Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-17
..o,o.rD REDUCTION WORKS.

The new ore reduction works boom at
Carson is being followed up at q lively
rate. which promises a tangible success.
A public meeting was held there ON
Wednesday evening to consider the sub
i.ct. The attendance was good and a
strong interest manifested. Frem the
report in the Carson appeal We extract
the following
General Edwards WAS called to the chair
A President, aud W. II. Corbett Secretary
The General briefly outlined the purposes
81 the project and showed how reduction
works were in full blast all about us.
while Nevada. having the greatest amount
AZ rebellious ore Of any State in the Union
Nss urglecting the matter. The reduction
| M rebellious ore was not an experiment
| lint 4 settled fact. aud in localities where
n had been put In use IL was the CONNER
| cisl life Of those localities.
n. W. BRYANT then took the door aud
returned thanks to the press for its assist
snce 10 the project. He stated thai the
COMMITTEES had worked arduously on the
matter and . subcommittee had visited
virginia City. They had come in contact
vit6 numerous mine owners who we're
snIiou, TO see the scheme in practical
operstion. There was no longer any doubt
sbout the ore. There was enough ore now
ready 10 keep i've smelling furnaces in
fnll blast. II they could be made success
mi in portions OF Utah and California
There wood was $25 q cord and charcoal
thirty.f five cents . bushel, Ii ought to pay
Where wood was So . core and charcoal
eighteen and twenty cents. The speaker
believed that the people Of Carson should
take hold Of the project and control
The stock. He had already put his
name down on the books for 1000
sbsre.. The works would directly aud
indirectly give employment to one thous
and men and circulate $50, 900 . month In
the city. Every business man he had seen
agreed to take stock. and the v. Il 7. IL. X.
had agreed to give special rates for the
shipment OF ores. The speaker then out
lined the process by which the ore could
be worked and furnished some facts re-
garding the cost. He also outlined the
plan on which the works were to be man
aged. The stockholders would elect their
own officers and trustees. Thirty thous.
and dollars would insure the building OF
the works. Ho was willing to give nall
his interests in the city to sec the WORKS
grow up. He had boys growing up ana
J ho wanted to give the growing generation
. chance in the battle OF life. Is no hAu
when he was Q boy. The speaker TO
marks were received with cheers.
!, ". II. Corbett next took the noor. and
told how the question began to be agitated
three years ago among . few, and out LOT
certain events the works would nave a.
ready been an established fact. he bad
talked a good deal with Jones, the metal
urgist. who had had long experience 10
the business, and Mr.. Jones held thai
there was no such thing IS rebeliious ore
under proper treatment all ore could DC
worked. and the speaker believed that Tor
tunes were Numbering all about the stats
J in the hills, aud thousands Of lodges vert
, owned by poor men. The industry oesan
in Utah with Q capacity OF hve tons pei
DAY and now has advanced 10 hve hundred
, tons per day. II was high time that Ne
vada ceased to lean upon the Comstoek
Thisgs we're looking dark and 1t behoovec
the people to seek light in other quarters
l.. By concentration the ssven-dollar rock on
the Comstock. now lying on the waste
dumps could be made TO pay largely. Tn,
spesier showed O bar Of bullion wortt
. "a so taken from twenty-five pounds OF orr
from the mountains behind Carson. and
there was = ten.foOt ledge where the orr
0 was taken from. The speaker would TAX
s,ock in the enterprise II he had to mort
gage half he had. and IL the works wer'
. NOT nut up the future OF Carson would no
be worth 4 cent.
b Mr.. BRYANT then outlined the plan o
forming the company. The idea was 4
have q committee canvass and get sub
scribers to the stock. The subscriber