, 1866-03-06
FROM THE MINING REGIONS.
Prospecting III Coforado-Thc smith
and Parfnelce Mlne-SuMtrlnE of
miners In N NT0uxau0.


PROSPECTING FOR CLA1Ms.-The Central
| Ctr RegisteF Of the 21st nlt says: "Pros.
/ pect1nE is bound to become legitimate oc.
cupalol Tor thousands OF men, when The
SHOWS Of winter shall hare melted from on
1 mountains. The new mining law appears 10
give very general satisfaction. The cxtrcmc
libctslity of Its provisions willinduce monied
! whilt the hard and Industrious but pool
| laboter Il amply paid for his toll By having
secuted to him tract Of territory iour teen
1 hundred feet long By fifty wide, with all
diw, spurs and angles contained therein.
10lt hills and valleys will TEEN with animat-
lied, eager, delying people Of all classes and
conditions. Well, there's plenty of room,
|. and IN abundance cf mlnera1s-lead, gold,
silver and copper for all who seek
|: i TESTIMONY TO TIE New SMELLING
/, ,PRockssEs-Nith Its twcnty.tye-etamp mill,
the Smith & Pas1ne1ce Company has taken
tout, during period OF nearly seven months
Just passed, 3,6l1 ounces Of gold; coin value,
lin these times OF high prfccs,. Atr. Bcldea, tue
agent Of the Company, says there has been "a :
large protit every month.
Notwithstanding this, the Company appears
10 have become satisfied that the mill saves
only small portion Of the gold in the ore,
sud that other methods arc now IN use with
which much better result eau be secured.
50 tic agent has been directed to shut down
tho mill. but not to stop mining. On the con-
trarY, SO cords Of the best ore are to be taken
ont as soon as possible. 11r. Belden has no
ipti,natien Of what particular method with
tho ores he Company has in view.
W1STEK PERlLs IN MoxTASA.-A lei
ter wri.E says: The miners OF Mon
tana have had Severe winter. The gold that
has nttr1ted thousands to the sterile moun.
iains OF that Territory, were X dug from tie
earth AMI divided among them, would be
poor con9ensatfon for the suffering and f.es.
titution ttat many Of them have undergone,
It seemstacfedible that men should start for
rceious remote from civilization without
ample PREPARATION, and an assurance that al.
Ter arfitihg there they would haye suhsis-
tence apl shelter; and ret hundreds have
gone, taxing nothing with them over what
was necessary to deffay expenses to the point
OF destfnltiop, and trusting to luck to pro-
vide the beans Of living beyond that period.
1t is nG surprising that there should be
Ills tmEp'r,yidencc. Shut IN by ths % Snows M
that By their depth put an end to travel
and the transportation Of supplies, and
exposed to frosts almost as severe
as those ofan Arctic winter, the miners OF the
wflds of M.ntsua have perlshed By scores and
hundreds d1ring this season. But a few weeks
aeo reportE ot such discoveries as Sun River
reached Virginia City and other towns in the
Territory and without waiting for spring, or
proyidink themselves with suitable clothing
and uroytIons, hundreds Of mtntnn ndTeutu-
Tcrs Get OF for the auriierous region, and now
The report comes back to the settlement that
durint. a NOV storm, followed by such cold
weather 4 Is rarely experienced even there,
over 1W Of these unfortunates pefished. their
Avze1 bodisa scAttered along the valley Of