, 1879-03-06
THE COMSTOCK MINES.


Possibility OF tho Yield Of rreetnus Metal
Snor CenainE.
sdcrnmrnto tt"l.> He.orst' Union.
A NcvadR newspaper, referring to the cross
cuts IN progress On tliu Comstock lode, OK
presses apprehension That they i,lay prove bar-
ren. It frankly says that In ,tat event 1t will
he 'Good-by Cotnstuck md yirg!nla CITY,"
"1f,' It atlus, "t!Icro Is not q good body OF ORC
botwecn tho 1900 nl1 33,3O0 levels there Is Ger
tainly nothing within 500 fcct abtyc, nnl there
Ia nothing for the same distance hrlow, To
DO dead work tor 200 Or U0 more feet with only
u doubtful! prospect would be impossible. As
sessmcllts could not be raised to do 1t. The
EXPENSE Of ralalng useless stock 10 the surincc,
or even TO tho 1tnG Of The Sutro tliunel,
coupled With tho strong probability OF en-
countcriuy lnr.o boles of water. mud the OBJ
struetiuus utrered by tho intcl.so hrat, would
render tllu work OF prospecting on uncertainties
at s,lcl, enormous dcnttR ont ot the question.
'ile CoLJstock will either TO selling for S9U0,-
o000o0 the lst Of june or It won't sell for MS
BesstMents+H
It might not l,o tic hcayicst calamity that
could befall tl!u Fncttlc 'slapc II tl,e worst Of
tl!rse nntlclpat.ons should bo fulfilled souncr
IT. Inter thy satastrophu must come. Tho ,ntne
will not yielu always at tho rno OF the Inst
ten years; nlna so long as occasional strikes
are Nsado there will be fostcred spirit
Cl kHtNIll1IH WHEEL Wil GQHkDlC 10 tic.
nornlize Industry, rob tho large class who
ara drawn Into il1a vortex Of speculation,
augment the already colossal fortune ot tho
bonanza king, and do mischief III every way to
the industrial and moral interests Ut tine eoun-
try. Through hppcB 0f rich strikes which arc
adro!tlv played upon ut statel times by tl,o
managers 0t The mines, particular stocks are
run up to enormous tlgurea, ntul 1hen :ile nnnt-
ulatofs Of tl,e game "unloadn upon tho people
who aro crcdnlDlla enough To "1nyCst,n and
Entller In tn!lltulls by U species nf robbery
which, II practicca IN ANYTHING else, would send
its nutl.nrs to the rcnttentiary As the pllrnoH-
enal sc1ll,drcls OF tho time 1t ltns often been
Thought that people wultltl Learn, but they won't
10 laig US 'lu least hope is held ont Of Gninlng
prIzG In this the most uncertain OF all lotteries.
There Is ont chance in @ million. Practically,
tlcru Ia no chance ut all.
Tho YteIl ot these mines costs, Oil tho wllote,
far mora than 1t is worth. A fpw Individuals
nlnass great wealth, but for tho great mass OF
lcaplc there IL no prpat, nor anything but l0as.
Tho Rn11,c energy un cap!tal directed IN utiler
industries wauIh bring far bcttcr gcnrral re.
suits. The history. OF 4tl.e world shows tlllt
,nncs Of gold a,ld silver havo lnade ITO country
rte!l. Oregon llas III ter uutatllng agricultural
prnllicta btllrco III wealth which she could sluI
ailosd tn cxcl,anga for all the ulurng and d.
ccptiye promises ol bonni,za Mines. 1t would
be loss tlAttcr It nur industry n,nl business did
not a!nre some tlpgreo hf general decentralization
produced by fusersh speculation iu this absur
lnttery founded OIL the CHnlstock lt,4c, wElrl
ilruscs its lus0n through nearly all tho cur
rents 0f life OIL tho Fnclflc Slope.