The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1850-05-09


. ulatioa--,ts agricultural ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and
production OF the mineral rrgion-thc COM
mcrce and navigation of taliiuruia-thr lcgis-
/ laiion necessary Tor the tcrritorv-and especial
+ ly In regard to the disposition of the gold bear
{ me- lands belonging to the United States
/ The population Of the country Is now about
one hundred and twenty thousand. An Access
/ sion To the population by immigration, during
the year beginning At the next dry season--ou
/ the first ot Mays estimated At two hundred
/ thousand
The agricultural capacities Of the State are
/ ya.tIv greater than has been heretofore repre-
| srntrd Thpf, j. a vast extent of pasture
lands. unsurpassed any where IN the world, IN
,,rdurc and richness The wild oats grow ,pon-
tancously all over the plains, yielding an annual
/ ere, at the rate Of forty bushels per acre. Any
number Of cattle and sheep may be raised.
/ Two hundred thousand cattle must be brought
into the country during the next two years.
The cattle were formerly killed for their hides
which WAS the chict artrle OF expert; and they
were worth but four dollars ? mead but nov
( they are worth twSnty or I'll yty dollars head.
California Is especially adapted 10 Mool-sf"N 2
I ing gentleman was about 10 import about
ten thousand sheep from Mexico, With view
90 20 INTO that business The future value oi
the vineyards is represented rs being very
great.
A. 10 the commerce OF the country, he esti-
mates the value of Imports needed IN 'alior-
mia from the Atlantic States, for the next year,
at four millions Of dollars in Hour, SIX millions
in lumber, and two millions in other articles.
As to the article of lumber, its price Is now
s75 per thousand and cannot be lower because
/ 1t is below the cost OF labor necessary for cut
.tttft ia ali
be carried to California Tor S3l q thousand ,
and >appusing it 10 cost $40 here, il vii CON
tinue tv pay.
The gold region is described ~ extending
five or sly hundred miles from the South 10 the
North, and from forty TO sixty miles IA width,
from the East to the West. 1t rises gradually
IN an inclined PLAIN, from the Sacramento VAL
lry, to the elevation of 1000 .cct at what are
called the Foot Hills Between these bills aud
the Sierra Nevada, number of streams have
their source and take their COURSE through the
Foot Hills, westward Mr. King examined II
Of these rivers, and found them all very rich IA
gold The territory ON the North i very rich N
gold; and the conclusion is inevitable. irela all
The facts, that the whole quartz plain, containing
+ three thousand square miles, Is full OF gold bed
dcd in the quartz, and some Of which, d.slnteg-
D.. rated from the quartz by the torrents, may be-
/ found in dus, and Jumps in the beds Of the
streams.
/ The whole number Of foreigners in the re-
4 gion who are gold hunters, is fifteen thousand.
/ There have been but segen thousand American
| gold hunters, The Chllians and the Souoru
4 people came in crowds, and have carried oil
/ twenty five millions. The Americans have pro-
cured fifteen millions, The Chlians arr expert
/ diggers.
9
/ The amount of gold already procured is forty
millions. But forty millions more viii be- pro-
cured during the coming dry sc,son--say trem
/ May TIL November
The regular mining operations in the solid
/ quartz rock will soon begin, and can be- coutin.
ued through the wet as well as the dry season.
Mr. King estimates the amount Of gold which
viii be procured. from the LIST OF Nav, 1891, till
the | 81 of November, S54, at o,p hundred NIL
i,uas
In relation to the disposal of the gold.lands,
he says
The first step in my opinion, should be To re-
serve the entire region, where gold is found
from the operation of the presumption laws, and
from sale, that it NAV be now REGARDED as
the common TREASURE of the American people
and hereafter as a rich inheritance 10 their pos
ieriy Then provide for the appointment Of q
Commissioner Of the mines, and sufficient
number of assistant commissioners to carry the
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