Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-04-30
A SENSIBLE ARGUMENT.

The mining outlook in Western
Nevada has never looked brighter to
me since the seventies We are ON
the eve of mining revival can
see it. The value of property in this
section will never be lower. !
Colonel E. D. Boyle is at work at
Como building a mill and prospecting
the North Rapidan group Of mines.
The ledge at Como is practically iii
exhaustible, The mountain is steep
and it can be reached by short tun-
nels, comparatively. The first tun
mel will reach the ledge at depth of
500 or 600 feet, giving back slopes Of
700 or 500 feet, with width Of hun
dreds of feet. The ore is low grade,
Carrying probably As per cent gold
and S. per cent silver. Colonel Boyle
will demonstrate that he can make
this ore pay, and then it will be an
easy matter for him to raise money to
drive longer tunnel of about a mile
and a half, and tap the ledge at a
depth of about I 100 feet, giving back
slopes Of about I 400 feet, with hun
dreds of feet in width, and make room
for the employment of a thousand
men. This will bring the mouth Of
the tunnel far down the mountain
side, below the snow line. Mills will
be constructed there and power will
be aggregated from the East and West
forks of the Carson river in Alpine
county to the mills and miues, This
is neither ch.merical nor fanciful. The
ore is there and known TO be thete.
and it has been thoroughly tested
and worked 1t is not stock jobbing
enterprise. The ore will be worked
tor the gold and silver that is con-
tanned in it, just the same as any far
mer cultivates his farm.
There is probably quarter OF
million dollars of idle money in Doug
las county, and from 900 to 80 900
tons of hay can be raised III the VAL
ley each year more than there is any
market for. The investment of one
quarter Of the idle money in Douglas
county alone towards the develop
ment of the Como mines would create
market, right at home, for all the
re Of r,,tx &c
better than oil.
Franklin Leonard, superintendent
of the Comstock Tunnel Company
has recently built a ten-stamp mill
with a capacity of over so tons per
day, at the mouth of the tunnel. This
mill is now running steadily on waste
rock hauled out OF the Comstock
mines. This rock is worth less than
S. per ton. and it has been demon
strated that it will pay. There are
millions upon millions Of tons Of bet
ter rock lie in the ComstoCk mines
ell of which will be worked, afford
ing employment to thousands of men
the moment stock gambling is dead
Power will be eventually furnished
by the several forks of the Carson
river and by mountain streams to rul
thousand stamps on Comstock ore
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Commo, honesty. intelligence ant
enterprise is sure to bring about til
realization Of our most fancifu
dreams. Possessin this great min
eral wealth, healthful climate, pro
ductive soil, picturesque scenery
what has beggared and impoverishe
the people living in the towns? Com
mon dishonesty, and nothing bu
common dishonesty. The men VIII
made their millions upon the Com
stock have run away, like thieves j
the night, and have tried to make til
stolen hord S safe elsewhere. The
have left nothing behind but inverte
Shafts, g1aveyards and orphans to /
remembered by. We afforded no prt
lection 10 honestly invested capita
and we become Enthusiastically an
distrussei. But we now have pa,