Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-12-30
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EDITOR GoLD HILL News: Please
give space in your columns for . few re-
marks in regard to the future outlook Of
some Of the outside mines OF Storey
county and Of the old workings OF the
Comstock. I will speak OF the occi-
dental lode running in Q northerly dirso'
tion, being Of the same lode as the Cos
mopolitan and Monte Cristo mines.
There has been rich ore taken out OF
those three mines. near the surface.
which promised we'll for future Develop
mspt. Ore from the Occidental lode,
tapped by the sutro tunnel. sssayed
from So to $50 per ton. OF forty tons
OF ore taken from the groupings Of the
Cosmopolitan mine In August and Sep
TENDER last, from the foot to the hanging
wall the average assay was $26 per ton.
Il 10 well known that the Monte Cristo
mine has paid Q handsome profit during
the last two years. OF course all min.
e~ral.bearipg lodss have their barren
places. There will In time be . very
important development made east and
northeast OF the Scorpion mine. pro-
yided the Comstock bears northeast from
the Union shaft. II so. the Comstock
and Monte Cristo lodes will no doubt
intsrssct under the high mountain east
Of the Scorpion mine. Another prom.
isinR lode Is situated 1000 feet west oil
the west wall OF the Comstock and 10
designated the Cole ledge. or Santa Rita
lode, dipping east strongly. and running
parallel with the Comstock lode. the
clay wall Of which IL very strong. There
was o large quantity OF good ore ex'
,ractsd from the Cole croppipgs. Since
then, nothing has been done to develop
this lode except by the Cole tunnel and the
Santa Rita tunnel. and this is by no means
sufficient to develop this great west lode
| which shows q great deal Of low grade
ore and holds out no small prospect Tor
future development. Still farther west
is the old Burnside mine. located south
and west Of the flagstaff on Mount Da.
wilson, which Is q most promising mine.
the ore strsak. although small, assays as
high a. 5000 per ton. The most OF these
outside mines are owned by parties who
| will not lease them TO working men who
could make q living for themselves and
| nav the owners Q reasonable royalty.
Were miners allowed the privilege Of
these and also the old workings OF the
Comstock, there would be room Tor OF
least 1000 idle men. The old workings
will not pay other than chloriders, who
would sort their ore closely and have
their own little mills; ! allude to mines
that have been culled over and over
again. These could DO worked on . cheap
scale. using small timbers Of most any
kind and al up behind a. progress Is
made with waste rock, securing the
ground as necessity demands. Low grade
ore will not pay q profit by using large
timbers and square sets. besides employ
ing men to break ground for them,
and old ground would require Tour
times the time and care to keep
MP that new ground would. Tho
| ground along the old workings 10 giving
way ON the east wall Of the back ledge.
called the Virginia ledge. being tho west
wall Of the great Comstock lode. to q
degree causing o settling OF a distance OF
three or four hundred feet east to the
east lode, and o distance along the west
wall of over half . mile. This settling
| Of around will necessarily make the sI-
psnse Of working II far greater than that
of nav ground, Yours,
CHLoRIpER.
Gold Hill, December "a. 1881.