Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-24
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According to Q neatly prepared pamph-
let geological report Of the Swan Mining
Company. Maine, BY Professor W. F.
Stewart, that country In al right In the
matter Of mineral veins. In fact this
geological report Of the mining property
Of the company. situated In Hancock
county. reads 90 similar In many respects
TO his reports upon mineral veins in this
State that the inference il that . eonsid-
cradle degree Of typographical and glacial
erosivs similarity really does exist. Ono
thing il certain. a. We all know. that II
there are any good minss- in Maine.
Professor Stewart can detect them and
explain how they came thsrs. Ju.tshow
him the groupings Of q ledge and he can
tell it, whole pedigree. neurological
points. sss and previous condition, when
the world freshly moulded into form be-
gan TO crack in drying. forming the
numerous primsval assures to DO Allied
BY these mineral deposits. II old Frank
could only have been about when the
great Comstock assure was bsing filled
In he would doubtless have suggested .
better and moro reliable arrangement OF
the ore deposits and bonanzas than has
been experienced in is explorations thus
far. Naturally in his observations and
reports upon those Maine mines, his
ideas revert back in comparative silurian
analosy-if the expression may be al
iowsd-to the mines OF Nevada and the
great Comstock belt, and the result Of
his long experience and observations in
this region he is giving to the benefit Of
the newly awakened mining people OF
Maine. And especially and most wisely
does hs desire to impress upon their
minds the great cost Of extensive and
permanent mining Developments. and
the absolute necessity Of assessments;
that they need not get discouraged at
being sssssssd to the extent Of $s.OOO.OoO
before striking . bonanza. or evon any
ore at all. He a~nalagously and encour.
asingly illustrates as follows:
The most fertile deposits Of the precious
and useful metallic ores yet discovered In
Maine. usually appear either directly along
the shores of the bays and inlets.
or In the midst Of some neighboring
land depression. and hence We are irresisti-
bly led TO the conclusion that the trsmen-
dous eroding forces Of past ages. have plain
ly indicated the probable position OF vast
deposits Of subtcrranean treasures.
Numbsrless instances might be cited to
proye the plausibility Of this theory; but I
shall present only n widely known sx-
ample, namely: the famous Comstock lode
At Virginia City, Nevada. Flanking tho
north and south sides Of an elevated ridge
known a the divide" which lies between
the town Of Gold Hill and Virginia City,
there are two deep depressions locally des-
ignated Gold Canyon and Virginia Basin.
Within those two eroded depressions lie
the wonderfully fertile BONANZA mines Of
silver and gold. which have. during tho
past twenty years. yielded nearly $780,.
0eo. 900. The porphyritio wsll.rocks OF the
bonanza mines are notably charged with
disseminated crystals Of iron.pyritss, while
tho intervening ridge. or Divide, 10 simply
. mass Of tough silicious rocks and barren
white quartz.
About fifteen years ago. some enterpris-
ing gentlemen commenced mining upon
the very apex Of the Gold Hill Divide.
Tho work Of excavation has been unremit-
tingly carried forward ever since. and 10
at this moment in full progress. About
s., 600, 600 have been expended upon this
property by assessments levied upon and
collected from the stockholders, and yet
the barron rocks make no sign Of bullion
output. II 10 DO really true that erodsd
rock surfaces In elevated mountain coun.
tries like Nevada. are indices Of mineral
wealth. surely the deeply furrowed glacier
channels Of Eastern Maine should Afford
some encouragement to mine l~ocators In
this region.