The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1849-02-20

The current Is Tor luntiis, ana niIo'he. ano
digging; permits follow this current, and L,
granting them the legislator may CO llrol
and regulate them. a-
IL you want revenue, raise il from The per-
mits "a small sum for csch-and upon The
coinage. In that way it woIld be pracica-
ble 10 rails, as much as ough, TO be raised
But revenue is no object compared 10 The ob-
lice, Of putting the gold into circulation. !
care not who digs il m. wan, il dug ur.
want the fcserIio be over. want the
mining finished. Let all work that will
Let them ravage The oarll-cxlirpate and
cxierminaic the mires. Then the sober in
dnslry vi i'll begin WHICH ennoLles and enlich
es nation. Work as hard as we mpy, We
cannot finish :o'n., These gold indications
cover more Than 1000 miles. They are in
New Mox;cp--"n the waters Of The M.d...e
Col0rado-on the mountains both beyond
and on tlis side Of the Sierra Nevada. Pr (.
Dana, who was Geol"gis, 10 Capi. Wikrs'
exploring expeditions, and who examined
the country between the coast range and the
cascade range Of mountains, iuand the gold
bearing r cks, az gcol"gsis call them, on
the Umplua, the Shasli, and the Tiamaih ri.
vers, and al The head oflhe Sacramento Val.
Iley. lie did not visit the Sierra Nevada,
but said there was gold ye, to be discovered
in the Sacramento Vail y. |, has been dis
covered, and no one can tell whore il is TO
end. The. Sierra Nevada is Goo miles.
10 or l2,0C0 feet high, and has slape of
J a 4, loo all Al, 1
aurlfcrous region. South Of the Sierra NJ
yada arc prolongaiions Of the same chain.
and of the same character, and kn vii To
possess gold. In New Mexico the gold and
mineral rcg'onl is described as large aud yali-
Gus by the learned and. en- erprising DR..
Wislczenus, WHO was making an exploration
when the war wi Mex CO broke OUT, and
whose work has been pinted by order of the
Senate. ] read an extract from him:
"The mountainous parts Of New Mexico,
are very rich in gold, copper, iron, and some
silver. Gold seems to be found To large
extent in all mountains near Santa Fe, S, Il h
of il in distance of abou, 100 mics, as far
as Gran Quvira and north for about 100
miles, up to the river Sanare de Christo.- -
Throughout this whole region, gold dus, has
been abundsn,ly found by the poorer classes
of Mexicans, who occupy themselves will,
the washing of this metal out Of The mp,ln.
tain streams. AT present the old and new
placer near Santa lle, huve attracted MOS
attention, but moi only gold washes, bul
some gold mines tooarc worked there
They are, so far as my knowledge extends
the only gold mines worked now in Nra
Mexico. Several icb silver mines wrre ii
: Spanish times worked at Ayo, al Ccrrl!os
, and in the Narnbo mountains, b., none Al
present. Cnppcr is. found in abundance
throughout the country, but principally a,
! Las Tjeras, lemas, Abiquip, Gued, lupia
de Mora, &c. heard of but one coppc,
mine worked at present south ofthe pIacers
r Iron, though also abundan ly found, Is entire
, ly overlooked. Coal has been discovered
!, in different localities, as in the Ralun moun-
, tains near the village of Iemrz, soulh-wes'
of Santa Fe. in place south Of the placers,
&c. Gypsum. common and selenile, are
: found in large quantities in Mexico; mos,
. extensive layers of il, understood, exis in
r the mountains near AIgodoncs; Oh the Rio
, del Norte and in the nciehborhood of the
celebrated "Salinas." 1t is used as com
, mon lime for whi,e-washng. and tile Guys
o talne or sccniie iustead oi window glass -
!. About four days traveIl Ing, probably l0(
y mes] son;h-soul!-east of Santa Fc, on the
= high liable land betwt Ell the Rio d | Nortt
= and Pecos, are some extensive salt lakes
= OF ''salinas," from which all the salt [murial,
of soda used in NV Mexico is wocur d
. Large caravans 90 there every year iron
Santa Fe in The dIy season: and return
n with as much as they can 'ranspnr. The,
e exchange, gene rally, one bnsl,el,i sal, 10
one of Indian Corn, or sell ii for one all,
,. even two dollars u busllc'.
e "The annual production of gold in :h'
l. two plaCcrs seems to vary considerably. 1T
= some years il was estimated from $50 .O0l
i. to $4,000 in others from $50 COO 10 $50,
u 600, aud in latter years even as high a
: $250,000 per annum."
: The Ural monntains, how yielding s,
! much gold TO Russia, are but 1000 mill,
Il long, and 5000 or 5000 feet Ingh; ,h
Il mountain chains in New Mexico and CalfoI
/, MIA, which produce gold, are near tw wce a
ir long and twice as high as the Ural Noun
! tains Is all this TO be hoarded by the Go
!. vernmen,--,o he sold in two acre patches
o TO be guarded as thing too precious for I'll,
S people! Is it to be the liesperian fruit,
l. guarded by dragons? and il so, where ar,
y the dragons to come froln?
y am against The whole scheme of hoard
5, ing these mines, or endeavoring to olfn
:, their product 10 their own country. ! an
e not for serving nc rrent upon H. ! an
mi E,r iruinn IN stnn il frnln nninn else re-