New-York tribune., 1867-08-06
THE PACIFIC COAST.
NEVADA.
bgR REESE RIVER DIsTRICT-MINING PBOCESSES-CAUShS
OP FAILURE.

Austin CITY contains about 5000 or 5000 inhabl-
aants IL is long struggling irregular town. "l'h-
Out either form or Comeliness, winding It's way up
PONY Canyon. The buildings are OF every cOhcel,"-
fhe material from mud-TOoied with canvas 10 'iio
hmperishabe granite and the inhabitants aPPo"'
hske even wider range in the scale OF h'iinoCu C
indians Chinese Greasers, Jews, FTencmeh' Oei
mans Spaniards Italians, and natives Oh eNeS o''s
In the Union. The most perfect soclai oqu~",' "a
te.rs 20 nrevail and over all the most marked ana
HisfDc,tsbing feature appears to be the unooundeu
80 ~ The mineral wealth of the country, and
snociuv in the mine OF mines that the person with
whom YOU are talking is most largely interested ID
Every person is prospectively millionaire ana
syorvbodv has the best thing out" Whether the
Sonfdence is well placed OF not il is quite refreshing
Eo Le surrounded by community that feel So Inns
mining district Reese Riverl extends for some ten
bniles along the Tryabe range OF mountains. AHsIn
ftv occuuies about the center of the district From
fhe valley to Mount PIOmetheus the summit 0i Tue
mountain is about one ana one-1an hllies ;th IoO
irometheus is 2 100 feet above ChiIOh' the ssQuMIn- IN
Western limit of the city The central portion Oh me
fity lies about half way up the NIL. At lhe present
lime the principal mining operations are carr Vn
r. the upper part of the city, and about twothTds
bf the distance up the slope of the mountains ana at
n bipbt of about 1000 lcCt above Clifton. Here,
within a space of abOuo One-hah mile square, lie
most of the famous mine, of this locality.
At first all the mining operations were calIleH i H.
Through "inclines,' being no more or less IMAM hoeS
sunk upon the vein following lts dlp lncllhattu" i
into the hill As the angle or DIP OF the VEN Iio
M
Syere abandoned and others commences M Ii't tbS si
1he richest portion of the hill is covered WIN tngoo
spitfalls of fortune On several mines these IN
clines have attained depth OF %OO OF NV leeI iaD
4ery this mode of mining has become unpopular
And mania has sprung mp Tor stIalght shaI'S' -.
The Great Eastern mine first tired the eAPcrlhent
Df sinking straight shaft to their vein, at the dcptn
of 500 feet at the depth of 10 feet they cut Ilch
vein which they appropriated, and at the deptn OF
sS0 ct sill anothtr Their success was marked
that all at several other companies commenced
bike operations and there are now IN al II OIL Ilese
ftc hatp ,ttshp down night
within this half mile square. The sherman ShaI5
Is the most conspicuous of these enterprises anu anu
Islands highest in popular favor IL is Dehg Iuh IoSu
fbe Florida mine at a depth of 1000 feet ne LABOR
eOne is estimated 10 cost 100000 In coln 1t has now
attained the depth of - feet and Is awaiting the
arrival of the hOisting works. lhe hQlstlhg aPpa
Satus is TO be of the rstclaSs and Will cost when
placed $4,000. Here. then at once we nave an ouS 6
Law of $4,000 to sink shaft TO the dePth OF wv
IeSt The cost of running an engine for the pumping
aud hOisting of from the depth OF lOOV IeeI
nfter the work is completed cannot fall short OF SOV
Der day. or $365OO per year. 80,
Now have no doubt of the ultimate success OF this
pntcrnrise as the mine is one of great value and a
Few months of successful mining will pay back all OF
khis enormous Outlay-yet 1t Is but one feeble sIeP
coward rational system OF mining ana one tn.V
must eventually supplant all Others 10 W.T. 'ne 'uH
The distance from the mouth of the canyon at Clit-
ton to the Sherman shaft is little short O oOO leet
have this day visited the ground, ana nnG that sew
eral tunnels have been already commenced 70 pros
pect and dram Lander Hill, two OF Wmch-Lne foPP
kIns and PrOmetb,aI--are located upon tine south
side of the mount an, while upon the north SIDE are
Situated the johnson and Lander Tunnels The Hop
kins is already in 52S ieet and the actual cost OF II
hos been am informed less than $40 per foot These
iunnels-the Hopkins and PrOmethean-Wlu run, IVU
feet lower than the bottom of the sherman shalt
when completed: and am told that responsible per
eOns stand ready 10 run n for so per 0OtlOi te next
bOOO feet have been at some pans TO 4scSrtiidn i
work 10 fall considerably lower than that figure or
The sum of $4,000 each then, the Hopkins and Pro
nethean Tunnels can be finished to work and dram
every mine on Lander Hill. lying between Their
mouths and the Sherman shaft. Such tunnels, when
completed, could be kept IN repair at cost 0l 30
Der day each while the actual cost OF completing
these IL straight shafts would exceed Sl'3UUVO ana
the daily expenses OF pumping and hosting Woul1
he 81 600. In my ramble over the mis- Dgl
the Sherman shaft and Clifton, counted 90 dlsncJ
veins of quartz all of one uniform DIP ana sSnke'
md to all appearances OF equal value ana lee con
6dent that tunnel passing through the same ground
will cut 100 such Yet the Hopkins tunnel appears
10 he abandoned and the III straight shafts pushed
with vigor. The explanation given to me by
one of the most careful and successful snPernten
not watt they anxious TO Tealze profits at once
This i'm my opinion, is great mistake Ihe nrsl
100 feet of shaft can be sunk at the rate OF TO
feet per day, but from depth of 500 feet onward
boz feet cannot be made in one year. while IN tun-
mel 1000 feet year can be accomplished II prose-
Duted with vigOr
The failures have arisen from various causes.
have become convert 10 the prevailing theory mere
that is, that a greater number OF failures can De
traced to the utter incapacy and dishonesty OF the
Huperintendents men chosen by the trustees IN New
YOrk-frequently personal fayortes, who had de-
mOnstIated their utter lncapacty for all other Os-
ness-was intTused with their mining interests here
OF the fifty mining interests now carried on by or
Ranzed companies, can hear of no successful one
That is not under the exclusive management of real
practical miners. The salaries have been too hlgh.
The allurements have been too great Tor the y0lmg
without families or social restraints: Ihey
plunge headlOng into vices here vices that nave a
popular sanction tool, that IN the East would blight
their business prospects forever. Several faIures
have occurred where the most unblushng frauds
have been practiced in New~IOrk instbe description
and character of the property have been looking
into the affairs Of one company VINO purchased
mine here at cost OF S40UO CON-
and that too on the recommendation OF their own
agent selected on account of his strong religious
tendencies.D COnsequence-agent rich, company non
est Another company have been paying reverend
gentleman high salary for over two years ana con,
stantly furnish him money TO develop an expensive
mining property. 1t has cost them dollar bucket
full for all the dirt raised from the mne cause.-The
son of this Christian father las the contract Tor a
Ing the ore and the fathers time and attention are
taken up with the work of saving sOnlS IN which
IS hoped he is more successful than in mining This
j. of gross incompetence but, as IN most such
cases. the benefits inUTe exclusively TO the agent;
From Marshall Canyon mile south to San Fran
cisco CANYON five miles north this side of the noun
tain is covered with mines. Where the prospecting
has been thorough these veins are found WITHIN lev
feet of each other can no place on Lander Hill
where the distance between veins is hfty feet
and they often lie within eight and ten feet OF each
Dther. am inclined TO the belief that these veins
are more numerous at the surface than they are q
Sew hundred feet under ground, and that many that
nppcar TO be veins but slides from veins lying
above them but through all this distance of seven
miles along this side of the mountain rich veins OF
veins shall have been thoroughly prOspected and
mining operations shall have commenced on an
economical scale, then and not before will Reese
River take her place among the leading silver pro-
bucing districts in the world.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
PEARL FIsHERIEs-LOwER CALIFORNLA-GCAYMAs-
la PAz-SAN BIAS-ETC.