Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-23
A Prospecting Party for Japan.

The crest of the American prospector
for the noble metals is fairly up, and he
will not stop short OF the confines OF
- the round o." the earth. White Pine
has but impaired a finer edge to his APP
petite for mines Of silver and gold,
which daily becomes moro cresciVe. He
is determined to upearth the very big
ge,t thing or 60 to hell in tho attempt.
He treats contiguity with contempt, and
despises your "pent-up Utica" The
"far cry" suits his taste; the enchant.
ment Of distance fills to the brim the
measure of his happiness. The mines of
Africa, China, and Japan these arc
fields worthy Of the metal Of the pros
rector Of spirit. In these parts gold and
silver arc "native and to the maner
born" They occur massive and stu
peudous; the hills are silver and the
sands of the streams gold. Ho for
Japan the land of polished barbarians,
of gold, silver, and precious gems! We
have learned that a prospecting party,
composed principally Of old Mexican and
Washoe miners, with n sprinkling Of
49.ers from California and Oregon, under
the lead of thirteen experts and thir-
teen practical men," is organizing for
the exploration Of tho islands Of Japan.
The party will meet ut White Pine i'm
msdiately, and will set out on its expe-
dition on the lst of April for an obvious
reason. In addition to the meagcr in
formation contained in the letter from
Yokohama, recently published in the
Territorial Enterprise, from which we
make several extracts, one OF the Lead
ing men of the party is in possession Of
n mass Of gold and silver facts, in tho
form of assays and ''results," under the
seal of official authorization. They arc
as true as the eternal" hills, and are
entitled to The most generous confidence,
The writer Of tho letter in the Enter
prise, who is entitled to a share Of the
credit of the adventure, says: ! am
convinced that these islands contain rs
rich gold aud silver mines ms any IN the
world. The heretofore exclusive policy
of the Government has prevented the
proper development Of the mineI-be.
sides, the people until now entertained
the opinion that it was criminal to ex-
tract more ore than was required for
immediate and necessary use, and that
n great sin would be committed in case
no ore was left for future generations.
Oh, for IL dozen or 80 Washoo pros
prospectorsI Yet there are some
Japanese, not having the fear OF their
gods before thom, who have Struggled
to this place enough gold and silver ore
to fill thirteen large warehouses. Differ
ent and moro liberal ideas arc now pre-
vailiug with tho party at present in
power. The rebellion between the
northern and southern parties still con-
tinues. The party now in power is en-
titled to the ownership Of the mines,
and being in need of money to carry
on the war, has for the first time invited
foreign miners to act rs superintend-
ents on largo salaries, in order to
extract MS much bullion as possible in
II short space Of time. As is usual with
the first " locators " in rich districts,
the writer has not told the thirty.third
part of the truth. His party is practic-
ing the old thing of taking up all the
rich ground before the outsiders rush
in. But we think the smart fellows
will slip up, for it is q difficult matter
to throw our prospectors Off the track
of n "big thing" We are so well
satisfied that the gold and silver mines
of Japan are immensely the richest in
the world--literally Observation-Disclosures
We cannot help laughing ut those who
compare them to any other part of the
world in ancient or modern times. We
forgot to mention earlier that the richest
silver mines in Japan were discovered
by an Indian some time ago. It is said
that he did it naturally under the i'm
pulse of an infallible instinct.-Reese
Rirer RereiHe.