Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-11-19
MINING EXPERTS.

The coast is at present suffering from the
presence of too many mining experts. There
are to day several hundred men in Virginia
City and San Francisco, who are alluded to in
the papers under the general head of mining
exports. As a rule they know nothing about
ninss or geology. On visiting day these men
BOek to the Comstock and walk up and down
O street viewed by admiring crowds The
fate of the coast is supposed to hang upon
their report. They don miners suits and are
let down INTO the lower levels. They pick
rock from different portions of the mine and
sSan il into canvass sacks. 1t is amusing to
watch some Of them as they look at the face OF
drift One would imagine that they were
able 10 see as plain as day formation fifty
feet ahead in the solid quartz They paw over
the rock and look wise; sonle are very careful
about expressing an unqualified opinion, and
some are running over with opinions. They
yet out Of the nhe and drive into the town at
a tremendous speed; all along @ street sounds
the cry " Here come the experts" Reaua,
Dedesheimer, Hoefich, Ryan, Pixley, Bor-
land, Sheridan, Kelly, Israel, Levi, Canavan,
Thompson, Smith, Douglass, Shultz, Finlan,
Jones and one hundred in the Storage. Some
rash pell, nell to the telegraph office, pull out
their cryptographs and evolve CIPHER dispatch
es. Some take their samples to be assayed, and
some retire into the inner recesses of Mallon 8
rs il they wished to be avoided. Straightuay
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swarms Of summer flies congrsgating about
the seductive molasses. For few Rinutes the
expert feeds his crowd on knowing looks coup
led with significant winks and mods Then he
drops a remark or two-qualifed-and in a
few minutes ne ia delivering an Grafton on the
subject of the west cross cut. He describes
il As the biggest thngever struck in the ledge
Meanwhile another expert in the next saloon
is telling few friends -confdentially THAT
The whole prospect is the biggest fraud
in which the public has ever been induced to
take stock. There are q few xperts who have
the sense to form some idea of what they see
and act accordingly. They keep their opin-
ions to themselves and buy and sell on their
judgment. If they lose they never "squeal "
and if they make they never brag. The bal
anoe Of those whose names are constantly be-
fore the public as experts are set of lying,
seheming men, who are as ignorant as they
are mercenary. They do not hesitate to be-
little good development in order to get the
stock at lower figures, or bull worthless pros
peet for the sake of unloading. The public
is at their mercy. Half of the so-called ex-
perts, and probably two thirds of them, are
unauali6edly frauds of the first water, who
speculate liz the credulity of the general pub
lilo. We have mentioned quite list OF
them, and there is hardly mining man on
the coast who cannot, on looking at the list,
the sheep from the goats. The press
in a measure is responsible for the existence
Of these humbugs Their opinions are quoted
coupled with editorial comments and an I'M
due Importance is attached to their slightest
utterances By the time a mining man has
had two interviews with press reporter, ne
receives the title of expert by common con-
sent. Two many experts on the Comstock
have spoiled the mining broth for some time
to come.