The herald., 1893-10-06
SOME THINGS WE MAY LOOK FOR.

and beneficial propositions that have
been chronicled in the history OF South
ern California. In two weeks, at the
utmost, that railway will have been
completed to Vanderbilt. 1t will then
be extended over region as smooth as
Q barn floor over Southwestern Nevada
towards Utah. This project is destined
to be one of the greatest treasure devel-
opers in the history Of the United
States; and, while it is scarcely in good
taste to talk of distsncing the Com
stock lode, as q matter OF fact, in the
variety and permanence of treasure out
puts, no other region will surpass it. OF
course, such lodes as those which en-
braced the Consolidated Virginia and
California are not to be looked for every
day. Men who talk of overshadowing
such exceptional developments should
be given q wide berth. While we
have not at hand completed statistics
Of the two principal mines in the Com
stock--the Consolidated Virginia and
California-we know that the fret mine
paid in dividends $97, 100000 and the
latter $40 900. 900 prior to 1877. For two
mines, In clear dividends, this is a pretty
fair return. OF course, this large sum
of $167, 7,000,000 reduced to gold simply
Represented the usufruct OF these two
properties-the amount of gold and sil-
yer ore. rendered into gold, that was
produced in few years at the base OF
ha hills soh nox
his not at ali attractive crest. The ter
ritory lying at the foot of Mt. Davidson
produced gross, in twenty years, $780,
900, 900, in equal parts OF gold and silver.
1t will scarcely do to refer to such 70.
gion without method and deliberation,
and yet the fact remains that the coun-
try between Los Angeles and Phoebe is
probably quite as pregnant Id mineral
wealth as that portion OF Nevada
scarcely two hours walk in extent-that
lies at the foot of Mt. Davidson.
OF course, all the sensible people of
Los Angeles are glad to know that the
Nevada Southern railway traverses
region of incommensurable riches. The
production in Los Angeles the other
day of nugget of gold weighing 561a
ounces, which was picked up in the
northeast corner of the Mojave desert,
shows that lodes of incompatible rich
ness must abound somewhere in the
neighborhood of these chance finds.
There is no possibility of evading the
question. Such extraordinary finds"
are simply evidence as strong as proofs
OF Holy Writ that everything in this
section only awaits the open sesame of
the prospector of enterprise and means
to result in riches of the Monte Cristo
standard.
And why should we not look for ex-
traordinary mineral developments in
this most extraordinary zone? Every
thing like logical sequence calls for
remarkable outputs in this section. Forty
years ago the most Intoxicating treasure
developments anticipated on the Amer
ican continent were Looked for in
Southwestern Nevada, Northwestern
Arizona and Southern California.
The war transferred all really
energetic prospecting to Northern
California. The discovery of the Com
stock lode, with it's magical output OF
millions, in both gold and silver, was a
mere accident. Singularly enough, at
the time when the Comstock lode and
the Emma mine. the latter near Salt
Lake City. were discovered, a great
scientific individual heaved to the fore.
His name did not indicate his eurpass-
ing wisdom. He held the chair of pro-
fessor of geology in Harvard university.
Singulsrly enough his name was Silli-
man.
This gentleman, of patronymic that
suggests neither inherited nor acquired
wisdom--whose patronym mic, in fact, sug-
gested that he WAS good deal of
demnition ass, as Professor Mantilini
would put it, was called west by
the mining magnates to- adjust
their differences. What opinion the
section and shift bosees and
the ordinary experts may have had
in the performance deponent neither
knoweth nor saith aught. But the re-
cult of Prof. Sillybody'e vaticinations
no one can possibly misstate, becauee
they are of official record. He came out
at high salary to tell all the world and
the rest OF mankind as to how every
thing stood mineralogicslly as between
the Emma mine and the Cometeck lode.
The result was that the Harvard profess
cor pronounced the Emma mine great
and true fssure vein, while he de.
nounced the Oomstock lode. which was
then entering on its 1926, ,000, 600 mark,
fraud, delusion and snare.
From that day to this, in all the re-
gions where mining men are wont to
assemble, there is a profound distrust
as to all scientific experts. And email
wonder, Say we.
But it 10 curious circumstance that
in the whole range of country from Los
Angeles to Inyo and Mono counties and
from Los Angeles to the valleys leading
to the great treasure deposits of Utah,
there has never been difference of
opinion amongst practical miners as to
the great riches Of the country which is
so shortly to be made tributary to Los
Angeles. There is something pleasing
and reassuring in this unanimitv OF ex-