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more Of the Geld Region.


fbe uccOun.s from The Western Kansas
eoa regions continue 10 be favorable
The returned miners and Explorer ali
bring favorable accounts ard 40 immense
Iush for The mines may Be SET down y Ger.
tNin next spriag. Parties have arrived
from the mines At the most prominent Of
tie Kabsas towns, all elaled with them
success aud their prospects, and deiermiu1
ed to return in the spring. The gold \
scattered over a iafgs area ofeouniry. e
Two towns have already been started
in the gold region, called Monlaua and
st. Charles. Montana Is situitsd On tie
Plate River, ard 8 charles at Che juno
4ion u Cherry Creek and Platte Riyer.-
A number Of ST 'els are farming, and ex>
tensYs settlements viii soon be made
Tie country |. very healthy, and abonnds
in an kinds SC mineials-gold, coal, iron,
lead, &c. Itsptedieted that when deyel-
cped the country VIII prove enc Of the
weathiest aud most productive Of dis.
uicts. From all accounts it,really appears
as ifthe dream Of De Soto i al last TO be
realized in the cold fields Of tbe far West,
and the Missouri Democrat thus Ieyea in
The anticipated riches:
Flom researches so far made, from geo
logical evidences, from traditionary stories.
aud remains offs former civilization, We
have no rea.on to doubt the auriferous
character Of the whole central elevation 81
the continent. Ike Sierra San Juan is
known to contain greater variety Of pre-,
cioas stones, minerals, eats aud eafths
than any Of the Sierras of lhe interior.--
The partial exploration OF It's treasurer pre-.
pares us to hear of developemcnts among
It's gulches unsurpassed in the world, a
recent lecture upon physical geography
delivered by ageuthemau better informed
ofthe resources Of that region than any
other in America, assumes thst god vii
be found in solid mass, just as iron
found ct the Eilot Knob or ShepparC
MouBtAin. And We see no reason 4
doubt IL, but every reason TO belisye it.--
SdEl less thonld NO 10 surprised to not
discoveries of the garnet, the topaz, th
amethyst, the emerald and the damon
mere abundant than those of the gref
Neutrality-suspicious. of Europe and Asls.--
IuArizonia lhe silver mines have alread
attracted alargs attention, and beeon
the oI jeet Oflarger quest, and this is also
pant Of the same remarkable fornnatlon-'
formation embracing an area Of ten de
gres of latitude BY siA of longitude. Her
therefore, is a field ripe with the harvest
aud ready fot the gathering. Who aha
number all its trensuresP How shall "
uksan inventory Of all its wealth? An
with the opening new yesr, when the graz
is green, and BatuIe, assuming there he
garmeat of1ea lovelibess, shall invite
lhetxporaion, what scene Of adventuI
Gus industry will be witnessed in that no'
silent Territory. More than twenty thou
sand men will be toiliDg, digging, search
ing through every nook, Of that great 70
csnic secliou--climbmg the mountain
penetrating the valley, turning th
streams. breaking the ROCKS, burrowin
the earth, polishing the stones smeltln
the silver cleaning the gold from eveT
cregiee. The thTong Of wsgops, and acct
mutation Ct provisions, the collection
heads along the western lines Of presel
settlement, Ni.l resemble the outgoing
an afny of invasion. The tramp OF q
fee labor, rs it marches to- the conquest
the new 0phir, will be heard above u
din of politics, and tho reatless eye
speculation will wsnder from gosernme
contracts, and Congressional lobbying,
watch this exodus to the oentor-this cr
sade sgsinst The Inounlsim--tlis esang
to a new commerce.. The West--the I
Wsst--tbe great West, will loom up
the eye Of Tho naliOnin proportions Of IL
measurable grahdear. Is etj ,s=