Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-12-06
CARSON LETTER.
Rraght Prospects for CarsOn-Un-
limited Gall.
CARSON, December soth. 1884.

hope. To day he is in the abyss Of de.
spair and tomorrow dawns. for him "a.
diant with promise of renewed and
perpetual prosperity for the little mount.
ain bound city which is den the hum.
blest Of his kind loves. | am one of
the same, hrmly believing that Carson
| will yet experience an era OF prosperity
far in advance of that OF the past. You
| will remember that some years age
| mine, known as the'"North Carson"
was discovered two miles north Of town.
After being specifically prospecled at
an enormous cost to the stock holders,
without profitable result, The property
was abandoned. Subsequently,, about
two or three years since, San Francis.
can, Il. +. Dahl, scientihc mining
engineer, examined the mine, and con.
vlnced himself that the prospecting
done by his predecessors was unmethod-
ical and moi calculated TO develop de
post Of ere if any existed there. AT
intervals during his possession OF the
mine, he has employed exper; Comstock
miners to work under his direction, and
it now appears that the properly will
prove Of value, after all. A certain
DRIFT, run short distance, promises at
this writing, TO contain we'll formed
silver bearing ledge, around which
former Supeuntendents worked several
years, expendlng thousands upon thous-
aEds oil dollars. his comes direct
from one who is SO placed as TO know
Presuming that large body Of ore be
discovered in the North Carson, which
at this writing is not cla.sed among the
improbabilities, in year or two many
Of the abandoned shafts in the hills
about Carson will resound with the
pick OF hundreds OF miners, and new
HE and vigor be Infused into pretty and
pleasant Carson. This is not q day
dream, nor a wish which is the prosen.
itor of the thought; but SO sure as the
immediate prospect in the North Carson
mine vefiiies itself So certain is the per-
manency Of this town assured. 1t wall
axe only short time 10 tell the tale,
and may nature have been SO generous
as not to destroy cur "londest hopes. ="
President Arthur fierce attack upon
the standard silver dollar and his rec
omnendation for the immediate stop
page OF It's coinage, as expressed in his
Message, has caused no small amount
Of alarm here, which is not confined to
those who derive a direct or indirect
benefit from the Mint, but it is general.
For years as | understand it, there has
been class here waging unremiltine
war upon the Mint for no reason that
ever became apparent, unless 1t was
that they were on the outside. That
very class is today smore virulrntly de-
nouncing the President Than those most
Interested for placing one of the princi-
pal supports Of Carson in jeopardy.
Should the Presidents recommendation
gain the recognition he demands for it,
a Mint man tells me that in all proba-
bility the current session OF Congress
will pass an appropriation adequate on
ly to conduct the Carson Mint as an
Assay Office, thus reducing the force to
eight or ten men by July next. This
would sti mulate the two hundred Car
son Democrats, all of whom expect Mint
places, 10 Kick at the Administration
they did not assist 10 create. The
adjustment Of the Mint would certain
ly prove a serious backset to Carson,
but as a National calamity it would not
be great.
The gall of some people is overpow-
sring. On the night OF the Democratic
celebration the widow Of a certfin de
ceased gambler gave supper 10 a,crowd
of Democratic male and female friends,
in the course of which the most denun-
ciatory language against the Repubii
can party and Republicans generally
was INDUCED in. The hurrah was kept
up until every living Republican was
consigned to The place now nearly hlled
up with Democrats. Now the son oil
this widow appeals TO Republican
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