Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-24
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2, 260 tnIis yielded $406. lS6.jis@ b3svtD ''''<
b On, the Comstock lode reseyeral otherT
coInpanies, but only give the yield ot NJ
some of the first class companies; 70 give :"
urrreaders some idea 7o6lthe Rnhneess0f
the mines of the silver EldoradQ. This lode M
is situated only about one'fOnrth OF mile I,
from Virginia City. One vein at Star ~
City, called the Sheba, having only $500
shares in the location, yields $l25,00Q per,sb
month. was one Of the locators OF the
Sheba mine, but sold neatly all OF my ins'97
.terest at So per share before the mine .Ya9I
opened aud its richness known. The first
interest owned III nevada was 400 shares
LIN the Farmers Yellow Jacket 1mdnetsat no
Gold Hill, which sold for 3 |, ,0QO,7S2 go perL.
share and Just seven months after i sold II,
could have realized $1,000, 900 f6ilit, &c hI
readily sold in the San Elrancisco co'mAFket Gtsih
l'$2 500 per shaFs, The sxpepss0t awSEAinS
trom 500 to S90p6rtOay eausedbg 5eebln-DnI
| petition of mills and the present reduuedlnia
price Of supplies OF all kinds. The actual
charges Of a mill company at Star CITY fotA
! working rock in. large quantities vafies1but 70
\ little from $25 per ton. y9ist 9Is odW .l1oW
/, o1 s15a2 ua,ss STAR cIT,YinoJ .ItoIrsoE n
j The City of Star contains about6 1000 ln5,o,
4 habitants. 1t is in Star District, Humpoldt :,
county, and its main street Is the ovefiahd ~
stage road. Daily the stages pass 70 and1
tr0 with the mails from New York 10 San II
4 Francisco, and the telegraph, wires give US .,r
news at all hours from every accessible
point on the globe. The discovery OF mines Oh
4 In this country caused thousands TO yislSy
US; towns were built, mills erected, and at
| this early daylwe are now exporting from 91u
Hamboldt county alone the amounts of 40
$900000 in silver bars each month. ThereufI
1 are at present fifteen mills running at Star
City, using ll5 stamps.1 InI addition to-
I Use; there are nowlin pr0eess0f ereetioneaA
seven other mills, making total Of twen- 10.
/ ty-two mills. Scarcely a week passes In
(which we do not hear Of the purchase OF ~
some mine by Easternro or English -capital-I
lists, who invariably take steps for the erec-gT .
tion OF q suitable mill on their mine. The
4 Rothschilds own large y in our mines. The"iI
4 Humphrey mill of Star City, gave as theirl2in
i results of crushing 693 tons Of ore, $l59,-s
$50 65, being an average of $230.36 per ton"
j AS an evidence of the steady increase in 'in1
the production of silver in NeYada, wesu97ani
nit the statistics of the yearly report elda,iyy
ing September lst, 1866, of the amount
| produced in Star District. These statisticsT
are obtained from the city assessment r0ll,JoT
4 amounting in round numbers TO $4,l6S,00O. -,f
| The wealth of this region is almost ines
/ timable and the receipts of some OF the "
mining companies put the riches Of PomeT
4 of your oil wells to blush, The mineral, +, =
wealth of Nevada has induced the fornia-
/ ton of many new companies In most OF" u
| your leading cities on the Atlantic coasts7-gBb
\ The State of Nevada, with population or,
4 10000 inhabitants or less, took out of her
>, mines in gold and silver bullion during the h5I
/ year 1864 as is shown by the statistics ofyGH
exports, more than $3O,000OOOl % oI Fasoqqu.
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