New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-11


Of locomoton from days to hours and enable the
TO transport himself and his from place to pace
with speed AID facility which mus: be experienced be
appreciated
Tic metallic wealth Of Mexico and Peru had been known
and sought for Spaaard set foot this continent
hut c metallic wealth OF The Far est has been OF recent
discovery. Piior 10 1917 the region Of the Rocky Noun
tails almost terra mcogHta. Uad. then the wild
tribes tho desert held absolute sway greater
part Of IT, unlsturbci By the white man who dreamed
lot yet Of the gold Of California, or the silver OF Nova
d.. No sooner however were deposits Of the former
me.a. found IN the Sacramento and San joaquin valleys
THAI the apathy Of tie white man vanished, aad multi
tlde rushed from the Atlantic scaboal and from Europe
90 dcge afcr The precious iDclosed II Tie womb
of this new E.Gorado
not yet twenty years since the working Of the gold
mines Of California commenced and the tide OF emigration
began 10 flow tlither nevertheless behold the result On
the rocLound shore of the Pacific, and in al unkemP
wilderness has sprung up within the brei space named,
r-e rich. and powerful state, whose comprises
l55,GS7 square miles, whose inhabitants number ove-
JJ0O0 and whose annual exports Of gold have ranged
from 100000 % S1JOJ00O0. Most marvellous indeed
has been tho Tuyily with which California has grown
and prospcrel. Bu. tho valleys Of the Sacramento and
san joaquin have been explored throughout their length
aad BREADTH ana some Of their mines bad begun to give
signs Of exhaustion people thought Of crossing the
mountain rance which bounds California on the northeast
AID testing the metallic resources OF the region beyond
This region, then part OF Utah, the State Of Ne
yada forms the side Of the Great Basin ncosed by
the Wahsatch and the Sierra Nevada mountains Its area
contains 81 900 square miles and It's situation Is so
elevated that few even Of its valleys less than 1000
feet above the level Of the while several Of It's noun
tain peaks tower to the hight Of II 900 feet When the
fr. t4~vt
moro desert than California had been anterior to 1917. In
1859 there were no; dwellings within its bor
ders, and where Virginia City stands was then
drcary, desoatc barren waste with not living thing
thereon occasional stuncd pine or other alpine
plant But the discovery Of tho silver mines Of Washoe
os the Vrgnian district first called quickly changed
ell this and in the few years which have since elapsed
new stat, has been ushcrcd into existence which already
contains population OF over 5000 souls and two -four
shng cities
California and Nevada these the great representa-
tive States Of thc Ear West Other regions Of that por
ton Of our continent undoubtedly possess ch deposits Of
the precious metals but extent and oxuberance Of me
tallc wealth these States excel them all. California. Of
course the Oldest Of the Pacific States and because Of
the greater Development Of her mineral resources still
holds the r.nk but there is every prospect that she
WILL ere long find formidable rival in her youn sister.
advantages. She ha appeared later in the hed her popu
ston comparatively sparse, and her mineral resources
have bcon only partially developed yet such is the abund
nnce Of her metallic wealth that the product OF
the mines Of tie Virginia City district alone amounts TO
more than s2jC0O0 per aRnun return much larger IN
proportion to the number Of it, mnc than the Golden
state herself can show Nevada is IN fact still richer IN
silver than California In gold, and her staple metal
be t remembered, vastly enduring in It's nature
For gold mines have frequently failed even in California
whereas silver mines almost invariably become more pro-
ducyo the deeper they worked Silver mines are, IN
truth incyhalstile. The anonymous author Of very
interesting pamphlet on the Nevada mines, says:
I'VE know = alglr mining region in the worli which
Tho % Mexico. origin ly Worlcl ny
e atvr Asiccs b,re The spanish conquest are worked
suu The = he udcs have given form their wealA
o. moro iLsu rrco centuries To mines 4 o. Spain have
worked eyes are in wor. inr c0ldon DOW. In
Hungary worked h tll Ko4ans, bCfJre the
brtl II Christ .in Ti. their st. .l increase Tie silver
4 Frehurg SaIoly worked fom the eleventh cen
tury kloV dliuutnn. WI l. in Bohemia. tho IJrol
Norway. sweden ana toe Cra ard All IS mouaiaus the
continue BE- worked 10 TIE present day AMI are gene
ton"
Need Nevada then persist IN the glorious contest
Test she should ultimately have to surrender the palm 70
her ryalf We trow not