Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-24
EHEOM NEVADA.
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Boiling Springs ResembIlnR the
Geysers Of iceland AOw Veins
Of Ore are Discovered. ..f ..f y-e.,.

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Especial COrrespondenceOf the Detroit Free Pressl
..--,..-..,S STAR CITY, Nevada, Nov. II. a
In my letter of the 9th inst. to the Free
Press promised to give you a description
of our boiling springs. These springs are
situated about twenty miles from Carson
City, which is the capital of the state.
They are called steamboat Springs" from
the noise they make, which sounds like
several steamers discharging steam. These
springs cover an area of about three acres.
The water is boiling hot, and the escaping
steam can be seen for several miles before
sunrise, and the atmosphere in the vicinity
is filled with the smell of sulphur. A sim
full Individual once remarked when near
these springs, that he did not wish to, APP
prOach very near, as the lower regions
could not be far of, and he had not made
his confession aud WIS not ready to 60, AT
theIsprings are bath houses, where at least
200 0patients are accommodated. There are
also two fine hotels. The water cures the
Rheumatism effectually. There are crew
ices in The rocks where the water Gamble
seen boiling at depth OF thirty feet. Here
is also spring whieh, is called the breath
Iingrsprihg. This spring s'shaped much
| like a wsllg The water recedes to the depth
of ten ortwelye feet, andrremains calm for
| five minutes, and then commences to boil,
and rises until it shoots in the air above ten
| feet, and In five minutes 1t begins to recede.
| tried It's Operations for at least half an
hour. l have nodOubt but years ago the
whole country was subject to volcanic
eruptions, for lava can be found all around
these springs. Steamboat Springs are be-
coming quite noted as one of the greatest
curiosities Of the age, and they are, yearly.
visited by hundreds of tourists Lady
| Franklin, the widow of Sir John franklin,
has written much about these springs. She
visited them some five years since.2 There
are many other boiling springs inEother
portions OF the, State, but none of the mag
| nitude of Steamboat Springs. ,...;,.,.,,,, 4,
y HOW VEINS OF ORE ARE DISCOVERED =
f. All veins are discovered by their crop
pings. Groupings are the part of the vein
which sticks out above the granite or llme-
| stone in which the vein is ihclosed. Silver
| is not az, all times found In the crOp1,
pings. Veins which have been worked
and found to be very rich had no silver
at all above the surface; very often only
the chloride of the silvergis seen in the
groupings, that being of q blueish color.
i Whenever the blue is seen in vein OF ore
silver is sure to exist. Silver mines are, as
| far as Is known Of them, inexhaustible.
| UlIIlco bttdb NV OONh tRVOA hStN Al uAS-AtSV
and South America for, two or three CEN
turies still continue to yield abundantly.
| Many of the mines in Mexico have been
abandoned by the Mexicans, as stheyworked
them only by hand. Americans have lately
taken hold Of these mines, and by the aid
of steam, power are coming money from
| them.
In my next 1 will give the readers of the
Free Press some items concerning the early
settlers Of ,Neyada, and also how claims are
located aud how mining districts are
formed. ,.'.
lon ABOUT MINES AND THEIR YIELD.
The first vein of-silyer ore discovered in
! Nevada was the IComstock lode. This WAS
| located on the 18th Of October, 1859, by a
person named Nirglhia, from whom Vir-
4 ginia City takes its name. This vein Is be-
| ing worked for distance of four miles,
and is worth millions of dollars, but the
| discoverer- is now poor man, having sold
| his interest for five Thousand dollars. Twill
now give you list Of the yield Of the lode.
On this lode are several companies, and, L
will give you the amount reduced by each
company, and the yield for the month Of
Bacon Mining Co, 2749 tons Of ores
| Welded $aS, ,260sz 4 BleeekeF Mining Eo,
1,540 tons yielded $3l4s lSO Grown Point
Co, Il ,0l3 tons yielded $50. .2Sl Bonus Nine,
II, 300 tons yielded $6l7,500; Gould & Curry