CHAPTER LXV.

AGGREGATED WEALTH.

A Fortune in one Foot—Future Prospects—What Yet Remains—Undiscovered Bonanza—Figures before Facts—Facts After Figures—Distribution of the Wealth—Its Influence. 487

CONCERNING VENTILATION.

Too hot for Comfort—Blowers—Down Deep—The Sutro Tunnel. 496

BELOW THE WATER-DEPOSITS.

Deeper than a Well—Bottom Dropped Out—Creeping Propensities—A Skull Discovered—An Unlucky Slip. 501

SOME INTERESTING CREATURES.

Carson City—Lizards and Scorpions—A Pleasing Insect—A Wicked way of Laying Eggs—Another Agreeable Insect. 509