Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-08
u GOLDEN ERA.

mas iaIlen INTO new anu iai hoiof han-
agement than has controlled IL for the
past few years.it has rsgainsd its ancient
prestige. and constantly improved In
every respect. On the 30th ultimo IL
came to us considerably enlarged and
still further improved in all its depart
meuts. II has in fact become a perfect
bonanza Of fine literary worth. and do
servedly increases in prosperity and the
general favor Of the great reading public.
And now. after having bestowed the
above just and well msritsd comPli-
ments. ". feel that we have . night to
find what little fault We can with the
Goliea Ea When it departs from
its literary merits and undertakes
10 talk stocks and mining. II
gets beyond its depth and calibrs.
ami blunjers badly. II comes out
squarely aud too ostsntatioasly As a
bear organ. and its principal object
Of attack appears to 10 the bonanza"
mines Of the Comstock-the Consoli.
dated Virginia and California-and their
management. especially Flood. OF the
bonapza firm. For como reason, evi.
IDENTIFY a private one. the Era Is p~articu-
larry down OH Flood. It pitches into
him personally at every turn. in . man-
ner that must make that gentleman feel
disasirously unhappy. In It's over
anxiety to bear Mr.. Flood and the boz
nanza mines. II dsscends to misreprs-
seutaiions which are 80 palpably unjust
and incorrect that We feel II our honest
duty to call 1t to order. For instance.
the following.
Ny friend. before you invest your few
thousand dollars in California or Consoli.
dated Virginia stock. read what the Hear
la. 10 say In explanation Of Why you
should not venture within the charmed
cirele 90 Mr.. Floods lite game. Can
YOU fancy yourself At the bottom u . hole
IN the ground 1850 feet deepr They are
that deep down In the BONANZA mines. The
ore must lie raised 1850 feet (: the timbers
for timbering the mine must DO sent 1850
feet below the surface . he miners must
go down 2.3O0 feet 10 reach their work n
they must como up 1850 feet to see the
sun shine.
Now mildly. yet impressively speak
ing. that I" Bear" is n stupid. internal
blunjsrheaj. There IL not ons mine on
the Comstock nor in the whole State OF
Nevada that il yielding pay ore to the
depth Of 1000 feet. The lowest main
ore and bullion producing level OF the
bonanza mines is the 1850. that IL to
say. sixteen hundred and fifty feet below
the surface. Tho 1850 level is being
properly opened. but ii is net yet suf-
iieienily developed to constitute much
OF "a regular ore and bullion yielding lev.
81. and the winzs and drift explorations
TO the 1850 and 1850 levels are merely
advance prospectings or feelsrs amount
ing to nothing decisive as yet. The
great bulk Of the daily ore and bullion
product Of the bonanza comes from
tho 1850 level and the two or
three levels above IL. Il GER
tainly is to be hoped that the "2.3oo
feet" ideas Of the Bear" may prove
correct. but he is playing the thing
about C5o feet too low down. so to
speak. at present. This srudits Bear
goes on to sagely remark
The Bear has consulted some Of the best
miners of the coast. and all agree that the
bonanzas are rapidly approaching . depth
beyond which they cannot be made 10 pay
the expense Of operating. Now. sir. II
YOU are caught by tho cappers whom the
Flood Quartette keep on the lookout Tor
such unawary gentlemen ~ yourself. you
will lose your money with your eyes open.
The Bear hath warned you Of the dangers
that beset your pathway. Let the bonan-
zas alone. They are we'll sucked lemons,
and those who touch them In expectation
u continued dividends will BE- sadly dis
appointed.
The Bear unwittingly stultides him
self. According to his own recorded
showing. the bonanza mines have to 60
C5O feet deeper yet before they arrive
at the depth Of "2.30o feet" and be-
come well sucked lemons" II the
present rich bonanza will only hold out
to that depth. there will be no cessation
Of dividends for several years longer.
And the "best miners on the coast" will
agree with us in that proposition. The
Bear sncks his paws. with another
conplacent grunt. as follows
The Sutro Tunnel claim. which seems
to be well founded. TO the California and
Consolidated Virginia ground. will pfoba-
bly, prove q bear Of such grixzly.like feroc-
ity. that Mr.. Flood will have great difieul'
" In obtaining victims for his game.
Then he breaks out jubilantly in n
other place. thusly
'Rah for Sutrol lie SUES for possession
90 the bonanza mines. The Sutro Tunnel
grant. authorized by Congress. gave the
1900 ieet on each side Of the tunnel to the
tunnel Of the land not previously located
under mining laws. The bonanzas were
not then located by patent. Sutro seems
tn H. one ahead 81 u esteemed friend.
Mr.. Flood.
Here. again. the clumsy Bear deliber'
a,ely blunders his snout into . flood OF
errors. In tho first place. asis shown
by Sutro's. as we'll as any Of the several
maps Of the Comstock. even to the lat
est. Roses. which was carefully com
piled. prepared and executed In the in.
isrest Of the Sutro Tunnel. the bonanza
is entirely outside Of the tunnel limits.
the north line merely taking . little piece
Of the south or unproductivs end OF the
Consolidated Virginia, and leaving the
California. together with the entire bo-
nanza. completely out in the cold. In
the second place. sutro has not brought
IN suit for the possession OF the bonan.
"a mines. and never will. consequently
he cannot well be counted Zone ahead
Of our esteemed friend. Mr.. Flood"
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