The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-09
The Gold Region OF Nevada.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
AusrS Ixxpxn COUNTY, Nevada, june z, 1885.
A the silver bearing odes of this and te surround
anR districts are attracting the attention capitalists in
the Eastern States Iould like through the medium of
your widely circulated paper to add my mteof practical
Information he result of two prospecting this
mate and considerable portion Of years spent
IN mining California; to the many reports Of scientific
men and others sentherc by companies in your,cy and
Boston, especially consider these reports mainly
valuable having put the ofan mooted
@uesai0n-Were the razor blade lodges Of AUSTIN real
Assure veins emily surface channelsP The opinion of
Professor Silliman and other eminent biologists has
Asen fully venedby the explorations the odes made
~ tho owners in prospecting them, and there 10 NO
asnger any question as 30 their permanency, at
average depth Of one hundred feet all lodee with
distinctly marked upper ana under was-f only.a few
snohes vide at the surfaee-have developed into solid
ledges from to five thickness Their richness
mas been disputed 10y tho newspapers Of yr
GINA City This conceded 1wish TO call the attention
u companies and individuals who intend to mako Aver
uining legitimate business to tho drawbacks they ia
Dor under in sending agents here with mineralogist
bear leadervertablc bears most OF them have proved
% Tar. The scientific men generally hurried and
subjected to the influence Of CLIQUE who are able 10
extend gratifying inequalities their distinguished
vistOrH, and rsae and drive with them the mines
they have for sac TO the exclusion Of men with much
oetser oncs and as even pr essors only morta IL
p suspected that they sometimes be nfi by
camcaen& consideration. ! would suggest that mten4
ting purchasers should either como hero themselves
o. send honest capable business men 10 examine the
sources OF the country. a month spent IN TINS way
win enable them 10 secure good better mines than
fhey could If they travelled with all TIC graduates pr
on the " WITH sno , sSt nns WIN
Tint and capital ali we want 70 mako this the largest
sciion producne State !. the unon.o@ we need the
have before stated the returns from crushed by
tho mills, few assays, and where there 10 doubt
analysis OF the sufficient guides to intelligent
He will thus IN cantac with the discovercrs
the szc and know the quality OF the mine he Is pr
chasing, and get for oneourth the prce he would
have 70 pay either in Now York or 70 the dispenser
81 the hospalties already referred As the par
ties In New York with mines to SELL Of them have
valuable lodcs TO dispose with the necessary graran-
bees vouchers Of returns from the by working pro-
cess assays &c but others there with nj that
they know nothing about beyond that they located
certain lodges had them recorded, scratched hole to
prove their location, and then hurried East sc Them
with no lack OF rich specimens 10 show Others get
acc0mplces relocate ground that hard working men
have discovered and done considerable work on
H. and send abstracts Of records and deeds which the
discoveries In many knew nothing Of The safest
way for purchasers is 70 here As the vendors Of
worthless ground and owners Of extensions valuable
hedges that they have not yet found the
CANT In their statements that viii give hundred
dollars to the ton is worth the attention OF these
sentry; they have lodges that will work from three
dred dollars to FIVE h ndred dollars Now show how
stupid all this faragO Is, will qnOte portion Of the
statement OF the State Comptroller in relation to The
ending March 81 Total number of worked 95 296;
total value, So 1886; value per ton $50 a.
The average value Of the OF the Yellow jacket
mine which has produced n the three months ending
March 81 $720 0I 3d. is only SGT So and the Gould and
Curry $62 49, That our orc Is riehor than theirs, o
shipping 500, 900 n month despite want of
capital the few mines that having rock crushed and
the monstrous charge OF eighty dollars and upward per
ton for having orc worked fully proves But tho
stories OF parties with undeveOped mines for SALE about
three five hundred dollars orr, simply bOsh That
ws have mines the selected orc from which gives from
tuo hundred dollars six hundred dollars the ton
and In smaller lots thousand dollars TO fifteen hrn-
Aed dollars and even higher here knows but
% this mines must be opened Still we havs plenty OF
sufface in tho reach Of EVERY work ng man. that with
ssasnAbe rates Cor crushing Csay $40 per ton for wet
chng, and $40 for crushing and roastng) would pay
vol. Take IL altogether, have never yet been in
mining section that offered the nducements and
tsrprse that this does That the place continues
extst and Is increasing In its shipments Of bullion Is
positive proof o It, for no. other silver mining com
munity have Ind the same drawbacks To contend
WITH San Francisco companies In 1852 fred with the
hope Of becoming suddenly rch induced men to locate
hedges for Them and with promises o. unlimited support
persuaded them to involve themselves by having work
done, and then left them in the lsrch the
zion in Virginia stocks came caused by insane spcenla
ton Montgomery street operations swallowed what
ought TO have paid men for their work here Other
panics, acting in good faith. sent men as supcrin
. yardstck and who did not know enough Of mining
20 supcrntend the construct working Of the most
hundred dollars per ton for wet crushing The ORE this
with assays hauling &C. made about one hundred and
twcnty dollars lost half the silver besides what was
gtocn and grew poor from Encouragement, and paying
V1n pr cent month the cost Of their mills All this
With THO isolated posoh OF .ke p.ac9 and the
Quon high price of provisions mining tools, &c. and
usdecurrent Of ascaity and ncapocy, unparalleled in
- small community, this place has had to struggle
through with nothing but its barred wealth and the
hard work Of with limited and their faith in
che future to redo IN II. Fortunately great many "
have bern forced 10 leave hard work. and
che winter did not suit their constitutions and
have already several ten and fifteen stamp mill
operation whose only fault Is their high rates FOR crush
ing, with quito q number of fifteen and twenty stamp
mills about to be, and some of them being built,
many OF them with power for forty stamps When these
oil fairly at work. think shipments will astonish
sho outside world and bring the necessary capital 10
thoroughly develop, not only the mines Of Austin,
Yankee Blade, Anador, &C. but Of the entire Toyabo
range for ut least two hundred miles, and prove to be
che richest silver bearing region this continent
J. H. K.