Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-25
A srrRo cANARp.
Among our kilograms to-day is the
from Warrington:

Among our kilograms to-day ia the
following from Warrington:
"An oficial lsttsr Just received from q
high Government official on the Pacific
coast Asserts unrsservedly and earnestly
that the constantly accumulating delstsri-
Gus gases In the Comstock, formed from
the hot water found at the present great
depths Of working, bid fair 0 to compel
the abandonment Of work on the lode I'M
less relieved by speedy connection with
the sutro Tunnel. This statement was 30
impressive that Mint Director Linderman
sought an interview with ]. ". N.ckay on
the subject, bat failed 10 meet him, a.
Mackay had already sailed for Europe, re-
naming oaly n night here"
New We assert most u~nrsssrvedly and
earnestly that the above Is an unqualified
humbus. and the author OF it more Of a
shrewd, schsning knavs than an ass.
And We assert 1t upon personal knOwl.
edge and experience Of the mining
depths themselves. visiting them whsr-
ever and whenever va choose. 1t Is
true that at the greatest depths . pro-
p~ortionats degree Of heat is found. and
In the hottest places the natural heat oil
the ground or rock is SO great that tho
water coming from 1t is so hot that the
hand cannot be borne In Il; In fact, in
some places II IL scalding hot, yet We have
found men working there in perfect COM
fort. owing to the good supply ofcool air
sent down from the surface. At the
lowest, or 2200-foot level Of the Yellow
Jacket mine, $50 feet below the level Of
the Sutro Tunnel. the Thermometer
stood at ninsty-thres degrees. yet the
rock on all sides was many. degrees hot
ter, AMI no one could hold his fingers In
a fresh drill hole any time at all.
Thousands Of men work in these very
hot places. and never think Of trouble
from foul gases. They work almost
naked. and get so used to the heat that
they do not suffer from it. Indeed,
with all the alleged foul gases and gisat
heat. NO finer looking or healthier look
ing miners in the world n TO DO found
than those working in the hot depths Of
the Comstock.
by means Of drift and winzs counec.
tons from one shaft or mine to another
a free supply Of air from the surface to
the greatest depths Is induced. The
hot air naturally rises and Ia replaced
by the pure mountain air rushing down
from tho surface aud In side drifts, or
wherever no such air connections exist,
the air il forced in BY mechanical
means. Hundreds OF shaft, winzs and
drift connections all along the great
Comstock lode form q grand system Of
ventilation in comparison with which the
Sutro Tunnel is rs squirrel
hole in the side OF Mount
Hood. That the tunnel would
prove OF great value in the matter OF
drainage aud working the mines at the
greatest depths nobody disputes, but
that 1t would be OF any percsptible i'm
portance in the way Of ventilation Is
squarsly. honestly and reasonably ques-
toned. The superheatsd mir from the
sagebrush wastes Of Carson river valley
passing for miles through that narrow
tunnel is not to DO compared with the
pure mountain ,ir now SO freely rushing
down from the surface. But the great.
ost trouble in ventilation lies In the hot
depths far below the Sutro Tunnd level.
The whole matter Of this scheming
telegram, summed up into a nutshell,
amounts TO merely a shrswd dodge or
bid in favor OF tho forfeited Sutro Tun.
mel royalty" which is no doubt in.
tended to be brought up in some shape
at u future favorable opportunity.