Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-03
CENTENNIAL MATTERS.

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not room for the report, and would not
publish it i. We had 4; Tor it is but little
more than the history Of u personal
wranole among lnemusrs Of the Board
which is not of momentoUs interest to
the average citizen. 1t traEspIred dur
ing the meeting that Professor White
hill. by private letter. gave to Cassidy
of the Sentinel the data which caused
his very unfair attack on Senator Ste
yen.on and others. 1t further trans
pired that there was nothing III the hus-
tel proposition to secure, free of cost.
the hgIldIng If 8 Centennial quartz mill
at Philadelphia and il further trans
PRED that there wss PHILADELPHIA,
foundry supplied with the drafts of the
machinery of a quartz mill 1t would fur
nish the machinery on the ground for
about what the freight would be from
California to Philadelphia. We believe
authority was finally given to Hon. c. c.
Stevenson to build mill there at Al ex-
pesse not to exceed ST, 900 III green
backs. At first blush it looks as though
that sort Of mill had better be dis
pensed with, for it Is a mighty sickiy
quartz mill that So OD9 will build. We
are not sure bat that it would De good
plan, before going further. to 90 to Grass
Valley and consult with Er. Fryer. He
has little machine which it is said
works ores closer than quartz mills can,
and. moreover, works ali kinds of rebel
hous ores which this st, 900 mill could
not get five per cent Of the precious
metal from. This quartz mill feature
We fear will be Il total failure, unless
private aid can be solicited to make it a
decent mill though We don't state this
as all opinion which Is strictly to be re-
lied upon. But we feel it our duty to
once remind the Centennial Board that
while the personal chickering's between
members are of no interest to the State,
the State has very lively interest III
having the cabinet collected for the
Centennial put up there End presented
to the gathered world in the most at
tractive shape possible. and in such a
way and by such persons as shall pre-
sent the resources of Nevada In their
fairsst and most honest light. This the
people expect of the Board, and expect
further, that they will agree upon the
best plan to accomplish this without re-
gard TO likes or dIslikes, and to the ex-
clusion of personal seltishness and am
bition.-Eateprise.
Anon, to your views upon the ca.bi- |
net, Mr. Enterprise. Now word or
two more about this mill proposition.
There is no use in purchasing |
quartz mill and setting It up in the Cen
tennisl building unless it is going to BE- !
used. Aud there is no use in using ii |
unless the crushings are reduced to bull
lion. And it is not possible to reduce
amalgam to bullion without a furnace,
retort, &c. And it must be impossible
to convert the said bullion into medals
or other trinkets without first refining
the crude bullion. And it would be
very wild venture to, set up quartz
mill in Philadelphia without calculating
the costs, all round.
First, then, there is the Centennial
appropriation. $50, 900
There is now remaining in the fund
somewhere about SIG, 500
The minerals already collected weigh
about ten tons. 1t will cost to get these
carried to Philadelphia about 80. 5000
Mr.. Stevenson's expenses to, at and
from Philadelphia will not be less
than. 81, 900
The quartz mill will cost about &c, coo
A fve-stamp mill. if it is worth any
thing ought to crush in every twenty-four
hour. at least ten tons. If it is run,
enough to. make an average
reduction of two tons a day, it would
crush in the twenty-si1 working days of
each month, about 80 tons. The Fair
is to run six months. This makes An
aggregate OF. 800 tons. As We asked ,
Yesterday, where is this amount OF .
quartz coming from? And We would
ask, further, how is it to be got to Phila- i
ielphia? Mr. General Freight Agent {
Stubs says that machinery will be
to Philadelphia from points
On the Coast for So per hundred. That S
5 $50 per ton. Computing the freight '
IN quartz at. say 81 per hundred, We t
could ship our Centennial quartz for of