New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-18

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s-s " - caazn-s s.s. hossvsr az > 8 eats -
acre-
This ia TIE principles sale in parcels Of two
ster valuation hxed-of these gold washugs for
gold. presume. q only intended although the com
preheus.ve word usaeral 10 uset-s word which com
prehents al the common snd useful and metals,
coal medicinal waters, iron copper. lead IN. Jncsr
this t not merely the dvsshngs, but al the com
mon and useful metals. may De locked up from public
Use until valued by mnersogist and then sold in IN o.
acre ots The provision 10 evidently intended Tor gold
bat the word mineral includes al ores al metals al
natural substances capable Of chemical attraction IL Is
looseness sni cOmprehcnsiveness OF language not
o. - tolerated IN Az. But consider . "a Intended
AS confined % these gold WAshings-snd how unvise
the ides Of selling them, and in two sores and upon
valuation As vsshiuss they sre brief and transient
exhausted 10 few months years The gold IN these
vsshings q temporary crops temporary IS crop
Of grass or harvest OF zcorns and who would think
OF selling the iee-snpie where only crop % De
gathered A mine IL one thing wash q another
Mining requires great cspitsl-s fee simple estate
sud large tract OF land-snd is worked tor age or
centuries After these vashngs are exhausted. mining
may follow and that is the time % sell the fse-smpc
but not in patches OF two scres To the washer two
= hundred times too much TO the miner u IS
thousand tmes too little Il suits nobody and goes
upon wrong principle. L goes upon the principle
that every 8 alike and that the value can be
told by looking a. H. No such thing The value can
only be told BY digging, snd many two acres vii con
tain gold and many patches OF twenty or thirty feet
square will contain rich deposit The object q 20
ind H. and ths, is 70 be done by hunting-by going
from place 10 anotneroy trying many places. For
this purpose II Is not iee-simpes in that
wanted but permits to hunt and protection in the dis
covery when deposit Is found This Is the only
rational mode OF working these gold washes 10 Is the
mode followed In al countries where they exist
These vsshings called In Spanish placer from the
Latin pacTs toYlease because Il is pleasing thing
70 find the shining gold under ones feet But 10
Transient pleasure. There is no fee-simpe In Il there
Is no. even life estate Il not esse for year.
month a week. day. The pleasure Is soon gone.
Exhausted ul1csrs exist in New Mexico, formerly
yielding much now some twenty I'VE or n'ty cents
day and only pursued by the poorest MeNicans Regu-
lar mining has followed there, snd IL now yielding coz
siderable quantities. These wsshings OF California are
marve.ously rich for have 70 believe what IL GER
rhed 10 US by many witnesses but they are not the
richest that ever were seen. Far from H. Those Of
Brazil In the mountains back OF Rio Janeiro, IN the
time Of Lord Ansons voyage say 100 years ago were
far richer and yet they have been exhausted so long
that all memory OF them IL lost and their history only
lives In old books Two millions s,erling->lOUoOUvO
were annually cent 10 Europe, for years from these
vashngs They were worked by slaves, who, % So.
cure their hdeiiy and industry were usually allowed
by their all the proceeds OF the day above
given amount and in that way many slaves became
rich purchased their freedom and then bought slaves
Of their own lived in splendOr and opulence and laid
the foundai on of families Yet these washings are
hsusied time out of mind and 50 will be those OF Cali
fornis and the sooner the better
am friend % a gold currency, but not 20 gold min
ing That 4, pursuit which the experience of nations
shows to be both impoveri.hing and demorsizing 20
nation regret that we have these mines in California
bu, they there and am for getting nd OF them as
soon a. possible Make the working As free as posi-
hle Instead of boarding, and holding them up, and
selling in ddblets lay them open industry and enter
prise Lay them open % natural csptsl-to lsoor--to
the man that has stout arms and willing heart tive
him fair chance. Give all a tar chsnce rs no mat
ter who digs up the gold where Il goes The digger
will rot eat H. and il will 90 where Commerce will car.
~ IL The nations which have lndustry-which have
Agriculture Commerce and Msnuaciures-they will
get the gold provided always that they keep out small
psper money Not sales, but permits, 10 the proper
mode To follow and the only practical mode. People
are goiug 70 California dig. and dig they will wise
legislation would regulate not Illustrate, their enter
prise Permits would put them on the side o the law
Tor il would give them protection and security sales
and boarding would put them ia opposition u the law
and they would disregard IT, Sir this 10 case IN "nicn
the law giver must 90 with the current and then ne
may regulate IL II be against the current his law
will be nugstory. and mis- authority will be despsed-
The current Ia Tor hunting and finding and digging
permits follow this current and by granting them the
legislator may control and regulate them.
fyou want revenue. raise II from the permits
small sum for each-and upon the coinage. In that
way would be practicable 10 raise az much as ought
70 be raised But IL no object compared "a
the object Of putting the gold into circulation care
not who digs Il up. want il dug up want the lever
10 be- over I want the mining finished lie, all work
that will. Let them ravsge the earth-erurpste ana
exterminate the mines Then the sober industry Will
begin which ennobes and enriches nation WORK As
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indications cover more thar 1900 miles They are IN
New Mexco-on the waters Of the Middle Colorado
on the mountains both beyond and this side OF the
Sierra Nevada. Prof Dana who was Geoogistto capt
Wnkes's exploring expeditions, and who examined the
country the and the cascade range
of mountains found the gold bearing rocks, as geoo
gsts call them, on the Umpqus the Snasu' ana 'he
Klamath Rivers and a. the head OF tue -acrauento
Valley He did not visit the Sierra Nevada, but SAID
there was gold yet be discovered in the Sacramento
Valley. It has been discovered and no one can tell
where il Is 10 end. The Sierra Nevada Is oOo miles
long 10 600 or II coo feet high and has slope OF from
40 10 20 miles and all this 10 be- an auriierou'
region south Of the sierra Nevada are proonsation.
of the same chain and of the same character ana
known % possess gold In New Mexico tne gViu aiu
mineral zion il described large and various By the
learned and enterprisng Dr. Wislezenus, who was
making an exploration when the War with Mexico
broke out and whose work has been printed by order
of the senate. read an extract from him
The m1untsous p, Of Nv Ms,.o are vs reh % go.5 COP
per- ron and silver Goi seems 90 10 oaai 1 a arg ssa,
70 al The santa f@ south Of m d-she- o. lDo.
JOB mice, a. iaf a. Gnn a,fi - -. .oi il.' ~ =,
sargr- DE- CHRISTI Throughout '- ~n9s i-sn s
Ia. --a alaadsly ans b M poorer cii..r Of h-ian' e ~
nm ,a..i,-. = fh th- R.lirg metal of he mountain
streams. present The od anc new p5e, net santa re- hsr
~ arr sofs-i 10 - - 49,, s-v.S.l 81 YER
-. we're spanish sortsd a. Ave- a. tenosi and nlh-
Na1. -, b, 1900, liz srrr.o., Al Ia. II -ra. I.mas
@ Z. ,s-,, A. Nj. 81 heard 8f sut one copper ine
.ohed present -olh % tls p'-f' if,n i-1'sl -
m ssseai localities tl- Ration nountsn nssf u- 'as- %
place south of i- ptrf- &C.
Gg.srn common .-~rte oqut ny q1anie- 10 hst
~ ., -rtea.vs l.yers g. understood ~r the mountain.
r.aras Nort-, tlr N ITO
e.-tr.t-s ssrasn ls-f line or ~u-9 an ns
instead OF HnoF -tss Auoll iAf
rr1hsr 1l ,suts p, 90
, Ia ,be ss s.s--a tie 400 P-eo' are .om,
s4-u-ss alaaf from ~l al i- 't lnlf'.r y
.isI nsrro procured LtE- tifttn. sp I-r7
y-sr from the Dry season. ani f-tifn ~h a. l4
g transport They erchtag- g-lefay oae nas OF @i
e d of 90 t4i feA lT' l'7 s'-'
T annual protection gold he TOO ic-rs Gems p Fty
4 estimated ir1rl 5000 - st'
n other. % soo, and 10 after y-if' even " 90 T"
s-iaen pr aunuu
The Ura Mountains. now yielding so mucn zoid 70
Ru.sia are but 20 miles long and 5000 or 1900 feet
hira the uountain-chaus In New Mexico and Caiior.
ma which produce gold are near twice as long ana
twice as hish a. the Jrsl mountains Il al TINS 70 De
boarded by the Government-to be sold IN two acre
parhe,-to be guarded thing too precious tor the
oeople IL Il 10 be the Hesperian fruits guarded oy
drssonxi and II So where are the dragons 70 come
| from -,
/ am AGAINST the whole scheme Of boarding these
mines or endeav orng b conhne their product 70 nsr
own country. am not for serving NJ eredf upon u
am no, f0r trying 70 stop il from going ese~ mere
Lett 20 where IL will Ike water Il VIII ma lts evei
Letit 20 where il will Il will mad ~ way 70 indus
On. nation, who Danish ANAL paper money u We
want 70 stop the emigration OF gold We may Desin
nearer hore-begin with the ten or twelve mil0ns OF
cor exported this year from Newfork But Gil mat
i absurd Let il 90 IL will come back when We de
serve r. 4. -, ~,
These gold provisions Of the bill are ao' the work OF
the committee and the suth0rs Of them seem 70 %
fully aware Of the difficulty Of boarding their treasure