Oroville daily Butte record., 1858-01-12
Oruuille Bully Butts Returt.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY l2, 1858
A suggestion for our Legislators.

A Suggestion for our Legislators.
The distinguished statesmen Of all coun-
tries, in which the wehare of the people Is
the ruling motive and object of gosernment,
have legislated for the encouragement snd'
aid of individual works of science and art.
Especially has such aid and encouragement,
on the part of government. been deemed TO
be proper and legtamate, when the works
in question promise favorable and Important
results to those branches of labor and basi-
ness, which constitute the principal sources
of the wealth of the State Our General.
and many of the State governments, have re-
peatedly recognized the propriety of extend
ing aid in such cases, by liberal appropria-
tions from their respective treasures. Ii,
then, the Legislature of State is author
ICED to make appropriations Of such char
acter, with the view Of promoting the gener-
al prosperity. would suggest that the Leg
islature of California issue proposals for
specifications of plan or process for liqui-
tying quartz. and separating the gold from
the metals with which it is combined; or OF
any other mode, by which all the gold may
be extracted from Quartz. To insure the
practical utility and value of any such plan,
it would be necessary to require that it
should not involve cost exceeding some
lars per ton As an inducement for compe-
tent men to engage in the enterprise, let the
proposals be accompanied with the offer of 3
reward. or other guarantee of highly lib
eral remuneration, in case of success.
1t is we'll known, throughout the mining
region, that the earth is threaded with in-
namerahle veins of quartz. That they, al
most universally contain gold. has been DEM
onstrated by analysis. II is generally ad-
mitted that they contain 1t in sufficient
quantities TO remunerate the labor that
would be required in its extraction, by any
process that would seperate and save 1t all.
Though the aid OF chemistry, some advances
towards the knowledge OF such process,
have been recently made. Experiment has
demonstrated that quartz IS susceptible OF
Houifaction, or that it is soluble 1t is un-
necessary to attempt to show that after it Is
thus reduced to a liquid. we should be ena-
bled to render the extraction perfect and
complete, for it " very evident that the gold
would at once find its way to the bottom OF
the vessel, in which the liquation was per-
formed.
1t is difficult to conceive OF the effects upon
the mining and other interests OF this state
that would ensue upon the discovery OF such
a desideratum The number OF quartz MIN
ing establishments that would be Immediate
ly erected in every mining county pames
conjecture. We are equally incapable of es-
timating the increase of the production ot
gold that would inevitably ensue. Ia isno,
unreasonable to suppose that the permanent
improvements, in buildings, machinery and
other requisites for mining. would, III two
years. exceed all that now exist. IL woold
present such inducements for the investment
al beforp Otterpu-lH
ducements that would secure the attention
of capitalists everywhere. 1t would call for
the exercise of vast amount OF superior
mechanical skill and labor The increased
demand for general labor would reach other
states and countries, and be responded 10
by increased immigration. The increase of
population and wealth would necessarily
require a corresponding supply OF agricui-
turul productions 1t would create neces-
sity for an extension of the business OF our
merchants, artisans and those engaged in
all the various avOcatioDs OF lie. Inc ao-
vancemeDt of the State, IN wealth, popuia-
tion and general Importance, would receive
an impetus that would soon create as great
a contrast with our present condition as that
between the present time aud the year 1917.
Those who have but little knowledge Of
our mining resources. many perhaps, DOUBT
the correctness Of the above conclusions.-
Others however, who are familiar with the
mines. who are. from personal observation.
aware of the existence Of the innumerahie
aud inexhaustible quantities OF quartz, with
which our mountains abound, and VINO have
witnessed, in our mountain villages. the al
most magical effects Of new discoveries OF
gold, or new means OF obtaining 1t, Will,
doubt not, readily admit that instead Of ex-
aggeration, the truth has been but half per-
ceived.
YOUNG AMERICA.