The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-07-04

prise Tie racitc coast though the where 4 u
carried ON s sonewhat restricted fhs only ,opteT
mines Ia the State ~ California that have proved vau
able are ~ copperopols, IN the foot hilis o. We
Siergss, thirty-eght miles from Stockton. The
ore ore IS extracted 70 The form .. sapha,s s
which has reached depth OF I'VE hundred
feet and widens n dsscends. In consequence OF
The expense Of smelling works aud tbc cost OF fuel
has been found send the 70 Eng
land and To the Atlantic coast for reduction The aa
phur " driven on by heat aud after undergoing various
manipnlaons 70 rid Il OF fo,ogn matter tho pun. cop
per remains There several mines n, topprropetA
all Of them on the
The fiehrst copper mines Of The coast are in Arizona,
very near The California limo. have been shown sprc
mems which assay from SIXTY 10 seventy per cent or
copper The ore from these mines, ton By ton VIII
y,ud rom forty TO hHy per cent 81 pnie
copper. aud tho miners are confident q richer
return Than this they descend further
INTO the ear,h The wide and well dchn,d, and
the held y just beginning to attract attention. Arizona
= Also rch IN silver aud gold particularly Tue former
such pleasant habit or killing white mon frequent
oosihons that residence there ~ not dcsI.bc
home on the Hudson o. The Ohio But as men arc ~
WAYS ready To 20 wherever there prospect 81 money
max this ont OF ,he Territory hids fair become
pcopled before many years have passed away. steam
boats are running up the Colorado and there regular
line or ocean slearnehps between San Fraucso and the
mouth Of that river, that tho mines 4 have
good prospect OF deyalopmeni some VI the
companies nov N operation 10 Arizona tcil their
ore 10 specals,otf while the balance ship theirs " Ens
land Tor reduction aud await the financial returns ons
company y preparing TO erect smelling worhs Tor sdAc
ing the richest ores while will send away The balance
TO points where fuel Is cheaper
The want OF good coal mines II severely felt ~ Cal
fornla Coal has been discovered i belnr taken
out IN considerable quantities al Mount Dahlo, thlfN
miles from san Traucisco bu, il IL ~ infsiar quality
and unfit for MANY purposes where coal y nsod Tho
same IL The case with NE coal from BelllEghan Hay
British Coiumbm, and from all other points on the "a
cite coast where veins have been opened. Tue river
steamers burn The California coal costing from twelve
10 fourteen dollars ton, and come u the foun.
dries Jse H. as well az all establishment
land where the making Of steam IL ,he only object
o'tDn steamers cannot burn IN consequence oi ~ ton
dcncy TO spontaneous combustion when kept ~ The hold
Of vessels for considerable length OF limo The Ia
cs1io Mail Company Keeps limo Of sailing ships bringing
coal va Cape Horn from the PcEnsylyaDla mines Al
cost when delivered or twtntysix dollars COIN per ton
roa Is brought here Atlantis caboard and from
Sydney. New South Wass snd sells nj twenty i've ~
fc.tv dollars per ton according 10 the relative proper
tioDs OF the dOInand the supply II mine faNora.
hiy located whore the Pacific nnd furnishing
agnod quality ~ anthracite coal conld he ound would
| have spoken " gold SILVER and copper among
the minerals hu there " smother metal which u an
important pTaalt Of The coast, though iho area ~
IS production = somewhat mitcd-I alIndc - qticks
Yer which exists N quantities worthy OF note only IN
spain, California and FERN. Foravery long period the ~
MAIDEN quicksilver slDe To SPAIN the only knowD
and held auld monopoly Of the rad. The d.scovcfef
Peru opened new Bold hni though 4 reduced the prce
for time, y I'D seriously affect ~ The discovery
IN California threw such quantity lnfo the market that
the whole quieksstT trade 81 he world ~ how ruea Nv
r. III great New Almadsn, sixty mites soYth
IRON san frauclacp rho Is taken from nan.
IN the hts On uc tns,dc of no coast range o. moan.
tans and i fouua II thatubsrs ueiead of yonr The
earthquake last Ntnhrr which did much damage -
san Francisco pHt money IN tie pockets al IA. New
Almaden owners Is \ opfnea ~ new and very Ich
CHAMBER no. piroip nss discovered The ciunahar
from which irt Gark-llter taken n about the color 0
a well barsi ares GAd locks when fled ~ Tor use
murn lik" .ur y broken and antqna,od hicks Tho
orc = pln - rrnc'F. wood Aro built boncath and
the qu,ct .lyef 'f ~ Ia vapor end is caught and
aenssd r srfNt MONS partly nllef with water After
oondeIsa y ~ ~ - hasks containing SEVENTY
- ana . pa Oh this being the same a, slls
weight used y ien mine ~ Spain
The niGs r- ~ snhir~.t OF much LITIGATION
inderG - ,srA Ylifng valuable 10 California