Excerpt from Eureka and Its Resources: A Complete History of Eureka County, Nevada, Containing the United States Mining Laws, the Mining Laws of the District, Bullion Product and Other Statistics for 1878, and a List of County Officers Geographical Outline - General Character of the County and Mining Dis triot - lts Growth and History. The county of Eureka occupies that portion of the State of Nevada lying north and east of its geographical center. It lies between the parallels of 39 10' and and between the meridians of 115 45' and 116 35' west of Greenwich. It is bounded as follows On the north by Elko county, on the east by Elko and White Pine counties, on the south by Nye county, and on the west by Lander county. The Humboldt river, with a general westerly course, ows through the northern portion of the county. Maggie creek empties into the Humboldt from the. North, and Pine creek from the south. Fish creek rises in the southwestern portion of the county, and ows in an easterly direction into White Pine county, where it Sinks. There are also several minor streams, fed by the mountain springs, and sinking in a few miles from their source. The Sulphur range of mountains lies partly within the county and along its western boundary, extending from the Humboldt river on the north to the Nye county line on the south. On the east of the county lies the Diamond range, which, trending westerly at its southern extremity, crosses the southeastern portion of the county. From these ranges numerous spurs extend into the county, the principal of which is Prospect mountain, trending northerly from the southwestern extremity of the Diamond range. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."