New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-17
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In tne AeH ork san og the 10th inst. 1ya 65 fha
following letter from their Texas corresnondenf ta
purport Of which to say The least Il vaSg
nary. These mines, If the discoyery i III IT'D sdiT
age of fruitful brain, are Of unparalleled richness
and must be situated ID the neighhooraood n M
MessilIa Valley Purchase In regard Is The yeritv
Of the letter, the editors Of the Sun say Wa
have no reason to doubt our correspondents Te
racty" Then, again, they remark 9 We have
previously had intimations from sources likely 70
be welI-informed, that vast deposits Of mineral
wealth had been found to exist In the region indi
Gated in this letter. and we will wait with no litse
interest the publication of the official information sait
to be already in the possession Of the Government
IF such information has come to hand, it ought to bt
made public without delay wv a5sa2Stgfs45fs8
2 The whole thing wears queer look, and we vii
append the letter, merely wishing that some phiIan
thropic discoverer would send Us along medium
sized Z. silver mountain" as soon as convenient VIZ
suppose they are plenty over in G Arizona.r tys
Ii s# SAN AsToNIA, Texas, March 16, 1856.
| have arrived here broken down by a hard cam
pagn and rapid travelling, but will not delay to
give you the first fruits Of our explorations In the
Gadsden Purchase. s IL ~ $5i "a
We did not And the emerald region we went in
pursuit o., but we bought Of the Indians three small
diamonds in the rough which with the indications we
have obtained, might lead to something if we had
not decided TO aceepta grander object exploration
H. ne haue seen and examined The SILVER Noun.
TAINs OF ARIZONA, on the line Of 90 deg. They are
but short fifteen miles South Of Grays line for The
Southern Pacific Railroad and assure Won that fol
miles together the richest ores richer and more
abundant by far than those Of Potosi-lie heaped
up and piled hills upon hills, al if nature had
there poured out her treasure IN one grand over
I Wheiming mass. Ihave seen the best mines in Mexico
A but nothing that can compare with the SiIye,
Mountains This is what the Indians call them, al,t
they connect with them the supposition that Wfef
the white man shall build house on Arizona Che rel
race will be Tanquished forever. sRt
Nothing but strong band of two or three hundret
4 hardy and res0lute men, armed in;the best manner
and prepared to escort their silver under their rifles
can do anything. Yet no portion Of California q
v equal area, ia more valuable than the Silver Noun
tains3 a thousand million of dollars in silver ar
there for the taking. What is more this country ha
d many pleasant, fertile and Well-Wafered Valley
though in general, it just hill upon hill Of rich or
4 and very little else. ~ -ai5$
Another point consequence is that q good raiIwa
route-the best if not the only one to the Pacific
skirts along this silver region and makes naturs
continuation of the Southern Pacific route throgig
Texas, at which see they are now hard at worl
Astonishing as all this is, you will find every iota
il confirmed by official reports to Congress hefol
May is over; and, in fact, Emorys last surveys mu
tell the same story, for / know he has sure intel
gence of if his parties did not las believe the
did) actually explore the Silver Mountains. +