, 1865-10-18
ACADEMY cF SCIENCES,
Speelal Meeting--AddressbJ bJ Lieut. Gov.
Bross~-The Trip Of Speaker
Cplfax and Party.
The Mineral Wealth Of the Weai-
Skcschc4 Of Routes, Scenery DC.

AkSEE2AlC(+ Ale IAEtH4UEEky IL a. SQQGkOn. M.D.s
occupied the chsis md announced the object Of ,hs
meeting 10 so 10 listen TO m ACCOUNT OF ihe ob.cr.
yattons Of Lieut. Gov. Bross made On the irip 10
California, as a member Of the party Of Schuyler
Col4nx. BE WIS cory that the fnclcmcncy Of tho
weather had prevented the attendance Of larger
nnnoeI. but 1T assured that those present would
The speaker said the subcct Of t,. lecture was 80
broad lhal II Was difficult task to sele facts to be
presented, and he had not lad time To prepare
Lecture ON The subject. A. hotvsver be Mas speak
would have little fear q being misunderstood. Hc
proposed to say eomcthiu: u conversational way
oftht geological features snd mnerslossSsl wealth
The purity started OH the 1!lh Of May. On m e1-
pcdit5on The main object Of which VIA to enable
of aei 81 eoan @ 80 FEE
In MS ehzracicrA YET 20 little known, thht I'll few
ycate ago II had scarcely been trodden By the foot
tially exp!oted and I,s value feebly comprehended
MI. CoDkx wished TO- know the country for which
be ms lceialatine, that he might be enabled to
deal Justly with al sections Of our common country
The speaker 1hcn briefly sketched the tract Of
county ovcr which he Party bad travelled. The
a eI1s9 y ,5 Mhfa ,G: sne cssen
comparison With the ran:e bordering the East
OF that valley. At the gulf Of Teh1ancpec the great
rsnse .! tiyide:; one line taking he naae of
c The basin d The CUR q Mexico il nsncS of the
same character az that formed By the Great sat
Lake Nnunfafns, having no rivers which counect
ia lakt6 with the set: Only IN one place-the Ro-
del NoEte, breaking down between TENS and Met.
ico-does The basin communicate By wnter with the
OCEAN. The great basiu Of the Salt Lake runs to
Fort Dridger Soulhwnrd, and no r1sc1 runs from it.
Most OF the Naterf empty into the Salt Lake. Tint
lies 500 feet sbosc the lercl Of the sea it has z;y
H. mountains sovc. The next great basin oi I the
coptsns Ut II the Columbia basin md then The Ffa-
rcr River basin. These give an Idea Of thu
Of thee mountains is that they eec1n to show what
The God Of nature intended; lie made them run
Nonh and south, connectsd l,y passes 1unnin:
Eust and Vest The Alps lying In the center Of
Europe have rivers flowing from thctn IN Ill di1ee-
ttoDs through different Countries hartng languages
ulna]ayas. In Amer3ca We have not this rule. We
1--we herc a continent bounded only by an ocean,
rot by river. Thank God II Ii an ocean bound
iise best route for the great Pacific Railroad Is
no donbt the Euuth Pass, the great route Of eai-
q 1ation kinee California began to be settled, and
shst the bnnnloe9 have taEsn rom time tEnmero1al
Commerce demands ttat there should he road
| from California 10 the Est Of salt Lake, From
that Soulh PISS the road nay branch oT either to
9g q 1en the snass aser in either
.Andet. Recent explorations bare shnUu that Go4
b:ouebt sc,eI1l specimens With him Of The precious
metals. Ou the Toute thcJ took The dfst place they
met the precious metals wss t9 Colombo: There
| tfcw ae they approached them was magnificent In
thc extreme. an along between these TITO Peaks:
Ds 81 ,So m wss a P1s Sfa r.: ro a1
region which has alfcady msdesome oi Our Chicago
Il eop TT II ion q ss 5s
caemlcsl affinity ior the particles Of gold. The
qanz Is crushed to powder, ,1 tie dust PIT in'o ,
Silver, which attEncte the gold, and Il then driven
e. c1,o1sao n Il. ' t. es e ts a ney 'ne nesd io
PIE manner, driving The dust through drc which
| hurns tie sulphur, and the quartz then gives $duQ
TO The to instead Of $l5 which is MI THAI ts given
sample Of roId washed ont from pan Of dirt near
| Kuee4lTs Glllch, The Grrt discovered IN Colorado
Cne man showed him Pile Of rock which he said
tion TO which our Chicago friends should tu1n their
attention. 1hey arc nov dsawins rtoslstons at
10 to sS ssnts po93d tom ana nal
untold wealth. There is no tte4 On the track taken
by the party tro litsle past Denver 10 Salt Lake,
the only yscetstlon fo1nd md t. saseepsh s and bunch
tars in the vicinity rising to the height OF IL 600
10 1850 feet which wiring the moisture from the
atmosphere. and render the whole region dry. and
bn11en OF all fave the low vegetation mentioned.
but there |. plenty Of coal and Iron In the range
east Of Colorado and the minerals are rich. Piss
ipr nlnnE soo miles tosard Eastern Se!ada, to
eIon. and all around Austin where although they
charge fe0 per ion for milling. the miners make
money; u NsTaaaaEasa @ IT. ana Mest-aTe some Q.
they throw aside ROCK which does not yield aboye
s1GS 70 the ton-ln Europe they work II a saoo ?.
t a9 s1e ~; tI dn a1w TN nue. Fly ee
yisg,nia City, GOV Ice. sbont the 1esel Of the
Il also very rich in silver: Then, passing on to
& snot, r. ~nne ~ ~ fsei9n 9 On ne ~ess o. IN m
sh!sh aes1 set T yis'd SID; i Colorado, ado Sessd:
an1 "a, g. r. !ne eoast fAnse ey nno
IT, !ylpe bs.ses1 ,has and he slesra Se!ad4 tha'
fns sIoas ,s ..lie1 10 ae norfh W CONE 10 a h.
nelo o. ofes9n-aaey arc nnoing eola+ too: au
aione tne! fegl9n' Re nan nsps5men o. Eoio Eon
TesI 1s {.me .ne ~ na ~ s gsa M aSost Y
unsa ~ one aay. go iap1a,y y toe eoum meiSe
q ne re VOL
a1d Wi sooa istea way rive By tie ion: - Aont
~ Montana and The Frazer !uxer country there S'a
stii god IN abundance, md there ean be 20 doub
silver vii b. d,.eove5fd u quantities thai vii ne
: sonist " world. Wherever great distn1banee'
na.s 4axR assn pa Rs .hes s9s h r. Rass Rsy %
WI be found IN la.Ec 9asnt1nes. How liile y
1now Q. tne Mtne!a1 Wea4M u. OF .aas Eteat feGlon
eor 81. na 10 I'LL y5n
ns1 oa ~ N fo,n 1ne :, . - 70 Mastnef
1o Eola Mon'a n ne ,anna a. inc heaa wateIs Of n
mo@tains oeenr b1l! % seldom, and haye % doabues 1t q
,G %sa !noo9so y urueassis ri Nnlca spHt tne mo91
I tains 9snnat1. He etniotted view q the 70 Sc
wild, romanticlooEin- rcsioa; slsa, The Gle
btsted hntte famed amer u; bellows; ARC
o. me Cathe9al H1cks on tHe s.dc Of the valley
fotAs po1h1eo IN 1he acate Comic bty1es nlso
q view Of the Sesada Falls 100 feet high. With II
Msls Of iock GoGo feet high, and the valley t!sel
seah Sa sfi a1 r. d. ses snns IT,
lock- 2.bAu 1eel nisn- tne 80 Seu1lle fAlls, s,bl