, 1879-06-28

uTehry, Hcsoshtt n6pectt and tk4 chcf glory sthn
llrst regulate IN oxamining ii Is that tho vlstor
be an cxpert-not 40 .alcl IN mining as N
swin'n,ng Tie Inhabitants, too. seem 20 hase
fallen into Rip Vnn Wrinkle slocp. They nro
unable to aord o any Information, ~, ns tG tne
with sflcAw bcr-l{ke fafth for something to turn
III. Aurora IL Just 100 miles from Virginia. as,!l
the remaining twelve miles to Dudto are btgui[.
Cd by
THE STORIES or "oLp PIONEERS"
Eycry ter h man you sgeak to a. tassS Is. psfts m
of having prophestcd, with Prof. Silliman That,
"outsldo of tho Comstock, tlicro Is no mining
district IN California or Nevada presenting, 50
many elements Of great fntnre ~ bodle."
crossed, a,id VIC arc again "under the now Con.
Rtttutton." Another hour nid VIC 1laya reached
tho swcntY-stamp Syndicate mtll, wlich, attcF
crushing for the stanlnrtl, Rodtc, TioRn, and
on tho orc Of tle Syndicate Mine itselt. Next
VIC reach tho fourstamp Miners mill. and find
!. busy crushing Noonday ORG. 40 we know tho
Standard twenty stamp md tho Bodfe tcn-htamp
mills to 10 fully snaaged on tho ores from t',oss
mines, We naturally inquire how the Gulwcr and
other oro-productng properties are TO manage
for milling facilities. and arc Informed that aotne
mysterious combination is projecting the cree
tfon Of another twcnty-Etamp custom MILL Ger
turo prospects Of Dodic there would seem to be
room fol. three or four mora such
mills EFe re- reaching tho toTn ws
Pass another runch, and ore informed
s.t BY s "os ea s1sps S"S ars ~ '
aul short, aud tint he cxpects to get $l00 ton
for hts hny. dust twcnty-four hours aftcr Icav.
!nK Virginia "c enter the neat lltt'e Town at
nodIe ,! an, or learning TINT M We arc eooo fsss
abtenco Of trees nnl tho eonsplcuousnoss Of
lighted Btoyea In tho houses.
DoplE,
with It's population Of .. co., It's two day papers,
It's brace Of banks. It's schoolhousc, ati It's pro-
tcctcd church. Is as quiet aud orderly a tnintnE-
there have been plenty Of shooting. sc.apcs
there, md although ihn iocators Of claims have
had 10 dofanl their property With shotgun n1ul
pistol from the fncurstons Of 'iumpers,n vet at
present everything Is quiet and peaceablc. the
a. foftcnlnc Influence on The camp. The hincrs'
Union IlnLI being considered as better adapiutl
for entertainments than the. .Adclpllt Theatre.
rour readers Will scurcoly feel surprised at
learnl, that satl Aiinera' Hail. after serving tho
Catholics. Prcsbytertaus, md Mcthodists ~
place of worship tu tho carly part Of Sunday,
has bcen used by the Can-Can performers on
the evening Ut that day. My first step On arriy-
Ing wes naturally to prcsent my Introduction to
tcndent Of tho B0dit Mine. The letter con-
taincd a special request from headquarters tIat
l should be admitted into the niue, which, ever
since the discovery Of the second bonnnzn, hns
boon closed to all Tho Colonel Ut onro offered
to accompany me, md on this, rs well ns on
subsequent visits, showed -FOUR correspondent
every possible courtesy. Your readers 'aro not
unfamiliar with the early history OF tic Botllo
Milne. Tic old worka were 250-foot shalt,
north ntnl east. Cross.cuttinE Ia the winter and
spring Of last year developed tho first honanza,
nlll the stock, which wns acIling for 81 d share
at the close Of ,!ay. 1873, reached the price Of
81 in June, Sl7.5o In July, a.ld $50 in. August,
giyc,, to tue Mono Mining Company. new cor.
togatlon having, like the Bodtc, ,0O shares.
On the 3ls: Of July, 1873, the Syndicate mill
vision oi atr. Ja,ncs II. Dawley, one Of Tic
most tkIllful md viEliant milling men on this
coast, tllu Arst thousand tons crushed produced
about s9o, 600 III bullior.
TIE TOTAL YIELD FOR THE FIRST stoHru
exceeded 1900, 900, md the Cou1panr at onca
proceeded to distribute the huik Of thts SUN tu
the stocsholdcFs In dividends, as follows: