The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-03
Millions Of silver.

The press generally are commenting
upon the influence Of the immense
quantities of silver now being taken
from the Nevada mines. Some idea can
be had when IL is known that Flood d
O'Brien intend, from one mine alone,
to send to the Centennial chunnk
worth $lO,OO0,OO0. The Virginia EN-
terprise thus speaks of the prospects
ahead: ....
The Hood of silver that must soon be
poured forth from the great argentiler-
Gus fountains of the Comstock will
most assuredly make itself felt when it
finds its way into the worlds channel
of trade. The time Is not far distant
when the name and place OF the COM
stock will be familiar in places where
they are now wholly INSTRUMENTATION
the mines on it will have achieved
fame as worldwide AS those of Potos,
Peru Whether the greatest body Of
silver ore in the country has been found
or yet remains to be discovered no mau
can tell. Our present bonanza mines
may De u mere pocket in comparison
with deposits whose whereabouts il
now unknown and unsuspected. All
ground is very common In tho eyes Of
men until it is found to be the store
house OF treasures. For years the
ground in which has now been opened
the greatest body of silver ore at pres
ent known to the mining world was
looked upon as being of no more value
than any other rocky patch Of land on
the slope of the mountain. There are
doubtless other patches of ground now
to be had for song that will one day
he divided into shares SO small that Il
hundred Of them may be held in the
compass of span, yet each share be
worth a large sum. 1t is for such
precious patches that our prospecting
companies are now diligently search
ing far and near within the great silver
belt. Both north and south in the
Comstock range shafts are being sunk
into the ground that has lain virgin
since the creation. In almost every
place where work of any kind is being
done silver and gold are obtained, and
in most cases more ofthese metals than
for long time rewarded the labors of
| the present owners of the big bonanza.
The finding of silver in these works Of
exploration shows that they are being
prosecuted in productive ground. All
now seems tedious and at times dis
couraging, but when any company
shall be so fortunate rs to strike into II
great aud rich deposit of ore all their
previous and preliminary labor5 will
appear as naught. There is nowhere
TO be seon any tagging Of spirit or fall
ing away In faith among our prospect
ing miners; on the contrary, new en-
terprises are almost daily inaugurated
and new works begun. a late move
ment that promises well is the consOl-
idation of Il number of small claims at
Gold Hill. BY this means most prom
Using ground that has long laid idle will
now be fully explored, and with every
prospect of the development in it of
valuable deposits of the precious met
ais. The range Of mines below Gold
Hill are also promising well, several of
them already beginning to yield con-
siderable quantities of paying ore, and
at Silver City preparations are being
made for the proper and scientific
opening of mines that have in times
past yielded paying ore almost upon
the surface. Deep shafts will now be
put down on these mines. To the
northward of this city prospecting con-
tinues active, and is being most thor
oughly and scientifically conducted
the most approved and powerful ma
chlnery being in use at almost every
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