Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1878 — A Mine of Wealth. [ARTICLE]

A Mine of Wealth.

A Nevada newspaper says that it is but little over five years since the Big Bonanza mine was discovered, and that, in that time, not far from $100,000,000 of ore has been taken fiom it. The development of the Big Bonanza was gradual. No great noise attended its discovery, and some time had elapsed after that event before the mine was thought to be very rich. A few old heads had their private opinion on the subject, looked wise, but held their peace, so far as the public was concerned. The first miners struck small veins of ore, which gradually led up to the vast treasures that have since made the name Big Bonanza world-famous, a synonym for untold wealth, or rare good fortune of any kind. If the Big Bonanza had had very little in it, its opening would have been heralded far and wide; an office would h ive been opened in Pine street, and particular friends would have been taken in (in a double sense) on the ground floor. Mines seem to be like streams. Those that are deepest are quietest. It is the shallow ones alone which make so much noise.