The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1875-04-17
LErrER FROM CHERRY CREEK

ycaEnRY CREEK, April IL, 1879.
EDrron NEws Why do you persist IN calling
me yalDes? I wrote it vulpes both times,a ana
the last time l Underlined the ~" you Mas
consider it o trivial matter. but viii tell youf
there's a great deal in a name. and while val
pes" does not mean anything, "Vulpes mas
some sieni6cance. It is better to be something
either good or bad. than to be nothing.
In regard to matters in Cherry Creek, 1 can
record nothing Of interest. not before mentioned.
I shall be Obliged to plagiarise from our ancient
Treasure Hill mining superintendents mo
change since our last report"
The star mine still resaains q l~eninary of the
first magnitude. s. understand that the superln-
tendent. Mr.. Keeney, has contracted with the
San Jose Company, at Egan Canyon, for the use
of ten stamps for the ensuing month to run Oh
Star ore this is in consequence of the 5-Stamp
mill, which has constantly been at work on ore
from this mine, not being able to keep the
dumps clear. With the milling facilities mus
employed they will be able to reduce Is or 70
tons of ore daily, producing in bullion over Slo0
per ton. aggregating $500 to $4,000 per day.
Phis ore is produced from a mine only par
tally opened, and which will eventually quad
ripple the amount. In the last four months this
company have shipped about $50, 900 in bullion,
produced from 900 tons of ore.
While we have many other properties OF as
equally good promise. Cherry Creek is hardly
known, or if known. rarely mentioned on
= Change" in San Francisco, or blythe only jour-
nal on the coast which devotes it's columns to
,.-.~ <o-n.+r T1ic 10 q acinDIfnQnf fact
There has never been a mining camp discovered
in this State. having no merit, that has not IN
dergone o system of " ballooning' at the IN
stance of the mining adyenturers who infested
it. What has been wanting in merit, has been
supplied by downright lying temporary pros
perity and a fungus growth. have i'll many III
stances occurred, but the result has always been
disasterous, and while many residents here COM
plain because we are SO slightly noticed, I con-
slider that it will ultimately rebound to our ben
eft. "Coin talks" is a trite proyerb among
business men, and. sbullion talks" among min
ing men, and bullion will talk very effectively
in our behalf i'll the future. Our mines are
closely held very few are recorded in the ar
chiyes of the .1Te1nple of Baal." at San Fran
cisco. Their real value exceeds their specuzdtiUe
value, and the curbstone brokers, who bid and
Offer their g untamed felines'' in she streets,
avoid them as they do everything legitimate.
The Exchequer will milling ore
next month. Present appearance of tie mine
warrants the prediction that once started, this
company will run its mill indefinitely and pro-
Atably, adding largely to our bullion products.
The Chance is bonded to parties who hold
other valuable property here. 1t is thought that
work will soon be resumed under the new man.
agement. and that it will prove to be what it
once promised-the convoy of the district.
With the advent of Spring, and increased ac-
tivity in mining, business is reviving. and all
are anticipating booming lines during the Sum-
mer. no 9rr.1t VULpEs.