Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-19
THE GREAT WEALTH OF THE NEVADA MINES.
The Completion OF the SutrO Tunnel
Sharon.
Correspondence Of The &dT. ]


You will doubtless have real Professor
Rogers report OF the examination made OF
the California and Consolidated Virginia
mines-a report published in connection
with the annual report OF the Director OF the
Mint for 1915. The best part of that report is
Its truth. The most pronounced opponents
OF the bonanza rings admit Its truth, and
borrow feeling OF prosperity nom the fact
that they live even in the neighborhood of
so much wealth. 1 cannot ask you to give
full, but will give you the concluding para
graphs. The professor, after going into de-
tails at some length, says:
"At the works OF the mines as well as at
the mills, all the ore delivered is sampled as
fairly as possible, that the averages may be
obtained for assays, for the purpose OF ad
JustiDg accounts between the mines and the
mills. With the data In our pos, essioa and
tire maps before US, may venture upon the
following calculations, and estiIlate the to-
tai ultimate product OF the gold and silver
OF the ore body OF these two mines. On an
inspection OF the official surveys exhibiting
the galleries and cross-cuts, IL would seem
fair 10 conclude that with proper allowances
the ore body equals an amount which taken
at the actual assays, would give as the ulti-
mate yield OF the two mines $500, 900 900; but
70 quad against chance OF over estimating
/ take the assays at one-half that ascer-
tanned, which will place the production at
not less than $50, 600 600"
A very -comfo table fortune for Messrs,
Mackay, Fair, Flood and O'Brien, the Bo-
nanza firm. OF course the Consolidated
Virginia and California mines are the richest
In the Comstock lode, SO FAR as ascertained,
but the completion of
THE sUTRO TUNNEL
may bring about developments by the side
OF which these two mines will appear of
small account. have In my pc session now
O small piece OF silver ore, taken from the
Gould & Curry mine some time ago, which
assays at the rate or "a 800 ton. When we
reflect that the ore from the Cops0lidated
Virginia mine Is worth about 5120 tod,
a 49,,
working its owners have amassed a fortune
OF $4,000, 600, some idea of the limitless
wealth of this country may be arrived at II
the Sutro tunnel penetrates a ledge worth
say 5000 ton. The tunnel has reached at this
writing total distance OF (I1 900 eleven thou
sand nine hundred feet, and is progressing at
the average rate of 40 feet per day. In less
than two months engineers expect to reach
ledge OF ore. An assay office is now being
constructed, and assays OF lock will begin
ABOUT the l5th OF this mouth: The proposed
total length OF the tunnel is 19, 800 feet and IL
is confidently expected that 1t will be COM
pleted by March, 1873.
need not say to you that Sutro has prob
ably been more bitterly assailed by certain
membefs Of the Pacific coast delegation at
Washington than any man who ever came
before the American Congress for aid or en-
many OF his oid-time opposers are changing
their tactics, in view OF the approaching sue
cess OF the work, is made patent by their coy
advances now. Even Sharon Is keeping
that there is a good deal of talk q bout his
continued absence from Washington. The
fact Is, Sharon is in bad way financially.
Not that he can't pay his board, or anything
OF that kind, but there are so many "ele-
plants" running loose here with Sharou's
stamp affixed TO them, that 1t takes every
moment OF his time to keep them from run
ming over him. Tavernier, the artist, re-
Gently perpetrated q CHASTITY joke on Sharon.
He drew a. picture OF Sharon sleeping. On
his stomach, in the guise OF an elephant, sits
Warren Leland, while In the immediate dis
lance The Palace Hotel looms up, and from
every window protrudes an elephants head
and tusks. Hard by is a furr ace, and near
II heaps Of gold. A fireman shoyels great
heaps OF gold in the IRE, and q legend In.
forms the beholder that this is "waere Shar-
on's money goes" The laugh is on the re-
doubtable Sharon, and the whole coast roars.
AS an indication OF what his confreres may
expect, 1 may inform you that he recently
told prominent mine owner that he will
not 60 TO Washington until February and
that after he has been there two or three
weeks he'll get q leave of absence and re-
turn to his business, and that's the kind OF q
man he IL! PLUTO.