, 1874-08-15
SPONTANEOUS s.


THERE SEEMS TO- be no end to the wealth Of
California. The Territorial Enterprtse saws
that according to present Indications "the
State will harvest wheat enough to load q
thousand ships, each of a thousand tons bur.
den, aud have enough left for home consump-
ton" AT the same time We are reminded of
the declaration of a Senator from that State
twenty years ago, that be "would not give six
bits for all the agricultural land in California"
% that we never know the good gifts that are
10 store TOR US, and where We expect gold fud
wheat-and, as seems to be the case 10 our
Pacific Commonwealth, gathef more gold from
the wheat than from the mines. Quicksilver
mine have been discovered in the Santa Ynex
district.-Herald.
The PREcIoUs METALs.-In an article. re.
Gently published by one of the San Francisco
journals valuable statistics as to the products
of the gold and SILVER mines were given. From
this report we Iarn that the total WELD in
the last twenty-five years in the whole United
States has been $I.5S3,G44,934 and to this
immense sum California alone contributed
$l,094, 9l9,098, nearly all Of which Is gold.
Nevada is credited with having Welded over
1921 100000, 10 silver and gold, while Utah,
though reputsd to abound in mineral wealth.
has thus far only produced some S25,0 OO, 900.
for her mines have but recently attracted the
attention of capitalists. who now work them
in a proper manner. Colorado seems to heat
Utah, having produced some $50, 100000.
while the united yield of Washington Terri
tory and Oregon, was but little over S25, 900, 900
Since the excitement caused by the discovery
OF gold has died out, and mining is systemati-
oally carried on, the production has steadi-
ly increased. In 1873 the actual yield of the
Pacific Slope was $00,287, 436, whereas for the
year 1872 it was only S7O,236, 9l4, which
shows a gain ofabout fourteen per cent. The
increase is mostly in silver, and meets, there
fore, the unusually great demand which has
lately been made for this metal. England
secures the bulk of the production.
THR PAPER TRADE.-A Venetian has lately
published a short Monograph upon papermak-
ing, from which it appears that the United
States, with their enormous amount of periodi-
Gals and other literary productions, consume
more than England and France united. They
have more than 5000 machines, producing enn.
uaIly 100000 tons of paper, which, in a popula-
ton of 38, 0 $1,000, average 12 lbs. of paper q
head, while a Russian consumes only l 10. q
Spaniard Il To-. an Austrian or italian 81 lbs. !.
a Frenchman 2 lbs. a German 8 lbs. and an
Englishman liz lbs. There are in the world
1850 paper manufactures, employing 10000
men, and 100000 women, besides 100, 900
occupied in the rag trade. OF the 800, 900. tons
ofpaper produced, one-half is used in printing,
a sixth 10 writing and the remaining third in
packing.
SUGAR: A neU d~anger.-The AMesasns
MAY 1874 says, a vessel has been sunk at
sea through the rapid decomposition of her
iron plates. by SUGAR. The sugar 10y. molas.
ses T. must have turned acid. Il is necessary
to know how often, and for how long at a time
her iron was exposed to the action of sugar
1.-THE sour molasses bilge water y before her
condition was known to be bad.