Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-04
SYLVhN|TE AT SECOND STAGE
 Of EXISTENCE
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 Svlyanite. from inc mining man's
 noipt of views is entering upon the
 second stage Of Is existence. That
 Of the installation cf machinery and
 the commencement Ct regular produc-
 tion.
 The first stage in the nfe Of Syl-
 vanito was attended with many troubles. -- While a few favorabsr repor;s were made on the camp. only one or two were publicly issued while an unus- ualIy large number St unfavorable TO- ports appeared in tke public press and great prominence was given to a dispute among assaycrs and mineral ogists as to whether the telluride or gold found hero was sylvanite or not and the pubic was led to infer that lt was really doubtful if there was any gold here at ali. Tlsen came the as | saying trouble. Some assayers to whom the ores were sent failed to fluX them properly and consequently did not recover the fuil gold values. Add cd tO these was the inability Of the men, then in the camp, % open up their mines throdgh lack of means. It has been said that Poverty is no crime, but it's d--d inconyenient." But in this case it would have been a crime against Americas if through poverty the wealth of Sylvanite's gold had been left in the earth instead Of adding 10 the prosperity of the United States. But happily this was not 10 be. The pioneers cf Sylvanite smiled as they heard the adverse criticisms on camp in which they had such i'm plicit faith and whi.:h they knew must eventually disprove tho false state ments of its detractors. In a small way as far as their limited means per mitted. the ore on tiie surface on the Broken Jug, Wakeup-Charlie. Golden Eagle. Clemmie. I,idgewood 2nd Ned derland was opened up. These and few other prospects and the multitude Of splendid surface shOwings have ! conquered all adverse reports and the camp is coming to the front with gianr strides. And what q wonderful camp | it must be. In three short months, fl | has lived down storm of adverse cTiticism with hardly the aid Of a dis interested friend. II has wen by sheer merit The greatest victory of all ! No army of boosters, no chain of newspapers to boom 1t like the south ern Nevada camps. Merit alone has | brought Sylvanite 70 the front and | this gives the camp greater value than | if an army of boosters had been hired | to boom 1t. Now it is entering into | the second stage Of its existence.
 ! The Gold Hill, Consolidated and 1 Nedderland mines are now preparing | to install machinery for operating | compressed air drills indicating that i their owners. Coloraco inning men. are satisfied that the properties have 1 passed out Of the prospect stage ana are mines. Ore bins are being built at these properties and preparations are being made to commence ship, ments and maintail them regularly This can only be done by operating machine drills for the rock in Syl-
 vanite is hard and progress by hand | drills Is slow and expensive. Today | the compressor plants must be run | by gasoline engines but already the | question of constructing an electric | power plant at the nearest railway I point and transmitting the power to
 the Sylvanite mines is being seriously discussed and is like:y to be an ac- | complished fact in the very near fu- ture. Capital for the purpose will be
 available just as soon as a reasonable l demand for light and power is guaran- | teed. And it will be forthcoming | This is another tribute to the merit i of the camp. Sylyanite should be des- | isnated and distinguished as "The 1 Camp that was built on merit-the 1 greatest gold camp of the southwest.