The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-07
SILVER AND GOLD.
The Wealth TNevada-Thc"Bi= Bon.
ANA"

a Virginia City nevada correspon-
dent Of the Allentown Chronicle furnish
81 some wonderful figures, the truth Of
which we are not at liberty TO doubt, re.
spcctIng certain ofthe silver mines Of that
State. The greatest mine in the United
States" he says, rs the Consolidated Viz
ginia, the miae OF the Big Bonanza.
The stock of the company consists Of
10000 Shsrcs, par value 500 each, but
il sells for $40 to $3.50 Il share, and pays
more,dividens each year than the original
par value of the shares. This corrcspou-
dent SAYS: There were shipped from the
Consolidated Virginia mine about 1000
bars of gold and silver, unseperatrd, or
about 100000, previous 10 the begin
ming OF the present calendar year. The
following, which | copied from the books
of the Company, and verified by bills,
receipts, etc, shows the amount OF the
business since that time Daring the
month Of January, 1875 there were ship
ped 81, l00G97; in FEBRUARY Sl,2O0, ,i"i
in March. sl,7O7,j7l, and III April, ST.
500 Gj7: in May, Sl,52l,777, and in June
81. 5O8.sl6 From SIS 100000, to so,
600 600 year. to be taken out of . SIN
gle mine, i something worthy OF remark.
Recently Mr. Crawford, OF the United
States Mint nj Carson, made u contract
with this company for bullion to the
amount o! sI''OoVoo' "h lT,. was ue"'J'-
ed IN t"eh'y-o"e Gay %er' III 'HG
melting ana assay p"''H'i.S DAT =. E gov,
ana SILVER worn rom 800 ~ 800
each' were stacked up .! nu'I'tuS ~ '','
rooms anu n"'',' ""aI's w o,'" I. .oar
'H VII" 'tv'I' NJ"
about rs Il 'hrE "cse 80 many PSS =.
IRON Inc n' "',I.' 81
one mn, cost fnA''s' VI " i'''''''. ". W.
''Ts' ana ON, ,e e'T.',I III s',e S;I ",
CO.. S1-o'''o - nnn 00,,
GIN" ''io "'o"t I'oToooV I'M 80 ''''',yV
are arr, u.s." ,.'o''i'' -, ~ ,.'
f''o0o 'Us - W. w. IL a,J ,,irn. L.-
CHI b" '''' a. T..
,""S'','S ~ ~ az " "6G ONO ,,,,, ,'.;
nave u'' 'v' - 60 ..|,.,-,
- ,u' @. a. 8 ,,, r,im.. wbirb ,nw
81, ,bo rnnr,r. NJ lime amounted
,a,l,,,. s-0non Tho firm NAYS so 900
q, nmar,sr nr 5000 900 wear a: tax ON
,ha production of bullion Tor one mine
The discount and express charge, on bull
lion to san Francisco cost the company
about $4,000 a month. The assay de-
Vartmrut is able 70 melt, bar, assay ana
stamp 100000 day IN gold ana ShE'F
bars in comtlnation-the god beng
about - per cent. tn" weight OF the
bars Is from go /" IIV Po"'.C -, - -
TIC, copied from the DOCKS % ''''' "'-
90 y %, by ms t'rre'''"d'"''
that the yield OF the precious M tn,s ~,
Nevada IN l''i amounted 10 F''' '-'--,''
against so @ooo"i IN '"'''''"'" '"' w
sam" year. u ne same .'"I'>'I'' S.''"
that HeNada : pr"ddct oil inc P'G''"">
metal last year was greater IMAM INA, . -.
n. the Territories '"h'"'Ht'., ",.H ,,,'' ct,
lacked something over F','''''V' %
rquaiing the combined bu1ioh PrT""c. "
the entire number oil States ana IcF!'t"'
ries west Of the Mississippi river. II lhe
WELD Of the Nevada mines during inc
first halfof the present year Is any lhdl-
cation of this year : production, there VIII
be- more than $50 100000 Is against the
SO lj2 133 of 1874. The shipment OF ore
from the Consolidated Virginia mine for
the first six months OF the year have been
over - 800 600 rs against les than So
o0o 600 of the entire wear of 1874. The
-, ,.;al5 nftba mine i circumscrih-
"a M, NV the amount Of ore that can be-
,vI.ar on; hnt by the limited capacity OF
49, bo;stino machinery. The present
To,.,in, raracitv of the mine Is about,
I ;np ,7rs daily and the shaft in the
Cold \. Curry mine. which mine con-
rnr,. hy drift with the first named, Is
csr;sblc Of hosting about 100 tons in adj
dIiion Nine mill, are now employed in