Letter from Cornucopia. (June 28, 1875)
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LETTER FROM CORNUCOPIA.
Bullion Shipment—A Twenty-Stamp Mill for the Camp—Mining Claims Incorporated—
The Movement to Improve the Winnemucca and Cornucopia Road Meets with Favor—Fourth of July Oration.
Cornucopia, June 21, 1875.
Editor Silver State: The semi-monthly shipment of silver bullion to San Francisco by the Leopard Company amounted to $28,782.48 from June 1 to June 15 inclusive.
The rumors which were of late circulated regarding the probable erection of another mill in this place have gained considerable credence by private reports from San Francisco to that effect. As far as I can learn through these channels the Leopard Mill and Mining Company have instituted negotiations with the Mineral Hill Mining Company for the purchase of their 20-stamp mill, and if effected will prove of the greatest advantages to the camp.
The late incorporation of several mining claims by San Francisco capitalists speaks well for the richness and productiveness of our mines, and will invigorate those interested in them to new exertions. Once the name of Cornucopia is represented by ten or twenty mines on the Stock Board in San Francisco, its future is secured, and it will stand second to none but the “big bonanza” itself.
The meeting of the citizens of Winnemucca relative to the construction or repairs of the road to this camp, meets with decided approval by all the people here. Although this movement came at the eleventh hour, we hope that the business men will show their accustomed energy in pushing this enterprise through and work to their own interest by making Winnemucca the staple place and supply depot of the whole upper country. The roads from Elko, Carlin and Battle Mountain are already undergoing repairs, but all the efforts of those points of shipment to secure the cheapest and best road of transportation bid fair to be outdone by this last stroke of policy on the part of the people of your place. The grading of some of the most difficult passes and the construction of a good bridge across the Owyhee at a comparatively small cost, will secure for Winnemucca the major portion of the trade. It is undoubtedly the only road at present that can be traveled with safety at any season of the year, and will remain the only highway open to communication when the snow in the severe winters up here makes all others impassable.
Our friend Judge Steele will deliver the oration on the Fourth of July, and expectation stands on tip-toe to hear that representative of Humboldt County.—T. F.
Originally published in the Silver State on June 28, 1875. (link)