New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-12

the ores the latter bears no comparison to those Of Alpine
are UNSURPASSED by any others this continent The
Carson River. and It's tributaries wnen are pflncpaD
fed by the Alpine Shows furnish sufficient
to drive thousands Of stamps. to which the mineral
lodges all in close proximity; no is are coNcIeu
with tho finest Of timber and 1t Ia from this source
foafe annually down the Carson co 80 miles that the
| forty companies working the Comstock Lode. obtain
| feet yearly at a cost OF about 81 00O,OoO
The situation of Alpine is little north OF east from
road and stage taking SO hours OF travel IT Is almost
directly south from Virginia and Carson ehtea ana h,
| which the Comstock is the principal lode-the same
course magnetic north and south, passing through ana
The mineral districts OF Alpine County are OF far
There are dozen or more OF them, pns tne inT' p,
nent are Monitor, Silver Mountain Great Mogu Apihe
miDes OF Monitor District will be spoken Of as my e1
| plOrations mostly confined to them
the district II is situated Monitor Mountain, which
runs to the hight OF 1000 feet from the canyon OF the
creek Through this mountain, on the north sue OF oh
tOr Creek across the canyon and the PERCEPTIONS side
of Globe Mountain on the SOUTH runs the heayest oou
California or Nevada. Monitor Mountain, half mile
in width. is vast deposit OF syer9eang ore OF a
the Pacific The Tarshish Tunnel run in from the east
struck the same at SAC feet mouth and after
penetrating rich ores for distance OF ~ ieet hau no,
sSnR $50 ee Ee From an incline was
feet then, by shaft 80 feet DEPTH at which point oter
drifts were made to q considerable distance al me
workings being ia the body Of pay ore, the limits OF
which In every direction are unknown The ore is SOFT
species of pipe-eay kaolnsilicate of aumna.per,
fectly filled with sulphurets OF silver assaynG from
sl6 10 5000 per tnn. and yielding 10 u src
$50 TO 500 for the average of three grades OF
the ore. over 1000 tuns were extracted IN the
SIS per and If the same quality OF ores can DO easily
extracted without ar or pS%der IN bile xS 0I
mountain seems to be one mass The Iarshsh is owned
BY Company managed ey Is Of the Slate
OF New York; not one of whom knows more about n,nn
schools The consequence is the mine has been idle for
than year. while the directors have been verify
ing the adage of confusion confounded by thelr
discussions OF chow not TO do it," This Is sample OK
ignorant inefficient management coupled win a ae
SHSy such dSrepSc With public
Under intelligent, Gese b n STh p .H Condition to
turn $4,000 bullion per month is one OF the most
promising and valuable mining properties have ever
examined the easiest worked and average o. the ores
the highest In value when the vast extent OF the deposit
is considered yet for want OF intelligent efficient drec
tion this rstlass mine practically vaueess and It's
stockholders disgusted. ,,. 4,
REHABILITATION the grand Tarshish deposit IN
Monitor Mountain. running across tho canyon s0uthery
two immense branches or odes" OF mineral quar!z
one called the Esmeralda, outcropping In pyranlda
80 40 feet in hight, and the other the Her
cules" separated from the former by small rayne Inc
Esmeralda has been but partially developed, put, lrI
shaft % feet in depth at the southery margin OF inc
1900 per tun and even the poorest looking rock IRON
this shaft assayed from $500 TO $500 per tun In tho
ctement OF the Comstock and Apue dscoyees In 1862
the stockholders OF the Esmerala mostly miners Wth
Company dsoranzed, and therefore nothing has since
been done make available this unquestionably extern
GLoBE-The Hercules being the westerly and largest
sFa9 Tar.S SE %e eSo Ianh onor ns the
regular massive and conspicuous quartz ledge IN the dis
tric In geological character 1t is exactly the same as
the Tarshisn; the veinInatcr being ncosed between
walls OF porphyritic trap sample OF ore from ABOVE
veT While small veins Of quart cut in the progress OF
the tunnel toward the lode give handsome assays III gold
metals throughout the von-matter. at all points
above and near the surface $500, a.. ~. c.....
1000 outcrops in bold crest often 20 10 80 feet
in hight and Of a width Of than 100 feet The sltua
ton presents most extraordinary advantages for mining
operations the abrupness OF the mountain 1hording an
opportunity to explore the ledge AT great depth by
comparatively short tunnel while the Carson River
mile distant, gives power for all the machinery that can
be required for all the mills that may ever DO built
require from 100000 for proper development
much less than half the former sum will suffice to open
to the treatment Of 20 tuns per day.
is Pf AFka t? shs
therefore, all the advantages which experience energy
and power give for cheap, rapid aud successful de
to be cannot be made to payhaving expensive stan
OF officials, usually more ornamental lah noelu, 70
malntan-thon under what conditions ca" success be
MORSING sTAR.-Ths ia q mine situated in the Great
Mogul District less than mile northeast OF Monitor
Mountain and two miles north OF the town of Monitor
assayng from $50 to 800 per tun IN silver and copper
the latter the block yielding nigh as ~ per cent
| In length some six years ago; but the ore was 50
refractory" that no process was known In this coun,
made to Swansea, England some years ago. which
ent in the "Pattner " gold and silver ciornation pro-
cess put INTO operation on tho Star ores during the past
two months by Messrs Hoffman Kustel, two expert
enced German netalurgsts the most surprising results
have been obtained. 1t is found that all the valuable
metalsgod, silver, and cOpper-can be extracted to
exceeding irere dollars per t The first lot Of this ore.
gave product OF about 500 per tun This method Of
treatments adapted alike to all kinds OF suphuret ores no
in mining for brings the lowest grade OF known
in the silver regions within the scope OF profit while the
yield on the higher grade ores wiz make good mines pro-
ductive beyond the dreams Of the most sangune.
workings Of the star Nine In lot Of ore sent to Da-
Wilson's mill az SILVER Mountain In September 1861 for
ore an arrohead Of soiid sRrer four inches in length
having small piece OF the root OF tree attached the
800 feet below the surface This arrowhead was an inch
broad at rho base where 1t attached to the shaft
IDENTIFY for giving better hold on the wood At the
point It was about nan an inch "i%e ana OF the uniform
alleged with tin, but otherwise very pure IL WAS per
sesGS n S b e 81 Of aDober Sgs
and people This arrow head and the ore which in
cased IL carefully examined while ut Silver Mountain
last Summer 1t was in the possession OF the Hon. Henry
Emo Judge Of Alpine County.
IJPERIAL QUARRY CoMPASY.-This is an English Lon
dOnl Company with large capital, carrying on gigun
tic work Of Development equal IN national Importance
to tho projected sutro Tunnel" for which Congress is
bank Of Carson River few hundred yards above
the mouth of Monitor Creek tunnel Is being run for
Mount America south OF the OF Monitor, distance
Of nearly two miles which tunnel will cut belt OF &c
mineral lOdes, Uhe majestic Hercules and Esmera-
ia among the others that Monitor Canyon between
the river and town Mount America is another Of those
grand mineral deposits like those Of the Globe and MOn
Mountains in extent, but like the Morning Star,
Of argentfeIOus copper The tunnel nersects the
nit ridge OF Mount America at depth OF 900 feet
and will inevitably develop OF In all these
knOvntoDe bearing lodes which will throw the
ComstOck far into the shade and this TOO by English
"puck" alone, backed by English gold. 1t is magn-
cent enterprise which VIII take years to accomplish
Work has been going In the solid night and day
for the past year.