New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-05
THE siLVgR MINES OF NEEADA.
WHITE PINE--How THE SILVER OKE 80 r0 tJoty
now 1T IS MINED AND REDUCED AND h0"
MUCH 1T YIELDS, r... ..-,,,r,

WHITE PINE-How THE SILVER OkE 10 rV ,In,,,
now 1T IS MINED AND REDUCED AND h"'
MUCH 1T YIELDS L.. .- ,sr,
. IRRoM AN oCCAsIosAL CORRESPONDENCE rI.
VIRGINIA CRY, New June 1S.-lhe oiu ellii-
t ,iI 10 california via the Humboldt and Carson kV-
,,oaiod vast sterile waste lying to the eastward
toward Great salt Lake. to which the tue OF tue
resin mr. American Desert universally ana appro'
nrfatey applied It my misfortune 10 crOss h's u"
tract hate in the Summer OF l4 anu 's
drearv wastes destitute of water and vegetation save
the omniprsent artemisa, with nothing TO reeYe inc
rugged, repulsve monotony OF low ranges OF barren
mountains forming the only visible border to the vast
oIa Aats through which the slow laborng train crept
left impressions upon my mind not at all pleasant E1'
ploring parties through Arizona and Hew'Mexlco, sur
yeyng for stage road about COO miles south OF ths
found similar or, IL possible, still more barren waste
TO traverse and the conclusion naturally arrived at was
that roads fairly represented the intermediate
country Accordingly South Eastern Nevada was con-
yenently disposed OF as an unexpored desert, sup
posed to be inhabited By few miserable tribes OF III
dans" Such was the general idea Of the interior e'eh
upon this coast and little nothing was known OF IL un
Ill the late discoveries by prospectors guided Dy a
dian known as Napear JIM 10 Whon 'ne h nJnO VI The
partial explorations made thus far nave NOT oh vee
all preeOnceiyed ideas OF the geographical aspect S @
country but have exploded some OF the most eIADoo
and hitherto universally received theories OF geoogstS
and scientific regarding the presence anu |
Tendency OF argenferOus veins. Instead OF sagebrus
desert ana barren hills South Eastern Nevada was lonn9
TO DO an elevated, M tanous tract OF County,; %e a
watered and timbereh possessing soil rcb DlacK anu
Ioamy, more resembling the bottom lands along our
Western rivers than any portion Of country sy yys ne
ton OF being capable OF supporting large poPusV n
agriculturaly inclined BIOLOGISTS nave AM, ton ~
the absence large deposits Of precious metals put AZ
Treasure nm find alternate layers OF quartz anH a
SIDE the quartz very rich in silver ana even tue Hne
stone containing almost enough 10 pay Tor WORKING Ie
IDEAL her
ways found wedeined ledge, having SeneIti W
recion from north to SOUTH forming vast chain Of de-
nosits Iendne through both continents But at White
Pine no well defined lead like the COmstock mas Oee1
found contrary Treasure Hill stands at the HeaG
OF three ranges the middle called the Base Metal
Range yielding abundance OF argentlierous galena,
and other ranges containing mines as ch as any
thus apparently overturning the one ledge theory
aud setting biologists again adFit upou tue uhcer
rs ses 9 rises to the hight Of 10000 feet
above the and the city being only go ieei pc pc
low the summit makes 1t by far the most elevated CITY
mine was made by a German of that NAME and it sur
passes in wealth even the Poornan lead Vi Wag Eage
and tLe wall rocks between which the pay ore found
are 15s feet apart shaft has been sunk to the depth OF
,co fse from which they drifting In an eastery
dpecon The pay ore" has been worked within seven
per cent Of the assay aud averages soO per 6n o
taken from single tun Of selected ore Al tHo rVch VI
this mime is worked by what Is Known hs Ing NM tsi
suncleDt 10 deprive the OF all MOISTURE rory en
% spnioTed i'm the mine who extract the ore as fast
"a rho nilIs now erected can reduce 1t. The Company
have TWO mills of 10 and u stamps respectively now In
and one OF 90 stamps building. With the usual
Stav attending dscoverers, Eberhardt sold out Tor
few hundred dollars before the mine had Deen 'hGr
owners OF tho millions already exposed IN TINS great
treasure house Of nature one OF tue owners kt@uA
Wheeerl well known as the one 70 whom tue elsS
ries OF the California Bank applied TO egouLe ioI tne
purchase OF this mine aiter Iat bee i istened
10 the offer OF purchase and turning 70 ts9 agent an
nounced To him mat ~ was e It and tbe1 70
buy up the Inflated little concerns that bad the conce 10
attempt to purchase the Eberhardt mine
Many other rich mines have already been opened
among which are the Enterprise. tue NITginia, Ine
Aurora &c. The Of the first averages So per tnn
mil nr7ce and ia worked by the ordinary wet crushing
method at an expense OF about $40 per tun when
water has Vet been struck in any the mines Treas
ure hin save In some small chambers, hed by melting
snow All the water used there is brought from Hamli
TON situated lower down tho mountain, though II Is
200 feet above the level. Shermantown, northeast
reached by a footpath about a mile in length but the
wagon road between the two towns Is four miles in
sary ON Christmas day last all the ladies then living IN
Hamilton. In number were present at ban gwen
there Now schools contain more than $50 children,
and the number Is increasing by new arrivals daily
The Base Metal Range as has already been stated heads
at Treasure H, between two ranges of sllyerbearng
quartz IL is ~ miles long, extending IN northery d-
ecton and has AZ least one peak higher imam Treasure
nm juttng up above the line OF perpetual snow For
some after the discovery OF the Eberhardt this
was avoided on account OF the great prepondeanee
of gaenA necessatng tho smelling process In order TO
extract the base or precious metasi recently however
many claims have been taken upon H. and assays show
that ore points contains s000 per tun In silver
White pine nut pine, and mountain mahogany are the
woods OF this regon and in the Patterson DIS
rict 20 miles south OF Treasure Ill., Is an abundance oil
timber that cuts "saw-ngs 70 teet IN length ana IRON
one 10 two feet square The kind known white pine
differs materially from the pine Of the East being very
brittle and breaking almost as readily across the gram
as lengthwIsc Sawmills are being erected. and lumber
that during early excitement sold for $500 per thOus
and feet has now declined to $780, Shantes and tents
are disappearing and being replaced by more substan
al but rough houses OF wood and The nut pine,
although article Of fuel for the quartz
mills and smelling furnaces, OF too stunted growth Il
| DO available for building.