, 1865-07-17

beirg found hundred miles south OF Sail
Lake, for the Pacific railway, has been
changed by our ride Of four hundred miles
rom that city. It consequently cannot tol.
loW the sftee route ovc. the timber ranges ot
| mountains between Virginia and Salt Lake,
and several intelligent gentlemen who said
| they had thoroughly explored the country
south Of 1t, have assured us that the country
is more barren and broken thau 1t is on the
route over which We have passed. a. Benton
once SAID in Congress the buffalo ages ago sur
veyed the route Tor the great hlghway Of tue
continent. That ronte is by the 9opta or
B1ieham's Pass, North Of Salt Lake, md By
The Humboldt and the Carson Valleys, to the
hest po:nt, probably Virginia City On ths
East side Of the Sierra Nevada Noun
tatne, and thPnce BY the best Pass. and that
W.ll be dlMsult enough to San francisco.
fra'i, stili 1a1gely In use BY em'grante to the
Pacific slope These observations. at best NJ
no Talue as against the level Of the engineers.
may pc OF some service to those pioneers who
W1sh 70 locate In advance Of the advent Of
has convinced us Of their general accuracy
Ars11s AND REESE RIVER SILVER MINES,
Austin, city. Of three thousand inhat-
itants, Is situated in valley running out At
right angles into the fourteen mountains that
1867, by drirer Of tbs PoneY Express by the
bcund the valley Of Reese River On the east.
Tie mines were discovered In the spring OF
name Of Talcott. He came up the valley to
get scme wood for the station Of the E1Eress
CemFany, located In the valley below. The
city vas not fairly commenced TIL the spring
OF '63, apl to build up buch town, WITH
mills and stores and dwellings,, and to de-
velop the mines as we have seen them, ee.ms
more Ike some strange fable than m abso-
lutte eober reality. In no other country are
such miracles Of enterprise md industry per-
fnmtd.
Yesterday and to.day we have visited the
Whit Latch extension Of the Yankee Blade.
the Savage ard other mines, the Midas aui
other mille, We have examined the oree at
the bottom Of the shafts, and at the mills
and assay cHce We have sen all the processes
By which the rock ts made to yield the
bright. pure silver, and that these mountains
contain untold mineral wealth there cannot
he q PARTICLE Of doubt. The monthly pro-
duct OF the mines, now regularly ship6ed t,
san Francisco, We are told, ts considerable
over 9 hundred thousand dollars, Only
very few OF the mines In this district, now
known TO extend FIVE miles north and south.
by about mile In width, are successfully
worked. The veins nre from ono to five fee
thick, yielding on an aVerage from onu to
three hundred dollars Per ton, while selected
specimens will give at the rate Of four to i've
thousand dollars; The silver bearing strata
dipping, by small angle to the west, and
lie from few feet 10 several rods apart. It
has not been determined how many OF them
there are IN the mile IN Width, which embraces
about their known rapge. Capital IS
greatly needed to build malls, sink shafts,
furnish engines and machinery to
Lift The ores and generally 80 prosecute the
business Of mining on IN extensive and there
fore economical scale. In the hands Of COM
peteEt and honest managers, there cannos be
particle Of doubt that immense profits can
be realized: This has already been Eract bly,,
Io=itiFlyc demonstrated by several com panlcs
the food and al! the goods aud machinery
necessary to work the mines and sustain The |
people must be carried come four or fire hun.
tired miles and over the Sierra Nevada noun
daioa at that. When the Pacific railway Is |
completed, the expense Of living
very Ia. gely diminished, aud Of course the
profits Will be increased In a corresponding
ratio. Nov that the rebellion is put down.
may We not hope that the national energies
will be directed to binding the Atlantic and |
Pacific States together by iron bands never
to be broken, and specially to tbs develop
lnent Of thoEe vast mineral treasures, which
from the creation ofihe world have been hid
away In the etanlte walls Of the Rocky Noun.
tatns that Providence might hare built up |
the lichcst md the trcest, and the most pow
erfhl nation on the face Of the earth.
CoURrEs1Es, &C.
During our stay here the city council and
: ttzens generally have showed rs every pos-
s:ble attention. Major Stanton, Col. Rankin,
Col. J. Y. Robbins, Judge Cooper, Judge
Beattie, Mr.. Wines. Col. Bue}, and several
o.hers deserve our spsclat thanks. Last
.Een1ng, q ,1a'ge crowd assembled in the
principal street. and we1e addressed by
Ar. Co1tox, In one Of his ablest and most
eloquent speeches. Ills positions 10
e!a1ton to the mines and the
osterlng care that should be exercised
.oward them By The Government, elected
,Fcat applause. The other "speakiny" men1-
,trs of the patty were also called out and ad-
ltessed the p ople, Mr. Richardson most ac-
:eptab'y, and Of the other 1t becomes not me
% speak. But the coach Is about ready aad
We arc of for Virginia City, the center Of
mining operations for the silVe. State B.