History of Nevada; . money raised to carryon the work, but tho clouds, though bright, had nosilver lining. Men who had good mines did not know how tomanipulate them but were to some extent at themercy of any pretender to the art of mining or valu-able methods of reducing refractory ores. Valuablemills which should save half of the expense of reduc-tion were sold in great numbers to the unsophisti-cated miners. The result, however, of so many experiments andmistakes was the adoption of tho best system of min-ing tho world ever saw. While the world was plan-ning how deep mining could be carried
History of Nevada; . money raised to carryon the work, but tho clouds, though bright, had nosilver lining. Men who had good mines did not know how tomanipulate them but were to some extent at themercy of any pretender to the art of mining or valu-able methods of reducing refractory ores. Valuablemills which should save half of the expense of reduc-tion were sold in great numbers to the unsophisti-cated miners. The result, however, of so many experiments andmistakes was the adoption of tho best system of min-ing tho world ever saw. While the world was plan-ning how deep mining could be carried on, the minersof Nevada had solved it with air compressor drills,diamond augers and powerful hoisting Sutro, backed by European cajutal, started totunnel the mines at a depth of 1,000 foot, accordingto the best methods of mining known to them, theminers with their modern machinery beat him in thorace, getting below the range of the tunnel longbefore he made the connection. HISTORY OF STOREY COUNTY. 587. PHOTO By NOE A. LCE. VlflOINIA, NCV /. E. James Is a native of Ohio, and was born in Marion tounty,January 6, 1830. The first twenty years of his lifewere passed in his native Slate. lie received athorough education at Granville College, and studiedcivil engineering, a profession in which he has gaineda name throughout the Pacific Coast, ilis firstsituation as an engineer was with the Bellefontaineand Indiana Kailroad Company, where ho wasemployed two years. In 1833 he came to Californiaby the Nicaragua route, reaching San Francisco inthe month of January-, and settled in Downieviile,Sierra County,* where he followed his profession andwas elected County Surveyor of Sierra County. InMay, IStjO, Mr. James crossed the mountains toNevada, settling at Virginia Cit^-, making the Corn-stock his headijuarters, as a mining surveyor, until1878. Duringthis time he was chosen Chief Kngineerof the Virginia and Truckee Jlailroad, which roadwas built under his supervision in 187
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