New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-25

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abundance. Another miner told me he used to psy1
tl50 for load of p0tstoes for they were only valued
at the cost OF digging and hauling Before this
Of pork orof Ir was SOLD 600 pounds Of mineTa
worth Chem about $685. now IL ID worth sio anu uu'
ing the war brought ostr elOO. -.t,k-
In the early mining days there was plenty OF
and the food was bread pork and pota'oes Iei
were plenty Of praiIie chickens 1of Inc eou s Tn
boundless prairie Folks were friendly ano ire. 10
travelling when one cane to miners caDh, u Do "uo
uas in It was his privilege TO take soue oIen ara
meat; and when ihe miner was IN nc WE eApe''eu :"
take hold and do his own coof1Ees ~.
As farming region this.eagnOt be surpassed. Inc
amount OF grain brought 10 Gaena ans ofher railroad
towns is astonishing. When i inquired tbe piice VI
grain In couutry.pacss. told that there was no
price since everybody had enough and there were no
sales excep; at railroad stations. Gafden Vege'ape
of every description produce aoundantly Inc art
which comes out Of the mines, when mixed VIII com
mon SOIL acts manure. 1t was past tAe Nth Vi ~
ver1ber when was here, ard on the open range au
among the hazel Bushes the feed OF bue grass was .no
very best and vet ony did TIE ground freeze every
night bur few weeks before Winter seemed 10 BET
in with hard freezing weather and iar i ~ So NV
Perhaps ANNOYED NY friends who were with me oy
frequent remarks the fertility Of the soil and N par
tcllar on the wonderful growth Of blue grass Sever
had seen anything equal 1t. Even In tne dieghes
where the ground had been dug all this grass was
IN lroiusion. The blue grass OF Kentucky ana o.el
Southern attitudes grows high but n is hol 30 ne
nor SO thick There the sod 10 covered wth inns Rrss
as fine and compact "a the far of mink. 10 not true
that the grass cold countries grows thick anu nne o
the same reason that the fun OF the Wild uhlnais coeo
in vsoys this naturally is dairy region Know 'he,r
butter Is superior and am rIesislby ed 20 inc COLI
cusion that considering tue mines below ana tae graz
and The fef tile so ABOVE this Is the richest country Ia
the whoe world IL il like slice OF bread buttered on
both Sides Appe-trees have failed though some nsIuy
varesies are doing well IN my report oi me M'scvn.
elm st ,ie rair learned fron tue 1rmtgroWefs wbS.
kinds succeed and gave u list Near Galena they
made some Caiawba wine. The Concord GOES eAco''
ieptly well
There are perhaps thousands OF foreign miners,
ing by the day at day.wages Others are prospecting
on limited GROUND, and all ore doing well pnt " seeus
TO that the Of great riches are past unless the
can become partners in ines. which they can only 90
by investing their labor in diggnRs where ehanees ere
uncertain. The surface mineral beng mostly eA'
haasted ore can be obtained only by making trge 10.
vesmens. end " seems TO me That TINS can Only De
done by the formation OF companies. Lane winch nst
been worked and exhausted on the surface csb De
bought for from $50 $500 rcre. Some lands VIII
mines opened Uut which 10 drained by adit levels
ct great expense held at from $50 to elUVVO
Bot IN these cases the great objection hes In
the fact that unless one owns large body Of land IN
draining his he Is certain TO drain his neighbors
This be not willing 10 do and there are cases where
parties have been holding on for 20 yeaisone waiting
for the other 10 make hin rch law should be passed
making party who is benefted By andhers adit, In
debted to reasonable amount Nothing can be moie
iost and nothing would add more TO the prosperity Of
The whole mining region Still, there parties hold
ing large bodies of undoubtedly rich mineral land who
are not able both bold the land and work IT, and here
are opportunities for capitalists to unite Some com.
pancs have been formed and are working with great
prospect Of success; but Tor the most pai the oppor
tuniiies mentioned are unimproved.
There are good firms 10 this region, with fair I'M
proyements which can be bought for IRON S25 to s35
an acre. No mineral hos been found on t N nor have
they been prospected bn so Tar as could see they are
as ely 10 contain mineral any other localities.
do not make this staGeG ent to iLdnce farmers TO 60
tbher and buy farms with the hope OF finding mineral
because don know neither their chance will be good
or poor but It is nv duty 10 state the facts.
Beside the foreigners, there is another class .r o.
mincrs-tbat is Yankees, VINO came hlther equauy
poor; aud they as well as the others Oiien labOIeu
year after year; sometimes With varying success az
other times their prospects were DARK as Midnight anu
they continued labor. almost every day or week OK
Meeting TO strike rich leads 1hey were deeply In debt
Tor long had they sunk their last dollars but at last the
fortune which tiay richly deserved came. and day
after day and month after month they took out nom
a. GOO 10 o 900 worth Of mineral every "a honrs In
sneh case-in fact In all mines where they pretend to
yOrk-there is no piQnt day. and woik 10 unlnter
rupted except Sundays through every honr VI Tue
year. :. $500, o.,.
while some live on their farms, surrounded py the
scenes Of their good Ill fortune Their bonses are
NOT ostentatious but they are elegant ana
The Furniture, carpets curt9ns pianos ana oeGs Gre
tbe nest that money can buy. They raise their own
grain aud vegetables Keep enough COWS SCI IN apun
dant and nent table from which nshsTa and New Cover
is and n ssRss WIZ thick sweet Then
sons a,ted to bussess their girls are se Ut East t.
be educated end they wear plenty OF rings nave So9
breastpns watches, and chains and the biggest KIND
of waterfalls. These too are for the Union. one mHn
gave e3 OOJ toward raising volunteers and 10 the SAM
farv nm ssioD and lie told me that the only way u
meet these who would destroy our Union and make TIE
county worthless was with tle naked sWoru-WIn the
sword 10 the hilt. 49, a.,
Here must leave these gtteriny generaties and
come to hard realities. must speak OF tie geoIoHies
structure this cOusTy and about sinking shafts ano
running adt Levels where the powder-blst shakes lie
foundation Of the bills. NJ u NJ