, 1880-01-17
Some nl-1Iughesel Brokers, or
tho Cllangeful Cllnllongc--A
: Stock Story.
THE Talk About the Atchison, To-
pcka & Santa Fe Railroads
=, Intentions.
Imperative Necessity for Narrow-aauge
Railroads in Arizona and North
ern Mexico.
swetal cotn,pondente ot The cnteaqa Tribune,

Ill lliC LhSlt HIS UCtu ~ BOoH NGhi tEa3 uD-
served thnn OIL previous occasions. A good
many Indies hbstained from receiving be-
CAUSE their circumstances wero different
from those Of Inst year, a,,d n goal11y number
Of gentlemen abstaincd from calling because,
rather than travel about from house to house
IN n c0upe chartered Mt So MI hour, they pre-
fcrred looking over their Inst ycnr's accounts
md Strengthening up their papers, Tho retro
spcet l,Rs not liz tho maj0rity of cases been n
cheerful one. Tho list of suicides mid violent
deaths, rs published In tho papers OF the LIST
inst, occupied nearly three columns Of small
typo; and, II the cata!og Of the extremists
nttatns such proportions, how many must
there not bo who, more courageous than
these, hnye borne their losses in silence, but
with MOTTO the less poignant feelings. Wells
Fargo's ligures of the buillon-protluct Of tho
Pactlic-Coast mines last year, telcgraplscd
you OH the 1st Inst, tell the
tale with tho relentless logic Of
figures, Eighteen hundred md sevcnty-nine
was u year at terrible disappointment on the
Coiustock, md 1t was also good dcnl Of n
disappointment as regards sono Of the out-
side districts. It hus simply proved that sue
cessful mining
AUST ALWAYS nE A SLOW BUSINESS.
Whereas suriacc-s1eposits viii yield rapid
profit 10 investors, deep mining requires if-
tlnltly more patience md perseverance.
Whit with heat md water 1t requires u,1-
daulted c0urag0 to prosecute w0rf, Mt over
1000 feet bgnenth tho surface; nlld, were 1t
not for tho greatness of tho prize hoped for,
tho task must long since hnvp been nbn,l-
dOncd. WhcrO mines nre closely held by a
few individuals, tho stockholders are content
to await developments, t1st MS the purchaser
of rcnl estate In tho outlying portions of d
case Of stock held by tho general public,
and traded In day aftor day, impatience be-
,uont,, scens tn ho nort nnf, norooi ~ fho NJ.
A nss,n,, essN7 ~ ~ p"'' "''A ps'1'e' u t'o W.
s'1'on.
~, asSn s me ., best authority Tor Stating Tint
for tho lust two months and a half Of 1870
,yas wlo,tv nnwnrroutaI ] v @ tha tu's
ncs tha ruo
at tic north end Of tho comstock has been,
sd and Il o best there has been 10, yc9s
trct. Columbus District. % md ot soi,," of in i'm
other outlying camps. aro brighter than ever
very outset Of tho ca,lpnirn If 1850.
Representative mel, like Senator Jones,
havo peeA reported hs expressing
opinions unfayorabto to tho future OF mining
on this Coast md especially on tim Cotn-
stnck. ,vhprana tho trutl, 10 that ti,n,, nr,
more than eyar Inv ] It 1''I t,,a uT 9.re
OF that lode.
AS FOR SENATOR JoSEa,
TIE TRIBUNE cau state nutl,oritat,vc,v tint
h., Ina atuoI 1ni,t,o,,,o,,, ~. IT, ts..'s
..'' n.1s ssusA u'i'e.ansiy " MS n'eh-prlcea
stocks, and That Ills fa!tll III tho Comstock-
all lb0gus Interviews notwithstnnling-is ur-
diminished. Tho Inst months of tllu past
year were not dlssimilar in point of general
depression to tie period nrecedInr thn dis
coverv NJ Tho cro.hoTtoa T., 1,a3,,.ns a. a',1
Cow, pat,,t ~ Iuu''s - 49, ~ oe'snsr a,lo
Ciunn tolht' or 70 that other period OF de-
lection prior TO the uNcovertng Of the Con-
solttnted Virginia nnsl CalIfornio bonnnzns.
During botl, OF these periods nconla i,i sai,i
That tliu Comlstock wns trni,n IN nnI on,ta on
III tho DiE hoard iuIefIt itnya itac,, mi. IN.
song. Now tic scflro cscntc,l by tHa raw
Constitution ias superniuced fcaiint4 ali .oM NJ
.lcspon1clcy OF lust Tia s,,,,'s chm rontrI oa oa
nine md seven mn. n,a thera ss inoa ~ ~
Htakfng clinnses n bnv;n@ stncts tins uSs ~ ~
almost INV uii,er nerfnJ si5,eo Nn,,a,ia t oul W
California were jfrst recnr,,iycd ~ m;"nr"is I
producers. The mines nrn nii Eefmr Wnrt"d
CLEANER lin vnnt;intnr fnoii;t1ns ~ n.tes