Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-20
low.aRApE ORES.



NOT LESS THAN sisS.ooo.ooo
LYING H THEE.
Further Diseusston or the PROPOSE
siea 60 nias aud MIL Them
The General Prosperity which
weuld Attend ls-whsrs Some
OF These Ores are 60 DO Found-
what II Required 60 Iasugursse
she work.
A week ago the News noticed an asi.
taiion Of the subject Of mining and
milling the low.grade ores known to 30
lying in the Comstock, and gave the
plan proposed for their extraction and
reduction. Since that time the subject
has been discussed in private and on the
streets, and generally in . candid and
serious manner
Al wa to bs expected, more or less
opposition has been manifested a. to the
manner suggested in which these ores
were to be brought out and millsd; yet
NO one here OF elsewhere has had aught
to say against the s~dvisability Of such .
course. Some OF the papers Of San
Francisco have touched upon the sub
jset. The Stock Report sees in this
proposed work an increase Of the wealth
and prosperity Of the country, and.
since most OF that wealth seeks the great
commercial center at the bay, lends the
aid Of its influence to the proposition.
The Exchanges gives the subject . Flip
pant paragraph in its frse-lancs style and
hints that the people Of San Francisco
care more for the bonanzas supposed to
lie below the lower levels than all the
lov.Qrsds ores above. Now the NEWS
suggests that both are desirable In their
way, and that the pursuit OF the q In
no way initiates against the attainment
OF the other. :,
The proposition to extract and mill
the low grade ores does not contemplate
n interference with present prospect
ipgs nor with the milling OF ores now
raised. There are men enough doing
nothing and mills enough lying idle to
do all the proposed new work; or, II
not, more mills can be built.
The object in the new industry is two
fold /: First, to add o million or two o
month to the pr~oductiveness Of the
Comstock ; and, second. to give employ.
msnt to from 1000 70 1000 men in e.
tracing the ores, exclusive Of those en-.
ployed in milling them. Nota man less
will be sent into the lower levels than
now goes there, and not . penny less
will be paid the regular miners than they
are now receiving. Then, where can
any sound objection be raised to the
proposition 2 It will. II ina%ugurated,
put In circulation from 100000 to
$50. 900 per month paid for labor alone,
besides the increased expenditures for
milling. wood, timbers, etc. This will
make business livelier. Business men
will buy more goods in San Francisco
aud pay for them. and thus tho many
dollars given to laborsrs will be scattered
all over the coast. =.
Il is not believed that the Miners
Unions on the Comstock will seriously
object, since 1t is proposed that none
but members Of those organizations shall
be employed In extracting these ores al
a compensation to be agreed upon BIO.
tween the Unions and the mines. This
IL guarantee that no advantage will DO
taken OF the stipulations entered into.
and that they cannot be used a. q means
to reduce wages in the mines. There is
no danger that this will be done, since
the News knows that there Is not q
Superintendent on the Comstock who
fayors such o reduction. It would be
much easier and more desirable to raise
the pay OF those working In hot drifts
and wines and raises, In making con.
nections, to IS per day than to reduce
the compensation OF any underground
man M penny.
More than all, II other necessary
reductions can be effected. there will be
NO difficulty In securing to the Miners
Unions themselves contracts for extract
ing these ores. There are no reasons
why such contracts should not be made.
The Unions have Q wealth OF unused
skill, muscle, brains, energy. endurance
and industry. Why should 1t all DO idle
when prosperity for all concerned will
attend its user Lot the Unions put
their capitalize best and most pro.
ductive in the world-into this new field
and share the prosperity attending Its
working. No better plan can be devised
and mono more satisfactory oil around.
A week ago the News said there were
millions Of tons Of these low-grade ores
in the Comstock. This assertion has
been denied by those opposed to the
plan proposed for their extraction and
reduction. and by men who should know
better. Without going into details the
Nrws will tell whore some Of these ores
lie and how they san be easily extracted.
There are running under the City OF
Virginia two old tunnels which lead
directly into ore bodies OF the grade
mentioned. One Of these Is the old
North Potosi tunnel and the other the Ell
Dorado tunnel. This latter tunnel runs
to the old west streak Of ore which
extends in the Gould & Curry from the
surface to the tunnel level. some 400 feet.
The old North Potosi tunnel 10 but o few
feet above the Gould 4 Curry lower tun.
mel.
From these tunnels lateral drifts have
been run In the vein and crosscuts made,
all OF which have developed more or less
ore which will yield from $l5 to SIS per
ton. The body which extends from the
Gould 4 Curry groupings on this level
through Savage and into Hale d Nor.
cross, Of itself has millions Of tons. oil
Of which could DO easily and cheaply
extracted. In many places old timbers
are still standing and sound, and through
49,. ,bpt.. could be readily made for