November 26, 1878 (4 pages)

fee record long ere this. ee THE, DAILY. TRANSCRIPT, “NEV ADA OITY, CALIFORNIA. ,~ + me ee ———— ‘Tuesday, ‘November 6, 18%. OTHE ‘ORIENTAL MINE, © ———— 1ts. Past History, Present Appear ance and Apparent , Prospects—A series of Dili enlties that have Confrouted thé New Management—It. Now Looks as thouzh they were Fairly on.the Runs to Prosperity. _ ‘The Oriental ‘mine is. located in the southwestern portion of Sierra coun. ty, «a Short distance south. of Alle-] ghany C ity. Years ago it was. work_ed, and a large quantity of gold taken out; -but bad management and consequent litigation piled up.expenes 8) h‘gh that the owners, “became disheartened; anl “aban: lonéd the . claim. They: had.during their oper“ations run ‘an incline on @ small vein that was on the hanging wall, and separated from the true vein by a1 horse a distance of 400 fect. In running the tu#me! from the side-hill, “the true vein had been crossed, and it was then that the so-called ‘‘pocket” was struck pnd some $40,000 taken out. . For some inexplicable reason the true vein had -been followed in neither direction from the tunnel, but the steal ‘upper vem only was breasted ont. Even with this incomplete. working thé yielll was handsome, .and had not the above mentioned troubles occurred, the iiine would have madea brilliant ‘During the nine or ten years that elapsed between the .old company’s. regime and ten months ago when the Oriental éompsny came into possession, no work was done. Everything was permitted to go to decay. The buildings, with the exception of two unimportant ones, had all disappeared. ‘Ihe boiler-and what little machinery ‘remained had sunk into the clay, almoat out of sight,Qand mud and rust covered the iron-work. The timbers . of the tunnal, shaft, drifts, étc., had rotted, and in many places the earth crushed down breaking the supports and choking up the passages. -Said, a resident of Alleghany to the TRANsortpr representative who visited that section last week and spent part of three .days in gathering matcrial from reliable resources ‘for this artic'e, No amouat of money could have hired me, old miner as I am, to expose myselfto the risk of being kil!~ ed by entering that man-trap wit? “Benham wher he first explored it.’ “Phat gentleman, however, as Superintendent, personally inspected every. inch of the depths. before putting a man to work. Thus he knew just wat was neeessary te @~ke done, and »~-where to commence the labors, ~ Last ~ January the company was incdrporated, and'in May forty meu were set. to work. So rapidly was the labor of re-timbering prosecuted that within six weeks thereafter there commenesd to be tak on outa small quantity of ore. Tho first of September or thereabouts the large vein thathad been missed by the previous owners was found, It has an average width of four and a half feet, and .isa magnificant looking body of ore. Ht was developed on the350 level in the first place, and a winze sunk to the 400 level, For that distance it, is now opetied up, and ready for being stoped out, From the 350 level an upraise extends to the 300, showing the monstrous and clearly defined vein the entire distance, _On the 250 foot level is also seen the continuation of the vein, and in every place mentioned it presents the same satisfactory appearance, both in extent and richness. The average rock will mill ‘from: $18 to $20 per ton in free gold, and about $150 in. sulphurets,. The sulphurets constitute about five per emt of the whole amount of quartz. Tasse figures are based on ‘tests of the ore ‘extracted in various localities, and in every instance the value o/ the vein af all the points is exactly uniform. There is no supposition connected with this statement, but it is made‘ from tHe personal knowled ze of an unprejudiced, unint rested and competent person. The fabulously rich rock that has come from the Oviental recently (milling orer $20,008 por ‘ton as} it did), is’ trom @ “Situated between the 20 SYK Tt has not all Be: extracted ‘yol,’ the writer, dyting, hie Pisit; Raving . noticed a face of 8 or ten of extending along the, foot; wall, from. which pickéd s*specinteh that is ir Yom: paar ne aco lit is gener. s ally conceded to be, the, est: rock ever devglopod ia 8 California mine, . The first part and in itself established *the im. mense value: of the property in‘the mindé of all-who have" been so’ for. ™ tunate as to see it. ‘And tight here it might -be wil .to“state: that the . mine is always open to visitors who aréescorted toevery portion of the workings. -Incredulous old miners from all: sections of the county go there every day, expecting to subsiantiate their half-formed opinion that it is-a ‘‘pocket” enterprise, and that the stories current ‘regarding its wonderful résources are balderjdish. It is a noticeable fact these very individuals are the ones who, after going in and carefully investi4 gating it from top ,to bottom, are loudest in expressions of confidence regarding t the bright outlook. of the company, . There is not an old ‘prospector'to be found in this section of the State who, ifhe has” ‘recently been through — the drifts, does not positively declare it is the most: wonderful bonanza he has ever seen. It was in conversation with such men as H. W. Wallis, who is Superintendentof the mammoth Bald Mountain gravel claim, thatthese statements were more than substantiated. , Above ground, a wonderful transformation has been wrought in the appearance of the property since the Oriental company took _ possession of it. Good wagon roads: have been constructed, making access to the deep gorge in which the mine ‘is situated convenient to the heavily loaded teams that bringin the supplies. A. large reservoir holding 25,000 gallons of water has been built, and flumes runa distance. of a mile, so that the water might be conveyed to it. Buildings such as the mill, hoisting works, blacksmith and carpenter shops, furnace, boardinghouse, Superintendent's residenceand . ‘business office, cottages for employes, etc., have been erected. New machinery has been purchased, and there are eleven hundred cords. of woodon hand. Supplies of all kinds, such as powier, -eandles, hardware, provisions, etc., sufficient to last seven months, ‘have been laid in, and are stored in vast vaults underneath the ground, Thus the Oriental is prepared for an all winter's run. All these improvements have’ beet made, and supplies secured at the least poasible expense, yet thebill -has footed ap toa sum in the neighborhood of $59,090. This amount represents th» approximate sum ex*. pended so far by the company. A portion of that much money has already bzen taken from the mine. In conversation with Mr. Benham Saturday, he stated that had it. not béen for an incompetent amalgamator who was sent up from the Bay to superintend the milling of the ore, the yield Would have been at Teast as large again. This individ-. ual —_— Was a model ‘‘theorist” who had ideas of his own which appeared most satisfactory to the Board of Directors. © The first thing ha -did-upon arriving was to in a great measure undo the improvements that had been madé\at the mill, and inaugurate a method\as peculiar as if proved fallacious. He shortly became the laughing stock of every experienced miner in the district. During his reign it is generally alleged this ‘‘practical amalgamator and assayer” did not clean up a single cent! After he received hissuinmary discharge (having just previously ventured. the ridiculous assertion that the rock carried no gold) Louis Blanding was summoned to the scene. Mr. Blanding took the mill just as it stood, and run on of nine days. At the end: of that time_hecleaned up the handsome sum of $3,200, clearly establishing thie fact that there was gold in ore. This clean-up was mad ing informed the “Super:ntendent that the mill apparatuswwas in such a condition as to occasion the loss of at least $10) per day in ‘sulphurets and gold. He. stated this difficulty . ¢ could be remecdird by putting in belt concentrators and additional copper plates. * The mill was shut down as a matter of economy until the neeesjary materjals could) bo received. They were immediately ordored, and having just.arrived are being put in next week: the mill will be pat.in operation, . There are four hundred.tons of ore alrexty on the dump, and tore in sight inthe mitie to t batteries con" peters ‘than. & xbarAt a Wat estimate phe average sepifor them: the saine class of ore for the period+ 5 the October,and at that time Mr. Bland. i the Oriental “eompany was incorporated and edinmenced : work, . it did 60 upon an extremely capital, A heavy indebtedness wad assumed in order to: make’ ry. improvements above ground, put the mine in working shape, and lay in supplies. U nder these circumstances, and the fact that the milling results were so miserable, it has*ecome fiecessary for an assessment dthe first) of . fifty cents per share to be levied. . The amount of money that it is ex_pected will be realized from. the assessment will place the mineon a first ‘class basis. It havimg reached -the fears of the writer that this was 4 plan inaugurated by the heavy stockHolders to “freeze out” those holding . took the libfewer. shares; he erty -to question. Mr. Benham in there was any truth’ in lan indirect manner as to whether the report. That gentleman.indignantly denied that such was the intention. > He said, ‘All we ask is that they will come forward promptly and help us through our present difficulty. I assure them in all earnestness that the mine is just what I .have represented it to be, and will stake my reputation as a man and @ miner that I. am saying’ what T honestly and reasonably believe to be facts regarding its richuess. I desite that they should come up here. and investigate it for themselves, or that they will employ somebody in whom they have peffect confidence to do it The mine is open’ to any and every person who desires to enter it, and will speak for itself.” The information vouchsafed im this article is made from a careful inspection of the-mitie; and-examination of the'books, verified by the statements of a number of well-informed and unprejudiced miners residing in the locality. to COUNTY COURT. Monpay, Nov. 25th. Hiram Searls, a native declared his intention of ¢ Janada, to become a citizen of the United States, William H. Davey, natiyity England, on testimony of W. A. Carrion and John Doubt, was naturalized. In the case of The People va. Lung Toy et al, charged with gaming, motions as follows were made and _ overruled: arrest of judgment, because the language of the indictment did not designate an offense; for a new trial,'on the grounds that the testimony does not show that the defendants convicted were owners or employes. Defendants’ attorney, Geo, 8. Hupp, excepted to order and ruling of Court in overruling said motions. The defendants were sevcrally ealled and the following judgment rendered by the Court: *““My judgment is that fine of é you pay a 200, and that’ in default of the payment of such fine you be im-prisoned in the County Jail of this county until such fine be paid. Such imprisonment not to exceed one day for every $2 of the fine. Case of The People vs. Ah Moon and Ah Tom came up on motion of defendant's counsel, W. D. Long, for arrest of judgment, also on moupon statement signed for a new trial. rest of. juc rdered that motion for” ardgment and new trial be denied in case o& Ah Moon. As to defendant Ah Tom, ordered that t&e verdict be set aside, ands. new trial be — granted, The Court ‘having granted.a new trial the District Attorney moved that indictment against Ah Tom, be dismissed, for reason that under a late decision ofthe Supreme Court conviction upon the evidence could not be secured, and it was.so ordered. Ordered that defendant's* bond be discharged and sureties released. Court adjourned Sail ocloék A. M. The sentence in the case ef Ah Moon was the same s in the case of Lung Toy, et al. Friday at 10 the Superintendere? of week. stamps will be a large qi and mdre ing down 500 feet, intity of ote on the dump, gotten in NEVADA MENS. “Tho Nevada quartz ~ id Lo Mr, Mont:gom:ry, has most favorable prospects, and work is being pushed ahead with speed. A new water wheel is being built, “and will be completed this The mill is to commence running the first of December, at which time only ten. of ‘the fifteen iness for extragtion.,. Dhe work: of sinking is progresding, the shaty now jmonthly clean-ups will amount to I pei [dom by.experience and confine their ‘Habors to small, productive: farms, whereevery dollar invested : counts, anctevery day’s labor brings its sure reward, instead: of: wasting their means and energies on large, unwieldly ranches where so much of time, and capital is necessarily wasted for naught.; where one. year’s poe swallows up all the profits of .an’ we casional year of plenty: often leaving the farmer, after years of struggle and sacrifice, poorer than when he commenced. The greatest drawback to the agricultural prosperity of the State, is farms ; the insane desire of. farmers to possess. more acres than they ean cultivate or iinprove. It is alike ruinous to the farm and the farmers ; will impoverish both if persisted in ; while a small farm of good land, well cultivated, will, as assuredly provea. competence if not a fortune to its fortunate pdssesor. We havebeen led to these reflections by havirig had our attention called to the really wonderful results of concentrated labor on small farms, as denionstrated on the rich, irrigaFresno, and Washington. Irrigated Colony adjoining ; which, indeed, is but a¢ontinuation of the former, on a greatly improved plan. The effects of an abundant supply of water on that rich soil is almost magical, and the results achieved by the colonists in less than three years on their twenty acre farms is little less than marvelous. One might.‘well be permitted to doubt the reality of the facts spread before us, were they not authenticated and_ vouched for’ by the colonists théinselves and corroborated by the undoubted testimony of all who have visited the place. We have just seen the written statement of several well-known gentlemen of standingiof Grass Valley, who know whereof they affirmed, ‘‘that . . on a careful personal examination of the Colony, they unhesitatingly declare its advantages have not been over-estimated in any respect, and that. the productiveness of the soil exceeded anything they had been led to expect.” The editor of the Argonaut, in a) late issue of that paper, gives, ina. ' .Lecture to Commence at 8 o’cl’k. two-column-article, an interesting account ofa visit to this Colony, and the wonderful evidences of prosperity he witnessed on their little twentyacre farms. He says ‘‘the land which is irrigated by streams of running water is productive beyond belief.” After describing the colony and: its productions at some length, he adds: ‘The Colony i is not yet three years old and yet it contains one hundred families living in comfortable homes, prosperous, healthy, happy and contented families, making a good liying, with schools, and Texmien and coinforts off twenty acres of land,— accumulating something for old age, for a marriage Lor to the children, or capital fer another allotment when the colony is extended. * That a family may be maintained by the industry of its members upon twenty acres 6f-San Joaquin valley land is a great, pregnant fact, worthy of the consideration of capitalists and political ecfnomists. It is a solution of the social and industrial probleme that now, more than any other are engaging the attention of thinking eee Now if forty acres of this land, as is claimed by its advocates, will produce more profit, with far less expense, than any half section of land without irrigation, them who can doubt for _& moment the superior . ” value and eednomy of small fatms.— It is certainly worthy of a careful investigation. We learn.that several of our citizens have gone down to Fresno to see and judge for themselves. eS On next Saturday evening the citizens of this city-will have the opportunity of hearing further about the productiveness of irrigated lands, and the advantages of ‘‘small farms well tilled,” as Mr. James Stratton, ted Colony, will give a free lecture on that subject, at Nevada Theatre on Saturday evening, as may be seen by referring to an ativertisement to . be found in to-day’s TRaxscerrt>~ The subject is an in ~ one, and ROPES BE at on that evening. are. being fon Brn aed ober eee gar 1 mmy for siphen, the present foolish mania for large} ted lands of the Central Colory near’ President of the Washington Irriga. «Tite provisions ofthe law. aga nit @ 6 ee Se * _MONOP OLIES ‘AND HARD A FREE WILL BE GIVEN BY ~ AT---. }HOMES FOR ALL'. And How to:Acquire Them! How to become Independent of PUBLIC LECTURE JAS. Potcsepscih: ON, NEVADA "THEATRE, ON SATURDAY — EVENING, / NOVEMBER 30, 1878, Upon the wonderful pro-. ductions and capabilities of . ets the WASHINGTON IRRIGATED COLONY OF FRESNO COUNTY. And the advantages it offers the industrious of all classes and professions, who, with . . provide BEAUTIFUL, SUBSTANTIAL oa aga Come and bia as judge for Ror eel a hy co Ladies ‘aapnaneay invited. ee aes _ SEATS FREE. : ye ASA limited , means, desire to For themselves and fomilics. 4 i EVERYTHING FOR CASH? cE ey reécived orders from { B. W. REAGAN, TO CLOSE ALL BOOK ACCOUNTS By THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, . Notice is, hereby given that Goods will be sold after that time STRICTLY FOR CASH, And 110 deviation will be made in amy case whatever. this date, will be-sold so low that . everybody can see’ the GREAT SAVING That can be made by buying for cash. ' We herewith ‘append a few art.cles and prices of goods that we are now selling for coin: PRICE LIST, Subject to Daily Correction. Crushed Sugar---7 1-2 lbs $1. Brown Sugar---10 Ibs $1. Green Coffee---5 lbs $1. Rice---14 Ibs $1. 4} Beans---20 lbs $1. . C. 0. Soap---5 bars 25 cts. ‘Oysters---7 cans $1. Honey---10 Ibs $1. Kerosene Oil---per gal, 35 cts. Fairbanks’ Lard-—-i3 1-2 cts per pound, Bacon---18 1-2 cts per pound. Winslow’s Corn---5 cans $1. ~ Dingley’s Coffee---40 cents. Coffee---3 Ib tins, best Java, 75 cents. $2 25 per 100 lbs. Best. Salt. Lake Potatoes---$2 25 per 100 lbs. Roll Butter---30 cts per Ib. Firkin Butter---from 15 to 27 ets per Ib. Candles~-10 for 26 cts. 25 cents. Good Green Tea---35 cts per lb. ees Breakfast Tea---50 cts per Ib. Pearl Barley---3 Ibs 25 cts. Best Brands of Tobacco---65 cts per lb. + Best Codfish--8 cents per lb. And Everything Else in the Same Proportion. those YOU ARE NOW PAYING under the credit system and see if it is not-a-great object to pay Cash: Under the old system good cus losses of bad ones. WAWE TAKE THAT PER CENTAGE OFF. Call and see-for Yourselves. B. W. REAGAN, ‘. Samuel M. Shurtleff, Agent. Nevada, Nov. 24, 1878. : OUR RESTAURANT. ‘COMMERCIAL STREET, 9 » Opposite Traxechirt Bic. saan tani Uh een coe Say tt you want & good Meal g° to “OUR REETANEANS.”. “ARCHIE NIVENS, ie, —DEALBR, IxChoice Brands of Forcign s¢ >, ” _ « BD the ot Sq _ A= THE BEST MANUFACTURED Smoking : Chewing Tobacco No More Book Accounts, ss All goods in our line, on and after Best Cuffee Cove Potatoes---. Washing Powder--3 papers 27 Compare these PRICE with” tomers are compelled to make up for’ » great fire o aad morn passed through’ Ay to the Bay. Bishop O’Con will. administer € “firmation in the _this city next Su Rev. Dr. Co Thanksgiving 8¢ Church next St garvices will be ” J. A. Seeley from this city % _ morning in the: one hour and nil The eight Ch ~ were selitenced yesterday have their winter qu The latter pa 30 feet: of the Flume broke 4 the residence ¢ Frank Aum yesterday wi Thanksgiving They were fri . county. General W Land Office, . by A. B. through this way to the V Archie Bor win passed th morning, beir . Bay from the had been to it “da mine. Rarus, the world? Sweet cer, and Ade pounds and 1 _size living, % race track W A drove o! xiving mark city yester bins’ ranch west of this bled up” on azens. -D. A. Ew W. F. En; tiave both . tion of the ‘ these colum lations are tion, but ec: at this offic The door “bothered ec of graceless all sorts of into the lec to be stat nights and of the-yout Fred. § point near was going alay morni manded hi Senner cal the struck face, wher away as fz ADY The fol “maining i 1878. FP these lett tised”: teni Edwards Heber Rs . Kitts Mr Lambert Merrow . ] ‘Moore H Shulte M Wyllie J a

fee record long ere this. ee THE, DAILY. TRANSCRIPT, “NEV ADA OITY, CALIFORNIA. ,~ + me ee ———— ‘Tuesday, ‘November 6, 18%. OTHE ‘ORIENTAL MINE, © ———— 1ts. Past History, Present Appear ance and Apparent , Prospects—A series of Dili enlties that have Confrouted thé New Management—It. Now Looks as thouzh they were Fairly on.the Runs to Prosperity. _ ‘The Oriental ‘mine is. located in the southwestern portion of Sierra coun. ty, «a Short distance south. of Alle-] ghany C ity. Years ago it was. work_ed, and a large quantity of gold taken out; -but bad management and consequent litigation piled up.expenes 8) h‘gh that the owners, “became disheartened; anl “aban: lonéd the . claim. They: had.during their oper“ations run ‘an incline on @ small vein that was on the hanging wall, and separated from the true vein by a1 horse a distance of 400 fect. In running the tu#me! from the side-hill, “the true vein had been crossed, and it was then that the so-called ‘‘pocket” was struck pnd some $40,000 taken out. . For some inexplicable reason the true vein had -been followed in neither direction from the tunnel, but the steal ‘upper vem only was breasted ont. Even with this incomplete. working thé yielll was handsome, .and had not the above mentioned troubles occurred, the iiine would have madea brilliant ‘During the nine or ten years that elapsed between the .old company’s. regime and ten months ago when the Oriental éompsny came into possession, no work was done. Everything was permitted to go to decay. The buildings, with the exception of two unimportant ones, had all disappeared. ‘Ihe boiler-and what little machinery ‘remained had sunk into the clay, almoat out of sight,Qand mud and rust covered the iron-work. The timbers . of the tunnal, shaft, drifts, étc., had rotted, and in many places the earth crushed down breaking the supports and choking up the passages. -Said, a resident of Alleghany to the TRANsortpr representative who visited that section last week and spent part of three .days in gathering matcrial from reliable resources ‘for this artic'e, No amouat of money could have hired me, old miner as I am, to expose myselfto the risk of being kil!~ ed by entering that man-trap wit? “Benham wher he first explored it.’ “Phat gentleman, however, as Superintendent, personally inspected every. inch of the depths. before putting a man to work. Thus he knew just wat was neeessary te @~ke done, and »~-where to commence the labors, ~ Last ~ January the company was incdrporated, and'in May forty meu were set. to work. So rapidly was the labor of re-timbering prosecuted that within six weeks thereafter there commenesd to be tak on outa small quantity of ore. Tho first of September or thereabouts the large vein thathad been missed by the previous owners was found, It has an average width of four and a half feet, and .isa magnificant looking body of ore. Ht was developed on the350 level in the first place, and a winze sunk to the 400 level, For that distance it, is now opetied up, and ready for being stoped out, From the 350 level an upraise extends to the 300, showing the monstrous and clearly defined vein the entire distance, _On the 250 foot level is also seen the continuation of the vein, and in every place mentioned it presents the same satisfactory appearance, both in extent and richness. The average rock will mill ‘from: $18 to $20 per ton in free gold, and about $150 in. sulphurets,. The sulphurets constitute about five per emt of the whole amount of quartz. Tasse figures are based on ‘tests of the ore ‘extracted in various localities, and in every instance the value o/ the vein af all the points is exactly uniform. There is no supposition connected with this statement, but it is made‘ from tHe personal knowled ze of an unprejudiced, unint rested and competent person.. The fabulously rich rock that has come from the Oviental recently (milling orer $20,008 por ‘ton as} it did), is’ trom @ “Situated between the 20 SYK Tt has not all Be: extracted ‘yol,’ the writer, dyting, hie Pisit; Raving . noticed a face of 8 or ten of extending along the, foot; wall, from. which pickéd s*specinteh that is ir Yom: paar ne aco lit is gener. s ally conceded to be, the, est: rock ever devglopod ia 8 California mine, . The first part and in itself established *the im. mense value: of the property in‘the mindé of all-who have" been so’ for. ™ tunate as to see it. ‘And tight here it might -be wil .to“state: that the . mine is always open to visitors who aréescorted toevery portion of the workings. -Incredulous old miners from all: sections of the county go there every day, expecting to subsiantiate their half-formed opinion that it is-a ‘‘pocket” enterprise, and that the stories current ‘regarding its wonderful résources are balderjdish. It is a noticeable fact these very individuals are the ones who, after going in and carefully investi4 gating it from top ,to bottom, are loudest in expressions of confidence regarding t the bright outlook. of the company, . There is not an old ‘prospector'to be found in this section of the State who, ifhe has” ‘recently been through — the drifts, does not positively declare it is the most: wonderful bonanza he has ever seen. It was in conversation with such men as H. W. Wallis, who is Superintendentof the mammoth Bald Mountain gravel claim, thatthese statements were more than substantiated. , Above ground, a wonderful transformation has been wrought in the appearance of the property since the Oriental company took _ possession of it. Good wagon roads: have been constructed, making access to the deep gorge in which the mine ‘is situated convenient to the heavily loaded teams that bringin the supplies. A. large reservoir holding 25,000 gallons of water has been built, and flumes runa distance. of a mile, so that the water might be conveyed to it. Buildings such as the mill, hoisting works, blacksmith and carpenter shops, furnace, boardinghouse, Superintendent's residenceand . ‘business office, cottages for employes, etc., have been erected. New machinery has been purchased, and there are eleven hundred cords. of woodon hand. Supplies of all kinds, such as powier, -eandles, hardware, provisions, etc., sufficient to last seven months, ‘have been laid in, and are stored in vast vaults underneath the ground, Thus the Oriental is prepared for an all winter's run. All these improvements have’ beet made, and supplies secured at the least poasible expense, yet thebill -has footed ap toa sum in the neighborhood of $59,090. This amount represents th» approximate sum ex*. pended so far by the company. A portion of that much money has already bzen taken from the mine. In conversation with Mr. Benham Saturday, he stated that had it. not béen for an incompetent amalgamator who was sent up from the Bay to superintend the milling of the ore, the yield Would have been at Teast as large again. This individ-. ual —_— Was a model ‘‘theorist” who had ideas of his own which appeared most satisfactory to the Board of Directors. © The first thing ha -did-upon arriving was to in a great measure undo the improvements that had been madé\at the mill, and inaugurate a method\as peculiar as if proved fallacious. He shortly became the laughing stock of every experienced miner in the district. During his reign it is generally alleged this ‘‘practical amalgamator and assayer” did not clean up a single cent! After he received hissuinmary discharge (having just previously ventured. the ridiculous assertion that the rock carried no gold) Louis Blanding was summoned to the scene. Mr. Blanding took the mill just as it stood, and run on of nine days. At the end: of that time_hecleaned up the handsome sum of $3,200, clearly establishing thie fact that there was gold in ore. This clean-up was mad ing informed the “Super:ntendent that the mill apparatuswwas in such a condition as to occasion the loss of at least $10) per day in ‘sulphurets and gold. He. stated this difficulty . ¢ could be remecdird by putting in belt concentrators and additional copper plates. * The mill was shut down as a matter of economy until the neeesjary materjals could) bo received. They were immediately ordored, and having just.arrived are being put in next week: the mill will be pat.in operation, . There are four hundred.tons of ore alrexty on the dump, and tore in sight inthe mitie to t batteries con" peters ‘than. & xbarAt a Wat estimate phe average sepifor them: the saine class of ore for the period+ 5 the October,and at that time Mr. Bland. i the Oriental “eompany was incorporated and edinmenced : work, . it did 60 upon an extremely capital, A heavy indebtedness wad assumed in order to: make’ ry. improvements above ground, put the mine in working shape, and lay in supplies. U nder these circumstances, and the fact that the milling results were so miserable, it has*ecome fiecessary for an assessment dthe first) of . fifty cents per share to be levied. . The amount of money that it is ex_pected will be realized from. the assessment will place the mineon a first ‘class basis. It havimg reached -the fears of the writer that this was 4 plan inaugurated by the heavy stockHolders to “freeze out” those holding . took the libfewer. shares; he erty -to question. Mr. Benham in there was any truth’ in lan indirect manner as to whether the report. That gentleman.indignantly denied that such was the intention. > He said, ‘All we ask is that they will come forward promptly and help us through our present difficulty. I assure them in all earnestness that the mine is just what I .have represented it to be, and will stake my reputation as a man and @ miner that I. am saying’ what T honestly and reasonably believe to be facts regarding its richuess. I desite that they should come up here. and investigate it for themselves, or that they will employ somebody in whom they have peffect confidence to do it The mine is open’ to any and every person who desires to enter it, and will speak for itself.” The information vouchsafed im this article is made from a careful inspection of the-mitie; and-examination of the'books, verified by the statements of a number of well-informed and unprejudiced miners residing in the locality. to COUNTY COURT. Monpay, Nov. 25th. Hiram Searls, a native declared his intention of ¢ Janada, to become a citizen of the United States, William H. Davey, natiyity England, on testimony of W. A. Carrion and John Doubt, was naturalized. In the case of The People va. Lung Toy et al, charged with gaming, motions as follows were made and _ overruled: arrest of judgment, because the language of the indictment did not designate an offense; for a new trial,'on the grounds that the testimony does not show that the defendants convicted were owners or employes. Defendants’ attorney, Geo, 8. Hupp, excepted to order and ruling of Court in overruling said motions. The defendants were sevcrally ealled and the following judgment rendered by the Court: *““My judgment is that fine of é you pay a 200, and that’ in default of the payment of such fine you be im-prisoned in the County Jail of this county until such fine be paid. Such imprisonment not to exceed one day for every $2 of the fine. Case of The People vs. Ah Moon and Ah Tom came up on motion of defendant's counsel, W. D. Long, for arrest of judgment, also on moupon statement signed for a new trial. rest of. juc rdered that motion for” ardgment and new trial be denied in case o& Ah Moon. As to defendant Ah Tom, ordered that t&e verdict be set aside, ands. new trial be — granted, The Court ‘having granted.a new trial the District Attorney moved that indictment against Ah Tom, be dismissed, for reason that under a late decision ofthe Supreme Court conviction upon the evidence could not be secured, and it was.so ordered. Ordered that defendant's* bond be discharged and sureties released. Court adjourned Sail ocloék A. M. The sentence in the case ef Ah Moon was the same s in the case of Lung Toy, et al. Friday at 10 the Superintendere? of week. stamps will be a large qi and mdre ing down 500 feet, intity of ote on the dump, gotten in NEVADA MENS. “Tho Nevada quartz ~ id Lo Mr, Mont:gom:ry, has most favorable prospects, and work is being pushed ahead with speed. A new water wheel is being built, “and will be completed this The mill is to commence running the first of December, at which time only ten. of ‘the fifteen iness for extragtion.,. Dhe work: of sinking is progresding, the shaty now jmonthly clean-ups will amount to I pei [dom by.experience and confine their ‘Habors to small, productive: farms, whereevery dollar invested : counts, anctevery day’s labor brings its sure reward, instead: of: wasting their means and energies on large, unwieldly ranches where so much of time, and capital is necessarily wasted for naught.; where one. year’s poe

swallows up all the profits of .an’ we casional year of plenty: often leaving the farmer, after years of struggle and sacrifice, poorer than when he commenced. The greatest drawback to the agricultural prosperity of the State, is farms ; the insane desire of. farmers to possess. more acres than they ean cultivate or iinprove. It is alike ruinous to the farm and the farmers ; will impoverish both if persisted in ; while a small farm of good land, well cultivated, will, as assuredly provea. competence if not a fortune to its fortunate pdssesor. We havebeen led to these reflections by havirig had our attention called to the really wonderful results of concentrated labor on small farms, as denionstrated on the rich, irrigaFresno, and Washington. Irrigated Colony adjoining ; which, indeed, is but a¢ontinuation of the former, on a greatly improved plan. The effects of an abundant supply of water on that rich soil is almost magical, and the results achieved by the colonists in less than three years on their twenty acre farms is little less than marvelous. One might.‘well be permitted to doubt the reality of the facts spread before us, were they not authenticated and_ vouched for’ by the colonists théinselves and corroborated by the undoubted testimony of all who have visited the place. We have just seen the written statement of several well-known gentlemen of standingiof Grass Valley, who know whereof they affirmed, ‘‘that . . on a careful personal examination of the Colony, they unhesitatingly declare its advantages have not been over-estimated in any respect, and that. the productiveness of the soil exceeded anything they had been led to expect.” The editor of the Argonaut, in a) late issue of that paper, gives, ina. ' .Lecture to Commence at 8 o’cl’k. two-column-article, an interesting account ofa visit to this Colony, and the wonderful evidences of prosperity he witnessed on their little twentyacre farms. He says ‘‘the land which is irrigated by streams of running water is productive beyond belief.” After describing the colony and: its productions at some length, he adds: ‘The Colony i is not yet three years old and yet it contains one hundred families living in comfortable homes, prosperous, healthy, happy and contented families, making a good liying, with schools, and Texmien and coinforts off twenty acres of land,— accumulating something for old age, for a marriage Lor to the children, or capital fer another allotment when the colony is extended. * That a family may be maintained by the industry of its members upon twenty acres 6f-San Joaquin valley land is a great, pregnant fact, worthy of the consideration of capitalists and political ecfnomists. It is a solution of the social and industrial probleme that now, more than any other are engaging the attention of thinking eee Now if forty acres of this land, as is claimed by its advocates, will produce more profit, with far less expense, than any half section of land without irrigation, them who can doubt for _& moment the superior . ” value and eednomy of small fatms.— It is certainly worthy of a careful investigation. We learn.that several of our citizens have gone down to Fresno to see and judge for themselves. eS On next Saturday evening the citizens of this city-will have the opportunity of hearing further about the productiveness of irrigated lands, and the advantages of ‘‘small farms well tilled,” as Mr. James Stratton, ted Colony, will give a free lecture on that subject, at Nevada Theatre on Saturday evening, as may be seen by referring to an ativertisement to . be found in to-day’s TRaxscerrt>~ The subject is an in ~ one, and ROPES BE at on that evening. are. being fon Brn aed ober eee gar 1 mmy for siphen, the present foolish mania for large} ted lands of the Central Colory near’ President of the Washington Irriga. «Tite provisions ofthe law. aga nit @ 6 ee Se * _MONOP OLIES ‘AND HARD A FREE WILL BE GIVEN BY ~ AT---. }HOMES FOR ALL'. And How to:Acquire Them! How to become Independent of PUBLIC LECTURE JAS. Potcsepscih: ON, NEVADA "THEATRE, ON SATURDAY — EVENING, / NOVEMBER 30, 1878, Upon the wonderful pro-. ductions and capabilities of . ets the WASHINGTON IRRIGATED COLONY OF FRESNO COUNTY. And the advantages it offers the industrious of all classes and professions, who, with . . provide BEAUTIFUL, SUBSTANTIAL oa aga Come and bia as judge for Ror eel a hy co Ladies ‘aapnaneay invited. ee aes _ SEATS FREE. : ye ASA limited , means, desire to For themselves and fomilics. 4 i EVERYTHING FOR CASH? cE ey reécived orders from { B. W. REAGAN, TO CLOSE ALL BOOK ACCOUNTS By THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, . Notice is, hereby given that Goods will be sold after that time STRICTLY FOR CASH, And 110 deviation will be made in amy case whatever. this date, will be-sold so low that . everybody can see’ the GREAT SAVING That can be made by buying for cash. ' We herewith ‘append a few art.cles and prices of goods that we are now selling for coin: PRICE LIST, Subject to Daily Correction. Crushed Sugar---7 1-2 lbs $1. Brown Sugar---10 Ibs $1. Green Coffee---5 lbs $1. Rice---14 Ibs $1. 4} Beans---20 lbs $1. . C. 0. Soap---5 bars 25 cts. ‘Oysters---7 cans $1. Honey---10 Ibs $1. Kerosene Oil---per gal, 35 cts. Fairbanks’ Lard-—-i3 1-2 cts per pound, Bacon---18 1-2 cts per pound. Winslow’s Corn---5 cans $1. ~ Dingley’s Coffee---40 cents. Coffee---3 Ib tins, best Java, 75 cents. $2 25 per 100 lbs. Best. Salt. Lake Potatoes---$2 25 per 100 lbs. Roll Butter---30 cts per Ib. Firkin Butter---from 15 to 27 ets per Ib. Candles~-10 for 26 cts. 25 cents. Good Green Tea---35 cts per lb. ees Breakfast Tea---50 cts per Ib. Pearl Barley---3 Ibs 25 cts. Best Brands of Tobacco---65 cts per lb. + Best Codfish--8 cents per lb. And Everything Else in the Same Proportion. those YOU ARE NOW PAYING under the credit system and see if it is not-a-great object to pay Cash: Under the old system good cus losses of bad ones. WAWE TAKE THAT PER CENTAGE OFF. Call and see-for Yourselves. B. W. REAGAN, ‘. Samuel M. Shurtleff, Agent. Nevada, Nov. 24, 1878. : OUR RESTAURANT. ‘COMMERCIAL STREET, 9 » Opposite Traxechirt Bic. saan tani Uh een coe Say tt you want & good Meal g° to “OUR REETANEANS.”. “ARCHIE NIVENS, ie, —DEALBR, IxChoice Brands of Forcign s¢ >, ” _ « BD the ot Sq _ A= THE BEST MANUFACTURED Smoking : Chewing Tobacco No More Book Accounts, ss All goods in our line, on and after Best Cuffee Cove Potatoes---. Washing Powder--3 papers 27 Compare these PRICE with” tomers are compelled to make up for’ » great fire o aad morn passed through’ Ay to the Bay. Bishop O’Con will. administer € “firmation in the _this city next Su Rev. Dr. Co Thanksgiving 8¢ Church next St garvices will be ” J. A. Seeley from this city % _ morning in the: one hour and nil The eight Ch ~ were selitenced yesterday have their winter qu The latter pa 30 feet: of the Flume broke 4 the residence ¢ Frank Aum yesterday wi Thanksgiving They were fri . county. General W Land Office, . by A. B. through this way to the V Archie Bor win passed th morning, beir . Bay from the had been to it “da mine. Rarus, the world? Sweet cer, and Ade pounds and 1 _size living, % race track W A drove o! xiving mark city yester bins’ ranch west of this bled up” on azens. -D. A. Ew W. F. En; tiave both . tion of the ‘ these colum lations are tion, but ec: at this offic The door “bothered ec of graceless all sorts of into the lec to be stat nights and of the-yout Fred. § point near was going alay morni manded hi Senner cal the struck face, wher away as fz ADY The fol “maining i 1878. FP these lett tised”: teni Edwards Heber Rs . Kitts Mr Lambert Merrow . ] ‘Moore H Shulte M Wyllie J a