New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-07

some of the rich mines Of Peru and Mexico, thoss
will be justifed In thsir purchases who hare paid
hundreds Of dollars per foot iengtA Of veia. etn
such mines, on permanent deep veins, are not Of
the character, like the deposit geld mines, to ssrd
independent employment to the Thousands that viii
rush recklessy into the region. ThejOurnas ALREADY
speak Of the tunnels (adits) commenced for reach.
ing the vein at low depths below their outcrof -
the surface of the hills. This Is slow and tedious
process, and usually the frst step in laying out work
for underground mining These adits must be CON-
pleted and shafts must be sunk 10 con-
meet with them before the ores can DO
extracted in Large quantities. The history
of the most productive Lake Superior mines ind.
Gates how slow and expensive is this operation Of
"opening mine" And when at last the ores are
raised in quantity to the surface, what are the faci
ties in Utah for their reductienl Rich ores, it %
true, that assay several thousand dollars to the tan,
will bear the expense of transportation required TO
place them in smelling works. that may soon be o.
tabished for the purpose In San Francisco, or evea
in those now in operation in Europe; but 10 the
usual experience of mining, such ores are the OK.
ceptions, specimens only. while the main depend.
ence of the mine Is upon the poorer class Of Ores
We are not, however, disposed to compare those
with the silver mines Of the Hsrz and Bohemia,
which for centuries have grudgingly yielded their
poor returns TO the patient toll of the German miner
andths skfu saving devices Of his brother smster;
but are willing to anticipate results moro in accord
ance with the fast ways of American enterprise,
and not to disregard the enormous returns Of silver
that have occasionally rewarded the labor of tho
miner of Potoai and Guanaxuato.
The Washoe region is great field for mining en-
terprise, the capacity and importance Of which is
not likely to be developed in one year, nor, if any
where else than within reach Of California, hardly
in the present century. Beside silver gold and
lead, copper also is met with, and other metals viii
surely be found witt them, as occurs in all other
metalferous regions of this character. 1t is rea-
sonable TO expect the occurrence Of cobalt, nickel
zirc, platinum, and if tin were anywhere worked
between the Arctic regions and tho Caribbean Sea,
of this metal ALSO of which we are singulariy def
eient in North America, south Of Greenland. Thus
are here found, more than anywhere else in tho
United States, the elements for the foundation Of
permanent mining establishments, upon scale
commensurate with those Of CORNWALL and Of Ehate-
rinenburg, which have resulted from the slew
growth of centuries. As to the capacity Of
the country for supporting large population,
some doubts may be entertained. From November
to April the ground is covered with snsw; the cold
of the Winter is intense but the climate is said to
be healthy, and the weather in Summer never
disagreeably hot Throughout the valleys arc fins
ranges for cattle, and excellent grazing lands ara
found on the untimbered slopes Of the mountains,
and in some of the valleys between them. The SOD
of much of Carson Valley is fertile and facile.
but there il little or no rain here in Summer, and
irrigation is found indispensable. In the upper
portion of the valley, this Is very easily secured
the foot hills of the Sierra surrounding that portion
in q semi-circle, and sending down innumerable
leapng, sparkling brooks, which run bot little
below the average surface Of tho ground they
traverse, and are readily turned aside and made to
subserve the needs Of the farmer. Lower down,
when these streams have been blended into Carson
River large tracts of perfectly level, fertile plan
adoin il, covered only by the desert shrubs known
as Segebrush and CROSSWORD, and needing but
irrigation and cultsre to render them abundantiy
productive. We noticed in passing two separate
places where sufficient dams (for which timber may
easily be hoated down from the mountains during
the Spring freshets) may be built at moderate
cost, where each will irrigate and render fruitful
at least 0 hundred square miles Of what would
thus be rendered q garden, where vegetables
wosld command any price that mans
conscience would allow him to ask for thea.
Lands for farming purposes have been taken up
everywhere near the Mines and their agricultural
capacity will be well tried the approaching Sumner
At Carson City, which promises to be the central
point in importance of the region, it is said that
" water from mountain springs and from artesiaa
50 wells, and wood in abundance, can be had
70 sufficient for the wants Of o large population"
The country is occupied without law, and its
location should bring it under the Mormon juris-
fiction, to which probably the occupants would
not submit An application is to be made to
Congress the present session to set it of a. .
distinct Territory, called Nevada. In its present
condition, ii holds out no inducements to the
prudent and cautious to migrate lit. For time,
i will be orerrun by reckless adventarsrA and then
hardy pioneers will settle upon its lands aad prepare
hem for the permanent mining enterprises which
will succeed the dashDg operations Of the original
occupants.
RIGHTS OF MOTHERS as TO THEIR
CHILDREN