Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-11-20
SILVER CITY's FUTURE,
Prospects which Justify the Pre-.
dlction that it VIII be Pros

III AL artlcIe published in the En-
terprise, few days ago, Dan de
guile, the veteran newspaper man,
who mined in this vicinity in the
early sixties, has this to say:
Inc ZINES should hold up its head
even though the seat of its trowsers
should drag the ground. One day
silver City will again be flourish.
ing mining town. Under the fiat on
winch the town stands is big DO
nanza. In order to find this all that
Is necessary is to go east of the
town, about on the line OF Nlgoer
Ravine, and sink FIRST. class shaft
Inc OLD Hope mine has yielded vast
zeal OF rich ore and has only been
worked to the water leyel-to a point
below which mining could moi be
carried on without pumping ma
chinery.
Tue whole country about Silver
City is full of feeders that are rich in
gold even at the surface. These un-
doubtedly lead down to mother
vein OF silver ore, as did the rich au.
riferous surface deposits at Gold Hill.
In the early days the decomposed
surface ore of the old Twin lead was
worked in rockers aud yielded by
such primitive means tin cup OF
gold per d&J.
Niger Rayine was worked by
placer miners before silver was dis
covered, and is still being so worked.
La section where there is every
where 80 much gold on the surface
there must be something below.
Should a first-class shaft be sunk
out to the eastward Of the town of
Silver City and a DRIFT run west so as
to come III under the old Hope mine,
paying ore would at once be found.
A good, square trial is what the
Silver City section Of the Comstock
wants, and 1t is just what it has never
yet been given. 1t is much sur
face scratched region. Silver CITY is
a second Bodie at our doors. For
nearly twenty years it has been left
lying as Bodie lay for so many years
befose being resurrected.
All old timers will agree that every
word OF the article just quoted is
true. But Dan de guile might have
said great deal more without de-
parting from the truth. There is an
other bonanza in this neighboi hood,
and it is right under the Bacon and
Trench millsite, in the Cherokee and
Dayton mines. Two years ago Felix
Lacrouts, OF this city, obtained per
mission TO prospect the ground. He
sunk an inc line at point about 100
feet west of the Bacon mill. The in
cline was sunk about 100 feet, all the
way in ore. In doing this, and in
about month, with common hand
windlsss, $4,000 were extracted!
Mr. Lscruuts was making money
so rapidly That he began making AZ
rauggmeuts tO erect machinery TO
extract ore Gu au extensive scale,
" hon the permission given him 10
exploit the grouud was rescinded
and the mine closed.
Ihe Cherokee is owned by Messrs.
lood and Fair. Mr.. Mackay is not
Interested in 1t. The Dayton is
owned by Mr.. Hobart, one OF the
leading owners of the Silver Hill.
Why this bonanza, which is in full
sight, Is not worked, is question
beyond our ken. AT the time that
Mr.. Lscrouts WAS compelled 10 stop
IL was stated that Mr.. Chaplin, who
owns the ground adjoining on the
north, refused TO enter into any ar
rangement whereby it was proposed
to work the claims in common.
Whether this is so, or whether it Is
not, the fact remains that there Is a
bonanza in sight, and the time can
not be far distant when 1t will be
worked. Capitalists, even though
they be millionaires, cannot afford
to allow $40 pieces to lay out of reach
indefinitely, when they can grasp
them with but little exertion.