New-York tribune., 1866-04-27

noticeable is the series Of Yosemite Yo-em-ts pictures
taken BY &. Z. Watkn Of San Francisco, enthusiast a
bis art, who has spent two Summers in the Ycsemits
valley for the sole purpose Of studying i startling and
beautiful features and reproducing from tle best
siand-points and most favorable lights in some OF hf
Vows the reflection OF mountains rocks and trees In ths
transparent waters s 50 vivid that p zzies 10 de.
Cdo which ere the original objects and which The rehec-
tion He has produced the best series OF phoOg.sD of
naturg scenery ever made In the United lfec cr -r.
Tho placer mining Of this State 10 nearly exhausted
Tho quartz mining but Just begun. In the Wild excits-
mont Of Nevada hundreds Of valuable California odes Of
gold quartz were passed oyer and tho enormous expenses
Of the early days often prevented them from being WORKED
with profit Now when mechanical processes m
toduced and labor and living are cheaper they begin ore
celye fresh attention and tie egGae apl clon Of oapi-
tai 1hoy have great advantages over The qpazodes of
distant regions. The Superintendent Of Tire Mart
nos crate assscd mo that il he could ind In his mine
abundance Of quartz containing e. 90 the tun III e earth,
be could make paying dividends on tie SIC Of Ospt-
tal invested by bis company
Al Virginia. Nevada, quartz in order to be llcrativs
must contain % % so 70 the tuni IN tho Reese River
District $50 to 500. What an argument tor the early
completion Of the Pacific Railroad If the
ming from here 10 Nevada the cost Of transporting ths
crude ore California would not exceed SO tun, and u
coud be reduced here for g. or s. Nevada teens
with ores worth $50 10 so to the tn 50 do Utah, Colo
rado Idaho and Montana. Most of the California quarts
contains free gold easily worked. J. Grass valley md
other localities much being rednced Win excellent re-
suits. Of course the mills owned uy lhalNldas ploVs
mach more lucrative than those belonging TO stock COM
pans for az the Italian prover0 assures US, men cu1
broad thongs from other mems leather" new mining
era has commenced among tho Caifomians, Who after
bunting gold Odes hundreds and thousands OF miles rom
home hye last learned the Old lesson that the rchesp
treasures were lying AZ their own doors.
California Agriculture is worthy Of many carefully pre-.
pared columns but must dismiss II with two or tares
paragraphs. Mnisg is q lottery; tilng the earth IA
certainty and all the frugal, industrious farmers grow
rich Despite the bare ashy look caused ~ the ranis
months about onehird Of all tho lent Il susceptible OF
culture and the soil is generally good though not egaA
the Mississippi Valley. There isno depth at which u
gives out IN the Eastern States. In most ocaiiee
with early sowing and planting, little irrigation is re-
Guirod. In the Sacramento Valley and other sections
Wild Oats grow uKurantly.
Small grain Is the most natural crop. OF tho entire AZ
rcuurol product Barley reaches 80 per cents srges
proportion than any other part Of the word-Wheat
per cent; Oats 10; Potatoes 10 and Com Only L. sixy
bushels Of barley TO the not uncommon snd IN
1853 In the valley Of Paaro, j. Is. Hill raised 9O,ooo
bushels from 100 acres single acre producing fJ bush
e- Canning with GOOD deal Of truth, that moth
ing IL the world h faacious facts except hZnres
blt this statement Ia the authority OF careful ana
Trustworthy writer John s. HitteA whose Resourcesof OF
California" is peculiarly valuable and exhaustive. He
believes that many larger crops Of bailey have beea pro-
due - in tie State
The root vegetables thrive wonderfully and grow 70
size. According 20 the same author vegetables
have been exhibited az the agricultural fairs Weighing ss
follows. An Onion T. asOrdupOis, % inches IN cir
cuuference; white Turnip 26 h Tomato 20 inches IN
circumference; Cabbagc-Aeaa5 weighing 4J 70 11 Ib
Watermelon 81 ID Red Beet, lis b, i've eet long oy
one ic0t ia diameter; a Squash, 209 I'd. MI. hIt.eHs
sores Ike his cabbares and squashcs, must stand on
their os bottorns both are surely large enough 70 do
without. .loppling. But Fred. McCrelish Of The hHs
has give. little of " the ocular PROOF ~ the SHAPE
of q Beet weighing ~ n, which he ayers may DO ~,
exhibition IN tho East but IS not much Of vegetable Tor
California. This, by way Of preparing the reader ION
somethi, about California fruit altogether beating ne
beets ifncredulous let him his admiration for
while until he hears the legend Ofthe SOnoua grapes am
the story ct the Sacramento pess. a. D. T.