History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . tlio Ccimstock lode received exactlythe service iifidcd tor its coiiijilete development. Xt)rwas it the fertile American hrain which achieved thetriumj)!! over an ol)stacle that threatened to be insur-niounUii)le, hut the sturdier (Jerman intellect Othersugj^estions uf Deidesheimers were afterward adopted,with tjjreat profit, regarding the kind of machinery tobe used.. PlA.N of CKlllBINO. ••DcideHheimers device was particularly adapted to the extraction of theore iKxlieii of the ConiHtook, aii<l would have obviated tlie ditliculty encoun
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History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . tlio Ccimstock lode received exactlythe service iifidcd tor its coiiijilete development. Xt)rwas it the fertile American hrain which achieved thetriumj)!! over an ol)stacle that threatened to be insur-niounUii)le, hut the sturdier (Jerman intellect Othersugj^estions uf Deidesheimers were afterward adopted, with tjjreat profit, regarding the kind of machinery tobe used.. PlA.N of CKlllBINO. ••DcideHheimers device was particularly adapted to the extraction of theore iKxlieii of the ConiHtook, aii<l would have obviated tlie ditliculty encoun-tered in tlic early dcvclopincnt had it Iteen applied. Wrifjht ilescrihes tiieformer method oh follnw.i: * Tlit- only HUpp<^*rtti u.sed in the mines were roundlogH cut on tlic surroundiuj liills. These logs were from !() to .i) feet inlength; when of the lattc-r length, they were manufactured, that is, werema<lc of two logs spliced and luld together hy means of iron holts and hands.Owing to tiic stunted character of tlie pines and cedars found in the neighlwir-h»U and caps were place<l aN close Uigether as they could Iwma<le to sUn.l, hut they wouhl not hold un the ground when it hegan to?lack an.l swell from exposure t