Mining town of Eureka, Nevada...
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August 12, 1879
EUREKA DAILY LEADER, Nevada, Aug. 12, 1879 A very nice, folio-size newspaper from this small, remote town in northeastern Nevada.
This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 feet elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county population today is just 1900 residents. In its heyday when mining was the predominant draw from the mid-1870's until the shutting down of most mines by 1891, the town had a population of 9000. Newspapers from such short-lived boom towns are quite scarce as they had short lives as well.
Here is an issue from 1879 when mining was near its peak, with various ads & news of the day. Page 3 has: "Mormon Mutterings" which includes: "...Having hobnobbed with the Mormons for 3 days...has been considerable bluster on the part of the Mormon priests since the incarceration of their Apostles for contempt, & load threats of retaliation..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, news agent's stamp in the masthead, very nice condition.
This old mining town is situated in the mountains at a 6,500 feet elevation in a county with just 3 towns--total county population today is just 1900 residents. In its heyday when mining was the predominant draw from the mid-1870's until the shutting down of most mines by 1891, the town had a population of 9000. Newspapers from such short-lived boom towns are quite scarce as they had short lives as well.
Here is an issue from 1879 when mining was near its peak, with various ads & news of the day. Page 3 has: "Mormon Mutterings" which includes: "...Having hobnobbed with the Mormons for 3 days...has been considerable bluster on the part of the Mormon priests since the incarceration of their Apostles for contempt, & load threats of retaliation..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, news agent's stamp in the masthead, very nice condition.
Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.
Category: Post-Civil War
