The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-10-30

the recent discoveries in Humboldt
District:
/" For two or three weeks the mir in
central and Eastern Nevada, along the
line of the Central Pacific Railroad. has
been full OF rnmors and reports con-
corning some discoveries of ore beds or
veins highly
IMPREGNATED WITH GOLD AND SILVER.
Specimens of great richness have
been exhibited, aud no little
excitement created as to the exact
whereabouts of the deposits. Various
papers have located them at points
hundreds of miles apart, and all wrong.
l am now at liberty to state that these
veins or lodes are found in the noun
tain directly in front of the Humboldt
House, and are within three or four
miles OF the railroad station, to which
ore can be conveyed with the utmost
ease and facility. Several assays have
been made, each
OVER THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
THE TON.
There 10 much excitement in the imme-
date neighborhood, and many are
anticipating large fortunes from claims
already located or soon to be found.
or the exceeding richness of the ore,
demonstration has now dissolved all
doubt. OF its quantity. you may
judge by the fact that one of the veins
and there are many more quite as
promising at the surface-cropped
out only about eighteen inches thick,
and at forty feet-ths depth now at
tained-is more than four feet thick,
and OF increasing richness; nor is this
ore at all rebellious. There are also
LEDGEs, RECENTLY DISCOVERED,
Showing many tons of ore containing
more or less base metal. and vet as
saying from $4,000 to $25, 900 per
ton. / will retain for another COM
munication further details, merely re-
marking that am prompted to make
these statements that the public may
know. and persons at distance have q
fair chance with those who may hap.
pen to be on the ground"
RAILROAD FARE IN GREENBAcKs. An
item appeared in the Lyon County
Times of the Goth instant, relative to
coin and greenback fares on the Gen.
trail Pacific Railroad. That journal
stated upon information received from
. California lawyer, that the rail-
road company were not demanding
coin rates for fares to the East; and
that an order had been promulgated to
agents and conductors from head
quarters to accept greenbacks if they
were rendered. As this fact has not
yet been made known publicly through
the Il. r. advertisements. it is pre-
sumed that the company are quietly
pocketing coin fares, while they are
only entitled to the same rates in cur
rency. More particularly does this oc.
cur to us, as the gentleman referred to,
paid the company greenback fare to
Reno while we handed out the same
amount in coin. Now. the question is,
are not greenbacks legal tender for
railroad fare on the Central Pacific?
We believe it 10. 1t is said this sly
little engagement has been going on
over the road for the past two months. +"
Somewhat anxious to ascertain if the
Times was correct We called upon w.
Fl. WEIGH. Railroad Agent here, and
asked the fare to Omaha and other
eastern cities. Mr.. WEIGH replied by
giving the amount to each place. pay
able in currency. We then asked if he
made any deduction if it was paid in
coin. He replied that fares and freights
TO all points East are on gresnback
basis. and that when . man pays coin
he is allowed its full value in green.
backs. This satisfied rs that so far as
this station is concerned the lawyers
information was not authentic. and
that persons purchasing tickets here
for the Atlantic States do not have to
pay greenback rates in gold. The
Central Pacific have sins enough to an
swer for without charging them with
those of which they are not guilty.