Eureka, (1) a port and capital of Humboldt county, California, on Humboldt Bay, chiefly noteworthy for its mild, equable climate. It has several lumber-mills, and exports great quantities of redwood lumber from the giant forests around. Pop. 4639.—(2) A mining-town, capital of Eureka county, Nevada, 90 miles by rail S. of the Palisades station on the Central Pacific Railroad. Here are silver and lead mines. Pop. 4207.
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