Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-12-27

r III appears That The wealth OF California
consists not,aione in its rich mines of gold.
7 The Washington Union, under the head
of'salore riches from California, !" says
s. s"Among the specimens of the mineral
wealth Of California which were brought
Ito, Washington on Thursday by Lieet.
Loeser. were some grains fofatnetal slppos-
Led to be platina, enc Of the hearisst ofmet-
ais, and, also, q rich specimen of ,cinnabar,
or the oar Of quicksilver; lvery heavy
They are Transmitted to the mint, with the
essals alsos TO be submitted TO
teasal isis esaaae sussk sl
yer mIne Of California may rfovssa -fifrsFe
valuable than its placers of gold The high
price Of quicksilver, so important a mate
rial for extracting gold from its combina
tions, has hitherto prevented the working
Of many of the mines. Should this treas
ure continue to be MS nbuncant as it prom.
ises to do, and as this specimen of cinnabal
indicates, the quicksilver mines Of Califor.
mia will probably prove the richest in the
world" z.l.-..
In regard to the genuineness of the Cal
ifornin gold the New York Tribune says
"a very intelligent officer Of the Navy
who has been recently over the entire goc
region Of California, for the purpose of ex.
amining the matter thoroughly, stated To-
day, that by the month Of March we shall
be receiving from California three millions
per months in gold. This officer himself
has considerable quantity of the gold
which has reached New Orleans and other
large amounts he knows to be on the way
The Mazatlan correspondent Of Messrs.
Rowland & Aspinwall, writes that $l00,
900 worth Of gold has been received there
which has been assayed and proved to be
% to 23a carats fine, which is as near as
may be pure gold, too pure for coming OF
mechanical purposes. This fact sets al
rest the doubts about the genuineness of the
metal.
The specimens Of gold sent by the Wai
Department to The Mint at Phladel phia,
are pronounced to be ''genui !" An assay
Of California gold, made in New York,
proved it to be 2I1 carats fne."
The accounts Of the immense quantities
of gold found in California, have caused q
vast number of cases of yelloaU yferer in
the States, and companies are being form
ed in many Of the principal cities of the
Union, to start Immediately for that coun-
try to make their fortunes in her rich mines.
The Cincinnati Enquiries, in locking al
this new Ell Dorado, closes an article with
the following sensible remarks: ".
"W might tremble for our country, in
view Of the mineral wealth which il is like
ly to acquire so differently from the Di-
vine ordination making it the product of
the sweat OF the brow, if we did not regard
the rough and sturdy and energetic Anglo
American character as superior to the al
luremenls and the vices of wealth we have
named. Ii is character OF too much
sternness and solidity, and too proud of the
virtues it has won over the wilderness, and
by means ofsteam, lightning and freedom,
10 succunb and sink into decentralization
from any cause. Rich rs the mines Of
California may be, the farmer of Ohio,
with his plough, the mechanic of Cincin-
nuti with his jack k-plane, are mining more
surely, and in less troublesome and toll
some way, than the the runaway sailors
or any Of the gold-hunting adventures up
on our Pacific Coast, since they are pro-
ducing that which must command this gold,
and the more of it the more plentiful the
precious metals may become. Yes INDUS
TRY is the true alchemy-,he only Philos-
opher's Stone that avails anything,-as ii
is, indeed, the source Of all wealth and
power among any people.