Show n y TUP COMSTOCK iinn u JrcuC liimnnc III Ihc uluc of Itcul r l lcSonic of the I uck Ones Commenting on the recent revival in mining on time Comstock tho Virginia Chronicle says lOne silutar effect of tho recent oro developments is limo marked and rapid increase in the value set upon unproved real estate in this city To Illustrate this it is onlv necossar to cite ono instance County Treasurer elect Dunlop purchased tho brick building on South C street now occupied by linn as a I restaurant and lodging house less than ono year ago for 2000 last week tie was oflercd 0000 for the property Jdimcroui mlneip who heretofore paid rent for family dwellings acquired com fortablo homes for a small outlay during tho late depression In tho value of Comstock Com-stock Improved teal estate which at tho present ruling prices could not bo latin 1111 clused for four times whit they paid for it Itents have increased proportion ntoly and it is a s ife estimate that real estate in tho city has quadrupled aluo I during the past six months I Among the numerous Comstockers reputed re-puted to have already realized hand soinelv from their investments in mining I shares lire mentioned Col E D Dole Dr P M Conn Miles imlen Thomas Revnolds Charles Gregory Charles Cavanaugh Ca-vanaugh Public Administrator Heck Thos L Black rank Fielding and a score of others Tho abovementioned residents arc still heavy holders of shares in leading Comstock mines A miner employe in the Con Cal A Va is credited with holding 2000 shares of stock in that mine none of which stands him over 250 per share When interrogated as to why he did not icahze ho replied that ho was holding it for 100 a share Several men emplovcd in the mine have quit work through the addition to their bank accounts bv investments in stock local brokers refuse to take orders for the purchase of shares in mines outside of tho Comstock lode giving as a reason therefor that the demand for Comstocks is so great that brokers below say they cannot fill orders for outside shares in less than a week |