The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-06-11

WAITING FoR CAPIrAL.-lt is tune that
Che delusion about waiting for capital to
come TO onr assistance, in the purchase
aud the development of mines in White
Pine, should be dispelled. Money for
euch investment will come but slowly in
any event; bnt if we would have 1t come
uuieklv. we ourselves must first exhaust
all our available means TO bring ont the
nractical of the country and
turn them to account. The great min
ing interest of our region is divided into
two classes, namely: the free silver ores
and the base metal ores. If we take as
correct the conclusions of nearly all The
professional seianiists md nine-tenths of
tl,e experienced practical miners, the
base metal mines lie at the foundation of
our future prosperity. Free silver mines
are no doubt plentiful enough and fgeh
enough; bnt outsidetnf those which hive
2 been partially Developed, and @hich{lie
in a-Eery~ aasts1cfed zane eompared with
the extensive belt of base metal mines.
we are without reliable data to hang nm
assured hope npon. This conclusion,
however. shonld not be permitted to
weigh against the free silver ore interest,
and for an obvious reason. There is a
Spanish p%roverb which contains much
truth and much force: 1t takes "A COLL
mine To work n silver minel The dis
parity in the ontlay between working the
free aud the base mines is very great.
The former is an incossant tax on the
generator from the moment the pick is
first struck into the ground; the latter,
in a large number of cases, meets. or
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the very opening Of The shaft or the iun-
mel. Hence the present popularity ESQ 10
speak) Of base metal mines. -four district
is rich in free ores, the base metal lodges
will. if properly aided, som afford the
means re requisite to demonstrate hat fact
10 the world. This brings rs to the
point that we desire earnestly to imples4
upon the mind of our people. Up to
the present time. our furnaces have
failed to successfully treat a certain high
grade class Of base ores. Carbonate ores,
properly mixed with cres Of n richer
but more rehillions character. produce
bnllion that will pay well; hnt the min
ers have fnnnd by experience that more
can be realized for their high grade. but
refractory. ores by shipping them To- San
Francisco than by wasting them in mn
satisfactory experiments here. At the
BAY these ores bring a very high per
centage anon their assay value, aud the
payment is immediate aud certain. But
at this stage of onr progress we are
stalled. Transportation to the railroad
is indispensable. aud the capacity and
charges of freighiing by teams are in
adequate and over. burdensome. 1t IS
Just here That we must cease whining for
capital and make the effort to help our-
selves. The lever which moves capital
in mining matters is mining success, and
until we have, from nur own resources.
solved onr own problem, We bad better
cease nursing n fitunus drlusion, n
turn To n project of relief that i prtcilc-
able and within our reach. A strong
movement has been made BY the people
to procure n railroad to llko. So far
everything looks favorable. Tie Cen
trail Pacific Cnmpany's managers are
willing aud anxious 10 undertake the
work. If there exist n harmony of sfnti-
mont among our people aud we can show
that the enterprise will pay. At the
very moment when we are abont To 20
this-when we are arranging to send II
committee of consultation 10 Sacra-
mento. we find that We are egreglously
BETRAYED by parties interested in "a speen-
htive aud villainous franchise granted
by the last Legislature Of Nevada. and
now in the hands of nm engineering and
u~usorupnlnus lobby at Washington. The
men who own this franchise arc opposed
20 the movement of the people oi
White Pine. The latter are acting
openly. the former secretly. What we
A.. l..,,. =. IL 1sal4 tIap oVa fFygnn Ia
undo in the dark. We must defeat and
neuiralize the chicane of these interested
intriguers. This can be hest done 10y an
unmistakable expression Of pnblic opin-
ion-such an expression as will reach
Congress and have its Just weight there
with representatives. who nre not com
mitted to The odious measure now before
that body. The men here who are ope-
rating u~nderhandcdly against US. DUE
not openly set themselves in the face oil
this popular movement. They have nj
ready done their worst, aud whenever all
the facts are laid squnrely before the
public, they will fall into n political grave
which even the sound of Gnbrirl's trnm-
pet will never reach. A mass meeting oil
the people of White Pine onght to he
called at an early day. 1t will place the
i%ntriguers and their schemihg bill before
the district in its naked defnrmitv. and
will have mn almost defuiiive effect III
seeming ms n railroad, through the Cen
trail Pacific Company, before the white
fly of next Winter VIII have spread his
hprons rrinas.
Fot1nru OF JuLY.-This was one u j.
sidered by all Americans as the gfan'' 81
day in the history of our Country, md
In every ham,et ann csiifym the Union It's
celebration observed ms n saered and pat
riotic duty. We are now rapidly ap'
preaching the day Of Freedoms Juhl
lee. and yet no move has been made 10y
our citizens to celebrate the grand occa'
sion. The fire companies have nearly
all held their monthly meetings, without
actiop taken in regard to Fourth of Jnly
1t would be like playing Antony and
Cleopatra, with Egypt left out, to hold i
national anniversary here without the
participation of the Fire Department
Who will make the first break in this
matter ? There is no time to be lost
Orators must bnrn the midnight lamp
and poets woo the tickle MuSe-and they
must have a reasonable time to do So.
QUERY?-A few weeks ago a petition
TO Washington for the establishment ot
mail routes to all the principal points il
the districts to the south, west and cas-
of MS, was quietly circulated and numer'
onsly signed. 1t now appears that n pc
tition has reached Washington from
Hamilton, signed by all the principa
merchants, miners, lawyers, business
men and property. holders of this city.
praying for the passage through Con
gress OF the swindling Nevada and Colo
fedo RAILROAD and Navigation Company
nii, No r. spectacle man here is know
nave signed such n prtition, am
therefore we nra left to inf, that thi