Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-09
Our Mineral Fields:

The extraordinary developments ~
deposits in the countries With a.
and limits 81 tl.st pnSlen
form one of the grandest
of our race. These Gsf0y
cious metals hays not BEen ~
In ITO, the rich mine 1T Mol #
opened. In.l730y tho l4neh
Arizona, or naAs sseSi 0l AatiN N.
found. Then we. Esf, VI Q, Hnei gre
GERS OF Cleiianuilia ~ tlie north of Herr.
sillo, where the irnme ense clttspG Of 7Opounds
was sent 70 The cabinet " the King OF Spain,
and several millions were picked up IN Its
vicinity in few years. After this came the
discoveries further to the north, on the rlrer33
which flow into the Gila from the south, and
also the headwaters of the Sonora flyer, and
those of the Oposura and faqui which in
terlock with the tributaries OF the Gla IN the
c6nntry Of the Opatas. Tarahumaras, 1anos
and Apaches, and which before 1900 had by
spasmedic starts yielded large quantities Of
gold. This section of the present Arizona,
and as far up north as the Navaj jos and east
to the Comanche range, is known in Mexico
as the Apacharia, Of which the most appa-
rentIS fabulous stories have been told from.
ITO to 1853 concerning the existence Of
immense mines and deposits OF gold, quick,
silver, silver and copper, beth in veins and
pure metal which arc every day proving the
truth of the accounts Of the old missionaries
and gambusinos: ,.... .
After 1890. discoveries weremade in many
places every few years. near all the Old mis-
sion settlements of Sonora, even as late as
1876. In 1925, Capt. Patie mentions that
rich gold placers were worked near Bacu@-
chi, not lar south from Tucson, and the.
price of the gold was only Sill and SI2
to the ounce. The account OF Patio; who
died at San Diego in 1927, is the first printed
one we have Of any American, or even
of other parties, vino came by land to
California through Sonora and New Mex
icoSs He mentions several other places
in the Bacuach, or River San Pedro coun-.
try, where gold was produced IN abundance
when the Apaches were out OF the way!
Again, from 1888 to 1874, the gold placers
of San Fernando, near Los Angeles, are OF
public notoriety, as yielding very handsome
returns-some say as much as SlOO. . =
From 1915 to 1868, the discoveries of goldj
silver and copper have been persistent, and
matters of every day notorcty. The pros
pectorS and gainbusinos have ranged from
the Gila to Fraser river, and from the Pacific
Ocean to the interlocking branches of the
Columbia, Missouri; Colorado and Rio
Grande del Nortc. 1t is Of daily record for
the last fifteen years that all this immense
extent of country gives to the world the
knowledge of eXhaustless millions of treas
ure. awaiting but the hand Of labor to throw
it into the channels of commerce and the
road to population and power. Not single
precious metal or valuable mineral of trade
or science but what is found in abundant
outcrops or washirgs in all these States and
Territories. A very singular and un-
looked for exhibition has been going on for
the last three years. The gainbusinos of So
nora and California have connected their
prospecting explorations in the deserts and
ssierras of Arizona and New Mexico, while
those of Pixies Peak and the Rocky Noun
tains from the east have been gradually eX-
tending their lines and distances, till they
now meet the mining parties from Oregon,
washington. and Nevada in Cariboo, Idaho
and Utah. This magnificent mineral empire
is the most wealthy and extended known. It
has another advantage superior to all other
mineral fields in being in the vicinity of sea
navigation, and has climate of unsur--
passed salubrity; while in the heighborhGod
of most of our mineral deposits the soil rs
exceedingly fertile, inviting the husbandman
to a rich return for his labor and boundlesS
pastures to the hcrdsman. And it may be
added that within our metalifcrous ranges
valleys exist of the most picturesque and
beautiful character-S. +. Euttetnn