The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-02-05

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SOUTHEASTERN NEVADA. A cores
pondent of the Enterprise writes from Aus
tin, January 2Sth, as follows:
The great mining centre of Southeastern
Nevada as far present discoveries go, is
considerably south Of Austin, the numerous
valuable mines of Nye putting it far ahead
| of Lander county silver mining region
though not so much developed The prin-
cipal mining districts and the relation they
bear TO the Reese River District may be emu
| 1nerated. On the north, Amador is six and
Cortez 20 miles distant. The mines Of Egan
Canyon are 100 miles east of Austin; New
ark 80 east, with White Pine 80 miles to the
southeast OF it. The districts southeast Of
Austin are Smokey Valley u miles Dan
vile, 20 =; Morey. s.; Hot Creek, 95; En-
pire, no. Reveille, l3j; and Pahranagat
l9j miles. The Philadelphia District, better
known as Silver Bend, is little TO the east
of South from Austin, 80 miles distant, while
San Antonio is 30 miles nearly southwest
of it. The mining sections nearly due south
are Bunker Hill, rs miles; Blue Springs. 40;
Twin River 30, and Washington, a little
west OF south, 50 miles off. To the south
west, Union is 80, Mammoth 20, Columbus
and Silver Circle 40 miles from Austin.
mere al Z lH4IlGs vi ulllOlu value III pacn OF
these districts, and in the aggregate afford
an inexhaustible field for profitable silver
mining operations.
The development Of quartz ,odes is a slow
business and we are III measure only be-
ginning 10 turn out bullion.
When the public reads of silver mine
producing a large amount of bullion, the in
ference arrived at in regard to the actual |
profit on mining operations is frequently |
anything but accurate. In many instances |
every dollar of bullion has cost over its value |
IN gold With miners wages at ST. to s.
day in coin, milling charges So per ton.
taxes on bullion go per cent, and the other
expenses in proportion, it requires ore Of
very high grade TO WELD profit to the own
crs of mines. There are lodes in Southeast
ern Nevada which give a splendid surplus
over the cost of working, but it is only after
The expenditure Of large capital that this
end is attained. Silver mining ought only to
be engaged in by heavy capitalists. The
poor man occasionally makes a moderate
fortune by lucky discovery, but if he hopes
20 make money by working silver mines on
small means, he is deluding himself, and will
be dead broke before he knows what he is
about. 1t is only one lode in thousand
which pays for opening itself. With the ap-
proach OF railroad connection, however, our .
mines will become saleable at
emunerative prices. and in nine cases out Of
en- the prospector will act wisely to sell
when the opportunity presents itself
Few mining regions produce such masses
II ruby ere as can be seen at any Of the best
mines on Lander Hill. A stranger looking
t slab Of ruby silver would wonder what
ind of mineral substance it was. He
vould admit that It was very compact and l
eavy; of a beautiful crimson color, but he
ould scarcely think a ton of it would con-
ain thousand dollars of bright marketable
liver. From the North Star mine ton
ould easily be assorted out at any time
hitch would go far over this figure. Yet it :
ppears that at a recent meeting of the Ly-
cum of National History in New York it
as announced by Professor Eggleston that
lie mineral was one of great rarity. The
olendid specimens sent to the Paris EXhi-
tion from Austin were credited to Chile A
I'D Idaho, the existence of Nevada and its
lequaled ruby ores not being acknowledged .
the Professor who deemed himself capa-
e of enlightening his hearers on the i'm n
ortant subject.
Our isolated position and the improbable G.
of supplies reaching us either from Salt
IKE or California before Spring, gives our D
erchants the power to raise prices almost
high as they please. Another advance y
IS been made on flour, and hints are thrown ~
t that it will so up to 80 hundred. The
lowing are the present prices for staple NJ
'icles: Flour, SIG to 81; bacon. 80 to
cents per pound ham 81 cents; crushed NJ
gar, 80 to 80; brown sugar. p to IS; dried
ITS, %, beans, ID; butter, rs; lard, 50;
IS, 81 to 81 80; coffee, 80 cents paper;
'up, SO per key; candles, $40 box or
cents pound; barley, s; wheat, !; pota-
s s to 10 and coal oil, SIG to SIS case
ard has not been advanced, the rate being
. a week; single meals at restaurants. - r
its. The stock of goods in Austin is sutt.- -
mt to last for several months, and mer-
Ints ought not to deal numerically with
poor, when circumstances have given
m the power to do so.
in the Pacific coast almost every year has
special excitement and Sweetwater is Dii
,ly to be the watchword Of the ramblers oil NJ
8. Letters are frequently received here da.
n men who are wintering there, and Cni