Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-02-24
canrornra rwsn,y Year. Ago and

NoNgs
We clip the following sketch from the San
Francisco Mirror, as giving some idea Of the
wonderful progress IN that wonderful country
during the last twenty years;
]. iaust be a source OF great delight to a
man Ike John A. Suffer 70 look back upon
useful and wen spent life, and reflect that the
creation and elevation to power Of a large and
prosperous State is, 10 large measure, due 10
his own disinterested exeTtions in q field where
few except the most hardy would have dared
to follow him. Less than twenty years ago,
an old captain Of Nspuleon's Swiss Guard,
disappointed with bis prospects as a soldier Of
fortune, conceived the idea Of ests biisbing
himself in the solitudes OF the vest North
American wilderness, Of which less was known
than Of the interior Of Africa a. the present
day. Whether any idea had as yet entered
his brain with regard to the prospective great
ness Of the country he was adopting for bis
home is uncertain, but the old hero must have
received some authentic Information respect-
ing its capacities, or be would not thus have
eutombed himsslf-for at that time the chief
visitors at Suffers Fort were trappers and In
dian traders, or savsges themselves, whose un-
couth ways must have offered a broad contrast
to the rsfnsments Of that society from which
be had voluntarily exiled himself Thsthe did
not seek the new country from any missnthro-
pic desire to shun the world and live the life Of
rsci1se, Is evident from the assiduity with
which he cultivated his farm, and the enter
prise be manifested in all his bushes trans
actions.
He surrounded his buildings with a wall,
established snlthy, and was driving, all BY
himself, lucrative trade between Indians and
Factors, when Fremont, with his FIRST exploring
party, partook Of bis hospitality. Il seems
nnaccountable that such land could remain
for so many centuries almost unknown and un-
explored, especially when we consider that it
had fallen 70 the share OF the Spanisrd, whose
favorite occupation was hunting for gold.
Where these millions Of acres Of fertile soil
lay glistenBg in the sun, overrun BY herds OF
st.ck as wild as those OF the prairies, and
aboundihg with game, hundreds Of treasure
yielding mines and productive farms reward
the laboreT's toll. The tract alone, Las MARI
posss, now owned by Col Fremont, yielded,
short time since, as the result Of eight days.
working, over eighteen thousand dollsrs-whon
his eye first surveyed it, nothing more than
barren wilderness; and a million head Of cattle
swarm upon our plains and pastures. To be
the pioneer in such a movement, and to watch
the rapid development Of such an empire, is
worth more than all the glories that can fall
to the lot Of soldier or statesman.
The same print gives the following para
graph respecting Col. FremOnt's prospective
wealth:
It is not, we believe generally known how
extensive are the works on the Fremont estate.
To give an Idea, then, we will state that there
are seven quartz mills steadily at work there.
There is the "Large Benton (water) mill"
with 4S stampers, that crushes IA tons Of rock
per day; the "Small Benton (water) mill" OF
l6 stamps, crushing p tons per day; the
"Mount Ophir (steam) mill" Of "a stamps
crushing 80 tons per day; the Gaudaloupe
(stsam) mill, . ~ Is stamps, crushing 20 tons
per day; the "Princeton (steam) mill" OF -
stamps, crushing 1s tons per day; the "Bear
Valley (steam) MILL" Of stamps, crushing
IA tons per day; and the "Agua Fria (sieam)
MILL" Of 6 stamps, crushing 10 tons per day.
The average Weld Of these mills recently was
over S34O per day each, over $1,000 per day
ard nearly 10000 for every
eight davs run. The last eight days product
reached S19 COG 81, in gold lars, which arri-
we'd in this city on Monday last, consigned to
Marx Brumagin & Co., bankers. The gold,
we understand, is pretty evenly distributed
throughout the quartz, so that there is no like
lihood Of much fuctustion in the yield. AT
this rate the colonel will be entirely clear Of
all his complications in the course Of three or
four months, and then be viii commence to re
aiizs near million Of dollars per snnum, or,
counting it at that rate, exactly S2575 81
every day Of the yesr.