New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-26

there AZ. e,ers tar spTDgs sid the throws up b,
mentor leagues Hiong the coast Ia re same Coan.y
i!ere Is at suphur spTlng, with Temperature Of lOO
cecr.ss Falretheit In SClAno County, AID near %
BIiris there several large coda springs abou,
plersGp ter persturc hing while san LUIS Otis
D. CoUIly neTe sre numerous btIulinOus and sulphur
frIncP sUJpOo ty tbensdves % hsTe very peculiar
dicins qualities. 30 in Is Angelo County there i hut
sIrne Seu Bernsdino he Mormon es'ate) numerous
lit u rncf h III zhich the o. the inhabitants
futI led, and spr ng the tOwn Of Los Angslos.
covering about acre. from which pitch OF asphsl
bo.ls up, and which used for the roof of houses.
But tie gTesrest natural curiosity perhaps the world
are the Spin or sers 10 Nspa County
The ioloSiDg IL the sccoantO Of them in the
turns
The Hot Sulphur Sprncs Tor seysers) in the noun-
tapF about seventy miles above NsPs City uortherly
decon of the curiorfes OF the Globe They
ron foot 70 eight or nine feet IN diameter and con-
stanfy n BOXING safe ~eteI sponr'g 70 the hisht OF
fifteen feet Hundreds of hssures in the ,ides the
mountain emit currents Of heated makils low
stesrer,
These rerurrs however of peculiar interest sofar
as they relate 10 the mineral resources OF California
In almost every country in the State rare and valuable
minerals are found. In Butte County for example
there found psiiDa and IRON lead almost in pure
state Quicksilver in abundance and silver in small guam
ti:ies. Rich quartz veins and placer gold mines in
vsrons portions Of the county. 10 Calayeras County
are Of the richest god mines in the STATE In Kh
maih County gold Is found in abundance Ia Los Anse
os County gold in small quantities has been discovered
In Marion County though not what Is termed " min
ing county, gold bearing quartz, placer gold silver
and copper ores found while cinnahsr, yielding ~
per cent OF quicksilver aphaltun marble and granite
abundant In MaripOsa County many rich gold
MINIS Six quartz mills are in operation and FIVE hun
dred and ny two qusrtz veins have been legally
located The census returns for this county state
follows:
Immense depos Of gold known 70 exist in the beds of
the sen Joaqu and MAIcedt Rivers and other stream
which can ony he obtained BY heavy expenfre of cpi
tel and absr. Minerals ofevey kind found The extent
exter ding Indefinitely back into unexpored regions
in small quaint ies. In Napa County Is quicksilver
mine supposed To be very rich In Nevada County
numerous gold mines OF peculiar richness. There
in thst County thirty three quart mills in operation
employing cepits of over So 10000 while over $500.
COO Is employed in the Placer mines In Placer County
also very rich gold mines, employing capital OF
Sl427.J67, while about the amount mas been in
vested in fumes" and canals TO convey water 70 the
"dicengsr la Sacramento County are come rich gold
mines employing capital OF several hundred ID ousnnd
dollars In San Joaquin County gold ia also found,
though not in large quantities. 10 San Luis obispo
County rich mines Of silver said to exit and a coal
mine ha recently been discovered. In Santa Clara
County inexhsustibe quicksilver mines The cele-
braied "Ameden Mines" are in this County. In Shasta
County gold is also found large quantities. and this
head The census returns say
MISEs-Very numerous Not a river. creek gulch or
rAyiue that does not contain gold.
There are also nths County numerous salt springs,
and which the returns cay would supply the whole State
with salt Sierra County also abounds with gold and en-
ploys very large capital in mining operations. Gold is
also found abundantly in Siskiyou County, and the
mines are extensively worked The same remark will
apply TO Trinity County, and also TO Tuoumne County.
luba County is OF the richest of the mining Coun.
tes and employs in quartz mining, sl20 in placer
mining, s7l09OO and in river mniag, 9, 6S7, $50
From FL Dorado County there but il is
the most popuous and by far the richest of all the min
ing Counties. presume it employs double much
capital in mining operations any other County in the
State From these data just opinion may be formed of
the value and extent of the mineral wealth OF California
and such facts AZ these will disspate the fears enter
tanned By some that the gold mines nearly worked
out"
As the season for emigration has arrived we may an
tcipee renewal OF the scenes OF sickness, suffering,
and death which al ways witnessed this dur
ing the rush OF the spring and summer travel Indeed
may say these sad scenes have areaiy been renewed
the Tennessee, on her last voyage from Panama had
about twenty deaths on board in less than many
days The pesiiential climate OF the sthmus the crowd
ing together of the steamers the fatgues and
exposures of so long voyage the change OF climate and
of diet and the of exercise ship board
but produce a vast amount of suffering, disease and
death In view of these things and of the napprecable
value of California TO the Union, cannot but feel pro-
found surprfe at the apahetic indifference which Con-
gress has evinced the subec OF increased facilities of
intercomInunication between this and the Atlantic coast
nobler enterprise has been presented for the
consder ration OF great nation. IL we cannot have
Railroad for humanifys sake for the sake Of
tional honor and fame let the Tehuanepec route by
some means, be speedily opened il this eanRO. be
done, let the Government at establish line of
steamers from NewOrleans TO Vera Cruz, and in
some manner provide a safe transit across Mex
leo, that travellers may avoid the deadly pest
lence of the lsthmus and the crowded steamers on
such protracted voyages. The present state of
affairs is a disgrace to the Government and if
our Congressman were only here on the arrival OF a
steamer and would observe the pale hsggard faces the
emaciated forms they totter carried from the
vessel only perhaps die in strange land they would
realize probably the importance ofspeedy action the
subject J.B. c.