Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-12
THE TIDAL WAVE.

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The great tide OF emigration is surg
ing its heavy waves over the broad face
of Uncle Sans dominions at the pres
ent time, something after the style of
an ordinary cross sea in the Bay Of
San Francisco. No regular wind or
current directs its course in any per-
maneptly defined direction just yet, but
not many weeks will slapse ere the
great Continental Railroad will COM
plete its connection away in the centre
Of the vast interior, and then the grand
current will be established and the
tidal wave of human emigration will rs
a natural consequence assume q defined
regular flow and direction.
Thus far the current has assumed an
outward flow, from this portion of the
State and California, toward the rich
lands of promise developed within our
eastern borders, yet even now, a coun-
teractiug current is setting in from the
Atlantic States and steadily gaining
in power as the railroad approaches
completion. We hear the note OF
preparation and the sound Of the ad-
vance is already borne TO our. ears on
every breeze waited across the Rocky
Mountains. They are coming to US
from the other side. And they are not
all coming merely to White Pine they
arc coming far beyond, and this fall we
shall find them among us, together
with many returned ones now gone to
the new Silverado, for there must be
a reactionary wave from that locality
whittier such an undue current is now
flowing. The drain from this section
must inevitably be compensated for in
accordance with the most natural prin-
| ciplcs in the world. In continuation
and Illustration we quote from the Car
son Appeal as follows:
The opening Of the White Pine District
| promises such 4 rush OF population as has
| never been known since the days when the
Comstock ledge was in the heyday OF its
wealth and glory; i'll fact, we may anticipate
a larger influx from California and the East.
ern States than that which caused the sudden
occupancy OF "Washoe" by tens of thou
sands, and made u State out Of the bleak
mountains and uninyiting plains upon which
our older population is now settled. White
Pine has startled tho world at n period which
is peculiarly favorable to u n "rush as
we anticipate, for while the Central Pacific
Railway makes the trip to the new diggings q
less hazardous aud toilsomc undertaking than
was a trip, in early times, from San Fran
cisco 70 the Northern mines Of California,
the promised opening, within a few weeks, oil
the Union Pacific line, and its connection
with the Western Branch Of the trans.conti-
mental railway, makes the way easy for those
who are fain to follow in the wake Of the
''pa,hfnders" who vcnturcd across the Great
Plains in 1919 and 80, in search Of the land
of promise lying west OF the Sierra. Contem.
plating the promised addition to our popula-
ton in connection with the subject in hand,
we sec, in prospect, u vast augmentation OIL
our taxable property to accrue almost imme-
diately. Places Of business Of every descrip-
ton must spring up in the new district,
| whether White Pine shall prove a bubble OF
n New FL Dorado; capital is already finding
| investment in new mills md hosting works
and the hitherto unoccupicd and unsough'
| agricultural lands lying throughout the
"Great East" are sure to find settlers and
producers. Towns and hamlets are certain
TO spring up along the line OF the great rail
road; and all the signs point to an accession,
| within the coming six months, OF enough
immigrants 10 double the number Of our pres
cnt population.