The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-02-17
AMONG THE MINES.
What n Minister Saw fn and From
Nfnnemucea Mountain


EDITOR SILVER STATE: -Bs lisving. as
we do, not only III thu legitim ICY, bat
also in the value aud pernansucy of
mining as u branch of industry in this
country. take great interest 10 its ad
vaucement. Ii our branch of values to
human society think mind and soul
culture the most important; bat am
not slo v to recog lizs that part of our
success lies in tue success of other in
dustries. Oar books for Sabbath
schools, ch arch work general reading
and the annual half million of copies of
the Holy Scriptures must have . gold
basis Iu these Scriptures we have
| the earliest mention % tde of mining
on record Gen IT, IL it says, The
gold of HaviIla sas good" Hag II:S
The silver and gold are mine. saith
the Lord; Job XVIII: -"Surely there
is a vein for the silver aud gold;"
Prov. XVII: - Solomon says. the
| finiug pot for silver and the furnace for
gold" With all thess endorsements
from the Sculptures. aud knowiog th At
from the record of Hivill, down
through the rich deposits of Opair,
| until the pres snt tlm ;, hat all precious
metals had TO be brought into use by
mining AMI reduction. started Friday
ID )rning 90 trip of observation on
Winnem 1coa Mountiin aud its sur
| ro1n1lngs l went oa foot for the
| bstter opportunity of observation and
| meditation.
TaE PARAMOUNT NJ. AND M. ooMPANY's
| The frs. object of interest and note was
| ths Paramount mill | had often
| listened with pleasure to its stea ly
| tram when the night shid3 had falleo
over tas b yal.itul Hunbollt 10 1 ut .lns.
Col. Biel, ths iniefailgable Saperln
tsndslt of this com pany, showed me
| every objsc of interest Ia aud about the
mill ! was struck with tue complete
ness aud ps.msaeacy of all tns arrange
ments AMI carefuln sss of expense
| After visiting a numbar of mills, | had
supposed it was abs u ltely necessary
| tor an expense of eighty to o0e hao-
| drea thousand dollars to erect the
balldlngs AID put the IN .chinery and
furaace iato mill. Bli here was a
mill vita tea stamps running. and
| room for ten or twenty more with a
slight change, ample room for second
ro.ary roasting furnace. and ten or
twelve largs leaclins tubs, built at a
much less cost. Every where your cor
respon len. tura-d his eyes he saw
everything built for substa atial BUSH
ness and not TO SELL
LEAcHING
Having visited other mills for teaching.
| more particularly where the silver was
concentrated ol copper plates. l was
deeply Interested 10 tue process Of pre-.
cipitation by che nicl will assure
the r-aisrs of the SILVER STATE that it
| was with no little Interest that | looked
upon tn solution from tle watts, clear
as crystal, aud tbs precipitation OF tbs
metal as the chemicals were applied
| The Fairmolut ore ecu shes very easily.
aud Mr.. Bael can only keep the ten
stamps at present rdaain9 by day with
the roasting capacity ot Que furnace
Hs expects to add 5000 second
| furnace.
tbs FGaSACS
| wa'chsi with interest thu charging
Of tho fdrnle.. About two AMI one
h.lf tols 60 ls.jtute chtrge After
roasting ab)attso h)lrs the salt is ap-
piled aad the roasting confined some
three hours more. daring which time
chloridizlng takes place. Ii Is then
drawn of aal passed through the
various tubs. uatii il Is concentrated
into the metal palp, or nat OF silver
aud gold Ihs wa Die working of the
Fairmoant mill seem 81 to be on the
most careful aud ec1no nlcal plan
Another thing has bseu t4sted by Mr..
BIel--th' rul ing o, furnace and