Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-22

Austin, Belmont and Je.fersunvilIe, and
preached an Battle Mountain and Bel.
mont. He has furnished us with few
items which will be interesting to oul
readers. Al it is his intention to write
up the entire State, We cannot ask Kim
to give ns many particulars Of his jour-
ney. He has seen the artesisn well ut
Battle Mountain and drank the water,
which id excellent. though slightly i'm
pregnatsd with splrLur. II WAS bored
with IN auger by Mr.. s. L. Cahoon Of
Ninnsmucca, to the depth OF l65 feet.
through forty feet Of gravel and sal,
water. ten feet Of red clay and one hun
dred and fifteen feet Of blue clay. Five
feet to seventy feet from the surface the
water was salt. At seventy feet fresh
water came up in the pipe and slowly
run over into the surface OF the ground.
! l; rises now about six feet ALovs the sur.
face and flows at the rate OF two gallons
per minute, and near the ground four
gallons per minute. The ccst is only
three hundred dollars. AZ all the water
used by over forty families has been for
years brought in wagons from the Hum
bo!dt river, nearly two miles distant.
this srtesian wei! is regarded almost a
miracle, and is indeed one Of the greatest
blessings which the people conId have
FAR more precious than gold or silver
Mr.. Cohoou has already contracts for
siA more, and lie viii probably be boring |
for a long time 20 cone. Tie Battle |
..Iountaiu people 60 not consider Lin n |
bore Il any Gisngreeable seuss u shat
word. Battle Mountain has p-onis.
ius future. The mines at Gsle2a, the
Jersey and Lewis districts, are rich, and
as soou AS the furnaces wors well
large amount of bullion will ne shipped
from this station. The hotel kept ~ L.
f. HuDtsman is a first class house, and
oil Passengers who dine there say that
they Get better neal than at any other
station on tie road. Mr.. Hnntsman
has. in the bar room, ons OF tho hes.
the trains the stage leaCes Battle Noun
tain. % miles to tie soIsh, wher4 i, ar
Tives about six O'Clock A. N Austin con-
tains about two thousand inhabitants,
and ls pjesssntly located il o rGyine and
on the sides OF the mountains which
ii. 1t is the most delightful
mining camp in the State. The Man
haitian Mining Company oGns most Of
The mines and work, ali !re ore. Mr..
"urtis, the Superints ndeut. and one Of
he owners, is al universal favC-ite, aud
5 said by ali to be a MAE of superior
business capacity. Though the veins are
,ulali the ore is rich. Some Of the leads
re not ore inch il thickness. Re-
'entiy IN the Frost shaft a ,ich body of
,re has been struck, about one and half l
Get in thickness. and which assays over
our thousand dollars per ton. A block
vas taken out weighing over 700 pounds
nd through it Can lie distinctly seen :
freaks of ruby silver. The p,oprietors Z
hink OF sending this 20 the Cen.euniai
Exhibition. Tie Reveille Office is on
lain street. above the Courthouse. I
red. Hnrt, the spicy editor, Mr. Mau;s, r
he model printer, aid Mr.. Donald, the .
xpert type-sstter, and Mr.. Hayes, t
he "pica rusher''-all of whom are |;
,vorgbly known il Carsou-were l
usily engaged i'll getting of the D
dition Of that small but mos: excellent u
ewspaper. The stage leaves Austin for Y
'elmont, 80 miles distant, at six O'Clock a
NJ. Belmont is revivipg. The water t!
nearly out Of tho mines, and large tt
nj rich body Of ore is reported TO be Il
Glow the water-level. The discovery q
a rich body OF ore in the Spanish Belt Il
district. las produced IL c:ea. excite p
eni. pis!n,erested parties have .&- :"
mined TIE mines and assert that tbs ore a.
rich and immense. The lead averages Il
'riy feet III thickness, and IL some Is
aces over on@ !Uud.cd feet; MIR. IL
ickcG!S, the County Clerk, assayed q
Gee sent HIM which went over two
ous"nd dui.4rs per ton. The ruhy Il
!Ner is clearly diseerne,i with the naked Ii
e. San Pedro, the Spariard who las 4:
Zen working in this belt for over two ~
,ars. has named lie camp Barcelona, IN
ter his native town IL SPAN. Before 81
Vt winter there viii probably be over "
'e thousand people IL Barcelona. "a
80, thirty miles to the South Of Bel Ill
OFT, is looking we'll. There are about nc
,ht hundred people in this camp. Be- III
ont being the county seat, will be Sal
melted by ;;il these places. TIE new tn
.d.t-housc at Belmont is q more ial- ye
sing structure than any other Ccrrt-
uss in The SAFE. It is brick. and cost
ly $50. 900. The Courier Of ID.
e has the appearance of prosperity. so
:e editor xna proprietor, JOAN Booth. he
SO well known and SO highly esteemed Al.
,iiis state. that no words Of commend hu
on eau possibly increase lis popu- O.,
ity. The Courier is a first class RI
el:iy paper. Tho editor looks younger nle
IN when be was IN Carson. and has I'll
'n doing exceedingly well in Belmont. Of
is also partner in the Reveills at vii
stin. The people Of Belmont are IN.
'ay up" and desire several bonanzas. Inn
pc they sill find them. Jacksonville.
miles this side Of Belmont, is a small
ming camp. with two mills and few I'm,
all mines. This is Mr.. Allcn's last tour
oush the State, for the present, n 0.
1T. He thinks that Nevada is the s'r
hest State in the Union, and that tnf
70 are untold millions secreted here GA
there. all over our vast territory, eng
ich may not be discovered till the VIII
Of another century. and that one +,
1dred wears from the next Fourth of