, 1870-08-15
TIE WHITE PINE MINING
DISTRICT,

1fs Discovery, Wealth, Present Con-
dillon una Promise.
~ t.t Ei,or " The Chicago Tttbu.e:
uasing recently returned from = whit to
White Pine Mining District, White piuo Coun-
sy. No,ada, am urged by pe1souAl friouds
and business ncQuaiutanecs to emtody 70. the
rrcts what learned OF its history, saw Of it's
present development. and thlnk Of its future
prospects.
Silver wAs tsnt discovered here Ut noiot
known as Treasure Hill, little more thau two
years ago, through the insttumsntaIity Of an
Indian guido The discoversr1, being per
suadcd from surface Appearances, sha. vast
Esslth WIS deposited in the once moltea rook
here thrown mp from the depths below. re-
solved to vest The title in themselves. To
accomplish This sh.y adopted a coda Of mining
laws that embraced the Territory of thar dis
coyerics. which they ch1ssssned Whito Pine
Mining Distric, Of Nevada, and elected
recording officer, who made legal
record Of their claim. Prior to tha, time
TIsasurs Hill w2s lttls known AMI seldom
visited, a1cert by lid beasts, 1oy,ng 1udian.,
'raipern OF sur.0earing animals, Ge., in their
occasional vandesinGs over 1t. It hAa IN al,i-
tntc OF some uine Thousand feet, or nearly
mile and three. fourth. above the sea level,
hid 1e barren waste Of l,nc and Quartz rock.
enyer<t, "hsn covered Al al, with i thin soil,
sustaining growth Of sage brush. scrubby
pine. mountain mahogany, &c. but bow IN
comprehensive IL tbs change Wrought IN t.us
apparently worthless region by tie application
OF scieLcs and the inGnmlt1blc powur OF man
IN this tiiof space Of tluie. St4lwA1t r,inata
eager spectators, and bold sclsmers, trum
soitleI ltoEtiuns Of the States, tha racihc slops
and. in slsor, from every SECTION Of tile cAs1u-
Try. at oEcs locked here in Overwhelming
numbers.
Ana consequence, cities xnltowns srranE in
to bems on and asui1nd Treasure Hill Of no in
considerable rrstention and importance to tho
st to with astonishing rapiditv, until within
5sttns OF three u-ilcs this disirics las I,opu-
lafion Of more than twent tnousAnd people,
| eoisettog Of n:cD. women and children in
PROPORTION, not very aissimillr to those met
Nnh ~ ttontisr sstt1emsnts Of Ike character
N otler Ssatet. Among the most thriving aud
inFa!ous Of these may Ee mentioned Hna,i1-
Ebs,,ani, ,c5e ~ ests' Swansea, shsFmantown,
AlIa.H9n. tEe couafy scas which contairs
nsa!1f nAh tn j. hahitants OF the district il
aens oi no mean I'lupostious, In poi1,r Of
se.H,n oeAu:E, naynihcence aud lus.-
Gn E,+ Mot rs 10, o. ~ ruuiic hulldinss ~ tie
Iouts honse. High ScheVl, Ike: and A., fh,f
OF uAny 81 ita rll'a,s reeidsness. wa-ahn,sn,
church edtcs., hAuk, hotel LriIdircs ~
would do no aitcIelt 70 older at,,fs,i S.,,,.u -
several OF these cities AND town aud -
the principal n1lues OF tho district. arr sst''
piled with vatss by system Of hyiranI;s
which in coet Of construction and masui.s5s
OF obstacles 10 10 overcome, il. outsider CS;
cago and perhaps i few otherlarge cities Of 1he
country, unparalleled. By meana Of sc7cr.I
tcries Of mammoth engines placed =: di1escn,
attitudes up the mountain sloocs, the iimp,d
fluid ia taken from deep, surEing canon 4,
its bare. and lifted TO III immense reservoir o.
its summit, Of sufficient Height above the sur
face to force it to any point required BY tht