The daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-08
THE NEVADA COMMONWEALTH
Tfey Promise Ore Hundred Thousand
Per Cect Cividcrcs Tc investors

-tl.at is the general characte~ Of the
Nevada Commonwealth ,liAin" ii
Washoe County. In recent number
C the New York Journal S a page
advertisement Of nine located Con
the published map near Carson CITY
On the liae II the Y. c +. K. z some
where about where Bowers Mansion
is situated.
Tie advertisement open .ts stare
IL ) With good strong hea1 lines var
+ n.ci 20 catch the average eastern
s."her First that the mine mas se".l
Il NJ CT GRE hloeheI. out an II
si9ai and that as every foot OF Il
'''3ument gets r.cheT ana richer.
-. Il promises to be tho mining SEN
s - * -4e gecE -.uJ.
Tic ne, statement is that one
hundred and sixty thousand dollars
has been spent on Developing The
mine. Also that IL mas over .nlee
thousand feet of tunnels DR. its and
Stats all of which fairly brisyle with
rich Gre
Then come four pictures UaleD
from aetna, fash lights showing the
Al!adin caves and drifts and tunnels
CT ore With men inside contemplating
the scenes of wealth With open
mouthed establishment.
Newt in the center of the page is
view of the mine with a section
al plan OF the shaft and drifts all
in a vast mountain of ore while OFF
to the right are the mills where the
ore is worked. Spurs of railroad track
Tin the picturep run along side the
mills to transport the bullion 20
market. There s a certificate sworn
to by H. II. Hammond (name made
to resemble John Hayes Hammond
who states that he has personally eX-
amined the mine and that there are
oceans of ore II sight" Mark the
technical language of the mining eX-
pert in the phrase oceans of ore.
Next comes an assay certificate by
Kansas City metalursist who vouches
for a value of $6G.20 per ton for
the ore The ledge is thirty TWO fee
wide lin the advert semenD and gets
richer and richer as it goes down.
Then cones a map of the S. p. and
w. & r r. r. showing where the
min is located in Washoe county. The
mstock-Nirgin. mine (probably
means the CCmstock iOdel IS rep
resented as sweeping gracefully down
around so as to include the great Ne
vada- Commonwealth and the pros
authority of mining expert G. w.
Clapp Of Ogden, Utah Ia man OF
thirty SIX years mining experience
according to the ADVERTISEMENT that
the Nevada Commonwealth is a true
tissue vein in periphery and the same
character of forma,:3r as the N'r
gina Comstock, only SIX miles away.
He estimates that investment in the
stock at five cents q share Will give
the investor 1000 per cent dividends
and when the tunnel strikes the Com:
stock ! xiii he one hundred times
greater.
In the first place II they have seven
millions II ore blocked ont thar runs
over sixty dollars d ton, why the duce
don't they run il through their mills
and al d cost Of less thar I've .iuiia"s
and pocket the difference. Bat pos
sibly they don't care to pocket 50
much wealth and this Is why they
are spending thousands Of dollars adj
vertis.n2 III high priced New York
papers telling the public how they cal
gel in and help handle il. The Com
stock is many miles away AMI Il ;heN
ran . tunnel that distance and Int !
thov would get noth ne, 1pf me pres
eut owners of the Comstock wa.
naturally object 10 giving up thei
mines every time a tunnel hit them
The entire advertisement suggest
thai some law should be passed pre-
venting the publication OF such VT
and understandable statements
There arc officers Of the Unite
States Government now in this yicI
IL. Investigating the Nevada Coz g y
wealth ana its advertising method
with a view 10 forbidding The use {
tie mails to its advert sing scheme!
Died in GoldTieid
Word was received in this cit
toda, announcing the death Of Mir