Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-16
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oVk AIREaAL REsoUHcEs

ovk AIRE2AL REsoURcEs.
The following passages are taken from the
FspOrs Of Judge EsxesDs, Comnissisnes of the
Land oacs, to the Dsp@.mensef the Interior
In passing from the consideration Of the pre.
limiraTy questions which have arisen In conneo-
tsol With she Pacific route, the Importance of
which 70 the country cannot be oyer-estimstsd,
u will be found thai Congress has deal. With the
measure With d comprehensive spiris Of liher-
aiis1, 'ss the grams which awards TO their work
snsamou1s offve alternate sections per nile
on, each aide Of said Foad ghns ooncsdes belt
OF 600 acres fcs every mile of its length, sm-
bssciug 10 all somo fifteen and ha!f miii;ons
Of acres This measure, with al existing thir-
ty- thousand miles Of railway now spreading
from the Atlantic beyond the Mlssissppi, will
forI; great continental system, reaching from
ocean to ocean, eventually interseolIng every
political aubdi7is;on Of the Unised States,
thereby giving impetus to domestic trade and
interests, opening new fields of labor and
Prosperity Rithin Our limits, while cur wealth
viii be increased by the rich Eastern trade,
through our mercantile marine on the Pacific,
With Japan spd distant Tadl6 Among these new
aelSs coal is iouad in great variety and ehund.
ancs between the Mississippi and the Pacific.
That Important slement, 80 essential fer domes-
tic. mechanical and manufacturing PURPOSES,
affecting our vast internal intercourse and trade
and orr external commerce, Is Of course a very
prominent object OF interest 10 our people,
The extent OF she twelve oosl-5earinR States
east of the Mississippi bUlds ont a small proper.
do1 to the !laTeaso coal Zelda west Of that re.
giop. as we have information reporting the
existence Of coal In Dacotah, Kansas, Nebeasks,
Colorado, Utah, Nevsds, California, Oregon
and Washington. s y A2t-9g 70 Do, -
Commissioner EdmOuds names aOme FeHabls
coal deposits 10 the egten In question, and then
proeesds 70 the confederation Of the specially
attractive gold region Of the public domain. II
stretches on tho western portion Of the cont
aent from - degrees north latitude to 81 de-,
gfees % min, and from the l02i degree of
longitude to ePseiac oeesu, embracing por-
lops Of DAcesah, Nebraska, Colorado, all OF
New Mexico, With AriHana, Utah, Nevada, Cal,
ifoEnls, Oregon and Washington Terrisosy. Its
breadth Is ABOUT HOO miles from north 70 south,
and Of nearly equal longitudinal extenaioo,
making an area OF more than million of acres.
Thisv vast region 10 traversed tsom north tc south
on lhe Pacific side by the Sierra Nevads and
the Cascade MountAins, then BY the Blue and
Eumboldt; on the east by the double rapges OF
the Rocky Mountains, embrssing the WasAtch,
Wind rives chain and the 5lsrrs Madss,
stretching loDgitudinsl!y and In laternsi spurs
-crossed and linked together by qntsvysbing
ridges, corneosing the, whols system By Eve
| principal ranges. dividing =ths county into an
equal number Of basins, each being nearly sur
Eoasded BY mountains and watered BY mountain
stfeams aud SHOWS, thereby Interpreting this
Immense territory with bodies Of agricultural
lands equal to the support Of nos oniy miners.
bat Of dense population.
L nkaln lu "A -Ik
minerals, gold and silver being iuserspeysed ir
IprofusIon over their immense surface, and daily
brought to Light by new disoovesIss,j The pre-.
| Glous metsls are found embedded in mountains
lof quarts, rich washings making the pAthways
Iof rivers and 2ooda. Besides thsip wtalsh In
gold, no part OF the world 10 40 Rlch IN silvsy
mines 40 Nevada apd Nav, Mexicoi yss thess
| may be estimated only in proportion 10 the Gu;d
aelds, whlch are In PROCESS OF development
With smssing results. The recent discoveries
In the Colorado region Of California, and in the
region stretching thence away up to and north
| OF Salmon river, In Washington Territory, are
every day stimulating tho mining enterprise of
our people. ~ "aiils - ~ aa.
Prior to the gold discoveries of 1855 ia
Cslifcrnis, the gold product of the world was
only az. annual average of $ls. .O00. 600.
Ia 1853 the yieid Of California wss $40. 600. :.
DO0, ard thstbu may be set dowA 81 the'fEes-
sh, average from that etste.H II our other gola
4hlds wtrc worked With en- equal ratio of labor,
there would be an annual prodpof Of between
three and four hundred millions. That an
inadeQuate smount Of lab0s VIII be iat hand
when peace returns "a nof dsnhtsdIand shsseby
Judge Edmonds sees thss ssay stsp. by which
the mass OF orT 'preseat H1idiefy mar he-ge-
atorsd 70 peaceful ayooatiens Even now, in tbs
.diatant Territory Of Washington, the sxirems
mosaio block, Of the vRiep, The prsssnt pFe6psi
vi the Salmon river mines, etc. ,uhder every
dissa!antsss g. q access, vsathsf, sscs 4 ESD.
\ An immSpsSs syeupe may b sssdily obtained
~ spbleosinR khG public nines II thet 70 leksss
Euhdsf auaEtesiy psymenss .oE qeartsriy ga, ss,
Istpiaiaees rbon ,ihS ! esi gel .prodnps, updsr .
sell Fseplssed sA56 <lHept Hgastps whios
xosIs i!RpIkse Z !siss iot siaEts S5s s'gs