, 1879-05-21

lntst nopAllr pEn on The c0nHt 1fIlfn iltat any ~
this. Tile Boie Company, niilcl ote eight
months. during whctl t!elr production was
abo'lt t,nc ntnt gngter millions, aud Sso0,013
was dlebirael tn Dividends.
TIE NEXT nEsr MINE
to the Standard In tin district Is considered to
Acr tho snmo management US thc stnndarsi. uni
lies parallel with that mine J. was q ,l'r carly
tavs tll: property of The fato W. z: ilalst"n, u
Bank q California fame; nitefwar;s IT. beipnrst!
worked II IN lstIs on !Ma private nseoMnt. AZ
tiov. HIasdel sold sle mine 10 tho liuIwcr conl..
Rse' os s ana s oo s'.Ss .sres' s''f1 ihc 'sSx, 5,
thorough na,1tlcr 10 dcntl Of I06
ictt, to w5,ic! ptint rs tlrSS lodges are found
to tessy sH:!s s.sh m era.s e ss n s sss e s1sx ss
shares, uni tic market value IS tiow nbuut 71a
per SHARE, ot a vatuatTtn Of ,eu0, tN for ihs
'n!nc. Thus wilat :uav. BIasdel suld II senr .1,l
half aru for tG,'N', is now valued At stIo0, ,oa'.
Il commenced to mill oru vi tipt tat nf Afnrch IN
the ten.statru mill hetulIgiDg t t'As BotlIt Cont
pany, nlld the production for that nonLl WAS
flA5, uO: During thu inontll Of April 1t VI.
hereafter be u s,cady bniitou prniurer. This
lY been listed On tic New iur1s Stock loard,
and It is probable that Buswcr will also he listed
there.
are found Ia belt Of nornhyry, extending scv.
era, milGs north mQ snl.th. With tn. excep-
tfon VI tho CUuatorls, this norphyry belt IL tin
most extensive o! a'ly ever found IN tEe eonst
mlncrs. It being considered to guarantee tlspth.
Outklde Of tho porrhyrY, lava Is thu lHe.soni-
inat!ng feature, III. country l'eg essentially 1T
Volcanic ciaractcr Tue dssures in which Tho
| another fayar!to Indication a1nong ,niuers-a
| ds.antG Of three or four miles. through four
successive bill, almost n,ountalns,-comnunc-
Ivy with I5odlc Bull OIL thc north, followed BY
Silver llill, Queen Bee l1tll "M Sugnr I.onf
Mountain. Thu best trIincs, Including the btanl-
ard, Hu3wer, aid uuie, are OIL I}ode bluff.
The vcins run parallel, and frequently iutcrsect
or run Into each other. 1lley nra foltnd at In
| milo. and vhry IN width from mere scam to
several feet. The yc1ls on the west side OF tss
bclt nro found to dip east, rl,tIe tlusr on thu
clst s!de dig west. THIS fast Is na'ls ',c basis
lounl to concentrate In All inlnlGnse ore-bcar.
iny ilssure, which shall e9ua, In It's Importance
| the great CoInstock lode itsclf.
| THE oREs
arc usually found between wcl1+lefinrl pot-
| p1,yry wallis, mt, in laminated form, thu
sss, with seams ot clay. A.Ma decon,posed Quariz
between the layers. Not tnfrcqucntly blocks
OF porphyry are found In thu vein, which as,-
fhc period when tic, vein WIS forming. III
,uincrs' parlancc, the foreign matter thus Gu
couhtcrod IN vctn IL termed 'horsc," and
| whcn It Is whispered about that IA horse has
CONC n fn this Or tltat u1ne. the stock IL worry
likely to suffer. The veins are not uniformly
1lineralzcd, being much wider In aomo PLACES
than ofhers.' Tls hre ratges tn valno from
nothing to Thousands Of do!lars per ton. Less
| than $40 rock cannot bo mined md nillcd III
this camp to profit, OH account of thu expense
| Of wood Mlld water. Lust Rilulsnrr wDuh co,n-
nnn1ed SID to s10 per cord, aul water ut the
n1ino cost 81 per barrol. Now tho mines nrc
cet,--antl they have more wntur Thar, they ra,i
handle with present machinery.
TILE TOWN nr Hop1E
containe about 5000 pconc. The houses arc ali
Of wood,-the lumour of which cust about SO
i easn irqs exgsps Thy sas eanvas tsnts Dt
nHwspapers. the STANDARD betslg the uioncer aud
leading paper. und ono weekly. a telegraph,
line was x:enacd hero q few years aGo from
are about half:doxcn general merchandise
houses, two OF which DO q largo mid profitable
busincss: Ono Of these houses expended s1O0,
0o0 In 1878 IN frcteht-hl1s alone. We hayc an
stxty-four saloous, q school-houte, aud nj
ehurch. Our graveyard eoniatns nbput twnn1y
minutes, moro thnn half Of whom died With
slrtr boots On. Accidents In tho ninc8 cause i
named Rsan formerly Of DetroIt) fell down tic
slnft Of tho lodtn Afluc, distance Ut l35 fret.
Men were working III TIC bottom at the time N1ti
when aoont iftY feet from the surface, Kyan, With
"l.ook out bc1owl' Tlny sprung into the
other compartment OF tic sllnft, ui their lvcs
were sayed. Every bune IN Ryan's body wal
broken, anu he wis dead when pit lied up
4 REMARKABLE COUNTRY.
Tic country to tie south OF Dod.r for severn
hundred niles Is IL most wonderful Uilr. A
Atrike WIS recently mnIc ln the Mammoth Mine
to Lake District, t!ftY or sixty miles south d
hero. a short ttu'G ago nude pllgsisnage te
tic ninc, und was delighted With thu trip. Ths
route lny by she north a,,l wsst shore of None
Lake for screra1 miles, This Is onc ot tt.t
most siugulnr bodies Of water ~ tts Unttct
Statea. do not know It's oxact dimensions. bQ1
length BY ten in width. The water ioal;s c|cal
and clean, but IL really ycry strut., alkalt
tta strength Is 90 grcat tlat 1t will .uEn a well
bacGcd pair. OF boots rcd In q very few nin
utcs, 1t wtll take nut every particle at grease
FROM u paiE Of engiaeer's working brooches s'tos
aucl.r It feels slippery, like soap-s,lds, te
tllo hnnls. nnl 10 said to mako All excellent
ahampoo far the hair. Around the shore of III.
lake arc found 1Ha'y petrctactscns, anu cllriou
ca!carcons rocks, which appcnr TO be honey
con,ncd bY the action Of the wnters. Along ttit
western shore tho maiu rat,gc Of the StuTral
comes fairly down to tie water's edge. Moth
inE lives In t.e water except = little worm
found In abundance around the shores. Iliest
ti'c M wintor season. south Of Mono La1su *
LCHu4 u u
EXTINCT VOLCANOES,
rising from comparatively level p'ain perhaps
tltty miles In lenytl, by twenty In width, I1t
co,t1se ot tue Luva lowu llleir stt!cA IL p!atnl,
tlistinElAshnple. d!1 not ASCEND either o
tlleae volcanoes, hut | nm tuld by those whs
hAye done so that about tlc GrAtHrB lt.u surfnc
is covcrrd to depth uf several inches with Al
ush 10 ttne rs IN b. almost tmpalpabic, ,-Nnucl
like ahut which Is said to hare descend
cd upon nmi destroyed Poinpo IN.
J uercu'ancum,-so line, III iact, tha
1t VII! work through leather. Tses
craters bear uYliGnce of comparatively recen
action. Along this range Ut vo!canots my com
putlfun and myaclf noticed that tho side Df On
moI,ltnln gl!stcned nn1 sllnne in d slngusn
,snnner, uni, us IL was not fur out OF CIR way
: we droys up to 1t. Wo wero greatly astouishG
to fnu 1t
MOUNTAIN or ulAss
formed bY volcanic actIons. The subttanc
scc1ncd to lack tho strength OF glass, anu wa
| mixed with ]d.a 1t rose worry abruptly Roverl
: hundred feet above tho plain. THIS Is ncatl
| opposite tile mouth Ut the bloody Canon
pass through which tourista from this lid
| reach tile Yosemite pallay, which Is about stxt
! miles blatant. T'he scenery through this cano
ie OF the mGst magnificent description: Bout
! Of the extinct yolcanocs aro the beds Of scYera
UAY LAkK5,