The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-15

900 IN etEnt-1n Inese
Mines Work Revolusfo4i I'm the Value
Of SILVER and Sold Throughout, the
Wortds,i 9lhH IiAf ! fiNf5l
ICorrasaond enrcof he Chibtk 10 Inter ocean. ! (.
VIRGINIA CrrY,-Neys safareh22y ISL
Let msv in the first place, correct a false
impression respecting the sBig Bonanza "
The California and Consolidated Virginia
mines are located IN Virginia City. State OF
Nevada. and not IN the State Of California,
as is enormously written BY the amateur
correspondents for naany Eastern papers.
The great bonanza is In the northern end
OF the EefAsteek lede. Beginning fourteen
feet ftprh the sohthern bohndary line OF
the Cpnsoli dated fginia Inine, it extends
TO its Aorthern line. Assistance OF 5S6 feet
thence through the entire length Of the
California mine, a distance OF 600 feet ;
and has been traced 4 further dtstanee7of
seventy feet in the adjacent OphF :Bii1e.
This bedg. Of ore is 160 feetewide az the
point -pf discovery IN the Consohdated
Virginia mine, and, Ike a great riIef or
lake. gradually expands to width OF lsstJ
feet, the txteiit of the present discovery
For mere than 100 feet the ore assay rom
$500 tOSSD0 ger bop, and in few ms tanees
it goes'as high as I,6o0 per ton A sample
selected from thf. :. heart of the bofianZai'
assaved $500 per fnH. This sample rs ~
per cent. pure metal and about ~ per
cent. g1ld.s .eIt Il termed - horned. silver,r
in mining uarlaDce.I and is about OF the
consistency of worked pntty randE easily
sliced %HfRp s4ilnife. This ;hugeiiake 81
silver viii average, an assay Of Sleo per
ton, on theibasis OF which estimate there
are about I II 5GI s.iiyEnnE 20 s--ios 20;
Ia "a 500, 0o0, QIN stsHT Il =. :. s.,
more than can be extracted. ana worked
into bullion, within t1le next tWp years.
Everhanow bullion Is being sent DO the
Eastern m1nts fer1coina ge.s .: These. two
" BONANZA !" I1ines-the. Gonsolid ated Vir.
gini4i and California; -aTe 3 working q
manylrpesl as czIn lfind1foothold: on theis
silver foSndssiohs,' and extract each about
400 tons Of ppe daily, including Sundays; !.
Until sb6at alSeer- ago work ON the Cal
ifornia pinR was uaJe0d qt and the paine
pracfieaiyI alaHdoBed--the atoekhold ers
cOnsiderted fnfther Developments almost
useless. Every mining superintendent
has theprys every one iAerhg from all
the rest. Superintendent Mackey was
confident 6fthe wealth Of the. niaef Fl
nallv. ANEW beard OF trustees. listened Gtu
his IDEAS, And be was Instructed 10 60
ahead. I, Tie, mine, :Nas then Loo feet
deep: no aFenage pay ora ever having been
found, and the total stock, los, 900 shares,
nonrpa1fy -quptet at sbput- IS ee6; $3.50; OF
$40 per saare- used mAihl y1torl . bullipg)'
and clearing" purposes" without re-
fereIfcesto its main Intrinsic values With;
in fdf days kffeD 9hEl fb0Qanz a,7 iFhs
fourrftbe IAfse increased sias SalaeA 81 D,
100000 and within thirty days the Califor.
mia mine, GOO feet ot-9foHnd, was valued
at S55,OO0,OOO.
TL4e-sapig apples to- the Ccnsobdated
Virek hiasnaihes Adiacent. ! The AiScorRty
of this rich body of ore in the one led to
the development of the other. They are
botlET1h{ed and owned by the same con1
panies, and'ast1 about Ie4aal4y valuable
the sape body Of ore, bearing the same
This body Of eTSl WAS diseeVered at a
depth of 500 feet from the zsurfaee- how
deep it extends,is HHkR0wn,r Prospecting
at present is, vccocnlfined to. its, Length and
width. Ii may z eetenn out atardepth Of
twenty or thirty feet, and again itmay ex-
tend feh deHtR OF as,fhany hundred feet
increasing in richness with its depth, fndl
it becomes pure s1yeEs or even gold; and
then again-it may not. r---o-,--
Here, ina little mining town IN the
wesnan wihlS of Nevada, lying adjacent 70
EACH other, are the two richest silver
mines in~tne world, owned and controlled
by about twenty meLly whose respective
Interests I'm the same are vafsed at o1er
Sl0.000,OOO. .s3le lYearI ngor those, same
values were not estimated at so many
thoUsaiftl3 "Bat $eIf years ago these bis
lionaireS. were men of moderate means, and
a few were.IphIefs laborihg at 81 per day,
Was fortune ever 50 fiekle? Were men
eveEssQy tortupste ?s,,.s.r,6 &C.,,
.TrfE cEIrBRaTEDs svTRO TUNNEL e. 4
or the . Great Bore" as it is called by
The OpponeRts-ofr the scheme at Washing
ton, is 3 4HdiActed funnel, iefght-byfiFe
feet sQpare, -cQmplancing in valley at the
base " the; fo0t BHfs,s and IextaRdin& to
Virginia City, a distance Of four miles
frog the point. Of commencement. 1t is
then-prop9sed toexteHd the tunnel q nsils
Tor farther. if-proftable1 up and down the
COEistoek I,ode4-direeay ander the city OF
Virginia thus gipiRg .the tunnel the APP
peaEsnee Of the -fetter s.; or. more cor
rectly, that of a cross. Tt is TO tapthe
mines on its route at level Of about 2,U00
feet from the surface. The tunnel is COM
pleted!abonii -offe-third Of the distance, or
one milo s1d-a third, at cost of about
D-.ZDt<f4NS p - a. ~
Theyobiect of this tunnel is to save time
and expense iiY hosting ore to the surface
of tlrcrTrtfT. AS, Tor example, the famOcs
Savage mine, now, 81 90 feetdeee, instead
of lapiSin& eras that great distance asht
present. would, when the tunnel intersects
at the 1000 foot level-Iuly have to hoist
it 100 feet to the tunnel level when the ore
would be transported TO the, mill hy the
railrQM tslVSftibg g the entipe length Of the
tunnelA The mine toufd theif-be explored
to a depth of 1000 feet or more, which,
under the present systeaa--sf working, it
probably could not be with profit to the
owneEsa aS9 ocenlfart dsrd safety TO the
miners. A royalty of s. per t0nis asked
by the tunnel company; 2 Large number
of mite OWNERS contend that The present
method of hoisting ore, though slower rs
the cbespest. And this is tile.auestfon, in
a few Eoftls, fbeewee33 the mine owners
and the SutrQ Tunnel Company. which is
periooscaiiS Brought before the statesmen
at Washingtons .ls,o,s1 o,5 no: 5.!G
TIE %DIANlQQNp. DILL, v'ro
is one1of those strong inventions OF the
enemies-t opahtsiders. ais Fhose wfiorsife
on the INSIDE, ,slId who ane allowed to
examine mines, can bore intQa NbonanZa ~
and tell how far 1he OsSej &xteF39s and its
quality, thus informing, themselves when
TO buy or sell stock, While those of the
stockholders who are .callad '.SontsideEsl y
or WING ,aEeflSt in thes ring <Sne.leff I'M the
dark as 30 the Sextent.ofltheF body or ore,
or its richness, except as daily Ideye Hoped
in its tices o. Their- sQurce of iiIfarmafi0n
beford' 5Is. Northumberland the {" tiiainoafd
drill 'kMss 1isniteA 60. leaky fhi;iers and
confidential superintendent Who could
not alYaXs,,be ,peiedaIpons Under, this
new system of Sxploring for hidden isoi
nanZas,. an iCuts4der has 1abotif as Iiatty
chances as he would M a game Of three
card mpnteTpr9bahly less. N y
i5SdFdSsgBg& aiee5"9iil Il
are obtained through friendly superin-
tendeBtss aad, trpstees Ylo ,aJab' tesb the
inside." Every Thing is considered faifsin
stocks saS; in.twe out OF three instances,
the best wayTs 10 act the reverse Of The
advice s".eoniiden tiallY 2 given. where So
called 'Npeints = aTe given to rewsrd friends
as well as tsoeaihisIis eneiifes. A4As an III
stance: AlIShaTots .9pr- newly-elected
United STATES Senator, has az triet, and
trusted az Japanese body Servant, fhe first
letter ef-~hose- name rs An Kee. Ere
ouentix he SFOQlds on solicitation! advise