New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-12

nm for sb,pment 10 San Francisco where the gold and
silver are separntcd Tho estimated yield Of oliver and
precious metals for Nevada for the current year near
put at 100000 to $50 ,0OO or 10 per cent more
than two years ago. There " unusual activity IN tne
mining regions, and the quantity OF machinery ana
subsistence carried by the railroad to the mipng towns
IA noticeable At Palisade gauge road. 30 miles
long connects that place with the Eureka district ami
at Reno the Virginia and Truckee road connects the lar
famed Comstook lode with tho main line OF the Central
Pacific
This Comstock region in Western Nevada is just now
the center OF attraction and the pivot OF speculation
More han so mining companiec have been formed Tor
working silver mines In two counties. Thirty o the
are now mining, driving shafts, cross cuts An" 'l'
into the hills and more than million d"'is per n'"
nre being sent to this city by way Of DIVIDENDS ny on'
conlpany-the Consolidated Virginia silver mining u
the predominant industry in Nevada, ana never WAS
mose iourshiDg
LAST PART OF THE JOURNEY.
Tho crossine OF the Sierra Nevada range proves Mt
ting climax to Journey which Is alternately composed
Of mountain and plain. II seems rs II the upited CRUST
~ the earth stood up like an insrmonntabe wan "es
the progress OF the locomotive The total elevation Is
thousand feet than the Rocky Mountains summit Dut
the whole from tidcwater is made acr giado"i
rise for n Thousand miles. while the ascent OF the oeIra
Nevnda Mountains ia accomplished in 100 miles. 1hr
SHOWS appear be mnch heavier ON this range ana III
consequence nearly the whole of the road above me SNOW
line is protected by ow-sheds of very substantial ana
costly character There i0mes OF these sles III
all and the views Of the grand mountain scenery are
necessarily much obstructed by them IL II III con
fmpatlon learn drive through the summit tunnel
abont fen miles IN length, which will avoid thousand
feet OF elevation and nearly all the snow sheds.
Its cost will bc nearly ten millions Of d0llJs, IL VIII
consume perhaps years in construction ana th'le i
talk of It's being utilized IL means or conveying
tie water OF Lake Tahoe 10 san fI1hci.'"'
Pnncal 10 the minute in little less tnan seven days
our train emerged from the passes In the coast range OF
hills and slowly steaming upon the long "arI III
Oaklani Opposite this city As descended the slopes
Scrr,s rapidly changed the temperature from
frost summers heat. The vegetation changed rhaihc-
ter aud We were introduced to new fauna ana nora
Trees shrubs and flowers the very shapes and hcS OF
which strange to greeted H. ~ We iraversed inc
California plains. The immense wheat fields Of the sac
raIncntO ana san joaquin Valleys were ripe, ana IL"
chinc, busy ie1ng and thrc,hnS II in the fields
needed, the stock remaining ont al the year
onn and the wheat sacks lying in ;hc fields safe
from rain robbery. The crops we saw were lShf III
places and in others heavy | am told by competent
Judges that the ia greater than was ever before
so9,n and that the average will be- close upon two
thirds crop Tha amount available for export will DO
little short oi last years shipments