Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-14
THE LECTURE LAST EVENING.

student of metallic lodes would do well to
spend day at these Springs. The Comstock
is book written in an ancient but not a
dead language. These Springs are an ap-
pendix and glossary To come nearer home,
the speaker had seen lodes of quartz in the
mountains about Carson. He showed frag
ments of this quartz stained with copper.
On some of these fragments are visible parti-
cles of gold. Now in this ledge something
had been done quartz had been brought
into a assure and copper and little gold and
silver had been brought in and thrown down
on the quartz The speaker held up frag-
ment of quartz composed of loosely adhering
grains and coated on one side with green and
velvety copper. This he had taken from
assure at Steamboat. The quartz had been
precipitated from hot water. The copper
had been thrown down on the quartz from
hot water, and that within a few weeks.
Now it is evident that as such work is doing
now, such work wherever completed, was
done. The speaker showed how copper pyr-
lite, down in the assure, is decomposing and
passing into copper sulphate and how this be-
comes copper silicate and is precipltated as a
green coating on the quartz. One need not
go down into the Niagara lode to assure him
self that he will find copper pyrite Another
fragment of white and fryable quartz was
shown, containing crystals of sulphur en-
crusted with cinnabar, and crystals of iron
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tails were to decay the gold would remain and
might appear as free gold. This specimen,
the speaker had taken from Steamboat and
the hot water had put it there within a few
years. He showed another specimen of
quartz which he had taken from the Springs,
t contained silver and was formed within a
lew years. At Steamboat we have nature in
he later stages of lode making. Wherever
low in the hills about Carson we find the
granite the slate pierced by vein of
luartz we must infer action like that which
We see going on to-day in Steamboat Springs.
But these Springs although filling a tssure
With quartz and impregnating the quartz
With little silver and gold are not max
ng a silver mine. Every quartz ledge may
ield assay of silver and gold but every
edge is not a mine.
The speaker began by saying that the first
rticulate cry of the human mind was an {
utcry of wonder. ''Who and where was he,
ried an ancient Hindoo, the fellow lcithot
ones. Unlike the Hihdoo, the Hebrew
ushed for the mere fact and did not concern
imself with distractions Science is con-
erned with methods.
The speaker showed how animals and plants
lange under the influence of climate. He
len showed how they change under 4" the
ruggle for life" He sketched the progress
creation here on the Pacific Coast as it is
corded in our rocks, and made chalk delin-
tions which showed a series of animals ap-
oaching, as the ages passed, more and more
the horse. Another series approaching
e tiger, and another the ape The lecture
is evening will commence promptly at Z
clock, and will be on the great question of
fence, " The Origin of Man"
YOUNG RAsCALs.-Among the many visit
to fancy goods store on Carson street
It evening, inspecting holiday goods, two
yged little urchins, who could not have
ell more than 10 and II years of age, were
served intently examining and handling
erything that was lying around loose on the
lnters. Their appearances and conversation v
not indicate that honesty was very
trait in their undeveloped natures,
a disengaged clerk cast watchful eye upon
gamins during their peregrinations
oughout the establishment. Suddenly he
eoted one of the pair in the act of showing
coveted article under his tattered Jacket.
the young thief made no demonstration
ard leaving the store, he did not modest
/. The youthful twain moved to another Pr
t of the store, and another member of the
OF kleptomanacs pushed an article under
well worn outward covering This was
much for the watchful clerk He collared
two young thieves, made them disgorge
r plumber, and as they were too young
re placed in charge Of the police, he APP
d a pair of strong hands to their re-
;tive ears, and well built boot to the
Of the senior member of the peculating
, and sent them Oh their way in rather a
,ctive mood.
RUNNER FINED. Officer Stern yesterday
sted Isaac Neuburger, San Francisco
INNER for sOlici+ino orders without q State