, 1870-05-12

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the same range of mountains, is the Newark
district, where there arc reduction works
copsistnE' of f~Iutatng, furnaces aud good
mn @ eeRpsny ~ saTes hass Torss = a9S. nass
ent susreuded.. The: region round ahooe,
however. is rich with alsaf-bearing ore; :aud
there is prospect Of resumption Of work
this summer.
r. o1mn DISTRICTS. -
The activity Of professional mining pros
| portion OF this State, regardless even Of snow
and hail, they tramp afoot or ride On mule
ground is1s shs root Of Eli ss1l, that they may
transplant it to their Own private gardens, be-
side their own vines and dS-t1ees, where there
results Of all this {. tramp, tramp tramp !"
may be observed in the Organization Of new
| mining districts almost every week
Nearer the grent railroad and not moro than
twenty miles from either Elko or CaIln. they
(the prospectors) have created Railroad dis
f1ict, Of the ores Of which much is said in the
.papeta. Then there nro tha older locations OF
Kern district Cooper, Egan, Pinto, and Bald
Mountain, all within days Iide Of the rail
road. Tho orc OF Cooper district is particu-
larly fine, being in quartz, and generally FREQ
from base metal There ere base ores, how
ever, IN the district. . -. -..--
Ely, Lexington, and Washington districts
Gs lfom one R9naleo Q one nanotSa ~ my y
ntso eo9ei ~ "M1e Me, ~ e1S ~ essao "
utan ana AI1Zona- n 90 Me 1sM -; ttute: ao At-
con dstf1cts- 1he mines OF Ely az nosllJ
soon will ba. Both are very rich mineral dis
ticts. They are old discoIefies-that Of Ely
Was made in 1865, and that of Tenn Pluto in
1867; but the miners who made them have
been unable to work them for want Of means-
Il
White Pine, md Droreham district thirty-fgc
Both are III eight from Treasure Hill.
Robinson, Sacramento, Patterson, and sew
eral other districts arc southeast, from sixty
to eighty miles.
Al these mineral regions are easily acesssi-
Jannary till May. However. traya1 Is ippedad
by he.yv snoHs'
uu.r TIT con,x7pr .rvna
u<.....aI.ta .ta-..sas,, .t-a:s.;,;
nna1unasG, ;r lGf msan nar del n
eralog1st. he ls seldom espltahst- He can @
make dlscoEe1es OF nerai-bearng rock, bat
cannot tell the character OF the mineral lie
ican properly open and develop mne5, Dnl Goes
not Know the value oi me oIe. ae r. CANNOT ;n2
oven open mines, however, without the assist
ance OF the Capitalist. consequently the mn
ing prospector iB constantly and continually at
the mercy Of better informed men, and OF msn
OF means. The practical miner is generally
poor, and remains 60 from lack OF knowl-
edgs- >,
We need School OF Mines. in which the
people who propose to follow mining as an oc-
cupntion my be educated to tlle business, and
acquire so much OF scientific knowledge a. is
requisite to its successful prosecution. L. Ger
schools Of this kind have long been
established. AB sequence, miners from
those countries are often met with, VINO
possess the zeqqislto Information 5or not only
determining the character and value OF
numerals, but LOT their Ieuneaon oy , smelsinS
o1 ininlnS process AZ FIool ls ana ~ ~.
stasea OF tnls 1ae1, II may oe neIS esasea, taas Ia
Lne auHe1ieau naInea nt: o1 Goi,o ugtuo. III .n .ne
3ou.aetn past .. Nauusn!a3 te flaest - ~ VIZ
fasn1c coass II aeelasg {lstas ~ .ne p.ssioas 9s
meta, were dieco1e1ed y ale1c1ns' Tno 1os
aopg .ime smsi1eu as!1f aneit oS4 ~ ore aJs Icy ot
we heed capital ana sK1n thlonghout tue "
Ehole mineral region, IN the efccron o1 smoit-
ing VOTES patt1cuiallf, "heIeseI Lnele y ~,
9oos o1 ore o. snncen. utmens'ons. 4ne
;t'1 y 'nes sH r. Sonnia =
expi'at nor . sLn. MO- - many VI ulo peoh.s ar ~
thia new country 40. botn must t4eie
fore be imported from abroad, They
may as vel come from tne Eas., ~
1tom the Mcht' ana pester ilom sone Puhs "
s.e o1a tan enan 1eo f md
LOUIS, s. nnouiu tatuisn tGeH AooIa ~ moAna
ana abIhty 1of ne assalopment Of tns sasI
mineral ares ean flanetsso ~ naa ekneusseo
nUass'r .a ~ ,ne va1 .h ~ sss rnh aSh IN ~
III taney Hln1ng stocKs, "ntp1t ooiuS mucn 11s
Lne n!nea tnemsetves. = low pi 1es peo2io
nave me interested themselves u Daualns mus
mere, 3ns conc Oh ne l, owners nave nave @ noI pos
sesseu ame ss 1 20 snn t @ties t,ss , LEY
nave oGsu pu.t; :1u 80 n seIesa' .nk, .uS pS
ple OF mat cry nave ac4mIea = a1seust IoI
nlhlne opesatlons, nas1ug peen pr1Ien III 30 olesu
IN t,? m'nang ssock specat11ns a9sa. .ney ao - aIa,
Lneuc, nolnete1tl 1.e 9 ano skapIca1 al ~ @1o
Not 80 the sharp capitalists Of England and
Wales. They hare had agents hero for year
past, quietly looking about, and their reports
will ere long ba made to their principals, when
we slial hear Of vast mineral properties being
disposed Of to them for one fourth or one
eighth their real value. And then will come
the substitution OF cheap foreign labor in
these SAME mines, Tor that OF our own people
Foreign implements aud materials for the
work will soon follow. And so the spectacle
will be presented, OF rich IMMORAL districts OF