Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-02
Ross BROWNIES SECOND REPORT,

From the American Joarnnl of Mining.l
This report is said to be finished; and
the Pacific papers contain various COM
~plimentary notices Of it, and what pur-
ports to be q synopsis of its contents.
I'VE do not propose to judge it in ad-
vance, but it seems to us, from oil we
IAN discover Of It, that it will be char
acterized, toa great extent, by the faults
of its predecessor. Better than the first
report It will be, because it couldn't be
worse. But the list Of those employed
upon it, which we give in another col
umn, shows that while somo trusty ex-
perts have been called in, the most i'm
portant parts Of the work have been put
into incompetent hands. The work of
these gentlemen we shall criticise here
after, and we should be glad to find our
fears falsiied. Mr.. Browne himself is
o rapid traveller and superficial observer
by nature and education. He is the
first instance We con recall Of q "%funny
man" raised to the head Of a great Sci
entific work. The results, so far, do
not encourage US to hope that the poll
cy will be continued by the Government.
Already some important territories
are complaining in advance Of the in
Justice which has been done them. We
quote the following from the Salt Lake
Kedette Of September 18th
"We observe that our Pacific cotem-
poraries are footing their horns in
praise Of this forthcoming report. 1t
may be all right to do so; it may be the
style, however %imprudent, and we will
| quietly succumb after we say our say.
One DR.. Blatchley is, in some manner,
associated with Browne in this great
| work. Blatchley drums up the facts
and figures, and the humorous writer
dresses them up in an entertaining style.
| Utah is to come in for mention in this
| work, because " Blatchley has travelled
extensively in Utah" Let US say to our
Pacific contemporaries, and they can re-
peat it on our authority, and with the
assurance that it is correct, that DR..
Blatchley on his tout Of observation, in
collecting statistics, passed through
| Utah like q dose Of salts. Had he been
o fugitive from justice with m officer
in hot pursuit, he could have made no
better time. He went in at one end OF
the Territory and out at another, as fast
as the overland stage could carry him,
and that is the extent Of B%latchley's
| mineral researches in Zion. The work
must be very reliable as q reference
| book about the mineral OF
Utah, if the compiler depends upon
Blatchley's personal observations here.
It will hardly do to swear by, and, at
any rate, won't do for Utah"
And this from the 0wyhee (Idaho)
Avalanche Of September 2lst:
az. Ross Browne is in the employ OF
the Government to collect statistics on
the mineral resources Of the Pacific
States and Territories, and recently he
was reported in Portland. Idaho is in
cluded in his territory and he will not
visit it at all, but rely upon others to
supply him with data for the required
information. He may or may not do
the Territory justice by this means, and
he may plead in e%xtenuation of faults of
omission or commission that his time
would not admit a personal tour Of ex-
p~loration, all of which may read quite
well in a report, but will not amount to
justice in the premises. He had better
omit Idaho in his report, than to I'M
truly represent it from any cause. His
subordinates in Idaho and one or more
sent here, are either interested in Ger.
tain property, or were toadied round too
much by m%anipulators Of fancy mining
property. Should Mr.. Browne sift the
matter down and come near doing Idaho
credit, we will readily do it to him like
WISE"