Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-27
nuR Hidden WEALTH

OUR HIDDEN WEALTH.
THE WHITE PINE SILVER MINEs-FAREwELL
TO sAS MISUNDERSTANDING ON PARTING
PEACE AND PLENTY.
q HAMILTON, WHITE PINE Co N, vada,
{ Arg. assn Francisco, the wonder fnl
tho Golden City with the bound ess future
4 he Queen Of the Pacific, with her kaleido-
scopic population, made up from the natives
of North and South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the isles Of the ocean, her soft
. 5 Isnish nomenclature, her fierce indomita
be energy, pluck, and unbouaded faith In
+ her own resources, her purely Californian
hospitality, and unceasing excitement, was
behind us at last, as we stood on the deck
4 bf the New World on the evening Of the 29th
Of July, and saw with feelings of regret the
gray promontory fade away In the distance,
: and the mists rolling inward from the blue
Pacific. The residents of the Atlantic s,opr
and the valley Of the Mississippi can hardly
J understand the feeling of uHbounded at
tachment, almost amounting to idolatry, ex.
Z pre- sed on every occasion by Calafornians
while speaking Of their adopted State, but
having once seeu CalafUrns, breathed her
glorious air, climbed her giant mountains,
and gszed on her wonderful scenery, in
hailed the perfume of the flowers, which IN
GUNNER At d in Winter bonn and n ,urish
rs they do now here else on earth, worked
throueh her orchards, where
.Fruts Of fragrance blush every tree"
and the pride Uf the tropics and the tenn
perate zones thrive in unt quaied luxurisnce
side by side, mingled with her people aud
been greeted by them as a brother, We ap-
.preciate II, and eventually come to applaud
Il and glory In IL. The american who can
visit California snd not feel q new pride In
his country, q new faith in her future and
new addition TO the egctism Of his race,
must be such poor, despicabla creature as
do not care to look upon. There is but
one California on earth, and not TO have seen
her il not % have lived at all. l have seen
and love her.
A SAIL To vALLEJ0-CALIFJRNIA FARMING
We pass under the frOwn'ng batteries of
Alcatrsz, mp the Bay of San Francisco,
(, through the Bay of San Pablo, aud some
time before sunset the steamer rounds to
alougside the wharf at yalh jo. From this
thriving little city-a great city IN the fu.
lure, her enthusiastic citizens believe-the
train whirls us away into a broad valley,
K sfretching out, like the prsiries of Illinois,
from the Coast Range Mountains on the
west TO the foothills OF the great Sierra Ne
NADIA on Sha east. This country through
which We pass, embracing portions Of SOFA
mo, Napa, and Yolo Counties, is ono OF the
E.rdsis OF Calitornis. Five years sgp il
vas mainly gynup TO stock ranchirg, and
was comparatively undeveloped aud uupro
iductive, To-day IL is one vast grain field,
dutted with pleas ant homes Of farmers sho
have grown rich in few years. Orchards
loaded with golden fruit, hni vineyards
where the grapes are ripentd in the warm,
dry air, 10 a point Of luscious richness I'm.
.tiainable on the Eagtern side OF the con
ainent, are seen at intervals, hut the great
staple Is wheat. At every depot along the
y Sine Of the railroad, wheat piled up In sacks
lines the track on either side for long dis
aanse. Stacks Of the wheat heads cut of
Sy the ''hesdipg" machines, waiting for III
ixhreshers, are seen In every field, aud piles
Of wheat In sacks, corded up like wood,
are scattered all over the country. IL never
rains here during blk or eight months of the
wear. and the farmers or "rancherS" cor
supted from rdnchero, which Is the true
Spsnish designation-can leave their grain
Wing In piles on the dry ground for months
with perfect safety. II ID ''as dry as bone"
when first cut, and there is neither rain,
Aex. nor mist TO dGmpen 1t for moment.
Barns ox grAaaries, for storing the grain, are
thus unnecessary. And this L. not all. The
grain field plowed and sown 10 Autumn pro
duces rich crop the next Summers lh,s
crop harvested, the deld Is lon untouctea'
and next season produces second or "vol'
uhteerh crop almost ss good which Is IN
furn harvested and turned into coin. The
next year the graiu Is ghter aud more
mixed with wild oats aud weeds, but II
makes excellent hay queer. looking stun To
2s,ar that name, Il seems to an Eastern
farmer-and berg cut aud pressed into
bales. Ands . ready market at remunerative
prices. Thus, the California farmer gets
three crops from one sowing. This Is not
abe most productive farming, II one has Oni
.kaa ~. nf IA
enormous size, as they now are, and labor
ecarce and dear, It enables the farmer to
carry on business on an extensive scale,
and realize immepAe retarns nom small
outlay Of labor and money. 10 few years,
when the great farms are cut up tnto small
err ones, and We have q larger population
aud cheaper labor, this style OF farming
will be abandoned, but at present II Is the
fashion, and, thanks TO the soil and climate
Of California, Is q success, though u could
no. he followed with profit elsewhere.
xur PEOPLE OF WHITE PINE-TnE MAGICAL
oaowrH oY ITS CITIES HARDsHiPs AND
PRlYATIONs OP THE PIosEkRs- the LATE
THE sloHTs AND SCENES IN HAMILTON.
uAnlLroa, Nov, Aug. 6.-l have been
ont ali the morning watching the motley
crowd on the streets OF this queer old city,
ahseryipg With curious interest the strange
sights sgd icenes around me, aud studying
The Characteristics OF the place and It's peo-
ple. Every mining district nom Colorado
y 10 California, Idaho to Arizona, has It's dis
sSnc,iya feature and peculiar charac
{ ,srlstics. Not only do they ditier la
~soIcgicai couformati N aud the character
end value of their ores, but the people TO.
.ldI,g In them difisr In many particulars AZ
.iaaiy White Pine IL a law unto itself.
In ~ SOCIOLOGICAL formation Is an anomaly
ana Tia population almost as peculiar. A
year AGO only vague rumors had been In the
ontside world of the Wealth OF White Pine.
One little quartz mill, OF ten stamps, which
+. hpa been burned down al Austin, had been
rrmovsd here, aud its first washings aston
ished the most sanguine miners: a year
ago last month the first house with timber
lll.,or IN Il Was erected 10 White Pioe, ia the
.ity of Hamilton, In which am now wri-
flpe. Three mouths later the Excitement
f.irly commenced, and speculation ran mad
ID San Francisco, while thousands Of peo-
Die Of every calling. trade and occupation,
rom the blackleg 10 the man-milliner, for.
,e.akins thsir,hames In California, Nevada,
tdaho, Montsns. Utah, and Arizona, aook.
d "a huher. Treasure Peak, the center OF
the White Pine Mineral district, Is situated
d In longitude IFS deg. ~ min. AIS sec, latl'
tude SO deg. IA min. . SO SEQ, and though
mot more than 2.500 feet higher than the
kurrouId ding valleys, has an elevation OF
GIGS feet above the ocean. From octooer
until May the weather 10 extremely Varls,
BILE q few days Of beautiful sousiaes Ano
varmth being followed by terrible snow aud
sil'stormr. With degree Of cold almost in
concleyable to dwellers In more favored
shines. Much Of the time, Treasure City,
Which Is situated pear the summit Of Tess