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Show Only Red Hot No Obuoslons 4jJ asses. San Francisco, 25. A Virginia i'i'y dispatch says: Tho reported let ter Irom a government official on the Pacific coast about tlio existence ol dangerous gaases in tho Comstock mineB has no foundation in tact. V. fc. Patton, assistant superintendent oj tho bonanza mines; Bays there are no gaases of any description generated tjy hot water iu the mines. The present system of ventilation by means it drills aud winzes works satisfactorily. satisfac-torily. The only difficulty experienced experi-enced is in the intense boat which prevails before Buch connections -are made; Tbe Sutro tunnel would not ibviato that difficulty in the weal. James G. Fair, superintendent of the .bonanza mines, conlirma PattouV : statement. |