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Show TiieComstock Mints. The prospect pros-pect of the Comstock mines, in Storey county, Nevada, are promising. The Sutro Tunnel, which commences at a point in the Carbon River Valley, ISO feet above the level of the stream, will reach the lode at a distance of 21,000 ; feet from the point of commencement, t piercing it at a depth, of nearly 2,000 feet bdow the outcrop. This tunnel will afford the means of drainage to all the mines, and also a convenient access ac-cess for the conveyance of their ores to mills on the Carson river, thus materially mate-rially lessening the present cost of working. This will cnablo them to work oro of a very low grade, large bodies of which arc now neglected. Ex. |