New-York daily tribune., 1865-12-16
NEVADA-CALIFORNIA.
Cor, ,pondencs Of The n. Y. Tribune.

SAN FgAScIsco Nov. &, 1868
wrote you from Silver Mountain, Alpine
County. in this State on the 10th of August. sines
which other occupations Saye prevented my giving ae
tention 70 matters OF interest on tbe Pacific side
len Unionvile before had time to write up my notes
in regard TO the agricultural Of Nevada. b
this propose to do and give TO your leaders st ar
early day. AS In the adverse opinions OF California
pioneers since proved 50 erroneous by the marveou
Developments OF its fertile valley. Nevada will estab
isb hor claim TO the possession OF agricultural eapaoh
ties to an exteGt not believed by even the mo~
sanguine in the future Of the Sage Brush State. .
The papers here are zesously combating the 0pnio
OF he aarmsts who asserAle rerogression in business
aud popuation Of California; but the truth is that tbe
people ale now PASSING through ooe Of those ofises
which experienced In new communities, ano
which - intensified by the abnormal activities hereto
fore stimulated in tie grand rush for gotd Business
not ony greatly Depressed but for the past year ha1
correctly realized expenses. More than 800 houses. a
NIL classes are TO day without teuans IN SaB frahcisc
and though a considerable lumber Of new ouilasg0
are going up they are mostly for the residence Of their
owners who prefer to expend their savings OF former
yesrs in the erection OF homes OF their own rather
tban nay the rents demanded BY landlords The resne
that dwellings which year or two ago rented ior -
10 rs Ter uoGt. can be oblsned for from so b. 800
The fear of the draft" drove thousands 70 Caornis
duriLg the last two years OF the Rebellion. VINO are
low returning 10 their old bones IN the Etst. ihis
felt In trade and in the depreciation o. iai
inc lands even in the most favored agricultural valey
Avery marked change Tor the better cannot oe nopes
for until there greater facilities extendeu mc
giants from the older Sates. The hgn tates Of fars
and the insufficient accommodations OF the steamship
lines operate heavily against an increase OF population.
When tbe Pac fc Railroad shall have been completed-
which ought W he within five years-things VII wear
a more smiling aspect than now.
The interest in the gold and silyerbearng "lOdes' a
California and New ada stead y inoieases nowitbstand.
ing the numerous ses Of bogus mines made during the
last year OF two, and the horrible mismsnagement %
the good ones by inc0mpe peent and dishonest sipefin-
tpnieuts and Boards OF Trustees These. however ar
evils that work their own cure. The very FACT that
under many disady intlces more than three ioqts
Of the gold and SILVER added to the commerce and trade
Of tae cOuAtry by the Pacific States is the product
vein Mining shows how gandy ch they must be, ana
how immensely tie yield could be increased were tns
BUSINESS MINING carried on with the same careiU
attention g the conditions of success that We SOC
OF or business enterprises. So II the swindhng tnas
has boea hus far rrneticed through ftse represents
tions shall induce caution 90 the part OF those wns
may hereafter engage In mining operations soocns
viii be the rule and FAILURE the exception. .,
The uounains eraversed in every part oy careiae
shrewd. and intcli ;cnt men from tne East ana tns
oldest and best developed mines are almost weekly
changing ownership at upidly enhanced prices. Ine
| Eureka Gold Mine nj Gross Valley. with which W.
we'll acquainted in 1851 aud which mas peen VOICE M
with indifferent success, aud often abandoned smos
that t.ne proved its extraordinary richneos " per
seyeriug labor now Yields st ady net pront OF
per month the product of tensiaup ni o.{ ooo live
| old a lew weeks ago tor the nice sum OF SiOO,u0
| Ny adyices from the Humboldt Mines since zen
there fast August fully sustain the opinions to theh
extent and richness frued and expressed In CORE
seondence 10 THr TRIBUNE The Montana ~" Monte
znma." and Others OF the newly discovered miEes
Humboldt astonishing even the eldest experiencee
nDd most iupassivs miners. One eau hardly t,lm
correct fdea Of their great extent and value withou
personal observation IL can scarcely be credited ths1
these emo lodges siiver-heaTing to the extent
thronVhout their entife massesOf from $50 10 $aN
Der tuu aud when II is considered that the facilities
working are such as 10 reiace the cost o, enac.as
wh0t the profit must be on the proper investment I"
capital ~
in suece stu, operation about the trst OF last month
A town is already growing up around IT, aud anothe9
mil building at that point, while three miles mrtnes
down. Wcbher Ia constructing extensive furnaces fof
eting the rch argentfcrous oxides and carbonates d
lead which comprise the MoneSuma ores Inc owners
OF this mine htse contracted for the sueting OF 2uN
tuus of ore at cost OF so pei tun AS the pfoduct
the sane shows IL Ia contain an average o aOonl
400 in silver (besGe p TO 40 per cent OF leaa) wh
leave pioft OF not less than $4,000 over all te ex-
penses The same district (Arabia) in which the
Montozms' Is situated. contains twenty or thirty
other lcdges fully promising BEING Oh IKE character
of ore Here is field for investment where failure
hardly possible and those who shall ra enter upon its
cultivation Will reap the richest reward ClainS cse
now be obtained at q sum less than enth Oh woas
their value is lilely he year hence THESE mining
districts the advantage Of the river winch an'rds
pcver-aing supply of water and are directly Ei0" %
hs 1--we Of ne Pdefc Railroad whien wiii be COM
pleted 10 this point within the next two years
Speaking of tho PACIFIC EAILHoAD L would remark
that tac central Company OF California aic prosecuting
the onerp! se with CXtIaOrInaTy energy. The tunnel
az the summit, 80 feet in length 10 commenced az
both ends work upon which VIII b. continued night ana
day till It's completion in about eighteen monihs Inc
cars run 10 Coax 80 miles 'r'm Sacramento. ana tas
ggadug TO Dutch Fiat. thirteen niles tulther, VIII Do
finished and ready for the rails by the LIST OF January
From Dutch Fiat to the summit Is s. miles wbicn WIZ
be reached before the tuunel il completed but workwu
he pnshod over the eastern slope into the desert by
means of a temporary track. We, therefore, expect
and arc promised by the company TO nave trains un
through TIE Valley of the Humboldt 10 Salt Lake Cty
by toe end Of sG-. Who ean overes.mate the effect
upon tine silver mines OF Nevada by the opening up
cieao communication from san Francisco. Dy whlcn
he cost Of freight will be reduced Hom siooto s~
pen tgn, . . Az,
The change in the ownership OF the steamers on the
Atlantc side by which the Pacific Mail Company VIII
utrol the entire route hailed with supreme salts
,acon hy everybody here. The impositions pracuoea
by Vanderbilt for long period on all who ntrus;cd
themselves his tenderness for their comfort nss maas
Lis name Infamous yoyagers to and from CaiiOrnias
rhe tae we,ldcsened because wel'earned. repui aon
OF tie Pacific Mail Steamship Company for hoersnty
and excellent fare. ought 10 b. guaranty or eA'ehdin4
10 The Atlantic portioH Of the ronte tue ssne care sno
liciutue wa-f seen 10 their steamers on the Pacno
WITH large well appointed. new and ilt steamers ana
reasonable COS, ~ passage fhey can greatY inscaso
thcil own prosperity ana thht VI '"s S'N'0' "N ~
orics ulDu tbs side. ,,, Ar, .oo,,o - ~.
Let INC tender the sueere thanks oi te pe"p'e 1i ,ne
mining regions to your own eor.tspoDIcht NA A.. NIB
,nr ~ mi and most able eIpoeons IN regard 10 our
vost thoreh but partially developed sources of indi'
,iJnsi en1 national wealth which lie hidden IN our
MAINTAIN ranges. Ills lclteiS ato oeu WIN ~ s.u,y
.xeryyhere that a copy oi lBf TRIBUNE can De gos
tLiof and feel sure you will md, III tas inereaseo OK
@ no s5,hSrrntion, ~, a substantial Acknowledgement OF
o IRIS TO spscad tho tib about the mines through
ont The land No word painring can convey 70
,hs mnd the grand features OF these mountains anc
,sIleyrich in iuiRersi and agricultural wealth amos
! he, ond belief. -, A..
A. 10 the silver mines OF Nevads let mo close py
..,ing in the words OF Gen. Roseersns: On tne
nuc.ttou OF the really almost unlimited quantity OF tae
precious metals IN Nevais aud OF the existence Oh ths
sat water fuel aud other Becesaries FOR their mhin1
and reduction in such way TO GEgly rsrsgn1a's ~e
Iy,e.eI ecDi.a entertain no donbt nor do tanx guy
other attentive observer woald" ""