Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-15
A TRIBUTARY OF RxHAUsTLEss TREAS
URBS.

The readers OF the HERALD will read
with interest and profit the very clear
and instructive description of the coun-
try that lies between the Mojave desert
and Utah. published in this issue. Mr..
Barton, the gentleman interviewed by a
HERALD reporter, has spent two years
exploring and prospecting in that inter-
esting region, and he not only confirms
all that has heretofore been written
about its mineral treasures, but shows
that there are extensive valleys open to
settlement where the farmer and the
orchardist can secure homes that will
enrich them when transportation facili-
ties are secured. He describes one of
these valleys, which embraces body OF
fine land OF not less than two hundred
thousand acres.
The mineral resources OF this region
are alone sufficiently varied and exten-
Give to support very large population.
Gold, silver, copper and iron abound,
and soda, borax and salt fields are nu-
merous. Deposits OF jet, and variety OF
chemicals of commercial value have
been discovered in this interesting re-
gion. The ores of gold and silver that
abound in the mountain districts will
form the basis for the establishment OF
extensive reduction and separating
works in and near this city, and the coal
beds that have been opened in Utah
will ensure us the cheap fuel we require
for metallurgical works and to develop
an infinite variety Of manufacturing in
dustries that will spring up here in
connection with the mineral and other
resources Of that remarkable region.
We have said before that there is no
such opportunity in the United States
for the building Of profitable railroad
as the territory between the Mojave
desert and Utah presents. Itwould not
only 60 through region possessing ex-
haustless resources that are valueless
without transportation, and open up
extensive tracts of agricultural lands to
settlement, but it will close the con-
Meeting link to several overland roads
NY tA0 plOI tCcU AOuSO w UbO dSlhC
ocean. AS if this were not enough to
invite railroad builders to open this
rich country to the energy and enter
prise of the American people. nature
has been go aff1uent in arranging its
topography that for hundreds Of miles
a road can be laid through it without
the necessity of bridge or tunnel or
formidable cut or difficult fill. The
country most of the distance is a natural
roadbed and as level as table.
1t is impossible that 60 inviting an
opportunity for railroad can long be
neglected. There are several existing
corporations that are entertaining the
project OF extending their roads through
it, and the one that first succeeds in
taking possession Of it will have prop
erty of inestimable value. As soon as
the first note Of preparation to build
railway through it goes ont, there will
be rush of people into the scores of
mining districts now lying dormant, and
of settlers to take up the rich, rolling
lands open to pre-emption, that will soon
replace the silence that now reigns in it
with the hum OF industry and the echo
OF progress.
To Los Angeles, the energizing of the
possible industries of this remarkable
region means new and unprece-
dented era of prosperity. 1t will give
US tributary country of vast extent
and exhaustless riches, and a CONNER
cial and manufacturing impetus that
will in few years make our city not the
second but the first in population and
wealth on the Pacific coast.
So great prize is something that we
should be willing to work for and make
present sacrifices to attain. fst