New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-23

Mining GOupnreu-Iu2tnt su''"~
tions-Thc "saIrty Cage"-iOO Feet
Under Gromnd-s4,OOO,OOO Net Profit
from Onc Minr-Isnrd Ciimbiug-(s
and Curry MiiI-Auorney's Fees-Pro-
duct Of Nevmdn-Our silver Resources.
From Our Special Cor espoudont
ymGAIA CIIY, Nevada, Friday, June 90 1865.
From Salt Lake here, 597 miles, our travelling
time was but hours. Though barley the staple grain
costs the Overland Company eleven cents per pound
their horses fat glossy and spirited The employees
sober and neatly dressed show pride and interest
in their business running the coaches over the desert
like clock.work.
mining town is usually found along the trough.like
bottom Of some crooked ravne but Virginia Is Ike
childs city bull, half way up the roof of house 1t
perehes far up the side Of hill steep that IN Wels
Fargo Co.'S great express office tie Font door Is level
with the street and the back window three stories above
tho ground. Until burned over once or twice most new
cities consist Of little frame shells and shanties bl, 'ir'
gina is chiefly Of brick. the buildings largo and sub
ssutia. Tae region is bare aud 'orbdling tfeeless
and yerurecs but often breezy a. the Old hble were
actuazed and all the winds OF heaven LEI loose 20
eehcr Hats bound and roll through tho streets while
the crazy anics of crnone reveal that We are eariuy
and wonderfully made.
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two extensions q Did Hin and Silver City virginia nas
Il OCO people -Four daily stages aud three telegraph
wires connect il with Francisco; daily coach
and one wire with the Atlantic States II has two
hcatrs several large and costly churches AID puIc
school houses tasteful and creditahe. Tn, EafcPri'e
one " it, three daily newsp ipcr. is chtpase oIr
nal nearly rs large ms NE TRIBUNE 1t j. worked on
douhlc-cvi der steam press upon which lHR liIBtHE
YVES once rntrd Let me add-iur Eastern ideas are
often very wild tits point-thlt here. rs m every
lew State Dong both moa and women. one finds cul-
tuIe rchn emeut and social WORTH The stlpd afc hot
the pionecrs Of Empire Tie ignorant aud dll I'd are
not tie mca VITO bear Commerce and CIVILIZATION across
! The ai 81 d AID ever the iroNniAg mOuutain-.
Beside the town tnes Mount Davidson to the hight
Of $50 One fnccs the Genius OF solitude stand
ing for ages TINT lovely peak. recording upon BIS
.'oay tablets untold aiurics OF silence deso.aun
How suddenly ne was frightened away by the olang Of
labor tie hum Of trade. and tie sound Of the church
gorr ocl But fyc Years pact, a desert to day. me
tropoisi The fables II old Romance gov tame Jef're
te,- grand cnchautmcnts born In the Nations Restless
biain aud wrought out ~ nc tirecss arn
Here il the on,inM Wnshoc. In mining ' r'rinir
li,cs aDd moves and has b.. icing This ulr,r ose IS
reduced by cru.Aing, amagamntins aud rei"ii.nf.
Ina, Of tie Ausiin or Reese River district mu., b.
Of Aus,ir. where one quartz mil Is already opera
ton at salt LAKE. uhere mining has 10; hr'y begun.
ADD ia Alz)nl tie silver ores require smelling. Al
Austin are inuumeiabie narrow veins from al TO 80
inches b. thckIc 3. yeiy rich but spTelrnciory
that one e up vii re- but hall TIM jay. ,Fuh
ing costs $50 Ter un. and must yiei 500 per tun
TO pay for working. Here is oniy tie great Com.
stock LODE sometimes 30 feet IN taicAn s stamp
y 81 crush daily tun and quirer All ores which
yicd 80 are profitable. In California. where iuci la
Dor sid water cheap. 81 are lucrative. Hasten
the PaciGc hailIoadi
Mines are bought aud sold by tie foot thin slice
Of bee Inserted IN an apple WI represent silver VEIN
and the apple inclosing H. tic wall rocS. foot" Is
twelve ncr,s H. length the yein Including IL, entire
thickness whcLer six inches sixty feet and o. whole
depth down toward tac cars center. How deep silver
veins extend IL only coDiccturel. There h. fNofo
theory that they never fe out though is alleged that
IL tie AAc-eashuig district 81 The Iarz he mines be
ccmc utterly exhausted. lu Mexico and Solth America
some haze been worked for 80 yeais. TIE lode here
proves rich al sDJ feet. and in Amador Couaiy CIli.
tornii. ayein Of godbearing quartz Yields vel at go
feet. IL l. thus far tie deepest In the United States.
In the flush a. rs hcle the Empire sod At 90 per
foot; nov few Of tho mines command ~ 80 May
con- inics, nit,r immense expenditure fc y only
sessae Is when are locally termed lrsn dividends
Hal now IN operation probably pay iea very largely.
There are mauy Ingenious inventions. The ere comes
from the mines III fragments large ones head. They
were formerly Drohen by hand with sougo.hamucrs
II to pieces small cnUug To 90 udor the stamps. Now
q machine with a hopper" Ike grist mill so and
che"s them with Its iron teeth TO the proper tncncss
ike BITS Of cheese. At the Savage" is new safety
Cage for lowering miners and yi,iicrs down the SHAFT
ROOF OF boiler ron protects thc head against missiles
falling from above. Tie supern,cnde loaded one Of
these cages with tun OF ore AMI then 90 feet above
cc, cut tie rope. The heavy car fell two or three
i'et ana then suddenly stopped. Two great arms of
s.eel darling out horz n!aly struck the wall firmly on
ether side and held the burden firmly over the dark
abyssl II vas precisely Ike falling man throwing
out he bands TO grasp the nearest olccta marvellous
counterfeit Of human instinct
The tunnels and chambers are planked aud tmbered
10 Keep them from falling In. We saw new machine
mois ana frame both ends Of pine joist feet
long by fourteen inches square two es aud forty
five seconds The proprietors of tho savage assu ed
Ne that 1t saves them $50 per day. These are all the
productions Of practical working miners Theorists
and 'ncahs are held IN amusing contempt The work.
declare that they fad the richest ore where the
ceoOgists pronounced tho existence Of silver utterly
impossible. and rice rersd
Standing upon little platform ana holding by an
iron bar overhead down. down We elLled breathleas
through the dense darkness In moment the rush Of
air ceased and 400 feet underground we stepped into
chamber Of the Gould Curry This mine. L. Goa
feet long originally bought by the company for
s2Jc IL has produced s 900 OoO-si 900 900 OF il net