Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-12-08
CARSON's OPPORTUNITY.
now THE CITY NAY REGAIN ITS LOST ooNhER'
CIAI PRESTIGE - PRACTICAL MINER
VIBwS ON THE SNELTIN0 PROJECT.


ED1reR APPEAL: would like q little space
in yonr columns regarding the plan discussed
at the Cour. House the other night regard
| ing the srnelting works. don. ask yon to
put my name TO this, for gosd many would
say, "He's only lousy miner. an old, broken
down prospector and his Ideas don't amount
10 Il row of pins" All ask is a hearing
have been a mining man and prospector for
twenty years don't mean by mining man
an oily haired, frllled shirted chap that drawa
$500 month for signing stock certificates,
| but regular worker with the pick and drill.
| Now when ever l worked for wages it was to
| raise q stake and so cat to prospect for lodges.
Well, I've KEEP. up that plan now for good
many years expected to get wealthy, but
haven't got dollar ahead of the game.
| have found many good mine III my time and
| tapped many good ledge. l tried 30 sci! my
locations but men wouldn't touch them with
ten foo. poles because they said the ore i'll
sigh. wouldn't warrant putting up mill.
Then struck lots OF rebelions ores and the
very mention Of the word is enough. No one
will bother with rebalioas ares, no matter
how rich they may be. Now Mr.. Eoit9r, I'm
telling you that the men who 90 So mach prog
pecting are getting nightly discouraged
But the day you get smelling works in Car
sen We will ali take new hope and you will
see the country covered with prospectors.
There are hundreds Of men who wou!:!n t
have t. prospect any They would Just go
to some old ledge they had found years ago
and begin to get ont the ore, Just rs soon as
they knew that they could get the stuff smslt-
ed The State has got awfully stagnate with
in the last few years; the free milling ores OF
the Comstock are running mighty low now
and we mus. tackle the rebellions deposits.
believe that Nevada has enough such depos-
its TO keep the smelling works going for fifty
years / believe after the works had run
year they would have to keep charging from
that on, for the whole caass would stand IN 20
help not because it wanted to help anybody,
but because j: could make money by IT.
Miners out Of employment would not have to
wait any more to get . chance to dig on the
fallTca1 lof u Cc!IaE u Siy. DaI every AiiiiCi
could work hi. own ledge and get the profits
on the ore he took out. Carson would grow
to be great city; times wenld be flush again
rs flush almos. as in early days and good
dea! surer of lasting. l am glad to see live
business men getting enthusiastic on the
question and hope shat everybody can get
chance to say how the scheme shall be man
aged but if the people won't take hold, say
let anybody with capital take it. don't care
if the business becomes monopoly, so leng
IS men can be given employment and the re-
bellious ores can be made to turn cat coin I
heard Mr.. Bence say q. the meeting that the
ore in Ormsby county would keep the works
supplied for five years. He is quite right and
l could name scores of rebellious lodges lying
all about US and believe that every county in
the State is in the same tx.
AN OLD PEosrRCToR.