Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-08-21
An Important Question.
ARE THE NINE NANAGERS
LOOKING FOR ORE.
Every Indication That They are
mot.

since there has been any movement
in stocks worth considering. Dur
ing this time the people Of Nevad
have thrown into the Comstocl
money sink, hundreds Of thousand
of dollars, which if invested in stool
raising or agriculture would have
given this State and its citizens
double the actual wealth now re
corded. During this period ths
APPEAL has frequently expressed
the opinion that no effort whatever
was being made by the inside man
ayers to find ore bodies. This opin.
ion was based upon conversations
with govd reliable men, whom the
writer had known for years upon
the Comstock, and who had worked
| in the mines. Some of these men
declined to talk upon the subject
Of the underground workings, and
were evidently men who felt
dliy bound to keep the secrets Of
their employers.
Again there were those who real
! lied that the less the public knew
| about the mining operations on the
Comstock the less likelihood their
would be of assessments being
| paid, and the less demand there
| would be for miners. Every miner
understands this and few men will
babble when their bread and but
ter is at stake. There were many
men, however, when they decided
to quit the Comstock who talked
freely of the situation, and gave
instances where the work Of de-
velopement had been stopped when
there was any promise Of finding
ore.
THE NORTH END ORE BODY.
What have become of Sierra
Nevada crosscuts which a few
months ago were expected to show
so much, and which the managers
knew would show nothing, because
the drifts that had encountered ore
were in another portion Of the
mine and had been closed up by
Col. Fairs orders, the instant ore
was encountered? The closing up
Of various drifts is a matter well
known to every miner on the Com
stock, and rock from these very
drifts has been assayed in this city
showing a richness equal to the
palmy days of the Big Bonanza.
When Skae ran his crosscut
through the deposit and sent the
stock up to $500 share, the pub
lie came in bodily and sustained the
market, because there was every
evidence that genuine find had
been struck. There were several
heavy men in San Francisco who
had positive information Of this
ore body because the insiders had
run diamond drills into it in sew
eral different places. Fair then
managed by some hook or crook, or !
both, to get control, and since that
time there has been a steady de-
cline, until the stock today is less
than 50. In return for Fairs ma
Of the stock and beating
to bedrock the grateful people Of
The State sent him to the q. S.
Senate.
THE GOULD & CURRY
Mine has been worked on the same
principles of freezing out the stock
holders. Pay ore was encountered
here several years ago, blu: when
t was struck all work was suspend
ID and water allowed to flow in and
cover the strike. When ever it be-
comes necessary to enthuse the pub
ic little on the stock, the old |
strike is brought up and talked
bout, but no one ever hears of the
nine managers getting any Of the
re out. Meanwhile the pump
,eeps up its work, and the assess
nents are levied whenever any
money is needed.
THE HALE & NORCROsS.
For some months past the Hale
( Norcross managers have been
milking the teat. They have
vorked the stock up and down at
Till, and caught the profits both !; +,
rays. The writer has had good re- :
OOnSlble men aysart within tho Last