Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1902-04-10
CARSON HAS THE FEVER
Residents of the Capital City
Are Looking for Treasure

Carson IS experiencing all the syl4i !
p.oms OF the first stage OF violent |
attack OF mining fever. The color of !
it can be seen in the face OF one OF !
two of the new drifts. The fever !
was at first intermittent |, ragged |
Sundays. On the first day OF each |
week the prospectors arose by candle !
light and hied them away TO the /;
hills, returning at night fall laden /
with float ore. wall and country rock. |
The assayers went to church. but
had their innings Monday. They as
sayed srindstones for platinum and
brickbats for cinnabar,
In a month or two the prospectors
quit coming the surface and bAgan
digging. Assays now commenced 10
show fewer dash lines and traces and
more ounces ana per cents.
Soon the sound OF giant powder was
heard in the hills. The Comstock pa
9c,s turned their attention from Re
hay shovelipg miners OF Reno an. he
gan to josh the Carson potato diggers
bur the capital city boys only deived
the deeper.
As yet there are no large producing
mines in the Carson district. The
Delaware is the best Developed. Five
ore from this Iuina. The owners by
economical methods save about two
dollars a ton. This property is situat-
ed only four miles from town. The
lead promises TO soon run into cop
per values.
A barium deposit is located near
town This is rather rare and ,erv
useful metal. 1t is used III the manu-
facture OF certain grades OF paint. The
rock resembles spar quartz and is
found in ledge form. It has to be
ground before shipment. Nearly al
the barium used in the United States
is imported from Germany. There is
producing mine in South Carolina
Very little work is being done il
the Quill mine at present. This prop
osition is situated in Kings canyon
west of town. Considerable develop
ment work has been done and the ex
istence OF an extensive lead OF med
ium grade copper ore has been dem
Cnstrated.
LAY & COWing have good cope
prospect FIVE or six miles southeas
of town. Work is being done in ti'
Copper Mountain mine. two mile:
from town.
Senator LiyiTgs Gilbert Briggs
F. Cohn and several other Carson
people are interested i'll promising
prospects near the Mountain Hous
and Alkali Loke.
Nessrs. Peters. Myers and Tyre
have twelve claims near the Cope
Mountain mine. They have done tt
assessment work OF all and are no,
prepared 20 sink development shat
TIE lead that traverse their groun
is said to carr, in some places $50 i
gold
T.ie Old V0i;aire mine IS nov idle
This graps r. has a record Tor a ST
va7 p?oGl"tion OF about $4,000.
smelrer VS. built on the ground, b.,
shortly af;ervard tie lead was los
it is reported that this was because
spiri:ualist was acting as foreman fo
the Philadelphia company. No wol
der, it this be true that the miner
and their ledge parted company
The most promising mining pro-
cr:: III me district is the one owne
by Judge Massey. II. J.. Nlghels, {
w. Tenant. Prof. Roberts AMI Cha
Stewart. Il is known as the Falls
Alarm and is situated in Vo!taire cal
you. The recently discovered lead
three feet wide carrying an eightee
inch streai: that assays up to $500
tor. IL silver, beside lev values
gold lead and copper.
This does not by any means cor
prise the total number of recent
fouzld prospects IN the Carson Cou
try hut these are all thai TIE JOY:
nal scribe was able 20 inyestiSa
yesterday. Abou. one hundred lCc
ticns have been made since the fir
Of the year. Tie owners have fai!
in their finds ard are prepared
spend money 20 demonstrate the
values. The Journal wishes the ca
so:l district we.! AID hoses that i: vi
shortly become 4 En.,.-;s lro.t,. -
Journal
Secretary CT Stat. Howell v-as