Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-18
THE PROSPECTS OF NEVADA.

The coming season lneIe Will Oe out avery
small part OF our Territory which will not be
pretty thoroughly prospected. There are
two things which are drawing the people Of
the State OF California in swarms to this
Territory One is the drought, which has
prevented the miners from working their
placer mines, and the rancherS from raising
crops, and the other is the superior advan-
tagcs which are here offered to industry and
enterprise. One feature of the immigration
this spring is very pleasing to US, and that Is
to see large numbers Of families coming to
thiS Territory to settle. This is what we
most want at present. When numerous fam
lies are settled in our towns we will have
the modifying influence of society which will
make them more pleasant and agreeable by
half than they are now. 4 good society
would also very much assist in establishing
T. high standard of honor in business. When
men who are among us doing business have
families or friends settled in our towns they
have restraint upon their actions, which is
imposed in no other way; and il a man o!
business talents settles with family i'll our
thriving business towns he will be sure soon
20 attain to a place of responsibility and
honor. 4 great proportion OF the people
VINO come from our neighborlng State are
miners, many Of whom have worked in the
quartz mines Of California, and are conse'
cusr.... we'll acquainted with the manner OF
workiLs NJ silver mines; bit perhaps the
greatest In1, ,lity have worked in the placer
diggings only. Many of these latter I'M
doub.edly will prefer to prospect through our
mountains and search for new mines, rather
than work down in the drifts and shafts. \
chance for employment is open to all. We
have more mines now than we can obtain
miners to work; and we also have vast
field Of miningfcountry which We want pros
pectors to explore. Wherever prospectorS
have gone in search Of mines they have a!
NEST invariably found the lodes OF precious
metals which they sought, and some OF the
lates. discovered districts have produced as
rich rock as has been found anywhere in the
Territory. All these newly discovered dis
tricts want men-miners, mill-men, mechan-
les, shopkcepers-men to build roads; they
want an industrious population, and then they
will become, as the old mining districts have
become-rich and important. The people OF
California are not well aware of the extraor-
binary richness, and durability, and number
of our mines. They should see the "bricks
which are every day shipped from our priaci-
pal mining towns to their metropolis to COM
prehend the richness of our leads, and they
should see the rich specimens Of ore which
prospectors bring from newly discovered
lodges from almost all over the country. Be-
sides the immigration which is pouring in
from California, We may expect large influx
OF people from the States beyond the Rocky
Mountains. The silver bricks which we have
sen, East BY way OF California, seen to have
apprizcd people of the existence of country
with mines as rich as Potosi's. and awakened
them to a knowledge of the fact that it is not
10 California, but to Nevada, that they must
20 TO seek for fortune. Our population was
increased BY great many people from the
States last year. Many who came left the
States intending to make this their des,ina-
ton, but Il great many more were on the way
to California. When they came to our busy
towns, and seeing the rich prospects Of our
mines and the glorious future Of our Young
Territory, concluded to link their future with
ours, and make this country their home. As
our reputation as mining country spreads
abroad, and as our mines are developed, we
may expect TO have an increasing population.
The immigration this present Spring and
Summer, and the new impulse which it will
give to our improvements will make this Ter
ritory assume the aspect Of an old and settled
State. And the increase which it will give
to the productiveneSs Of our mines, will
make it rank among the richest OF the States
in wealth. What grand scene of prosperi-
" will be when, all the way from the line
of Oregon TO Arizona, and from Utah to Cali
fornia, there will be heard the sound of the
pick, the jar of the blast, the clatter of the
mill, and the hum Of the reel, as each dies
its allotted work in bringing forth the hidden
treasures OF the mine. Yet, if our present
prosperity continues, We are soon to witness
this sight 1t is only Ave years since a few
huts and tents only could be seen scattered
around the side of Mount Davidson, and a
few Cinnamon were digging in Gold Canon,
while scattered along Carson Valley were a
few ranchers, and they, more hunters than
farmers. Within that short space Of time
there have sprung up cities with thousands Of
inhabitants each, and mills and machinery
have been erected which will compare favora-
BY, in value and extent, with old States of
the Union. This has all been done in an
entirely new country; but now VIC have start
aud our future progress will be governed ac-
cordingly. The time is not far distant when
the desert of yesterday will be proud SOY
ereign State, clothed in the garb of substan-
til frcal,h, and nobly bearing up the starry
fag-,Hlo'em of liberty and greatness.
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