The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1903-08-14
Carson Letter.

ED. COURIER: took a trip to the
Mammoth ledge last week and met 101
degrees in the shade at Rodenbah's
and may have met a sample of my fate
when got on top of the ledge at 8 p.
M. 1t was hotter than, never mind,
now. My friends" walked me through
three mining claims and made me read
what they had written on 81 location
and boundary posts, and measure their
bases, and inspect and measure three
location discovery workings, crawl
through two long tunnels, and pack the
gourd of water and the samples. Those
who know the mountain will partly re-
alize what / endured. had not walk
ed over a mile day for several years
last past, and had not been to church
for forty years. When got back TO
the wagon, it was impossible to wiring
another drow of sweat out of me. A
fellow named D. R. Hawkins, who came
to this section of country in 1856, and
who has remained around here ever
since, and now living at Genoa, Neva-
ola, and another named F. B. Living
ston, who is around buying smelters
and mines, are the parties who tried
to kill me. A liberal reward is hereby
offered for their apprehension and de-
tention until legal steps can be taken
in the matter. Well, l saw the Man,
moth ledge; had read about it at diff
ferent times since 1868, and l had heard
Joe Raycraft talk about it, but in fact,
1 was not prepared to see such an i'm
mense ledge, and most of my readers
know that Mr.. Raycraft can talk
pretty big when it comes down to CIV
ing the size of a ledge. saw boulders
as big as a house, and it looked as
though it would pay to crack them
and haul them to mill. 1t is almost
to find stepping place of
the quartz on three different claims
In all the cuts and tunnels examined.
the ledge in place is found immedi
ately upon the removal of the float
rock which lies thick all over the sur
face, with here and there float wal
rock. Mr.. Livingston has the thre,
claims under bond, and he proposes tt
see if he can make it pay. He appear,
to be practical and economical man.
ager, and has large streak of grudge
against lawyers in his composition
l do not state the value of the ore con-
tanned in the ledge, but upon genera
view, taking reducing capacity equal
to from 300 to 500 stamps, farnessed to
generated on the Carson
river, coupled with close and intelli-
gent management, the mass of the
ledge ought to be made to pay s to IL
per cent. year on million dollar in
vestment. This does not take into con-
sideration the great likelihood of dis
covering extensive pay chutes within
the vein. No prosecuting or drifting
has ever been done within the vein at
any depth, althoughit is reached by one
long tunnel at good depth. believe
it is proposed to drive this tunnel to
the opposite wall and drift north and
south on it, and prospect the vein for
pay. I do not believe any large ledge
has ever been prospected in Nevada
within which large streaks of pay ore
have not been found; in fact they exist
IN all extensive deposits. After assures
in the earth are filled, the vein filling
undergoes great alterations by the ac-
ton of water, and like having an affin-
ity for like, the minerals concentrate
after the operation begins; as a result,
parts of the ledge are enriched at the
expense of other parts. The Mammoth
ledge cannot have ignored this law,
and it remains for the miner, directed
by the enterprise of men who have
wealth, to reveal the treasure it con-
tains. The thought of thousand men
and maybe thousands-employed at
old Mammoth brings for the minds re-
view, High School houses, colleges, Ii
braries, churches, theaters, art galleries
and every institution that high civiliz-
alton produces in a community, dot
ting and towering different parts of
the prettiest valley in the west, kissed
by the brightest sunshine, and envig-
ored by the healthiest climate on
earth.
desire to thank Jake Rodenbah for
rescuing me from the villains who
me from Carson to the
ledge. On our return he
took me out of the wagon and gave
me SQUARE meal, and allowed me to
repose in a clean bed situated in a well
ventilated room. understand that
Mr.. Rodenbah was the discoverer and
FIRST locator on the big ledge, and that
was in 1860, and he has kept up his as
work ever since and main
bained his location. In this case, ii
seems to me, that Faith and Hope can
not he cvpnholizad M uall 10 fhav oan