, 1876-02-26
One Mine Containing $30o,oo0,oo0
1.-The Consolidated Virgin
ia Producing $780,
600 o Day.
Tho Prospective Developments
of Precious Minerals.
Butro's Tunnel to Be- Finished in 1878...
Fifty Per Cont Reduction to Ro
Assured in Mining
Expsnaos.

pn lrgt setting his foot down In this strange
rty, IL struck by tho startling plasss Of charao-
ter which. meet him On every hand. Evory
nation under the tun has ita Representatives en-
so1ed nere In tho raea for gold, and avory eitua-
ton in life may be encountered. Englialvnen Of
character and EngllAhmen with .sno character to
euoak OF !" rruasInns and Frenchmon. forgetting
Grsyolot!c md Sedan In tho moro euRrossing
Grnk for wealth tho 'tuniyoraal Yankee ma
,Ion," With It's representatives from every State
ia tho Union, plo1dug for fortune By the side OF
tho Monaghan. A babel Of nationaltica aud
single pu,poao. With gross population Of
1900 souls, Virginia City supports not less than
twenty gambling lolfH. 200 eaoona, and Aosiscs
Of prostitution Htara at tito paHser-by at every
turn Tho chink OF gold and silver rcsounds
everywhere from cariy dawn I'LL long after mid
night.
nsvcr balts and tho burning dosiro 10 spend II
onco II is occurred known no cessation. There
are meu hero with incomes OF e30O, 900 per
month, on tho one hand, aud shiyoring wrotchos
without fartlling on tho other. Hero, moro
eLatply than In my other American town, aro
tho two czsrcmoso poverty and wealth exempli-
fed; yet the starving wretch Of to-day may DO
tbs nttut.ing millionaire Of tomorrow. In
staucas arc plenty where this truth has boen
smply proven. Tho American preas has gveu
good deal of attention Of late to tho wonderful
developments constantly being nsdo in the minea
hero, and not iufroqucntly hare correspondents
treated their readers 10 highy-imagipativc
skelches OF Bomo Of the loading
1ntne.ownoru and operators. After = soJourn
OF moro than two months In the
gnidst Of this mining district, aud m
earnest study OF tile peraonneg Of the bonanza
Kings" "a aome of tho leading mincra here aIo
called, I may be permitted to advance m un-
biased opln!on OF tho n,en. and an unbought
Judgment Of tho mineral resources Of thia
wonderful country. II would perhsps bo PFC
mature on tho part OF any ono to hazard tho
Affirmation that
THE couBTocK LODE
10 Tho richest mining region In Amstics. That
1t is the richest yet discovered, tharo eau be no
manner Of doubt. Discovered in 1859, 1t has
sinco yielded not less than $3.50. G00. .000 and
ahis with very imperfect machinery for tho
greater part OF tho tln1e. Many men havo be-
coma rich beyond their moas sanguiuo hopes.
but, uupoDsosHed Of tho ability to stand pros.
psnty, Aavo auecumbcd 10 tue passion for
gambling In stocka othors, moro prudent, have
aAvod their Inonoy and, mora honorable ~, hevo
bought thoir way into tho United 8tatoB Senate.
But the most startling illustration Of tho Won
derful opportunities Of tho country has boon
zlo experlonce Of what Is popularly known hs
tho bonanza crowd, composed Of four meu,-
John ". A1ackay, James g. Fair, Jamcs G. Flood.
and William ODrion. Threo yoaEs ago Flood
and o'Drsen kept retail erog-shop In San Fran
cisco esmp1e-room," where tho thirsty might
imbibo bad rum mud a vorHn headache at any
hour Of the dsy Of night. Nackay, \ fow years.
ago, ian sseam-ongiuo ut ono OF the miuca he
haa also worked In tue mines with pick and
shovel. James G. Fair ID mining e1per-tho
beat In tho region; ha has been mining supez-
thtendant for many yests. It happened that
aAcKAY AND FAIR
bscame cognazant OF tho fact TINT . certain
mine. The stock Of which uas st = worry low Obj,
contained somo exceedingly rich oro. Having
saved fow hundred dollars, they inducad the
proprletorH OF tho San Francisco grog-shop to
join them In purchasing controlling tntorost In
tho Gtock. Inatcnd Of lsyylng Ia 4ascasmsnt
on the stock, AZ tho rule hld been under tho
former management, they declared dividend,
their Judgment by tho Developments which
tiley brought to the surface. From that
tiu1o thoT lavo prosporod. Their nexs venture
waa tho purchAao Of tho Conao!idated Virginia
seighs around tho uecks OF It's Stockholders.
Thty sunk tho ehnft d0eper, and still doepsr,
until they reached depth Of 1900 feos, and
not only proved tho existence OF rlch ORC. but
posss which they oponcd up unlimited wealth
tor themselves, and generous dividends for their
nEockholdoEs. For more than year past tbia
mina haa been yioiding noatly e2000 700 a
mouth md paying diyi1snds Of Slo per- s4aTs
ductiyo In tho history Of the tnino. From tho
annun! report OF tio groes production OF all tho
nues here select thu following extract;
THE coNHoL1pArED VIRGINIA.
Tho ncIe4s tnine In tho world made most mlgplh-
nns showing lass year. Tlsuushoas :hs yesr there
la heeu ~ esss.tioa n tLe p.ymsnt Of tho regular
ths ss!y dtsaatroua ase which destroJed 70 great
psst q ytfxtnis City swsp away the ns a1d esten:
anount d euppis. Of vs1tous Eads md ths .Plendd
s!.tyasamp 09nso!ldatea aud California mtlls. tho
feeling ths eru.s4ns fset.ies Ths misfortune com
setsa sea " stsppe Of ns,sy oil nndstg1onn,l woEk:
nntA shs host1R works aud othsr necessary buildings
could b Itphtod P.a haa been aouo. snd new works
~ saa halln9s supaoz 70 thoss destroyed vezo s1ectsd
During The p~t year ~? ao1 tons Of orc have besu
a; s;ssssd from ~ ths wsls Of the Consolidated W
~. h,s' Fss1, es:r sfs ss nai q e.
i IA ss7so;s RI il. t.sa tsssa tfsR d. i:e
sa!sh h.i 6e.a ND. % tks i,ssStoot Isys m .s''''
After thu connection Will the O. h q. ahAit has been
@tas taa aupsTtntsnaant thnts tia Aoatiu9 capacity
w b 900 tons PR day. Tbs total receipts At the
~ n1ns tsE e ys.f xs1s 1900 $685. q which
snounta1 70 ia 2a4 900 for the yoa1.
Il ia estimAted that the total receipts OF tho
ntue Tor 1870 will b not less than e25000, 0oOi
Closely joining tho Consolidated Virginia is
THE CALIFORNIA 1lLNx,
richer by far than tho richest mine the world bas
sssE known = ~sa ny good fortune to rocsive
III invitation from Nj; MaokAy-a rare thing
70 make ths tour Of thia underground trcRsure-
house, sud you may BE- sure avAiled myself OF
l.ntsin In hand I atsppsd On .ho eass Win one @
ot tho fossmen, tho song sounded. and wa be-
smoothly. No feeling OF feas agitated ny bresss
nor did tho fatntsat Gemor ol tho mpscIas
mark that rapid and navel ride. ani when
~ less than two minutes Wo ateppod al
tho cage on the 1,b00. foot lsvel, kckuoalodRed
that tho erporiauco had not only bssn q novel.
pu1 most assursaly, dsliShsful ono. Dstose