Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-07-11
ESCIRCLIYG THh EARTH.
The Siberian Railway viii Enable Us to G
Round the World by Rail.

The Siberian Railway Will Enable Us to Go
Round the World by Rail.
It is announced that the Siberian Rail-
way scheme has been approved by the
commission appointed to consider it, and
that tue road will be comp leted in six
years. II has been heretofore reported
that American capita! and skill would be
largely drawn upon 10 carry out the en-
terprise. The line will open a cou1try
similar to our northern tier of 5 .ates and
Southern Canada for a distance of over
1000 miles, besides the ives .ern conneo-
tIons and lateral feeders. Il is expected
that branch viii be run southwark into
Manchuria, and thence 10 Pekin, to
JOIN the Chinese system which has
already been commenced 70 connect
the capital with its port, Tienstin,
20 miles distant. Thai will give
the road two termini, one at Yiadivostok,
the other at Tisnstin, With the practica .
0ility of extensions to other Chinese trade
centres and ports. The opening of the
line from Tientsin to raku was accom-
plished in the face of much official and
popular o position. A short time ago
It was announced that the conservative
party at the Chinese court had succeeded
in stopping further Ro.k, bat since then
more liberal counsels have prevailed. The
death of Prince Tun, one of the young
Emperor's uncles and an influential con
servative, probably contributed to that
end. TIE road will now be pushed to
Pekin without delay. It is known that in
Manchuria, near the line which con
Meeting road would naturally take, rich
gold deposits exist. They would have
been worked TO some extent by Chinese
and whites from Siberia but there has
been no adequate development in the
country. Semi alatinsk and Vladivostok
viii run near the northern base of the
Altai range, which separates Siberia from
the Chinese dominions. Around the head
quarters of the Irish river, near Semi
palantinsk, deposits of silver and copper
have been discovered aud gold and
lead in small quantities. In the
Yatlonnei Mountains the section of the
Altai just west of the Amo0r country,
where the range breaks down to an
undulating plateau, gold silver, lead,
zinc, anthony, iron and arsenic are
found, and emerald and topaz mines Of
great value exist The country along the
line for a width or several hundred miles
is in part covered with valuable forests of
pine, FIR, larch, poplar and hard woods.
Along the rivers wheat and other grains,
tobacco, vegetables, etc, grow well, and
the grazing is excellent. The fertility of
the AmoOr region Is well known, Some
day great population of the Caucasian
race will find this country and reach out
to trade with the United States. In
many ways this opening of q new route
of travel around the world will be of es-
pecial significance to tue United States,
which must of necessity be one of the
most i'm pCrtaut points on it. The effect
which the building OF this road is likely
to have upon ChJna is also most i'm
portaut factor in forecastiag the future.
Euglsnds Indian railway system Is
gradually enciroling the empire on the
south and west, the Rnssian line will
stretch along its northern border, and
when It starts for Pekin it is not unlike
ly that China will yield to the inevitable
and enter upon career Of railroad de-
velopment.-San Francisco Bulletin.