The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-24
bnccrning White pine.

\ The NIX u. c. Mrrog took away on Wedncs-
lay Thirty-two passengers. and the steamer on
the day following forty-eight. making 4 total of
eighty persons larger number of resi-
dents than has ever before left our shores in two
days. Persons differ in opinion as to whether
the departure of 30 many is a benefit or injury
TO the country. Some argue that it is better for
those who remain while others. who believe that
population l. capital, contend that the with
drawal Of population i equivalent 20 the with
drawal Of - much OF the real capital of the
country. There can be no question that the
prosperity Of any country depends on these TWO
elements-aud that a population and capital
increase. the prosperity and power of the country
are advanced.
\ considerable portion Of the passengers who
left were from the industrial class, bound, it Is
said, 70 the ncwly-dlscoyercd White Pine silver
mines. BE this as it may, many of them were
citizens which no country can afford 10 lose.
We need here al the mechanics, artizans and
farmers who cln find employment, and there are
openings fo- all who wish to come.
y subscriber desires 10 know where and what
- White Pine " Is. As near as we can describe,
it is a district ten miles square, in the eastern
part of the State Of Nevada. about midway be-
tween Virginia City and Salt Lake City. and in
about tie same latitude. The overland railroad
runs past it. and travellers from California leaving
Sacramento in the ears at - \. NJ, arrive in 50
hours at Elko, which is 400 miles east of Sacra-
mento. From Elko stages run due south, 10
miles, to the White Pine mines. which are located
in the gulchcs and on the sides of n mountain
range, ut an elevation of over 5000 feet.
Treasure Hill, which Is popularity but erro-
niously supposed to be Il solid mass of silver ore,
is the center Of this new mining district. II is
some two miles in length and perhaps one in
width, its peaks stretching up above the clouds.
to an elevation Of over 5000 feet. Around this
hill are located the three or four towns, which
are daily receiving large accessions to their popu-
lation- Hamilton City. Treasure City. Silver
City, and Eberharit City. The population of
these places in February last was five or six
thousands, and about April first it was supposed
70 be ten thousand.
There will no doubt be an extraordinary rush
of Adventures thither from the Western States
as well as from the Pacific side, so that the popu-
ktion of the district before fall may exceed fifty
thousands. Over two hundred mining companies
have already been formed to mine in that district,
VII Al 'hpIlAi 'i wv HuutICI llllOnS-eilLncle
to blow up Treasure Hill. and melt it over and
over a dozen times during the next two years.
One of the companies, with a capital of five mil
lions, has gone to work to cxcayatc 4 tunnel right
through Treasure Hill, which will be one mile in
length. This is the surest way to solve the ques-
ton Of the existence Of silver ore. 1t is said that
this company, which, by the way, is under the
auspices of tlc Bank of California. are a~ssaying
rock worth $500 a ton, which is twenty times
the value Of the best rock found in the famous
Washoc mines.
Still, while some of these mines, like the Eber-
hardt, the California. the Argyle and others, will
pay well. others will never repay the cost of
working them. And while fortunes will unques-
be made by some Adventures, the great
will meet only with loss and disappoint-
ncnt. Moreover, the climate is cold, foggy and
productive of diseases OF various kinds-particu-
Iarly rheumatism and consumption, and there
doubtless he much sickness and suffering
there, as Treasure City is located among the
clouds and fogs, between eight and nine thou
sand feet above the sea.
Our advice is-if you have any employment
here that affords a livelihood, don't 90 to White
Pine. All who have gone from here, however.
We hope prove among the fortunate few,
md return before the winter SHOWS envelope
Treasure Hill, loaded with - silver bricks 10
pend their fortunes lcrc.