Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-08-12

articles are 1uily up to the standard
Of the paper running them.
Not the Richest.
"All this talk about Klou1yke being
the richest country the world Ia
known is bush,' says General Chas
Warrsn in the Western Mining
World. 'Aulder gulch, in Montana,
produced 800, O0O, 900 in gold and was
probably the Creates placer country
ever discovered on earth. Virginia
City, the old capitol Of Montana, was
located there. 1t WAS discovered in
1868, and S30,O00,OOO in gold were
taken out OF the sands the first year.
In 1866 the Archie McGregor com
pany secured 50, OOO, 900 in 80 days off
Of Montana gulch. They bought all
the beer kegs Their We're in the
country, but the gold in tue kegs,
hired twenty men with Henry rifles,
built Mackinaw boats and fl ,ared
down the Missouri river. Last
Chance gulch, where Helena j. stu
ated, for many years never failed to
take out as much wealth as the entire
Alaska country has taken"
',1he wild rush of Americans to
Alaska" says the Knight Waterman.
ION account Of the recent gold dis
coveries, will give an idea Of what
would happen if all the mines in the
great Wet were opened and their pro-
duct coined into money. We venture
the assertion that very few willing
hands would be ont of work If we had
free coinage OF silver. The great
West today would afford a Thousand
times more and better opportunities
than could be imagined in Alaska, if
the great industry Of gold and silver
mining were allowed to be developel.
as formerly, by the free coinage of
both metals"
The APPEAL finds in the Congress-
ional Record the speech of Francis
Newlands delivered July 24th, In
Congress in which he outlines what
he considers the only true policy left
to silver men. The speech should be
reprinted u every silver paper in Ne
vada, and as soon as the APPEAL finds
space it will publish most Of it.
If six finish fights come off in Car
son there will be at least 100 men here
for a month or six weeks to handle
and train the pugilists. The athletic
and racing meeting in October will he
worth five times as much as the last
one 10 March.
Who makes the money on this rise
in wheat? Not the farmer, for he was
so hard up he vas obliged to sell be-
fore the rise. The wheat dealers, no
the wheat r~aisers, have made the
money.
The visiting Christian Endeavorers
are all hHrrying to their eastern
homes now, loaded with souvenirs of
California and the West They all
have great tales to tell their exper-
ience
There is much suffering among the
families of the striking miners in the
vicinity of Pittsburg, PENNSYLVANIA.
When at work the miners received
but a mere pittance for their labor
n DOW, that they are idle, their fam
lilies are entirely destitute and depend
Ing upon charity for the common
n~ecessaries OF life.
"A letter from Battle Mountain re-
ports the file there more serious as far
as the pecuniary loss was Concerned
than the dispatches gave Instead of
$4,000. as first reported the loss will
reach nearly $4,000. The fire was fra,
discovered between the Nevada Houee
and Gem saloon and did not orioina,.
in the Gem as Was claimed.
Three of Pat FIannagan's men were
arrested on a charge OF tTespassing on
the domain of the Sierra Wood and
Lumber Company in Sierra County,
Gal, they having driven a band OF
sheep through the land. The men
pleaded guilty and were each fined
$15.-Journal.