The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-02-12
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of our readers are acquainted with the
facts presented but We hope that ii may
reach some doubling Thomas and help
to convince him of the great opportuni-
ties afforded by White Pines mining
districts.
SIR:-From the tenor of your valu-
able journal take you to be true
friend of the mining industry and all
who are engaged lit. May call your
attention, sir, to few facts relative to
Nevada. and to one district in partic-
ularg
The State of Nevada, called by her
traducers the Rotten Borough, is
not as putrid as the Act of 1873 which
demonetized silver. Those tradueers
may be generally found among the por-
cine class who most bitterly oppose the
restoration of the 10 to l basis Of the
precious money metals and should be
known as the Great American Dis
grantlers, for their lack of knowledge
that Nevada, in the hour of our nation 5
peril, sent her silver to save the union
of States-and she did save it. They
hate Nevada because she produces sill
yer, but these stomach aching mono
metalists are ignorant of the fact that
Nevada is as much land of gold and
copper and other valuable metals as it
Is OF the despised white metal They
need to be instructed in many things
relative to NeYada-that it Is a deposit
tory of untold wealth; that with the
aid of interstate railroads it may pro-
duce anything agricultural that can be
raised upon any part OF the globe; and
almost any mineral known or classified
in Dana may be found in her great
mountains and valleys. She is probably
known as the great rotten borough
for the reason that she is not as wicked
by q jugful as Greater New York.
| Nothing inconsistent about that.
Talk about the Klondikel Nevada is
known as silver producing State, but
we have ''Klondikes' in Nevada that
can be found in plenty for the small
matter Of prospecting for them; and
there is no need of starving or freezing
to death, or OF paying the price of an
Alaskan trip for such a privilege, for
Nevada can be reached for a small trife
and without risk at all. Have your
readers heard of Osceola and her gold,
quartz and placer diggings? Osceola is
situated in the eastern part of White
Pine County, in the State of Nevada,
100 miles from Humboldt Wells ION the
c. p. r. r. and lies nestled under the
shade OF JEFF Davis Tor Wheeler's) Peak
which rises majestically against the blue
| heavens 10, 900 feet above sea level. Os-
ceola has produced over 1900, 600
worth OF gold, but is never heard of out
side of Nevada. That amount of money
came from her placers, and some of It
washed out in nuggets valued all the
way from 81 to 81 900. In fact it is
stated upon good authority that mug
get was once found in these diggings
worth So, 900, which is more than any
Klondiker can boast OF.
Hogum, situated in the Osceola dis
triet, about miles southwest of o.
ceola proper, has placer mine that
was discovered by Thomas Boone Til
ford and called the Stalwart. 1t has
produced s35, 900 in gold. This Is YER
table King SOlomon's mine in regard
to its wonderful physical properties.
Five acres OF gravel, cement and sedi-
ment have been washed out, and in one
place to depth OF so feet, to what is
called bedrock Here Is presented
field of research for the expert scientist,
most wonderful to behold. All the
bedrock found so far is riffled lime,
rent with great big open assures, lined
on either side with calcareous crystals
and indicating second and third bed
rook-if that were possible. 1t is no
stretch of Imagination to suppose that
on the t'second and third bedrock" gold
will be found by tho shovelful: and no
hot Klondike shovels or any other thaw-
ing process will be required either. For
the benefit OF mankind | should like
this wonderful phenomenon to be ex-
amined by great geologist-one known
to fame, In order that its peculiar prop
critics might be made known to the
scientific world.
There are people there who believe
the gold originated in hot or thermal
springs, where gold may be baled out
with dipper or bucket, or even show
eled out without asserting In places
where the gold liquid had dispelled its
moisture in the process of conversion
into nuggets. 1t is unnatural that the
gold plutocrats should entertain spite
against region so favored, where gold
may flow from liquid springs to quench
their everlasting thirst for wealth.
Then If other parts of Nevada are dis
tasteful to them, let them go to Osceola
or, well, there are many other places in
Nevada, preferable to the Klondike,
where gold may be found In great pay
ing quantities, and II they belong to
the P. I. G. perfectly independent gen.
tlemen) element they may get all they
crave OF the yellow metal
The OsceOla Hydraulic Mining Com
pany have about 20 miles OF bitches and
fluming and control about all the water
available in their locality, but with new
discoveries OF gold will come the capital
for conveyance of all the water needed.
This Is no new district, for work has
been going on here for 20 years; but
there Is plenty OF virgin ground for
new corners, either for hydraulicing and
dry washing or gold quartz mining.
There are quartz veins in great num-
Der in the district that will pay to work
but the region Is out of the way of gem
eral travel, though much castor OF reach
than the far-famed Klondike, Osceola
has the formations, from geological
standpoint, most favorable for gold, viz:
granite, porphry, schistose rocks, etc.
Gold quartz can be found here carrying
free gold of values varying from SO to
936, 900 per ton. Osceola Is favorable
1 for cheap mining in everything but its
water supply and shows well for the
amount work done. Wages and trans.
portation are reasonable and the condit.
ions are generally good for the profit
able investment OF capital.
The attention OF such gentlemen az
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