Arizona miner., 1867-12-14

Co the Pacific, not much, II any WuE'' '""" the other. acio>s which no ,u"W-r'"i Inou'' tains rear their huge obstru'tng masses, on which there are no snow oIiIis' a'' Vnc' which car. may run 3Gj days m the year. NS aludc to the route now hdng explored anu surveyed by the Union Pacltc lt"'iWaE om pnnv of the Kansas legally known a' ,uc
 Eastern Division. through New McNle', ATT zona. and Southern California.
 This last mentioned route runs all the way . f,om the Missouri to the Pacific through rrh ! aqiicultural. pastoral. and mineral lands hi- ycr,iiicd IS the regions are which it taNcFsc>' . through Kansas, Colorado New Mexico. An. 1 Zona and California, they are ai nch an" . productive, and every section will pour the ! quota of it's peculiar precincts upon thl' great ! thoroughlarc tu swell the grand aggregate oi | its trade. In Colorado and New Mexico lt 1 will pass over coal fields, htuuinous and an ! thractc, probably not second to those oi l Pennsylyania. The numerous and rich nlhcs
 of gold, silver, and copper (cspecalIy copper) ! among which t runs in New Mexico and Ari-
 zona, viii draw to those now secluded ier.i- tories a large population. Southern taiiior- mia teens with rich and vanou, resources both of soil and mines, probably beyond any
 other section of our country. Every part oi
 the line. therefore, from Kansas City to san
 Francisco is good for something, and much oi
 it surpassingly productive
 A road through such a region would be
 self sustaining at once, as the portion com
 pleted in Kansas already i,. By this l mean
 that it would pay all cNpcnses-the interest
 on the cost of its construction, including the
 Government bonds; and moreover by its
 developing power, it would rapidly augment
 the national wealth ana the volume oI the
 precious metals.
 Gin the contrary, the Union Pacific Rail ! road of the Platte can have comparatively . lttl. developing power along its liuc for the simple reason that there k little to be dcycl-
 oped The vast plain through which the Platte flows. from the mountains to he Nils - souri k for the most part arid, unpruductivc r and uninvting; an beyond the heads of the
 Platte. entirely across thc lofty Central Pa
 teau. to the eastern slope Of thc S;Urrd Ne u vada a distance of more than twelve hundred - miles, we know of no mines, and, with the 2 exception of the basin of the Salt Lake, w' - know of no territory fit for cultivation an' .. settlement The whole region i, lofty, rough
 broken, mountainous, and cold. In tLe val '- ley of the Humboldt water freezes m August 0 and on Bear river tAe climate iS still mor e inclcmcnt The coldnc,s of the climate o
 this Central Plateau ot the continent k nor , attributable to its great altitude than to Ii II high latitude. The following statement , 's the altitude of few points will account fu m the fact that that region i> too ro!d for sctl, " mcnt, even were it sufficiently fertile:
 " Feet above tid ! summit of the Sierra Nevada .........7.04 7" Virginia Station, in Nevada. ........j, st g, Humboldt, where the Humboldt river ld ends in a small lake--its water being nt partly cvaporatcd and partly absorbed
 in the sand. d.......... .......... 1 ,j(
 | .l. III |. ,t. Ut the valley, where ice is formed in ss August. ..................... 5,bl le Salt Lake. ................... 1 y
 Passes of Rocky Mountains .. ' eco to S,0t ss Any good map will show that water foy a from this lofty region over which 1t k pr " posed to carry this great continental tho h- oughtarc to every point of the compass. IT Ut Colorado the Yellowstone, the Platte, ai tn the principal tributary of the Columbia, ,d have their sources here, which iavt WoN , that it k the highest region on the CuntineI 'H In view of all these facts. submit to [ ce gentlemen engaged in that enterprise, and m, the country, whether it is wise to attempt n, build q railroad through such region
 il possible that it can be q financial succc '' when it must rely almost solely upon Ike through business for its revenue, besides bei zee blockadcd by snow at least five months Id. the year Would it not be much saf and therefore d wiser, policy to terminate { '" Platte line at the base of the mountains
 Cheyenne City, which would soon become est important place, far surpassing Denver q he push forward the other line, on which ,to difficulties are found, either typographical
 -, climatic, and which is sure tu have a W " business sufficient alone To make it pay. le. me ing the revenue accruing from the throu Ir. business clear gain
 Inf But what is to be done for the rich mini on State of Nevada: It may be, Nerqda is
 ready proriied .f0rby Me CeatraL I3oqd of Ca oi fJ,nja. San Francisco is its natural comm vll cial metropolis. All that is of much value ess importance in that State lies within two l., 10Th dred miles of that city; only through the V .77 leys of the Humboldt and Salt Lake, '"' rough plateau of northern Utah, and acr Ter the towering nights of the Rocky Mountai fife the people of Nevada can reach the East, md States of the Union This is the better ro ,d, for both Nevada and California; and if
 them, certainly for the people on this si
 whose only desire in reference to this mat han is to secure the safest, the best, the most ind liable, and the least expensive railroad co ere munication with the States and ports of ur- Paciti and one that will develop most larg ich the mineral treasures of the intermediate test zion, one that will add greatly to the stren; the and nothing to the burdens of the nation. iui- 'r, MORE Coop LUcK.-On the last scout mi .ur- by Lieutenant Ilasson and party m the vic nd ity of TruXtOn Springs, on the Prescott { the llardyylllc rord, the command came upor npe small squad of Indians and succeeded in k
 l ing one of them--,a young chief, it is S ,ne. Truly, the Lieutenant has done well the | do; season in harvesting Walapas.