Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-10

A Review of the Mineral Fields Of
the Vest.

A Review Of the flefu~ U
the West.
The New York Mining Record takes
hopeful view Of the Mining situation CT
| this Coast. 1t seems to think that TIN
| yield Of the precious metals for 1881 viii
be in excess Of the output for 1880. Wher
the new mineral-producing fields are con
sidered we see no reason to doubt that THU
| opinion is well founded. Commenting
on the general outlook the Mining Record
says !:
Happily, the mining industry Of the
| country is not the least dependent upon
the condition Of the Comstock lode.
Happily, it is no longer important whether
or not the shares of the % leading mines
| Of that famous lode are to be left, as for
several wears past, mere battle-door and
shuttle-cock for the stock gamblers of San
Francisco to play with in their unscrupu-
lous, criminal fashion. Even should the
mines in that quarter cease, utterly, to
produce bullion, there remain in Nevada
the prolific Eureka District and that Of
Candelaria. The splendid past OF both
these districts is evidently to be greatly
exceeded in the early future, while the in
dications are equally promising at Lewis,
Paradise, Belmont, Austin, Aurora and
Tuscarora. In all these quarters OF the
State there Is promise of a yield OF the pre-
cious metals that must make each one OF
those districts the seat OF q flo~urishing in
dustry, coupled with the growth, in their
immediate vicinage, Of prosperous, agri-
cultural and pastoral interests, such 40
have already converted many Of the pre-
viously desert valleys Of Nevada into highly
productive grain fields. meadows and pas
lures, interspersed with gardens and or
chards.
During 1880, the mineral production Of
California was about $l8, $50, 900, or some
what greater than that Of 1879, and there
is promise that, at least, this sum will be
maintained, if not increased, for many
years to come-one Of the gold quartz
mines of that State having last month paid
its 1920 successive monthly dividend.
As for Colorado, Leadville-which bare
ly two years 6 came forward to make
good from its vast carbonate u the
deficiency Of our silver production in the
quarter of Nevada-shows no falling of.
The output of the smelters for the month
of May past was 81 100, 1858, against a pro-
duction Of 1888. 578 during May, 1880. 1t
10 cbtlulbVtu budt luz tuo IcLu8Nuluk btVcu
months Of the year, the monthly product
OF these same smelters will NOT average
less than 81, 400, 900, and somS think O.
high as 81, 200, 900; in which event the pro-
duct Of Leadville for 1881, in lead, silver
and gold, will not fall below SIS, 900, 900.
Arizona. now opened by a railroad trav.
ersing the southern part Of the Territory
from west to east, bids fair to be one OF
the greatest seats of mining industry OF
the world. equally rich in gold, silver, cop
per and coal. Every day the developments
at Tombstone assure the permanence of the
rich mineral resources of that camp,
which, we may note, are fortunately made
up OF a large percentage OF gold as we'll as
silver ores, as are those of Eureka District
and the Comstock lode of Nevada. At the
same time, the developments in another
quarter of the Territory, in the Silver
King, go to show that mine to be one of
the most remarkable veins Of silver in the
whole mining realm; 80 remarkable as to
forbid the idea that such q vein is limited
to the boundaries of the Silver King prop
erty, and does not extend into the neigh
boring claims sufficiently far to promise
there another Of the notable mining CEN
tiers Of the country.
Utah, already in possession Of one Of
the greatest silver mines in the world, the
Ontario, may be relied on to maintain, and
somewhat advance, her metallic product
this year. In Montana the prospects are
in the highest degree favorable. Already,
in the quarter Of Butte, the developments
are such as to assure the growth of q per-
manent and highly profitable mining in
dustry, which must receive material slim
illus from the completion to Butte within
a few days Of the Utah and Northern
Railroad. As to Idaho and the Black
Hills, the indications are also highly favor
able. The gold product of the Homestake
and other Black Hills mines for 1881 will
not fall off from that Of 1880. New Mex
leo, within the next IL months, we are
satisfied, will have given abundant proof
Of the extent and substantially OF her
mineral resources, including coal and cop.
per, as well as gold and silver, coupled
with great pastoral advantages. Thus,
the whole mining field Of the country pre-
the most encouraging aspect. in
dustrially; but, to insure proper fruition,
must be firmly established as Q
genuine industry, conducted in all its de-
partments and in all its phases, upon
business principles. 1t must be
emancipated in all quarters from the I'M
healthy and industrially destructive man.
agement Of San Francisco stock jobbers
and their fashion of mine administration,
which has brought the mines OF the Com
stock lode to their present effete condition.