The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-05-07
The Isinin. 4 &C.

At no time since the hrst discoveries
ia Catalonia have mining explorations
and enterprise been SO multiplied AZ new.
Or have s-rsad themselves over 50 many
different fields On our coatlneRt Lever
and Upper California, Oregon AID Wa :
iag,oa, with the British Possessions on tie
Pa-i6c; Nevada, Colorado, Idaho ard Ar
izonn, Lake Superior, Lake Hp: on and No
va Scotia, ali possess haIn~s of gold, r.lvc,
Or copper, which az. ob,.e, Of attraction.
The io.iowina AIMS refer 10 q !sw OF those
which haYe cone more recently into re-
;!ce.
t'opP.n MINING IL CArlFoRxit- The
Stockton fCaiiforfial indeFrndant has
the following allusion to the recently DIS
covered copper mines q. CaliinTnis'
" lille all California and .sen'i share Il
the balance of mankind have beea run-
ming mad over tho silver bricks ot Ne-
vada while their pockets have been IN n
ed out by assessments on the Real Del Moa
To- and the Wide West, careful few
have hammered away at the copper-bear
ing rocks of CaIaverss and Ainador coun
lies, firm in the faith that good must
cc-:e; and they are certainly in fan
way to realize their most sang,ine expec'
tations.
From figures made up carefully during
the past wiater, il has been ascertafced
thai about $500 600 have been expended
in prospecting and developing the mines
in the neighborhood of Coppsrpolls and
Hog Hill The amount Of first clsss ore
shipped from the same. sections ioois up
over 10 go tons--or say revenue direct
from the mines of $4,000. against $500
90 expended. The first year work up
on these mines was certainly OF little ben
eft either TO the miners themselves or
the proI.rie;ers. and the results Obtained
are from the labor Of the past two years
Should Developments continue faSors.
bic during the next three years, ina
amount of capital and labor employed ~
these mines will be enormous, and tho
prosperity of the State for generation .o
come can hardly be realized.
SILVER MINES OF CHicHUAuuA.
neis interest has been awak ensd in
these mines: which are among the a1ost
productive silver mines in the world: AS
toHisiying though true, stories are told Of
the yield Of the old mines, many Of which
are far from being exhausted Some Of
these are now, not for, the first lime, be:p 9
re opened; a, d by the fundamentally OF
a erican skill and'enterprisc, may he ex-
pected to make richer returns than eeer
A writer in the San Francisco Bulletin
SPEAKS Of the mine z! carman, the owner
OF which sent half a million of dollars a.
a present to the Kin. of Spain A newly
formed company has now got hold Of this
mine, and is working it. The Ronces val
les is another old mine, which at one
time yielded in nine months over three
millions of ounces OF white silver, without
including the black and red silver from
the inferior ores. Many of these mines
gave net profit Of million Of dollars
yearly to the owners, upon comparatively
small capital.
The same writer referring to the San
Antonio and Ell Carmen mines, says: *
/ might go on and state that these
MINES were worked over A years in heavy
bonanza; that Batipeias was literally in.
undated with silver bars, and the very
best of argentiferous ores and that the
street on certain day Of a procession was
paved for a considerable distance with
bars of silver These may sound like
fairy tales, and the writer may be supros-
ed to be carried away by enthusiastic feel
ings. He may be said to have become
ensh .ouded in the golden mists of orien-
tai or Arabian splendor, or to have fallen
into the treasury vaults containing the
countless millions described by Dumas in
his Monte Cristo But must beg the read
er not TO he too hasty in rronouncing the
richness Of these mines overrated. The
amount set down as their production is
800, 0OO, 900, and have no doubt that
what is said Of them is true. as there ara
many people still living who worked in
these mines, who helped to grind the ores
and extract the silver. whose statements
corobclate the assertions ] have made in
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