New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-01

some detail. intend 70 & 70 you " facts ana re,
snifs as YOU desired when writing OF the mlnerar
and other resources Of Nevada.
Several eastern companies have located IN this
section tie present season, and more are looking
about. OF these the "Etna," New-fork com
nqDv believe, is pushing ahead with most energy,
iirdcr the able supcrntendcnce Of -. STEVENSON,
esq. They have chosen a site on the banks OF The
Humboldt River, where new ana most suDstan-
+i,l 9O-s+amD mill is nearly ready for operation,
nth all the late improvements in machinery and
aualra+ipe processes. The engine IS 40-h0rse, ana
he on riuoeT is confident nc can run II with two
cords of wood in the II hours. The success oi the
"Etna' is certain. for they have among otler iocd
tious coo feet on The "MCNIASA newly ulsc oc,
ar 4 aud extensive quartz lode, showing from soo
~ ovp- 5000 n tup bv assay, and situated IN the
Sacramento District, about seven miles IRON their
Gov. Wm. Bigler Of Pennsylvania, whose aac-
ouaiutance / had The pleasure OF mahlhg on tle
Steamer from New-Yori is giving the mines OF
Nevada most thorough cxamination-more SO
than any other eastern visitor who mas ever come
IA tbis State. lis great practical experience III
business seems to have endowed hul "llh rs quick
perception and as accurate Judgment Oh llineo' do
If he had been o pioneer MINER AIitr CaIeIGiiN ~
aminjng the principal gold mines OF CaiorHld
and the silver mines at Virginia and Reese RIVER
he has shown his unqualified preference Tor those
of This comfy by purchasing for New OK COM
panv, tn which he Is connected the buh4"h
Ledge. situated on the Montana Det, snort
distance north and which viii undoubtedly develop
into first class mine. II is probable that this
company will soon commence the erection oi
Mil "a the river. ,
Sill another conpanv-the dorchester Gold and
Silver Mining Com lany' --incorporaied ana owned
in Rochester, n. y, has commenced "Irk thls
week. under the management of Dr. ;. IL. Looms.
This comDtny own two mines-the " Lima lodge
in Prince ROYAL District, aud the First South Ex-
tension of he Montana IN the Sacramento DISTRICT
This insurcs another frSt-class mill probably also
on the lYcr thus forming the nucleus OF what IS
destined 70 become one OF the most Important
mining towns in the Humboldt River Valley, being
convenient 10 all the Globes" on the western side
of the mountain as well as those rich ones IN Z 9
Trinity District, west of the river OF when the
"Moutczuma' is the leading one in Development
Your public spirited fellow citizen, Demas
Barnes, esq, Ne. - Park-row, whose firm | saw III
Tie Herald list for $4,000 toward the payment OF
the National Debt, has rec1tly visited Nevada for
the INSPECTION Of her silver mines. He is now IN
California being interested, I believe, in the So
nora Quicksilver Mining Company, o rival 10 the
new Almaden and expects to sali IN the steamer OF
Sd of August for Newly ork.
SCHUYLER ColfaX and party, under protenso ofsec-
ing the mineral regions Of Nevada and California,
went through the country 6V I00t cIWcss, and what
with feaSing and speech making, VIII see about a.
much of the mines rs If he had been blndiolded.
tll he will really know he learns by inference or
intuition, or the examining OF tie Reese RIVER
and Virginia folks, Is If those localities, extensive
MS they are comprised the silver mines of the State
Ne aro anxious TO know more about DR.. emery
pectoral" Ayers New Chemical Process Tor Ieduc-
ton OF ores which you 50 eXtolled IN column or
two OF The TRIBUNE in the Issue OF the lith OF
Juno. YOu are somewhat mistaken rs 10 the per-
crntage of cold and silver saved by the present
methods of treatment of the metalicrous ores.
The best processes in use here save from ~ 10
g per cent of the assay. You Only claim 'O ior
Dr. Ayers. and say that by other processes, stamps
& Co. the product is only 30 or 40 per cent. II by
this YOU mean auriferOus iron sulpiHrcts, you are
correct. for only by desuphurizatiOn can The gold
be obtained: but the SIivcr ores, as l said, are
worked closely mp 10 the assay.
/ close this letter with word oil caution 10 capi'
ta,ts and companies proposingto invest in mining
enterprises Purchase no NINE however Hch OF
extensive, or well situated IL may be represented,
until Won have made q thorough examination OF
it by an experienced and practical miner,
and competent business man, who Wi
prove every statement upon the spot. With
the same care in the selection Of NINE as
is shown in any other business which man
enters into and understands, there will not be one
failure where now there are hundred. Having
been conversant with mines aud mining since
lS49 should be glad 10 render any services IN TINS
respect 10 those who seek investments IN Silver
Mines: for desire TO see the business lcgimateiy
and profitably conducted, instead Of being made q
speculation ruinous TO thousands and beneficial e
few only. VIII you vouch for me
Yours truly. J. W.