, 1869-05-10

m:ue IRON which the Epocinan Aasayed was
taken, ns well as tho rest Of tho mines in tho
White Pine region, il no richer than gre1
nnany others in different parts OF the o9un-
Try. Specimens from mine oRa. a.Afaxwe1ls
Ranch, Nav MEXICO, assayed at the PhilA-
da1phiA Mint, yielded at the rate Of over
twenty-five thousand dollars pcr ton. specl-
mens found near tie road from Santa Fe
!. to Fort Union would have yielded. not
lees, and. probably moee. than for
~ !. thousand dnllAss to the
ton. There are many specimens in Califor-
nisn rahinota which are mare than half pusc
gold, and would yield At tho ratio Of more
than three hundred thousand dollars Per
ton. By the side Of such magnificent teati-
monials Of unbounded wealth in the mines
from which they wers taken, the selected
specimens from White Pine would appear
as Insignificant as nickel hA4 dime in the
company Of double eagle.
Picked specimens and fancy assays will
do to sell by, when the vender is not
troubled with mora conscienhousness than
is customary in mining regions: hut
they will not do to buy by, unless the rur-
chaser has more money than he knows what
to do with aud wanta to get rid Of tin
which case wc know Of hut one mode by
which he could more ctfecsually accomplish
his hearts desire, md that il by attempting
| to establish d daily Newspaper.
Extraordinary richness upon or near the
| surface is not always m indication of a per
manent mine Tho onco famous "lsh
lead, at Gold Hill, jackson County, Oregon,
furnishes an instance Of mine Of unpar-
allclcd richness and unparalleled collapse.
| Specimens taken from the nsinc were moro
! than half gold and when the shaft through
which the auriferous quartz wns taken out
had been sunk to the depth Of twenty-five
feet, the bottom Of it, according tu the tes.
timony Of eye-wltnesses, appeared to one
looking down from the top las if it was
paved With tven.y-dollar pieces" Multi
tudes came from near and far to view til ia
marvel Of mines, and to secure specimens
to he cut into sets for ch-seals, rings,
pins, etc. An almost incredible amount
Of gold was taken from this 1ninc in
few weeks md its lucky disoovorers,
confident that they possessed a nevor-fail.
ing source Of wealth, initiated the style and
e1tzavngance of Liberal handed nilhonaires.
Suddenly the lead, which had 80 freely been
giving ont golden treasures, gave out in
quite another sense. In the expressive
though inels9ant miners phrase, il wat
"plhyed out" A groat deal Of money and
time and labor waa spent in cudeavoriag Il
find the lost lead, hut in yain- More thai
ten years have passed since tho "Ish load
was found and lost and although man.
: export prospectors have sought for it il
vurious ways, no tsaee Of it has yet beel
discovered.
Lot no one who desires to invest il
mining property be deceived by the assay
crs returns; because it is = very conmo
; thing to send tho choicest samples OF ore
: for assay, md it is not every miner who
though wishing merely to ascertain III
ralue Of his mine for his own satisfaction
and not for tho purpose of e!lccting 4 sa1e
has the Judgment to send to the ass4ye
i average ores; the vanity Of most men
e certnin to crop out in the selection Of th
: richest specimens for such purIsost
l And the value Of mine cannt
,lways be determined by working return
because, when tho facilities for reductio
are limited, most men will naturally selet
: tleir best ores to put through the process
ind, again, becauso tho ores raised and r.
lucel ,nay be tnlcn from "I,ocket" 9
chimney" containing larger proportion
# the precious metals than any other pa,