Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-12-03
sUPERINTENDENTS' LETTERS.

lect OF the weekly letters NTlGteu Dy HlHlfi
Superintendents. Just at present the stock
holders of Sierra Nevada are anxious to Learn
something about the property in which they
hold an interest. The letters from the mine
however, furnish no information on the sub
isct 1t has been the plan of the insiders fol
months past to bear Sierra Nevada, and bull
Union. The following from the Chrontcle viii
bs end, rsed as a square way Of looking at the
matter: The letter from the Sierra Nevada
is not by any means satisfactory. If the Oh
ject OF these letters is to give the general
mass of stockholders the facts about the mine,
they are wofully deficient in that respect II
the object is merely to becloud and bewilder,
80 keep Stockholders in ignorance of the con
dition of the niue, they serve the purpose ad
Inirably. What the Sierra Nevada stock
holder would like to know-and what he
is the exact nature of the developments made
north Of the incline on the 2200 and $500
levels. The north boundary line of the Union
ground, we understand, takes III the south
fore the Sierra Nevada stakeholder is more
anxious TO know about the developments
north Of the incline than Of those in Union
ground. He knows that on the 2200 level
right up on the boundary line. He knows
that the Union ground has been diligently
prospected from tho Sierra Nevada incline,
and with splendid results, which have been
shown to the public and which have enconr-
aged the stockholders IN that mine to hope
for the speedy arrival of dividend day. But
he can't find out anything like this about his
own property. He knows that north drift
has been run on the 300 level and that it is
now $50 feet from the incline, 1.-THE face show
ing very favorable formation of clay, por-
phyry and quartz, giving low assays." {Sup't
Mckenzie's letter of Sunday. The stock
holder would like to know the assays in dol
lars snd cents AS the formation is Every
favorable" he would ike to know about what
proportion of it is clay and porphyry, and
what quartz.
Nevada mine just now is the 230O level. A
vein of $500 ore crosses close to the station at
that point 1t has been followed southwark
in the Union ground, and already millions of
dollars worth of ore stand revealed How
about Sierra Nevada's share of this splendid
iepositl Let US refer to Superintendent Nc
kenzie's letter of Sunday, and we'll find out
ii about it:
"On the 300 level the north drift is now
n distance of So feet. At this point drift |
'as been started east for the purpose of prov
ny the vein in that direction"
That east drift is probably all right as a |
mining proposition. The stockholder does |
,ot take much interest in it, however, for it |
) going away from the rich vein which the
ynion people are at work upon, and which
ans northward into Sierra Nevada to the
pvst Of the station. This is what the stock
Older is ca ger to hear from, end Of this the
superintendent writes,
"Ths west crosscut on the 300 level is in
distance from the station a distance of 20
bet. A drift has been started north on the ore
elm, and is now in distance Of Is feet, show
sg ore Of a fair grade.
The foregoing is a fair sample of the infor-
iation which Sierra Nevada stockholders have
een getting ever since that all important
est crosscut was started. 1t is in ore of
Iir grade" Does that mean ore worth $40 |
~ or ore worth $4O0l The answer depends
course, on what Mr. Mckenzie considers |
fair grade ore" He might think $500 ore '
- of tolerably fair grade, and so would any
her man. But what conclusion as to the t
sl value of that ore can any sensible person Il
'sv from such generalities as " fair grade
ep What harm would it be if the Seperin,
ndent Was permitted to write that the west :
osscst advanced this week so many feet,
akiDg total distance of 80 many feet from
Q point where the crosscut started. Not
,m the station" because nobody cares a
~ near or how far the drift is from the sta
MI What everybody wants to know is, how =
my feet is the crosscut IN orel How much
90 the ore average in assaysl When the
nth drift was started from the west crosscut
what point did it startl What was the ap- l
arance Of the face of the west srosscut when 6
rk was stopped in that direction7 on on
letters that would furnish L
'wsrs toauestions like these. would be CRATE in
ly received by the people, who have right ~
such information. We have heard it ar pc
ID that full and truthful weekly report of tn,