The mountain Democrat., 1863-05-09
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Reese River Couatry and l1lnss.

Aussiu, Lander Co., N. =, April Is, 1858.
EDTToRs DEMOcRAR: Agreeably TO promise,
will proceed 70 writs yOu . brief letter from
this new Fl Dorado. I suppose you and your
readers have been posted a. 70 our country /;
yet, perhaps, short description Of II may not
be uninteresting.
The surface OF the country is much diversi-
hed, consisting of aIkah plains near the river,
and lack OF vegetation except Ou the river
bottoms back in the mountains, the soil is
fertile and covered with grass and small tim
ber; small streams Of pure mountain water ere
cOursng down nearly ell the raVines.
JacObsville, our present county seat, is stu
ated near the old Reese River Station, in the
centre of large valley, and contains about 40
houses. Clifton, is at the mouth Of Pony Can
on, about seven miles east from JacObsville,
Contains about l25 houses, with from 1000 70
1900 inhabitants. Austin, one mile further up
the same canon, and in the midst Of the mi0es,
is about the same size and rapidly increasing.
Your old tOwDsmaD, d. E. Buel, 10 preparing
to erect quartz mill Immediately at the Latter
place. Geneva, situated on Birch creek in
Smoky Valley, is q new place just starting in
the vicinity Of some good mines, Ii IL miles
east from this place. Canon City, place If
some importance, ID. ip Big Greek Canon, about
10 miles south Of here, near some newly dis
covered mines which are prospecting well.
Business of all kinds is lively, and every
body seems TO be doing we'll think some en-
terprising man might do we'll 10 start whisky
shop bere, as not more than one third OF the
business buildings are used for that purpose.
We have q large number of bankers, (farO aud
mOnte,) thus afFurding places for lucky spec
ulators to permanently invest their surplus
funds.
There are large number Of Plscervillians
here. Among the uumber, notice the rubi-
cund yisage and pOrtly form Of our ex City
Asrsha1 engaged in anpplyiug the wants Of the
thirsty.
Among the mines the Ethan Allen" seems
"Richmond," PONY" "SciOta," "JOhnson
4 Ames,"" Oregon, "G0v. Seymour" and the
"HIghland Mary" in this District, are held in
high estimation here and are fast being devei-
Oped. New discoveries are constantly being
made, and the mineral is found all through the
mountains.
There is no longer room for doubt a. to the
richness and extent Of the mines. The rock
taken out here has proved to be unequalled by
almost any found in the Territory, and abounds
all through the country. Old practical miners
and scientific men, who have thoroughly exam
ined the mines aud tested the rock, have no
hesitation in expressing the opinion that this
is bound tn prove the richest mineral region IN
the world. A few weeks ago, 100 pounds IT
rOck from the " Blue Lead" was taken to Vir-
ginia and crushed, and yielded over &l20O.
Last week 500 pounds of ruck, from the ETHAN
Allen" was crushed and yielded t232, At the
rate Of tiU76 per ton. There are plenty more
leads here, the rock Of which assays as rich as
those, and when we get some mills. of which
We are to have five or SIX this summer. you will
hear Of some yields that will astOnish the na-
tivrs.
Men who come here expecting to make for.
tune in a few weeks, without any exertion, aud
spend their time around the whisky shops, en-
gagged in the lucrative and pleasant business of
fighting ave tiger" are very apt to become
disgusted with the country when their Jast
piece is gore. We have here rich mines, and
plenty of them; good soil, water and grass.
The weather is pleasant, much more sn than
any part Of Washoe. There il considerable
rArchng and gardening going on this summer
IAand the crops are looking finely.
In Onnclus.un, would say that | have de-
scrIbed thn.s az they are. in my judgment,
without any cclornE. as have no feet or 9th
er Interests 10 sell and. believe that what
have SAID NAV be depended on. shall be bet
ter prepared Ia write more particularly about
the mines ~ my next, aud will endeavor to
keep You posted. AUSTIN.