Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-11-25
RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, Sc

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crfcld bl of California, for COPY Of his inefes!ns
Dissertation on the RESOURCES and pnlicy u California n'nc
rail- agricultural and comnec'a-a handsome pamphlet O
ST o,ues printed AT Bencia lis publication was called lo!
nv an aDpea of number highly intelligent citizens oil oaH
Francisco including Robert Grernhnw, Bernard Peylpn'J
c. j. Fremont, s. F. Blunt, j. BIair, De- The oooA i
we'll written ard full Of valuable information; embracing '
subject of surface and vein-ning tie climate agriculture
and uture desny of California which the writer seems tt
regard in favorable aspect we regret that we nave
room only for few passages: in which the writer DEVELOPS
hie an for the disposal Of the mineral lands, as follows
n the mineral region Of California be successfully re-
na,cd by federal legislation all il is then respectfully
n"aeslcd that it may done by laying oft Inc entire Ie
on rot subject superior grants IN regular sections
nor nj these for sale as hal be UnoccpieG at the ttnle @
,uy; To citizens If the United States "f shch persons
rs s.I have Declared their Intention 10 oecoe soS a.
uni,Gri!i, fixed, and very ltw price. -,
sections us are under actual occupation could be &C
1ui- Il untcc I warrant in nsoT ul al me o:ru|Ah'S,
hnv s,r III ID take such ltiletne final ana %riisiE
uhl to such Of them Tone or mnrel IS snail ac'uai
remain latest possessiunt moving OIL icfe"y s'
n,ng their claim and being iGtrty OF course u !"ta
=, entirely unucru.ui section elsewhere Ills aoaicoh
nent cf crowded ocaiss would are quite certain tax
place, very great extent for permanent thd'
y;det right elsewhere.
n efficient barrier Ia monopoly could be erected by con
i;nn al actual settlement and constant occupa0n anu re
crsiou the government Sotr, OF all sertlohs fe"ah
ny rn,ccIpcd ~ any time alter purchase Tor term
B
nay. tlam ion the tlrnr ~ anv one iHaivi
,taI The settler should be stca:rd however, IN tie "h
~ Surrender his Il, any IND tax" nus Wi:ih
or new sccIn upon the raymrnt If sufficient c.ica zee
;urrci2 tie cGnsc Incident G;1n I''e nai''c
a THIS woud project him against any i"r"t i''s ''i'
.ar II his lime .iI improvements On ca'c M H''''
n Ike i;ii5 Cgt.Gn) ,rt ""u1 ~ = %'e,' addi
..nt t..:cr..ci .;tIcl,eut. Oi' details "1n Sag
ssi themselves in h@ in c.s !iij. Of s!ic'! pin 81"
~ ;'' !!y,lani h@:G - " more 10 III ~ "h'i'e .
The great "nf7: al "it:r protest. asti'-t 7''e " ne
arpG:Jn u, iIc interest of ~: 'in r IN M rs
r." ruicry alans auHopu!y. AMI undue I'D zee !. cap
IL. aad ureGu+i Distribution u v!Ge Is al '-@"i',"ri'd
d !il- JUS, t1ciOt application - The subject. 1t Is "
ic!uuS System Of s:, only tai the great ou'h % !'
ii ring popuaiiuu, and sue" a. may DC ii!cl 1" u
hccIlrr secn.rd against this very tv! .! i'."f"y
liz, n-csent want of 7ic, system is already building Vi
exirns:vc nonop"s. How macy cases tave i'trc been
uuiing the last twelve months ol individuals ~ The oiiS
of rw ,hls.pi l.arS aud with the aid I" names la'in2
real. interest 10 tn: business texccp; der cIcl waers
cluung ho!ug and utIvrng far sale in In: market, "nt
lines (lncs in rngth erch bona ie individual cld!Ian
upon the Quartz veins Of the region!
Neither does the plan, proposed Involve The General!
odcls purpose OF removing present n'cunants case
Of very uoauposs where one Individual claims more
han the legal section; and hcre is NJ necessity or crer
, ng @Ith other present occupants.
rhc Guild Mining region comprises according 70 various
stnq les from five twenty millions III acres The low
list estimate quite abundant aud perhaps nearest 10 me
ruth Of this quite safe 10 assume that u were
laid off, this Gay into sections of ten acres cac nn one
ecton twenty would be found to be under operation Or
orally crowded in large numbers, within marrow uits-a
ilc square frequently comprising eent ol sevcra
undFed And OF those 500 900 sections of Ten acres EACH
hch such division would WELD, mportan proportion
those occupied, would present sufficient Induce
ens either in minerals wood water powell or arabic
ST., tempt the settlement Of miners upon them tundrr
security of undsu!bcd rgh) in preference to their present
wched, rambling, and scrambng mode OF living ana
wcking.
nv conjecture Of the extent of immediate settlement un-
desnch an arrangement must be very vague. There is
fcls
d. perhaps one-lhd Of the population In the mines
: pos bly, more.
Milling definite has been yet venured as TO the price 10
be fed these lands. No suggestion here would be likely
to hye any influence in its final adjustment 1t Is mani
fest owever that the facility Of carrying OUT such system
or system, will BE- inverse proportion TO the COST OF IL
10 IN mining population \ merely nominal assessment
wou insure ls beyond hazard and without dstr-
banctan exorbtan demand would beget uncomproInsng
and irincibc opposition to it,
II s,ud be borne in mind that these mineral lands are
ireaty the fairy region which was sketched In the
gowrrisons Of the first emisran,s who came 10 gamer
the gil ring fruit without labor Taken together, (and they
must 30 takcn they merely present Literally rfnincra-
ting fc for industrynothng And the quartz veins
licensees really present fair basis for exravagant as
sessmer of abs,rac, value Whatever intrinsic value they
may poss, only be proved by the investment OF capt.
tai and le application Of labor at more or less hazard OF
oss-a azard which, If fairly represented in dollars and
cents void go very far 10 set oil any reasonable valuation
Of unprced mineral lands.
On tGihcr hand il be considered, in view OF any
merely nnna price that the exposure incident upon sur
vey and smarcation in small sections of such region as
this u.s. Ebe enormous 1t is doubted whether the ordna-
ry minmn price Of government lands would meet the en-
tire cxpene survey and SALE Of the mineral lands IN Ca
liiornia, dlfded into sections.
vaIuaon Of twenty dollars would bring the cost
the OF nl precisely the cost
of CHARITIES 100 OF agricultural land Ut ih:
minimum ric. OF dollar and twenty-five cents equal III
both TWO hundred dollars.
Perhaps his coincidence may furnish suggestion al
Last, OF ir valuation
MANASSAS GAP AND PADDYTowN RAILROAD.
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