, 1869-05-25

per,nfendents forty Presidents, fottr Secretaries,
forty boards Of dlteesoss N 70 ne snpps.ea WIN
Of nvye1a and w'tues.sA pstips'ests e12era
uniting % keep Up. the rate Of Nases; These
tG!ugS explain the hcarJ expense Of Com.
money. amounting TO % per cent d Inc whole
production, tie labor actually performed nas ncen.
ios wsnt .. united acton otep osHsss i.n, TasFs a
p2n.es III the Comstock Lode TO nsfe, pat %
Ec:her, tho whole length of the sa:ro t1nneL
Tue Buillou Company, which ha8 the deepest I
shaft the lode, never hat any oEr hui ms epent
more than nainson of doEaT ~ u r. rsospseH es,s Hns
tuck, hare been IN bonaa:a for long pes3odA SoN
this division Of vein, which gisea the rich ehln-
G eaiseT, r. u nas Conducive % economy. The result
has ptuved to he that both oNucfs T1ste money |
All the explorations IN tho baTeu mines Or ~
money ruaz away BY The mines thai have had. 1or
- Those errors IN leg1sasson, or the want Of II,
dttton Of th1ngz. cannot now be re1otred. r.
not wtse To Interfere With existing Fa.ieseA essn
pauiea On the Comstock tode must b allowed TO
saep. q % gan sss stsa j r. ''
~ Al meftrt, however. the tendency u moro
than ever the other Way. As the ptpspscts o. Gn.
IL aaTker, ct ofncsn. ascnar and s1oeshosders bend
their energies to SIRE what they can by specnla-
well ado., 70 leave them 70 thetr fate, but Tor the
/ fact thai the entGt ct An ahRnd0nme1t u fna
o66 e xSpa e5a Se m sse Pse,o
1t would confirm the mlschte sous feeling taas mln-
ing Is hai grab and halt E.nelc; that tho only way
you can get, And then nnts fool to o1, the pup
city: or fain9 that, to make fool of that collee-
! ure !nd.y'dnai the public, aud to unload .oar-
-, The autro tunne1 win do foRriuloat important
things: 1t viii settle the question Of the contlno-
nnce of the Cotnstock tn dellh II will inevitably
| unite tne mining comranies in various rrapects
Ind remove much. q the expense Of separate
alesx tnnsaanon il @l render possl5ie tae benenela
tion Of Iow.erade ores absolutely the only basis
iur rational and permanent mining; and, finally,
t aksurlng the future It will ktfl that speculation
which thrives On ignorance Of the future-
! ~ do not thlnk that the tunnel would prove a
Would H. posc in depth country which IS very
likely to contain ether bodies Of rich ore. AL the
Indications aIr t.t he origin u The Cenlstoek bod
sirsay I'd s lnovn q IT to ,' exist in thas direction
We Gull from the account Of Reese River Dis
tE;st few observations q general spgaeso15G g 1a3Ge,
| I'LL! frequently PINCH and contAn large barren
intervals, sometimes on:y sho.tng e.aI seam
cultastty for mining on the present system Of small
ornet.hps- The profits q the bonaaza AZ @ was. !.
~ a9e oF psou r
r.oTation. None Of the m!nes have extensive re-
serves But, on the other hand, &hese nasfnw and
that they Will widen again and contain ore. What
nesSsa + ssss fo
efsas lei 81 o"de :7 ore no. sent q mil
, slll further reduced h tasteful =; yortns
has. therefore. to beaF the cost Of tie whole ex.
t1nctton. OF course the secoud-cl1as ore Is made
II y ana { e. e. s
ever to lie ptcntatiy reduced Concentration O.
the dry palp =. to Gtss r'ea Groduet tor roas
{ carried out would Hork = great and beneneia
E change in the Management oi ths n.lncs~
. iuS ant1 low grade ores are saeeesatalb reduced
I Even on the tomstock vein. ~ hare shown, I'll
wtsne. he Sas IN n Eastern e tern Ne5ada ioe waste 81 10
: Ernde ores Is Still greater. In certai1 sense IN
high yieid per ton reported TON ,ae5e M ns.sea
= reprrsents, not the average quality uf the vel,
i matter but the quality OF 1hat portion Of Thlcl
- do not At present aplly 10 Wits F1ne, bnt ther
IL little doubt that sooner or later, the profits
Minng even there, ~ dspend e upon ne eoss
II do rot sec nny reason to believe that the II
soulcss OF Re1se River diasr!ct are exhsuste. .
!. tinRlr tninn is deep enough tole upon the undu
4. susted and settled portion OF is vein ~ u
Ie same t1ne It ID evident that consolidation (
properties and new and more economical sJsteI
81 mining wil be required Tor the iequase iutus
le Development Of the district"
6tft IS [12f1 OF IN ACCOUNT OIL LUe FS.4esS oA u
" | great Interior basin:
"Lne great many ether socs.!ed deserts, Il
T. Great American Desert Is nst 10 h1d as Il
iutsAlen alike Of nature aua OF man, but greas
Il parr Of thf sa1e brush countrJ-e!en the alk1
- ea1s f s ..
y po1nt Of new perhaps It present the most foEb
u dln9 Of Al tae state. IN ere !ong SUPPLY her 9s u
Of ,aSss .he ns' " s aso
which could be made productive bE til: -1don. Al
L. those which may be occupied a. ran : 8 Wlthot
i, than easua5 observer might suppose. The hI
r. tory Of Eastern Nevada furnishes curtoca fllu
tEation Of tits fact Fo! the nrst year OF s~o At
/, Thought Impossible to Keep stcck In these mou
le talEs and valleys through the winter, Sow norst
y isr. and sctuIy fssten on ihe white ssge and Il
D bunch g1as.' The latter is . proiuEt remark
big adApted to thia climate. Il sa,ts very early
come. speedily . maturity. and, vhea the I'll
n- cease wisely dries up and turns Into nutrition
S 1is ~n eei snss ttSi 70
Or the vartety known - .aaa-srass a1e suasll, a.
Sts nd es ' Viz sRn sRl
e even dtgg1nz In the sand soneuaeA to ob:a
.ns Ths gas s1gr' n II esnsnes almost s,s =
sc diseeru At a Ereat distance patches Of the
hrnebea. sometimes several aquasc mlles In {
ri tent, contestinx with the saRe-busn the oecup
- lin OF the az1d so And forming, With thrir Igh
- n1T-eo.o.. > stirling contrast 70 tnc dusty gIe4
IT. ef tn9 ,nna ~ e.
~ soils Of the Ezxs. and would convert useless was
FA lands into 5aiuaoe pa1:9res: % tne other nan
It. pretty well on some Of the land here, eren wit
a. out srtt1etal irrigation. ssnce they would e4et1
y preseni there srr many ranches II the raueya
nc Seraaa vhese stnes;.sisnE, haynk. Nssis ca, q
cv satiCn Of E!aia.. and itE1'e d2fy-"ofk Afe ca
- | ftnd on With EQcce&A@
or ot Of White Pine, the Commissioner ears:
I'll "Ea,< f1n< Gptriss N1a n.Khot1ed n lssA
~ dd not become The scene Of aucrsAsfu1 oneraEo
.re until Ire tau and x1ntsr Of 1867, when the II
mines Of 1reasase Hill werr located Pre,lona
engaEed, Ttth no te1y catering prospeers Il q
3, Development Of ceEraln mineral veius on Will
"a P1ne Ao. ntain from rhtea The district aertses
IN name. 1t u A1a3 th1x an Indian seeing the o
les piled tn the Monte Crtro mill, offered to ma
. Known . p1Aec xhere there vas plenty q g
e" seen n;es ID dtssaa s' .heic 10 Il aen T1e:sa
.ss s!ns was * loea:st se2ss1aeet u lss.: .u
- nd st1y miles soutawtst nom E1.a c,ayon,
1 ssslea ae q T. u .ssas sssa:s ) t g. Nh mn
k9 md. lonsttrae IS deg. 70 min: ws
ees s = 50 tea e e. .o1s sss
aa..ag total .is:cee q psEa.Pa ~ 1922 s,z 8
-, Of Tqeame Hill are richer than apJ tbat h
dcs aecprlbV 70 I'll the data taas have yet been c
he teo4s &c! II II potSt one say - necesss,
@ @,et complete, since no sha1 on ne MI y deepT n
~ 20 feet, and no horizontal DRIFT longer tnan
XII fest ,xt ,as ,,tn.r. n, ~.
o. t,sct held 1 meeting II which they we're Stun,
: urged . ADOPT =: oase. tse M sys5em 81 'sluare
!Hs sfs position was defeated; and eve15 man on TIE
ME my a111 now etaims 30 many feet of
the Iso running e 9ns'o soes not spssty T. n
to he WI. ~ fs,,oe S5: W.. eaa9n. teu
- rauuon IN the netghtorhood Of aoEne alre,dy
"a posed body Of ore. II he gets down to the ore
~ the better; he csn then WORK night and day,
away bease lie nssnbor xSo r. 1aa nror sen 10
IN ton, can prove the Identity Of the deposit- In
,:tH utter absence Of on1 rrA distinctive features
oe1 Mdes, the principle has been Xxx up By the VII
aac aso1ote continuity Of chloride Of silver from
aat WORKING Of the pEso1 locator TO those OF the
my egea aespesses. L. one csse, that OF the Eh
tbs nasas I'D blue Etl. ths sstnundinE DIM.
ust thirty feet ~ toe blue Bell shaft, pas
nch through mxas Of horn-zltrer, auch as hen
ace eJes have rarely locked upon, md, as q coc
s9f ee anT "a en4s 9'1sa 1oF ,s,. e ne @
Ian possible IL taat which the hhahltaats may ~
ID selves supply. oJ uniting cnncicttng clslnzs,
arranging AzesntJ thelr boundaries: Perhap
ock not tootase to establish sqc.1e locations b5
efal agreement, md 70 adtu1t tbs eiai1ns for d
nm | ages th1t may ar1se from tnca change By me
N = | Of commission elected by the citizens" j"
~ ~ The time NJ Raymond y1Ited tAe district,
sS it contained about l.ooa tnhaht.znts: but now
: ~ ta.s number hzs 1own 70 ooA and d rapidly
! be c1eaatng. the multiplicity q Interests has pr
+, 70 tltgattnn likely to % ti1e orse1 Of tho day
.ssT IF4 Rayn1ond concludes: --..-
'o aTAA futurt pF0ductFenea1 and tnpoFtanc
~ nj this district cannot now b. foreseen; but n
| = ba frbra fH& active eIpsnfAifnn