The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-10-02
MINES AND MINING.

on new lite III her mining industries.
She has the advantage of world wide
reputation as the production of one of
the greatest mines the world has ever
known-the Comstock
Nevada, however, has gold imbedded
in her rocks and mountains awaiting
the hand of the hardy or the fortunate
to uncover it. Until OF late years, since
the demonetiZation OF silver, nothing
but silver mines have been sought with
in our boundaries, but with the death OF
the demand for silver has died the profit
of mining it, and selling it as couhodi-
ty on the same basis as wheat aud corn
is sold. For some time past the pros
pectors in this State have turned their
attention from silver to other minerals,
principally gold and copper and it has
been found that ground that had been
trodden for years and prospected for sill
yer is rich in the yellow metal
Time has not yet been long enough to
prove up the extent to which these de-
posits go, for the formations are such
that they leave no reasonable doubt that
there are sufficient quantities to place
Nevada in the front ranks as gold pro-
ducing state, as she was for years the
leading silver producer.
From all over the State come reports
OF good prospects in this direction, and
it is only matter of time and the
proper labor, when we shall be able to
give assurance of our claims.
The writer has seen some samples OF
ore which came from Olinghouse Cam
yon, near Wadsworth, and which are
beautiful specimens of white quartz,
taken from porphory formation. The
ore is of low grade, though free mill
ing character and closely resembles that
of the great Utica at Angels Camp, CAL
ifornia. As yet the prospectors at Oling-
house have found nothing but leaders
from to 8 inches wide. In one place they
have some ID OF these leaders, all run
ming in general direction in porphory
formation, all the same species OF ore
and being from TO l5.feet apart for
space of some $50 feet. Although no de-
fined ledge has been found nor any walls
located, the general indications are Of
great promise and it would be no great
surprise to those acquainted with the
country, did some one OF the locators or
prospectors Of the section in question
succeed in opening up ledge of great
value.
In many other sections OF the. State
there are like Indications and the
proper amount of energy and persever-
ence will undoubtedly be productive OF
splendid results. At DeLamar there is
perhaps one Of the best mining proper
ties in this western country. The people
who own the mine are working it stead
lily and systematically and reports show
that it is paying big.
There is one fault which prospectors
have, generally speaking, which in every
case must be cured before the country
which they cover will amount to any
thing. That fault is their exhorbitance.
The prospectors of this section are prac-
tically all of them in comparatively
humble circumstances. They are not so
situated that they are able to properly
and systematically develop the claims
that they have, to such an extent that
they may be called miners, and the
average man who has prospect which
shows up fairly well, gets the idea into
his head that he has bonanza and that
he is being robbed if he let's go of it at
figure which does not number up into
the thousands.
Although they are miners by trade
they seem to be carried away by the
slightest indications of success, and in
their excitement, they succeed in shut
ting out the greatest possibilities which
their country has.
1t takes no small amount OF system OF
labor and OF capital to show the value OF
a mining property to any creditable ex-
tent, and it takes much more to prove it
to be mine.
Those who holds these prospects fail
to understand the basic principle of sue
cessiul cooperation between themselves
and the capitalist and by holding pros
poets up to price which it would take
a well-developed mine to bring, they
shut out capital which is willing to
make investments within reason.