Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-12-07
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That chronic bear. the San Francisco
Col, in it ever anxious and persistent
aesirs 70 cry down the merits Of the
mines Of this section. il always making
IN internally ridiculous fool Of itself.
II il continually indebted to the GOLD
HILL News for all IL ever knows relative
10 the actual mining Developments Of
section. yet 10 ever ungratefully
70 throw discrsdit upon our infor-
nation. It always says the NEws is un-
reliable. yet invariably has to subse-
qusntly prove US to Be correct by its own
and discussions Of the points
In question. Tho Col won't believe
our regular mining reports. It wouldn't
believe there was . pound OF ore in the
Crown Point until the Nxws had been for
weeks reporting the quantities extracted.
and dividends from it were beginning to
Gov In . regular stream to San Fran
cisco. When We recorded the develop
msnt Of ore in the Consolidated vir-
gnis mine. the uouty old Col grovlsd
out, "'isn't So" When We told Of the
ore bsing extracted and millsd. the old
bear again granted. "'isn't So" When
We recorded the exact progress and con-
dition Of the new ore Developments in
the Ophir mine. week after week. the
Cal kept sentsntiously growing. "'tisn't
50; nothing in it; only bulling and ma
nipulation," etc. This journalistic old
fossilizsd grizzly very forcibly reminds
rs Of the story Of dogmaiical old Dsa-
con Thomas. whose nature IL was to DO
always contrary-mindsd. It was q
chronic disease with him. and he couldn't
help IL. For instance. n evening he
was at q prayer meeting. and when his
brethren were the most excited. and
alive and. dsmonstrativs In their religious
fsrvor, the contrary minded old deacon
was fast aslssp. By and by one OF the
most jealous brethren. in the midst Of .
good loud old-fashioned prayer awaken
Cd him with the fsrvent ejaculation OF
".And, oh Lord. when dear brother
Thomas mission on earth Is ended, do
thou take him homo TO Heaven and
Thee" .wsn't go!'' sturdily grunted
the good old deacon. rubbing his eyes.
And now We find ii very hard to make
the Col believe that there Is much ore
in the California mine. although we
have kept The progress Of Its discovery
and development recorded from week to
week. giving the reports OF experts and
others in the matter. with their opinions
thereon. Is well a. our own, fully jdsti-
fed BY continued improvement and con-
slant rising Of the stock. The fossil
headed mining expert Of the Col. sitting
ON his lazy seat in the editorial room.
still stupidity declares his dogmatical be-
lief that 'tisn't so. He begins to rub
his eyes. and admit. however. that there
10 q little ore at each end OF the mine
and that IL may be pay ore, and that
moro Of IL may possibly be discovered.
whsn the California begins to pay divi-
dsnds, then. and not till then. the
doubling old Tho mas Of the Cal will
perhaps think there is something in 1t.
Here 10 his latest opinion = expressed
In the Cal Of yesterday;
The present developments in Califor-
mia, - far a. We can learn. consists in a
continuation (south) (north, you blum
derhsad.-Ep. NKws OF the Consolidated
Virginia body Of ore, which proves itself
remarkably rich. On the Ophir side
(north) the mine has the prospect Of a
treat portion Of the sams body Of ore
that Mr.. Curtis. the Superintendent,
has laid bare. II il claimed the ore body
tending from the north. and the ore
body dipping from the south 10 remark
able thing on the Comstock) Join in a
rich and vast BONANZA In the California.
II would be very singular. and against
all mining presidents in this locality. II
these two distinct bodies, coming from
opposite points Of the compass (some-
thing never known before) should form
q conjunction without some serious
"fault" or interruption. And II this
fault, break. interruption. dixie. or what
ever ID may DO called. should exist, why.
California Is not worth the figure II is
selling at to-day. The great wealth OF
the mine. Of which We hear 50 much. Is
simply prospective; and On this prospect
IL IL selling at SIS. 00O. 000-without hav-
ing q pound Of ore taken out Of Ii.