The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1902-04-10
Interesting Letter From GaIena.
L New, April 7th, 100:


EDITOR NEvADAN, Dear Sir
| remember reading sometime ago
that by some good luck the prospector
who discovered the Comstoek persevered
until he got down to some depth and a
bonanza was discovered. That had they
stopped short Of it the Comstock riches
would still have beel in the ground.
That very thing exists here in this dis.
trict. Handsome sums have been ex-
tracted and all from the surface. The
ground is only burrowed up on top and
no depth has been reached and I'M
doubtedly our big values lie below.
Properties here are owned by men OF
very limited means and cannot prose
cute deep prospecting. | know OF one
vein here that is fully 50 feet wide. 1t
is an iron sulphide carrying gold values
from ten to sixty dollars per ton. 1t
joins villa. is known as the uumbug
group on the north and ia the same vein
az that of the Humbug group, running
south through he plurnas, Goodwin and
other claims further south. In the
Humbug the vein shows a width OF over
twenty feet between walls, where there
has been ore extracted that miiled as
high as 1900 per ton in gold. There is
no depth reached in any of these prop
critics, all the ores taken out came from
grass root tunnels.
The vein in question is known as the
"Bryon Ledge" and is owned by Mr.. G..
S. Moore, OF Galena.
The other properties are owned by
people in New York City. Their ground
is patented and like many other patent
ed properties they are a detriment to
the country and should be taxed the
same as any other real estate.
| believe il some such man as Captain
J. r. De Lamar was to take hold here,
put in machinery and go down 800 or
1000 feet IN this district he would soon
solve the problem like he did in south
De Lamar and other places. He made a
camp in Lincoln county and received
millions for his Investment. 1t goes to
prove what depth will do. Here we
have the same showing as that of south
De Lamar. They too had good values
the surface and they got better below.
We get assays from "a few dollars 10 sew
eral hundred dollars and We have moth
ing but a few badger holes to show.
Only a few months ago | was shown a
lot OF assay certificates from which / saw
assays ranging from eight ounces to
hundred ounces in silver, aud from
one dollar to thirty-nine dollars in gold
and from six to sixty-three per cen lead.
| saw where a shipment was made to j.
c. Conklin in Salt Lake City, Utah, from
this same property OF 2Ie60 lbs. OF ore,
which after deducting $3.50 73 freight
and numerous other fabulous charges, it
netted the shipper S3,042 IS. Another
small lot Of 42S7 pounds went to the
place in 1880, $57 10 was deducted
and the net proceeds were SAG 81.
There was a man fell in the hole where
these shipments Of ore came from. 1t
didn't kill him, sit wasn't deep enough
he struck bottom in eighty feet.
The writer knows where this property
is, has been all through and over IT and
claims that the best of the ground hasn't
been touched.
There are other properties of value
upon which | am unable to report ac-
curately as | have not been through
them for the purpose of making any ex-
animation or report. However, it has
made a number Of shipments of high
grade ore aud ought to and should be
shipping to day. 1t is estimated that at
least two Thousand dollars worth of ore
lies in sight ready.to be extracted. Such
property ought not be lying idle.
Mr.. c. S. Vadner of Salt Lake City
paid Galena a visit several days ago. 1t
is understood that he has taken an OPP
ton on THE Buena Vista NINE" the
property of Mr.. John Mellander. This
is another of our valuable properties
that has made some fine shipments from
surface diggings. This property will
produce from the start. The company
that gets it will never regret their in
vestment. "MINER."