, 1869-01-26

now, and we 9Fb told the population then I
Fas between 1000 and 8.0o0: The town 10
opening up from Reese niyerval1eY, the houses |
laneing like swallows nests against the I
'ucks, and its principal and only street wind
ng along the brink Of precipices winch |
make one shuades to th1nk Of at this safe dis |
lance.
The mines Of Austin have contributed |
largely to the aiehty millions Of silver Il |
ready taken from this Young State; but ms.-
: ranaeemsnt and the mott shameless extraya.
.ance on the part Of managers" and |
), tuperi9tendentsn Of mines have set
Of the place. Boston, New York and 5au Fran-
cisco capital went In largely, on the idIotic !
plan tf building immense mills filed with
The most expensive machinery, and controlled |
discovered they had mo rock" Two Of
these monuments OF stupidity, costing 10 the
aggregate over hall million dollars, have
never been In operation. We would not ue
understood as saying there is no "payiug
rocA" at Austin on the contrary, several
companies Of the anti-stast" persuasion have
worked alo: e ste eadily tor several years a d
made money for their stockholders. Austin
Is one OF the principal lepots Of supply for
the surrounding mining and agrlculiural dis.
tricts and there Is an immense quantity Of
goods sold there every year. There Is no
leEAaat Attc4 Ill tuG places ulL lueFc are SeT.
eral Hrst-c lass eating houses where, the tray
eller eau get Good meal at not extraYa-
CANT price, and q very decent room, with
cltah bed and tie appur;enance. thereof,
may te obtained at aby one Of u half dozen
lodging houses.
Leaving austin By stage, VIC thunder along
npen the brink VI destruction Tor mile OF
more, uutll We descend into Reese River val
ICY, which VIC pursue In due north liyec.
tion until We strike Tue valley Of the Hum.
tuldt.
Passing westward from the Junction Of the
TWO valleys, our stage ride Of uinety-hye
miles from 4usttn terminates at Argen.a, q
town upon wheels, following the lend oi the
tTnck,' after the manner oi Its tented pruto
ttyie, WHICH NJ described us ''Bryau,'' ou tile
| 1fOn Pacific.
Waiting here two hours for The train, VIC
glued on bTouk trout, and we're much edited
y the walters account Of b:ace OF mur-
ders committed da1tlug the past week, with
plentiful sprlnkliug Uf cutting, stAshlng aud
gougfng. at odd tiuIes. Verify, Argenta Is o
Lively place. The welcome SOUND Of tue To-
The advent Of the tra1n consisting ii al,out q
I0xen freight cara, 10 which were attached d
1llarllatel-lonk ng baggage car nnd at,
extremely Hhtluuated passenger cnach n,
Tito which We got aud inltnc dat zty tl1a.
bhrtcd seren dollars III Ehtd ttr ride Of
seventy miles TO Wlnnen1,leca. Only oar
'"t> III EtH64HE ttIHI1f t"! tItItH}
co,iid flase kept down our disposition to do
= llttlb 1HU As m9 partQl With BurCii.
cnills oi MI eag 10 fur The privilege uf riding
n dirty. fItkelty car, That would mol bare
"i,afstd ttil rent" fur Il "eeyutd ulaas1 M
a,i lMstetn tajlway. Asa i,ft,l,ai,la s,it.at il
llin ttotrst iale ur tun reuls l,sr tnitr, il,
r"1l1, W. tnt ihr tflsttrur III Riuik1, Il n.t.fV
yt}r*. tiat1 vi ellt,a. D 10 avail aynulf Vi liz
nplmtt,hlly, ~ tns,'y Or nslr fr|lvW.lapst h.
9nis lid. II /. Int1r llfnthltlp tist Wlsr,l ltla
{'enllal lHrllle Il e',lbilrErlt. t1tttrrrt,i
tr.ter Ut things viii I,ryatl, It,a rItnrr. In.
hteIntenI, Z. {;r.n'anr, Es4 il renfa:n,l,"'l t.,
lma" '!sn Mhn," and ttIu rHnlpAny IL sic,l
stIotKh 10 WupaslY e1ulp Thu ytlu,t, i)ur
1t!streAtmIl u ltIat Wlrit.H IT tAp ruat over
Mt'trA W. paa I'll DISCLOSED Ae taet ll,at The
teAtral facltlG ~ tHr lnttrinr III pulat Ot con.
st5!'etlaI tu thu uni0n parliie.
From .arKcasa tn WinHsnlucca tho road Ia
very rough, TAu foAtl.htd secMs 50 lngy
anu the roaa buddy ballas!ed. In making
these continents We are not uctna..I BY par.
t,allty, NOR 10 we misatatc tacts. The ground
over which the Centra! Pacific rail Is Ind,
following the Humboldt River, Ia nec.sslrily
Mol'nta!ions rcgl through which the
Union PacitIc passes. Success attend butt,
roaus, eay We. he officers and men ot each
uesefqe lhe thanks OF THE world Swec ping
thfnngh the clouds which cncirle the high
PEAKS o. the Rocky Mountains, dashLnc
.u% b'tt1o ~ LIZ 4aLE VI 4tJ WlaG3 Dl
railfond building per month, battling with
any Eanquishing the snow king In his strong
nola-the sierra Scrada.-what M acbiey
nient 'of these men of the nineteenth cen
tury nm.
arriving At Wlnuemucca five hours aftcI
@ cns o. o. + TIE bet hotels + has been our good
!0ftnhe S 10 meet WIN thls side OF any 5eherr
lhis mouse 1s Kept bJ Ihcopht.e Lay Co..
ont on ths French plai, in a most unez ccptlou
NILE ~. sty1e. .
1he ioAn vas once very lively "miulnc
dpiscd 6y the mining operators resldeat
there. N1nncmucca Mountain gave promise
ot great things; aud At this day there are
probably as many silver veins hiduen be
meath lis surface as can be iouud In any To-
caaity Of the same area in the 5,ate. slany o
these veins were exposed BIZ tuunellluv, aud
somc of the mines we're worked successfully
| ior q lime, but they we're all finally aoan-
| donel, owing 10 tl1- difficulty aud expense o
Transportation to the distant mills. Fartie:
from California have recently leased aud re
yived one mine, called the "Pridc OF the
class Of orc, which thcy gre enabled to t-uus
| per hy rail to San Francisco, aud ship fron
thence 10 the Swansea works, In England
/ With prospects Of wide Margin Of profit
II may seem strange feature fu tsa mining
| operations Of this country, that 4 certaiI
| C'aes VI oies 4nuss oE etut hclos5 tuc Qc"at
to be successfully worked, but let mi
state that Tho cost OF transportation Il
Wales Is: tes no" than II formerly Was tt
San Francisco. Such IS the revolution
already accomplished by the buitdiag OF The
Central Pacihc RMlway.
Thirty miles TO the southward frou
Winnemucca Is virginia City, the # tht
oldest towns to the State aud c>rsaIuly tn,
most successful tn mining. Lyi & inter
mediate are Star City and Unionville. Muca
prospecting and considerable snccesstu
INNING mas oeeh uohe 10 tas Sicinlty OF th'
taller named pIaces, bat they, in common
WIN virginia city-and IN fact all othe
ton oi eci.pse fr9m the recent astounding
olscoSefles az White Plne-
~ 1he vicinity OF Star City are the gres
sSshepa belt,m d1ss'Tefed IN 1851, and til
.,1s Msmmo5n a;e,GS Se1ies: both nond :rfai f1rma
lions disclosing nans VEINS Of rich or. aus
only pecalng 'he employment Of sufhcseo
capital. Win ca1einl maj ascmeut to rendc
them polh productive and pFoatahls,
Want Of confidence, engendered By system
Of fraudulent speculation on the part Of t1
vert capital from the legitimate business 9
mining. No more profitable field exists 10
the Investment Ut capital, under the res rit
t1ons Of true business management, than Ca
be shown right here.
| see anu 1H0Ee LOT LlGmeclFeS. Instead {
subscribing bltndly to unknown, unt1ied e,
terprfses, coucoctcd by sharpezs for tho pu1
pose Of gulli:g the many aud enrlchiug tn
lew, let them employ theit ca pital in dove OF
with The amount If work 10 he nerf,rmri.
Partnerships, and not stock com panies a1
what this country needs. It tos no leait
mate use for elerantlv furnished of,res
Wall street. h,rh- toned. hIrh-sajaried i Pr,
don't. y ed stock certitirnins' anI +
tulutin kId.ployed. inefficient sunerint,n
tnts. lei common Fense rnle "a It Il
whsn cur fathers where boys.-let ouar
mills and sme1tiur works he own,
hy Gsw indiyidunIse nnd run
saw mills. flour mil's and facfories arr M
nv er5 n, ci,ai, fnar ~ thnir n-or,;atn