Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-30
MINING IN EASTERN NEVADA.

The SENTINEL has always recognized
fand lived up to the doctrine that there
should be no personality in journal
ism. We call attention to the fact that
Prof. w. F. Stewart is temporarily &C.
cupying the editorial chair. of the Vir-
ginia Enterprise simply to give en-
phasis and weight to the following re-
marks, which are published editorially
in Saturdays issue of that journal.
Prof. Stewards scientific abilities are
too we'll known TO require any COM
mendation from us. He has lately Wis
tied and thoroughly examined all the
mining camps of this region; and his
views upon the subject of a proper de-
velopment of the mineral of
the "Great East" are entitled to full
consideration:
We feel gratified and fiattered by the
announcement that Nevada's. mineral
collection at the Centennial is incon-
parably superior in variety, richness
and beauty TO any other collection at
the great show, and yet we feel a mixed
regret with our pleasure, al the thought
that many of the patriotic donors of
those specimens are at tt is moment
too poor to attend the great fair. sim.
ply for the reason that capitalists will
not aid them in the development of
their rich silver deposits. Interior Ne
vada Is literally "bound and covered
with fathomless bonanzas Of precious
metals, and yet, with but few excep-
tons, the s~elf-denying, earnest men
who have. by hard manual labor.
brought these matchless treasure beds
to the light of day, go unrequired for
their toll aud have but slight hope of
future encouragement. Surely the en-
terprise and ingenuity of our capital
lists and mining engineers ought to be
able to devise some practical method
for unearthing the boundless wealth
of the Great East" 1t occurs to US
that if there is any portion Of the
world where labor and capital might
work larmoniously and remunerst-
lively together, it is in Eastern Nevada.
The silver ledges are ~innumerable and
inexhaustibie. The mines, in most in
stances are easily worked by shafts
and adits. The ores, whether free or
base, are always surprisingly rich in
silver. The peculiar typographical
conformation IF the country renders
the mining localities nearly all easy OF
approach by wagon-roads or by nar-
row-gauge rail ways. AT many points
the mines can be readily and cheaply
supplied with fuel for smelling and
roasting refractory ores, and, with all
these natural advantages, it seems
strange that capitalists from abroad do
not turn attention to the 'direat East
The miners themselves might accom- .
plish vastly more than they now do il
they would make a county of interest
of their labor by combining together
and by making "a pool" OF their re-
spective claims, AS 1t il, the mining
men in the different camps too fire.
quently squander their time and sub
stance In vexatious and costly law
suits in relation to the priority of loca-
tons, water rights, dumrage and drain
age privileges and other bothersome
points, which might all be avoided by
combining the entire mining business
of the various camps. Our suggestions
may be deemed impracticable, but
since the old method of ''every fellow
on his own hook" has completely
failed, we earnestly hope our friends
in the Great East may give the pool
ing plan "a clatter."