Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-01-08
= i sILvTR MINES IN NEVADA.

deuce Of tie san Francisco Chron.c.e.
At last the great - bulge" the true hear
, of the worll-iamous C0mstock eilyer-lo12
. would seem to have been reached As I'm
S as explored, it les in the Consolidated Nir-
GINA, California, and Ophir claims. In all
three Of these mines have been developed
naryclously rich bolies-wonderlul ma>sc-
Of chloride ores. We have said " bodies, 90
but there is in reality but one body-onc
immense bonanza, chimney, OF whatever cl~e
Jon may choose To call it-0ne hagc mass Of
ore extending all the way from the Conslli-
dated lrginla through the California iato
the Ophir, and no one knows how much
further; nor does any one know much oi its
height or width, and nothing mt al. ct is
depth. AS to the length we know some
thing definite, namely, that j; extends four
hundred feet through the Cons1iilatcd ir-
GINA. and undoubtedly traver-e@ the entire
length (>ix hundred ieet) Of the California.
as it has been discovered in the Gphir mine.
which ajioius tie California on the north.
How far ivcxtonGs into the Ophir Ground.
time and the honest miner can alone deter
mine. 1t Is conceded, however. that the
ore body cannot be less tian ,.o0 feet IN
length. The great hssugc in which thi-
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o"IS 90 ',' VEN III oIu'T 10 Io''" '', il 8"
efi.Ilc suited % ITS giant proportions Ai'a,
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""-ie l'" may '.. 'i' N'.t'''' i.. ,'
''a -i-e- 3i t"e cr-.,--.t is ever. r.
-iAe. lil~ .ir lle.l- a1 average assay
c''' Per Ton u "ot-i nt 17 c'- i"H'r
70 -'t >iiiIi' oi ne in thi- erli t'li
a'.ay iar up .uto tue thousand ia-c-.., lt
Uklns % sample. ne trouble would le
aN.iA getting ho.a ol the very ~ or.
lhi- i- the lam us drit winch seems 60 Gel.
iHc Try OF the i'.a.oa- w,a.'a living near
D, land DE- The California. AIl aalat vsa
Us ore t.at i~ 50 r.'n that it " Ne,.-a
man SIX o. look ~ ltit, a- one o. .lr l-ttF
Very fie-y aud iecans.y o'~.-'e ar
drh, is gong forward IN tie same a..
cr.---. -.4t No. . has boon opened r.a. 81.
tie silver m uutalu. Ia.- cru-~-e.t Is, fe.-
day .r tW' -ll.e two hundred al. -...
u length, and nearly all The Way la ,-.
iu-.y rich ore. From being 'l.w
hr-- t rapidly increases In yai4c o.. ln .-.-
il- -a.r, distance it is worth oy,r ....
ani soon the ear samples average ~-Il
in this Kind oi ore vo continue o. tac cc.I
the d!.lt. where men are seen sill. d.-,.
ahead in the same wonderful m.-- .. i.i-
cicl chloride and ~u.rhlrci or,~. i.rl
eastward across tie .-reat ore BODY. a.i f.
yetno sign of any ri-- wall is ~,eu ta.a-
midway in the length oi this c-o---.at l\..
% j. 80 winze, which connects Vi..
Aity H. lower. which comes iH fn t,.
o Garry. Tai- w'uze. tlr1iri rs
course. Is In the ssme rich ore thrt Is i..al
in TIE df'it- HE ground about Que ilI..t.-
having ea'eI away t "a~ he-uz i-ie4 .a-.
la' tmc VI our hr~t visit with n.
from cl5o t' SOU Ter ton. There ..
waste rock i'r ihl- use near g, i1rt
o''- h3t matter "'"e'e Us TIE s''Hn-
me- "Ai'A iAe ore was beng thrown BE- ...
Sc" a mass oi ore o.. equal 'allc. 'i''..-
a-liA d Tie .'"'.'' a'la5 TIE ila-a .-..l'
iAo'' Ne re'rA CROSSE NJ. .- l-n-e Hr'
sen n''a ~. ei-' and "e';- We push 'n la..
'A' O'lii'rnia mIne. az the distance ri
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