada,
Date: 1870/71

FHWAC#: 24823