, 1874-12-16
lnreo sIzo ii goinH t1oi, for tic 1.d00-font loTc1
yet 10 be) md ~ now down 90 foot, NIL tho way
}u rro ~ II ,1rtn

Wln2e going M to croaH.oi1t NO. Y, a Finze Or
(yel 10 he], a,nl II now down 60 foot all lilo way
I'll orc Of wonderful rc1lyoaH.
AN EXPERTS ESTIMATE or WHAT ~ IN s1nuT."
II Ia estimated by Mr.. nclAcsssimer, tho well-
known mining onglnecr and export, TINT thoro Is
now atandingtn Tho Consolidated Vlrgiuia miuo,
aboyo tho 1b50foot loyoa. 943, ono, 0O0 worth or
Gro, or about s27, ,b90, ,600 III tlYac,au, Tnly Is
saying nothing about what In below, and, m wo
| hayo Hran, they h!rondy havo wlnzo down so
fcos below TUG 1,6do.foat loyol IN ole Of tho r!el.
est description,
THE ornin And Tn1: NORTH END or THE cA1-
trOnNfA.
Tl,o groat contro Of Interest In tho vnst ore
body running through tho tros mines IL nt pros
ont In lttlo drift in Tho Ophr ground, Just at
thn eage of tho north itno Of the California. Il,
tLs. last Saturday afternoon ,was stfncls ore fur
safraaslbg IN riclncsn anytling yet soe1i In this
chormouHly.rich body'of orc. sreciulctls aro
here found that nro utmost pnrc silver that arc
quite malloablo, ard that may bo whitfield with q
kuife, almost the saino as lead.
TwELvE-IuNpnEp.noL1An ONE.
It 10 estimated Tint tho ore IN tllis littlo TO-
$':2oo per ion. 4 specimen taken out ut this
point aA5aycd ovor 99201 1t Is aucl orc aa ID io-
whore ofao to DO Hcon OH tho Conatock lode, aud
10 lar ahead Of tho famous "Oaifornta cross
cut mentioned atovo, situated II feot within
| Tho Consolidated Virginia ground. If that is
| rich enough TO mako ono poor man sick, this
| Bi,onld nauaento half doaon raupera. Thls
"fearfnlly and wondorfully" rich orc aaoma to
eourao. it maat spread to q considerable dstatco
| into tho Ophir. There aro. indeed, to DO aeon
| strong lndioatlous-tn moro pinces th1i, one
that this great orc chimney haa nu inclination to
| The northward. wlierenB Bouth Of this Great
"bulRo" nll -cmnoys haro Inclined to the
soutward. It is certain that right here, In hath
] tho 0phr and California lnincs, is tremendous
deposit Of almost incaleulnblo richness. That
Of tho California aud again IN the DRIFT ut tho
aouth llno, just within tho ConHolidaloa Vlr-
ginta, indicates wonderful mass lying betwceu
tl,o two points. Alr. Daidoshencr and otllor OK
norts eetnete that there are in tho California;
| ground econ feet III longth} at lenst
ONE HUNDRED MILLION DoLLAnB WORTH OF ORE.
On The 1,465.fopt lovol Of tho ophir, tho min
north and south drift, after being ostondetl
soutll into the California distance Of 90 feott
was turned west. whcno It hns penetrated ore OF
m excellent qunltty for tlialanoo OF 127 feet.
+! On the !, ,900-fpot level q DRIFT rim aomc tilno
since beGan to enter tho ammo rich ORC nftcr 1t
lad gono few feet over tho Callfornia line.
A GLANCE At ruE oru1n NINE.
| What Inns been said above Of tho wonderful
| strike In tho small drift below tho 1,4G5.foot
laval ie, Of course, an account OF portion al
All Of the orc breasts Oil tho 1000 md 465 foot
levels arc looking better aluost daily. On tlo
1,4G5-foot lovol nro constantly observed ndca-
| tions OF the Erent bona!1zG "mnkluB" norsE-
ward, and. indeed, Of its expanding in oil dftoc-
tionB. 1t ia as though tloy wero at work Oh tho
top of great bowlder, Which ls found to stretch
away III oil directions as explorations are 1nado
| upon and around It. Iu ofdOr to give your read-
ora aomo idoa Of tho quantty Of orc afraady de-
yeIopcd III tho Ophir, I may here Bay that tho
| best estimated show that there arc OH tho 500
md Lace foot oTcl not less than 150 900 tons oi
orc opened up aud in sight. At present tha
Ophlr Company are extracting ore nt tho rato Of
240 tons por day, Keeping four mills IN opern-
ton, but they could very oasily incrcaao the
! amount X 1t wore NECESSARY.
THE HIGHEST MINERAL DISCOVERY IN THE wonLp's
| HISTORY.
There eau bc no do,lbt that tho body Of orc
| nov just boluy opened III the thrco minos under
! consideration IN undoubtedly tic lArgeBt mud
richcst tho world eyor sew. In the California
| tho width will doubtless prove to be immense
just hoH wide it may bo found no ono ran hay,
anl Tic experts themselves faar to risk an opin.
lou but they unt ut all tho wny from 300 to A00
fcot. Tho Iongtli. rs VIC alt know, Ia ooU fcot.
4 cross-cut for tho vein has aleo boon startosl
from tho main north and soat. drifs Of the AUG
! foot Lowell Of tho CallforrIn, and lB being nl.
vauced III promising vein mntter. Soon VIC shall
knoW something about the width of deposit on
this md the 1,500. From tho Developments now
being mado ut each end OF tho Mino, wo up here
| are beginning 10 fear TINT somewhere ncur The
centre it will bo found to ho but aohd noun
tain mast Of pure silver