, 1874-12-16
"TAERE'S MILLIONS IN IT."
Sharon Raises Cabral Out of
His Boots.
What Are q Fcw Eusholy of Diamonds
Compared with 4 Mountain
Of Solid Silyor9
Enormous Value Of Recent Develop"
menfs in the Comstock
Lode.

a New Lend That With Pan Out
$3OO,000,O00.
AThe h1ost Important Event III tho Ills.
tory Of tic Pacific Coast"
V;roin!a, New. tDec. o., Correspondents " thu san
Efaneiro chr0Heie.
At last Tho great "bugo'' tho trno hoart Of
tho wora-falnous Conlstock ailvcr-lodo, would
pcom to havo hoen reached. AS far as explored.
It lies iu tho Cousolda.od Virginia, California,
md Ophir claims. In all throo of tlloRn mines
havo boon developed marvolously rich bodies
wonderful maaaes Of su1phuret and chloride oroa.
Wo Aayo said "holiea," hut tharo ,a in roalty
but ono boly-ouo ilnh1enao bouanaa chimney,
or whatever elao wo may ollooso 10 cali lt-ono
huge mnRs Of ore extending all the why from tho
ConHofaalod Virginia through tho California
into the Ophir, aud no one Anowa how muoh
further; nor does any ono know muoh OF it's
hosals or Width md nothing Ut a'l Of tts depth.
Aa to its length VIC know something donnito-
namely, that II extends 400 foot through tho
Consolidated Virginia, md undoubtedly ttaveraos
tho ontiro length (G00 feat) of tho California; as
It has bocn discovered iu tho Oplir Afine, which
nd{oius tho California on tho north. ltow far
1t extends into tho Ophir ground, timo aud tho
honest minor can nlono determine. 1t iB con-
eedel, however, that tho orc body cannot bo
leHs than 1900 feet in length.
THE CHEAT FIssunE
In which this largo bonanza Of ORC rests appears
to hnyo expanded ut this particular point in
the course Of tho vein in order to form for 1t
cradle suited to its giant proportions. Measur
ing across from tho trua wcstoouutry rock to
the true "cast country" rock, the distance Is
from 1000 to 1900 feet. The space bntween
the Gust and west country rock is tho 1iaauio in
which lies the body Of ore, which OF Into has 30
etRrtled and bowiihorcd all Of tho "exports nna
the whole " mining world of ths Pacific coast.
Tho great 1ssuro is filleh with what Our mining
Of quartz. e'ay, aud porphyrY. Horo. IN the
,ntdss Of this vein matter or gangue, which Alla
the vast lssure from, side to aldo. has formed
and is now found tho huge masa ot orc which
iuua through the three mines mentioned above.
For several months tho Consolidated YirBMin
Company haso been at work in the crest Of
THIS suDTEnaASEAy srLyEa MOUNTAIN,
and tle Qphir Company hare bcen gouging into
it for phortcr period Of time, while the Callfor-
MIA folks hayo but Just begun to 1oel their way
into its western slope at two Or thrco points.
Never until latoly have tho Consolidated Vir-
ginia Company seemed to got fairly 1uto tho
i1dHo Of tho mouutaiu-to penetrate to point
where they could begin to SEQ what thoy wore
working upon, although in ther upper loves
they have opened great breadths Of wonderfully
rich ore.
Inst Sunday afternoon visited tho famous
mines III company with n.1n.tor Of experts and
operators. The cage was rupidly lowered to tho
l,luU-foot level Of tho Consolidated Virgiuia
mino, 81 rapidly that NO had hardly time to ex.
change q dozon words boforo 80 touched bot
tom.
THE CALIFORNIA cHoss-CuT.
This croHs-cut il not in tho California ground,
but Is Il feet south or that Coiupauy'B Houlh
line. ..........
It is hero in this drift that tho wonderfully
rich ore OF which 30 much has Of late been sad
wGa found. The orc ia moderately rich where it
WIS first cut by tho drift, but 1t rapidly grows
richer. aud within few feot 1t becomes q mass
Of glttcrlug aulphuretB aud pao-greon chloride
orc. Tho DRIFT has now penetrated thls tnaas OF
ore-a part Of tho great wholc-a distance Of
nbout Is feet. Look whore you may,-at tho bot
tom, tito top, or the Bdos OF the drift,-it s ey-
erywhcre tho same. The men throw down their
picks aud step buck, while. candle in hand, you
critically examine tho face Of tho drift just
wllero they havo moMlcut before been digging.
You tiEd before you tue same "mate'lal" that
yon have boon examining at tho sides Of the
drilt-a pale~gi cen shade forms tho ground tint,
aud, running through This IN various directions,
or in places forming little noaules, il seen
the buck suIpAuret orc, with bright
points OF iron and col per py-
rites Elktcfln3 on lta Buflaca. Ills orc
yields M average nsaay of sir hundred dollars
per ten! It would te IN easy matter to GO:
samples OF ore III this DRIFT TINT would asaay tnl
up into the thousands; Indeed, in taking sem
ple tho trouble would bo to avoid getting hold q
which Beems to tell tho story Of the fabulous
weulth lying near nt hand iIl the California. Al
about you IS orc that is so rich that it - Makes
poor man sick to look at it." as Que OF our party
very justly aud feo1ngy obsorvcd; aud tic drll
Ia going forward In tho Bntne uleB.
At cross-cut No. 2 has been opened
4 noAD INTO THE Bn.yER 0louSTAlE.
This cross.cut il. or was flav or two Biisco. 90
feet in lengtA and nearly al tho way in exceed
ingly rich ore. From being 'slow Erado " q
llst it rapidly Increases III value TIL in gong
phort distance 1t is worth over sl00, and eoos
tho cur samples average S2t0. mad In this kind o
orr wo continue to tho end OF tho drift, wher
men ere seen atty digging 9head in tho sam' 1
ret ores. For nearly 900 foot thoy havo boe1
pushing eastward ACROSS the great ore body, nit
u got 10 eigu OF any aaat wall IL seen.
About midway IN tho length OF this cross.cu
(No. . is u w.nzo which connects with d,ift u
feot lower. which comes In from tho Gould
Curry. Tl,ss winze, through its whole course
Is In the sanlo rich orc that fs found i'll the drift
The GROUND about the tin'bera having cavo
rlst With ore worth from 9l50 to S200 per ton
there being no waste rock for thss uso near q
hand. THIS does not matter, however, as III
gronnd into which the oro Esaa boing thrown !
itself mugs OF ore Of equal value. Movin
aqain 70 t4o aouth, aloug tito lnaiu tloroughfure
80 reach
cnoss-cUT NO. 8.
Hero orc ID Econ both cast and west. In til
west eiia Of lhe cruss.cut ts to bo eeon the Mof
wall (not tho west cu,st.try rocJt), composed c
4ua1tz clay, aud porphyry. Eol!owng the croat
cut east. We find in tue aoutheast corner OF il
face, Jnat coming IT, h patch OF glossy lilac
clay;, Ihis is s.ppoHaa to b0 tho east clay wal
and 1t looks wonderfully lilo 1t. Surprising
to ba what It psoeaims itAu,f, we bayo at thl
point width Of al font Of orc, much of it til
richest klnd: The patoh Of east olay wall soc
rootion OF tho east Httlo OF ll.o great bonnnz,
1ts conrao Ia about Al degrceg oasr Of nolti
showing that tho !erosB.cuta lying 10 tho mort
--Nos. ana a-still hayo q long way 70 80 ~
fore raAchitIg tho oaat clay vail,
We puah OIL