The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-10-21
LOCAL MINING FIELD HOLDS
FORTH GREAT PROMISE
(By OLD ROCKs)

PrOSpectOrs ana operators IN tue
marvellous Comstock Belt are alive,
alert. industrious. They are demon
strating the fallacy, injury, and men,
ace of skepticism as to the merits of
mining which represents the harvest
of prejudicial propaganda against the
worlds most important and essential
industry.
In this wonder zone nature has been
lavish in her deposits of practically
every kind of metalliferous minerals.
Here are mountains OF iron and the
other baser metals. and numberless
hedges of the precious minerals strewn
broadcast and plentifully over a vast
area; and here brilliant brains and
brawny arms are materializing wealth
untold for the meal of the world.
We are environed by mountain
ranges of Alpine grandeur and scenic
beauty unsurpassed, and from these
massive piles, and glittering submits,
and intervening wales, gush thermal
springs relating their own unerring
truths of mineral deposition from
solutions for ages inconceivable.
To the geologist, no region Is more
fascinating; and to metalurgist no
section on the globe is gifted by ma
ture with such wonderful assurances
that within vast subterranean vaults
is garnered golden treasure that will
one day stagger mankind and revolu-
tionize the worlds commerce.
That number of rare minerals fea-
ture certain areas OF the Comstock
Is now an established fact. What
this recent discovery may signify will
soon be ascertained. II but a small
fraction of the magnitude promised by
surface indications. the Comstock
Belt will soon lure to it's priceless de-
posits the scientists and financial as
sistance of all countries.
The writer of these articles in
dulges in no dream of romance when
he predicts the development of billion
dollar mines in this rich region. 1t
was not glacial action that planted
the great old Comstock at the base of
Mt Davidson. Neither was 1t glaciers
that intruded the Mammoth Ledge be-
tween walls of andesite and rhyolite
at Carter Station. And the rich placer
deposits were not sown broadcast
along the entire Pine Nut range for
fabled Golden Fleece of the Argonauts
by glacial movements.
These facts have been materialized
by scientific investigation; and as a
result, the golden trail that winds
from the origin of our faith to the
haven OF our hopes directs its course
toward the Comstock Belt and trends
to the enchanted realm of princely
bonanzas in the land where dreams
come true.
There is no fiction in the marvel
Gus history of the Comstock mines
Neither is make believe" written in
other mammoth ledges in the same
belt, equally, or even more promising.
Over an empire of area the Great Al
chemist has been liberal in His dis
pensation of mineral deposits. The
Sweetwater range presents a section
of rich and colossal ore bodies. Ma
sonic has never been surpassed any
where as to sensational deposits and
fabulous values. Old Bodie shines
with lustre reflected by her garden
of gold. And now, the Pine Nut range
prepares her Unreasonable treasure.
This is the day of pick and shovel.
of hammer and drill, of the boom Of
blasts and rumble of mining machin-
cry in the Comstock Belt. This is the
season when memories of thrilling
past are awakened in the receptive
brains of men, passive to the lure of
yellow gold and eager for the strug-
gle to grasp It, They are going after
|, it to get it. And they will not return
with empty hands.
The world must be fed And to
feed the teeming millions, agriculture
is absolutely dependent upon the pro-
ducts of the mine for metal essential
to the manufacture Of implements.
Mining is the very foundation stone
of all industries and vocations and the
Comstock Belt stands out in bold re-
lief, the premier mining region of the
globe.
The future of this wonderful area
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