The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-24

vada Chamber of Commerce that has
just been issued appears the following
significant statement:
Nevada is one Of the richest of the States.
1t IS no longer q silver State Only. Employ
ment can be Hound for more men in mining
for gold than silver mining afforded in the
past and greater amount OF wealth can be
returned every year. The Comsteck ore is
about 45 per cent gold; Eureka ore carries
about 30 per cent gold: Lincoln County ore
Is mostly gold; Esmeralda ore except at Can.
dearia, is all gold; Silver Peak has gold |
ledge forty five feet wide and miles in length:
Pine Grove ledge in Esmerada has produced
s., 000 IN gold-it is 200 feet wide and
traceable for miles aud Is practically un-
touched; Hawthorne is also gold bearing
district.
Tonopah and Goldields are striving
to make this boast good. Placer and
ledge gold propositions are being
worked in various parts Of Nevada
The facts are reasonably well known
in this State, but the showing that the
Nevada Chamber OF Commerce is able
to make will astonish the outside world,
that has considered Nevada a distinct
lively white metal State.
The mining industry Of Nevada is
treated, with other State topics, by the
Nevada Chamber of Commerce. w. I.
Moran of Virginia City is the author OF
the statements that are made relative
to Nevadas mines. Some of the aver
illttlNS dit VI lllOiG lltdll NOAliAipA4 AiANON
est to those who take an intelligent con-
Germ in mining matters. There are not
less than sixty distinct ranges of noun
tains in Nevada, and there are also
lesser chains and isolated peaks, d1-
vided from one another by valleys more
or less fertile. The ranges vary in
length from ten to fifty miles, and. says
Moran, gold and silver are found in
every one of them"
BELTS OF MINERALS.
While the mountain ranges run near
ly north and south, the mineral belts
that are known run, generally speak
ing, east and west. One belt in partlc-
ular, in Elko County, extending east
and west, is nearly forty miles wide and
$50 miles in length. Gold Dlacers and
lodges have been discovered through
out the entire length Of this belt. The
area of Nevada is 100000 acres.
mostly mountainous. The author says:
Every day new discoveries are made. No one
ever heard Of TOnopah until late in 1900 nor OF
Goldhelds until two years later. 1t Is there
fore reasonable TO suppose that many more
rich and productive districts will be discoV-
cred when the ubiquitous prospector reaches
them. 1t is not to be supposed that no pros
pecting has been done along these ranges;
they have all been traversed by eager seekers
after gold and silver. but various causes LED TO
many promising lodges and placers being
abandoned for the time being. Among these
causes may be mentioned inaccessibility, scar
city of water, lack of transportation facllltles
and lack Of funds.
One seventh Of the State of Nevada is
covered by Elko County, which has an
area of 1892, 900 acres. While it is not
considered a leading mining county, it
is credited with having produced value
of So 600 900 in silver Gold lodges have
been recently opened and are produc-
ing profitably Churchill County has
veins of gold and silver. Douglas Coun-
ty has placer mines, and the Pine Nut
Mountains, in the eastern part Of the
county. are scanned with lodges of
quartz Gold mines have been profitably
worked in the southern part of the
county with profit during many years.
Gold discoveries have been made re-
Gently in White Pine County and placer
mines are being worked extensively at
Osceola by the hydraulic process and
annually yield a large amount of gold.
Some of the richest silver mines in the
State are in White Pine County.
PRODUCES MILLIONS.
The production of Lincoln County in
gold and silver and copper to date is
reported to have exceeded $50, 900, 000
Other metals besides gold, silver, cop
per and lead exist. The zinc mines of
one company are reported to contain
$1,000, 900 in zinc, that could be profit
ably extracted if cheap transportation
were provided.
The Goldfields district is in Esmer
aida County. 1t bids fair to rival Tono
pah. Included in the county are the
Aurora, Pine Grove, Hawthorne, Pal
metto, Silver Peak, Candelaria, Silver
Star. Tule Canyon, Montezuma ,and
Cambridge camps that are credited
with having produced not less than
s20, 100000, principally in silver. Since
the decline in the value of silver rich
gold lodges have been opened.
The Chamber reports that the prin-
cipal mines of the Goldfields district
show an average surface value of ore
Of 1915 per ton and value of $1467 at
a depth of fifty feet in the Jumbo and
5000 and $400 per ton in gold in other
mines.
According to the same authority
there are more than 1000 persons in the
Tonopah district, which was discovered
by James Butler in 1900. From its dis
covery up to the last day Of December,
1901 81 5000 was produced. The min
eral zone is 1000 feet long by 5000 feet
wide. Besides gold and silver, copper,
lead, anthony zinc, quicksilver, gyp-
sum, fireclay, chalk, soapstone, boraX
and alum have been found in Nye
County, in which Tonopah is mainly
situated
1t is officially set forth that Storey
County has produced $500, 900 in the
Comstock mines. Values as high as
500 ton have been found in rock at
the Wedekind mines near Reno, in
Washoe County. In Lyon County is
situated Silver City, one of the richest
mining districts in Nevada. Cyaniding
has performed wonders and is being
pursued upon large scale. Gold and
silver quartz lodges have been discov-
cred in the central and southern parts
of the county, particularly at Como.
Copper mines are operated profitably
in the eastern part of the county. Eu-
reka County is credited with mineral
production OF SIPS, 000 900, being second
only to Storey County in this respect
MINES OF CALIFORNIA.
The Bluebell Mining Company of San
Francisco has bonded the Hard Times
mine near Carriers, Tuolumne County
A Seattle company is working the
Julianne and Diana mines in Amador
hoy