Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

The Mining and Scientific Press. 183 issue, 2,768 ozs, of silver bullion, coin valuo $2,731.79. More bullion is heing produced hy these warks at the prescut time than ever before sinco their erection.'he Marshall tnnnel is progressing fincly. Extensive developments are heing made on the Astor lode, situated on the summit of Democrat Mountain. There is now ont 150 ons of second class ore, that will prohably yield $=0 per ton, and 20 tous of first-class. There hns been taken from the shaft nud treated, one tou of ore that gave an avorage assay of 611 ozs., and eight tons that assayed 200 ozs. DACOTAH. Salt Lake Zelegraph, Sept. 1st: Cozer, Reberts & Co’s mill, at Sweetwater, nndo another clean np yesterday. One hundred and eighty tons ef rock from the Miners’ Delight ledge were crushed, renlizing $13,Q00, being over $120 per ton. ‘The first lot of rovk ernshed yielded a very fair qnantity of gold, but this last lot claps tho climax. That little mill is doing splendid work, and will do more to develop Sweetwater than the reperts of 10,000 hummers and deadheads. IDAHO. Beise World, Sept. 5th: The Freuch Co. have finished their hedrock flume in Piko’s Fork of Crooked river, upen which they have werked two years. At Banner City there are aheut 40 men engaged. Lester & Wo, have completed two fine arastras, which are to be operated hy an overshet wheel of 30 ft. diameter. Mr. Ankanum is superintending these arastras, and they will seon he engaged in crushiug ores from the Banner ledge. Ameng those which prospect yery richly is the Wolverine. River bed mining at Deadweed Basiu has resulted in a failure. Thegold prodnet was fur helow expectations, and not enough to pay even low wages. The hill, bar, gulch and other claims still hold out well, and good diggings will bo afforded for many years. At present only about 40 minersare engaged in the Basin, and they are all making from wages to good pay. Owyheo Avalanche, Sept. 5th: Wells, Fargo & Co.-shipped from this city to San Francisco during the month of August, silyer hullion to the amount of $133, 152. Another quartz discovery has been made in Flint, supposed to bean extension of the Rising Star. Work progresses briskly on the Snrplus Oro Vino. Fry, Clark & Basford have commenced work om the Little Giant, a few yard east of the Oro Fino, Some rich goldLearing ore is heing taken out. Little work is now heing done on the Ida Elmore, but operations will be resumed with redoubled vigor as soon as the new hoisting works are ready for use. Tho Golden Chariot still “‘pursues the eyen tenor of its way.” Sinker mill is kept ruuning on rich ore. Hverything at tho Poormau wears an active, husiuess air. MONTANA. Helena Post, Sept. 4th: On Cuion Creek, near the mouth of Tenderfoot Gulch, Crary & Co. cleaned up, without the aid of quicksilver, night before lsst, after two days’ ruu from pay gravel, in dimensions ten by six feet and four feet deep, $500 in fine, clean seale gold, each piece weighing from 50 cents to $4, and free of quartz. ‘Thero are now about 5U men at work in that vicinity, and the camp is proving itself to be one of the richest in this section of the country. Only four feet ot stripping is required to reach the pay dirt. Active mining operations are heiug prosecuted in the upper portion of Last Chance Gulch. On No. 9, above discovery, $17 per day to the man is being taken out, and still richer deposits of gold are believed to exist in No. 19, where wu horse whim is iu process of erection. Several hundred dollars were cleaued up last week on the old bar near Bouider Crossing. In the second drain ditch, Lineoln Gulch, four claims have already heen opened and are paying from $9 to $14 per day to the hand. The lower drain ditch is being pushed rapidly forward toward completion. Adepthof 2£ft. has been reached, nnd it is expected that bedrock will be struck within four or five weeks. The drain ditch in Keep Govol, is to again receive attention, and rich results are expected. On cluims Nos. 5 aud 6, in Lincoln Gulch, a dividend of $250 each, above expenses, for ouo week’s run, was recently declared. Some 25 workmen are employed in the claim. The largest brick ever manufactured in the United States, outside of California, has beeu on exhibition at F. Bohm’s. It was smelted for Bohm & Auh, and was worth $28,500. The Virginia Democrat says: Radersburg anticipates having four quartz mills this jull. Walton & Burkley are ahout bringing in a new ditch, upon mines in the vicinity of the town mentioned. This ditch will OREGON. Dalles Mountaineer, Aug, 28th: The Caen supply water to 500 acres of greund that] City cerrespondent writes: Within the past will pay from $£to $29 $29 per day to thohand, . few days several of eur prospecting parties The Deer Ledge Independent says: Prouse lave returned, and from their downcast & Co, recently sold their mining property looks it is quite evident that siecess did not at Gold Creek, consisting of two water crown their efforts; nnd the rich gold fields ditches, several niining claims, ete., to the . that lay around Stein’s Mountain faded frem Rock Creek Diteh Co., for $10,000 in gold. .The James Stuart mill is to commence this week te crush enstom rock.The Hanaucr mill at Cahle is soon to commence werk on custom reck. NEVADA. EEumbotdt, Unienville Register, Sept. 12th: Frem James Dunn, who is just in from Battle Mountain, we learn that Atchison’s mill . will be in operatiou in ahont 10 days; also that Atchison lias made a fortnaate strike in the development of his mine at that place. It promises to snrpass the fumens Little Giant belonging te McBeth & Co. Mr. Munson who has been East organizing a company for the development of his minesin Gold Run district, comes hack, prepared to erect a large mill in the vicinity of the miues, and contemplates goiug immediately to work en his mines at that place. Both our mills are new kept running day and night, reducing ores trom the Manitowo¢e and Arizona inines. A large force of miners are enguyed in taking out ore. S. R. D. Stewart went to Sun Iranciseo Monday last, to purchase a uew mill tor this place. Winnemucca Argent, Sept. 10th: Helt & Elzy have meved the machinery of Holt’s! Winnemucca mill to this distiict and have men excavating a foundatien jor the uew structure. Reese River. Austiu Meveille, Sept. 10th: The mill of the Old Dominion Co. at Hot Creek, which was burned last winter, has been rehuilt, and is now successfully reducing ore from that district as wellas from Reveille aud Morey. Sept. llth: Yesterday afternoon seven hars of bullion, valued at $8,057.59, were hrought into this city. They are the product of White Pine ore reduced at tho Centenary mill in the district of Newark. It is reported that a ledge of rich oro was struck in the Oregon shaft of the Manhat tan Co. yesterday. Itis presumed that the ledge cut is the North Star. Nevada Gazeile, Sept. Jth: We saw yes-. terday at the Union Hotel Saloon a couple of fine specimens of silver ore recently brought from Reeso River by H. L. Dawley. One is from the North Star mine, and though not remarkahly rich, is an elegant specimen fora cabinet. The other specimen came from White Pine, and though net particularly heautiful to tho eye, is very rich, It is of a light greenish cast and assays at the rate of over $23,000 a ton. It is so rich that it cannot be crushed, but flattens out when hammered, and the silver can only he extracted hy smelting the ore. Grass Valley National, Sept. 9th: From a private letter dated Austin, August 24th, direeted to a well kuown citizen of this town, from his hrother, we havo the following conceruing the new minos iu White Pine district, Nevada. Irom the Keystone ledge, or rather deposit, which is immensely rich, the owners have brought in aud had worked here, about 37 tous of ore, which has netted them uearly $1,000 per ton. They have also ahout 50 tons cqually .good on the way in, and this is their second élass. Tirst class is estimated to go from -$8,000 to $10,000 per ton, and I believe they have now 15 to 20 tons of it. The Eherhart ledge or deposit, close by the Keystone, is equally good. It is ail depositsin limestone. They get a great deal of good ore from other. deposits in the neighborhood. It wall soou he overdone like everything else. Washoe. . In the Stock Cirenlar, in another portion of this paper, will be found late mining ‘news from this district. ] NEW MEXICO. The Mazatlan correspondent of the Times of this city, says: Tlie mines are in a little better condition thau a few months ago. Several miners are doing well in this State. I speak of foreign miners—the Mexican miners almost always dowell. The Tuyo, at Rosario, is probably the best at present; the CosalaS, M. Co., at Cusala, is doing well; and;the Alcaran, at Copala, and the mines at 8. Dimas and Ventanas very well. These are silyer miues. ‘here are no gold mines in this State yet kuown, that would] pay to work. Those that have been worked . at Cohorbatito, Arapahoe, Metates, Ahoys, and Ccsala, proved very well on the sur-. their view, and nothing was to he feuud but vast sago plains, They all jein in pronouuciug Stein’s Mountain a humbug. Vrom Malhenr nothing definite is yet known. The reports are so conflicting that it is impossihle to arrive at anything cenclusive, yet it is believed goed diggings exist in that locality. Rumer says that rich diggings las heen struck on Selvage and Crooked rivers, The new mines recently slruck on Little Pine (reek, are creating a scnsutien. At Marysville there has been some very profituble runs made this season, which is quite encouraging. Mr. Hare «.Co, cleaned up alter seven days’ rau—working but 11 meu—near $12,000; Thompson & Uo, have} also heeu quite as successful. The Roseburg Hesign says: Jesse N. Barker has preseuted us with tho first silver hrick taken from the Bohemian mine. It is w nice specimen of pure shining silver, taken from cnartz first roasted, then crushed and separated trom the rock with qnicksilver, ‘he yield, iu aceordance with this assay, wonld he $1,600 to the ton, and is easily gathered and saved. There is no doubt uow but that Bohemia is one ot the richest districts yet discevered ou this coast, We wero also showu hy him seme fine lumps ef gold from the samo rock. UTAH. A correspondent of the Belmont Reporter writing from Bingham Cation, under date of Aug. 18th, says: Times are improving here very much, although there are not so many miners here as thero were a few months since, yet thoso that are here have good claims, and know how to work, and, consequently, are taking out considerahle goid. One person, who is working just ahove Spencer & Co’s claim, took out, last week, nearly $500. He has four men employed, and is working a drift claim. Resources and Position of Alaska. Several Congressioual documents have reached us, containing valuahle informaon this suhject. The most important isa geographical aud geological report by Prof. Wm. P. Blake, who, at the expiratiou of his engagemeut with the Tycoon’s Government in 1863, accempanied a Russian expedition to that coast, explored many of the harbors, and mado a survey of Stickeen river. It contaius a map of that river, and some illustrations of glaciers. The report furthermore describes the coast of Alaska, in the vicinity of Sitka; the mineral resources, comprising coal, copper, gold aud platina; the ice and glaciers along the coast; the Stickeen river conntry; currents and navigation; the gcology and mineralogy of the conntry; the climate; ‘fish and game; and concludes with a reproduction of his journal up Stickeen river, to which ave appended a tahular exhibit of the fur productions of Russian America, and a list of ITudian geographical words that will be found of use to coasters. N. P. Banks, in his speech on the purchase of Alaska, said: It is at least probuble, if not certain, that if the war in which we were recently engaged there had been a failure ot our Government promptly to maintain its power and position, Kussian America might in the eud have gone to England, Mexico to France, and the Pacific coast would have been divided between them, as events might have allowed their great objects to haye been accomplished. * * * Gov. Simpson said in reference to this strip of Russiau America which had been leased by the Hudson Bay Company from the Russian Government, that without it the British possessions on the Pacific would be eomparatively worthless. It was leased upon that view by the Russian Government ovt of regard for the English interest on that coast. * * * Napoleon said the art of war should be chauged every ten years. Eiyery twenty or thirty years uew ideas appear, new principles are aunounced. The government of the world changes once or twice every ceutury, and the theater of hu-. man history is transferred to different parts . ot the globo in the course of one or two centuries. A change of this character is now dawning upon us. Hitherto the At: power and its triumphs, It has been the great ocean of the world, hose en one sido and those ou the other mado it whatever they ehose. They gave to it law, It was in fact an European sea. The control of the world hitherte has heen in Europeau hnnds, hecause Eurepe was the severeign of this great sea, Se longasthe Atlantic ocean controls the destinies of men, se long the destiny and the idea of that centrol will he Enropean, and so leug as it is Europeau it will stand iu the way of the progress of vivilizntion and har the movements ef the peepte to the acquisition or the resumptien of the pewer that by the laws of natnre helongs to them. How can it be changed? Gy interventien, by war? No sir. The providence ef God arranges other means fer the control of the great families of meu than such methods of yielenee. The changes iu the theater of operation poiut ont new fields, new pastures, green and heautiful, to which the children of creation may go. They come from the Atlantic, and they take their pesition upon what is called the great ocean of the world—the Pacifie ocean, That with the Indian ocean, which is part of the Pacific, so speken ef hy geographers, covers ene hundred million squaro miles, and rolls between six hundred milliew peoplo (Asiatics) ou one side and about three hundred millien (Americans and Enropeans) on the other. ‘hut ocean will he the theater of the triumphs ef civilization in the future. It is on that line that are to he fought the great battles of the hereafter, Jt is there that the institutiegs of this world will he fashioned and its destinies decided. If this transfer is successful, it will no longer be an Enrepean civilization or an Burepean desliny that controls us. It will he a higher civilization and a nobler destiny. It may bean American civilization, an American destiny of six hundred million souls, Across that great ocean of the future there is not one that is not a friend of this country, nor a government that is not willing to strike hands with us in any just movement for any just purpose. Russia, China, Japan, India—so far as she is left to herself{—even Turkey, the whole of these powers have heeu and are and still may be, even to the end, friendly to us. As for ourselves wo have nothing to fear from Europe. In this future and in the presence of these powers Europe loses, as every nation in time loses, her prestige and becomes suhordinate to the new powers in the progress of human civilization and the destiny of natious. Zino From Missourr.—Missouri has not only her mines of iron ore, her veins and placers of galena extending over some 6,000 square miles of territory, 26,000 square miles of coal area, and croppings of rich copper ore that haye been discovered in some fifteen counties; her rich ores of zine, carhonates and silicates, oceupy no subordinate position in her mineral treasures, The time, itseems, has arrived, when ingots of metallic zine can bear substantial testimony to the opening up of anew industry. The new works are located at Potosi, a short distance from St. Louis. The supply of zine ores in Missouri is said to be immense. Capital has been successfully invested in them, and we may hope, for tho development of an industry that will not only make itself felt through the whole country, but also give to the State eveutnally a prominent position as regards the zine trade of the world. The Missouri cohalt and nickel mines are still unworked. CuinsMen As Printers.—The Hong Kong Press and China Mail are owned and edited by Englishmen, while the compositors, pressmen, mail clerk, ete., are Chinese. There are some twelve or fifteen of them employed in the composition room of the Press office, who set six to nine thousand ems per day each. Notwithstanding these compositors set type, not a single one of them understands a word of English, and they have not the faintest idea of what they are placing in type. They set manuscriptwith as much facility as they do reprint, and but few American printers set type faster, or with less errors. These printers consider themselves well paid when they receive $15 per month. —Echange. Norte Sore or Lake Svurrrron.—A new mining corporation has been organized to prosecute work on a gold and silver vein near Encampment Island, on the north shore of Lake Superior, thirty miles northeast of Snperior City. A force of miners are at work developing the property under the superintendency of Prof Eames, lute geologist of the State of Mimnesota, assisted by Mr. Mayhew, a practical mining superiuteudent, who was formerly employed by one of the Vermillion gold mines. The vein shows well, being 80 fceetin width, ace, but worthless at a very little depth. . lantie ocean has heen the theater o. its . N. W. by 8.

The Mining and Scientific Press. 183 issue, 2,768 ozs, of silver bullion, coin valuo $2,731.79. More bullion is heing produced hy these warks at the prescut time than ever before sinco their erection..'he Marshall tnnnel is progressing fincly.. Extensive developments are heing made on the Astor lode, situated on the summit of Democrat Mountain. There is now ont 150 ons of second class ore, that will prohably yield $=0 per ton, and 20 tous of first-class. There hns been taken from the shaft nud treated, one tou of ore that gave an avorage assay of 611 ozs., and eight tons that assayed 200 ozs. DACOTAH. Salt Lake Zelegraph, Sept. 1st: Cozer, Reberts & Co’s mill, at Sweetwater, nndo another clean np yesterday. One hundred and eighty tons ef rock from the Miners’ Delight ledge were crushed, renlizing $13,Q00, being over $120 per ton. ‘The first lot of rovk ernshed yielded a very fair qnantity of gold, but this last lot claps tho climax. That little mill is doing splendid work, and will do more to develop Sweetwater than the reperts of 10,000 hummers and deadheads. IDAHO. Beise World, Sept. 5th: The Freuch Co. have finished their hedrock flume in Piko’s Fork of Crooked river, upen which they have werked two years. At Banner City there are aheut 40 men engaged. Lester & Wo, have completed two fine arastras, which are to be operated hy an overshet wheel of 30 ft. diameter. Mr. Ankanum is superintending these arastras, and they will seon he engaged in crushiug ores from the Banner ledge. Ameng those which prospect yery richly is the Wolverine. River bed mining at Deadweed Basiu has resulted in a failure. Thegold prodnet was fur helow expectations, and not enough to pay even low wages. The hill, bar, gulch and other claims still hold out well, and good diggings will bo afforded for many years. At present only about 40 minersare engaged in the Basin, and they are all making from wages to good pay. Owyheo Avalanche, Sept. 5th: Wells, Fargo & Co.-shipped from this city to San Francisco during the month of August, silyer hullion to the amount of $133, 152. Another quartz discovery has been made in Flint, supposed to bean extension of the Rising Star. Work progresses briskly on the Snrplus Oro Vino. Fry, Clark & Basford have commenced work om the Little Giant, a few yard east of the Oro Fino, Some rich goldLearing ore is heing taken out. Little work is now heing done on the Ida Elmore, but operations will be resumed with redoubled vigor as soon as the new hoisting works are ready for use. Tho Golden Chariot still “‘pursues the eyen tenor of its way.” Sinker mill is kept ruuning on rich ore. Hverything at tho Poormau wears an active, husiuess air. MONTANA. Helena Post, Sept. 4th: On Cuion Creek, near the mouth of Tenderfoot Gulch, Crary & Co. cleaned up, without the aid of quicksilver, night before lsst, after two days’ ruu from pay gravel, in dimensions ten by six feet and four feet deep, $500 in fine, clean seale gold, each piece weighing from 50 cents to $4, and free of quartz. ‘Thero are now about 5U men at work in that vicinity, and the camp is proving itself to be one of the richest in this section of the country. Only four feet ot stripping is required to reach the pay dirt. Active mining operations are heiug prosecuted in the upper portion of Last Chance Gulch. On No. 9, above discovery, $17 per day to the man is being taken out, and still richer deposits of gold are believed to exist in No. 19, where wu horse whim is iu process of erection. Several hundred dollars were cleaued up last week on the old bar near Bouider Crossing. In the second drain ditch, Lineoln Gulch, four claims have already heen opened and are paying from $9 to $14 per day to the hand. The lower drain ditch is being pushed rapidly forward toward completion. Adepthof 2£ft. has been reached, nnd it is expected that bedrock will be struck within four or five weeks. The drain ditch in Keep Govol, is to again receive attention, and rich results are expected. On cluims Nos. 5 aud 6, in Lincoln Gulch, a dividend of $250 each, above expenses, for ouo week’s run, was recently declared. Some 25 workmen are employed in the claim. The largest brick ever manufactured in the United States, outside of California, has beeu on exhibition at F. Bohm’s. It was smelted for Bohm & Auh, and was worth $28,500. The Virginia Democrat says: Radersburg anticipates having four quartz mills this jull. Walton & Burkley are ahout bringing in a new ditch, upon mines in the vicinity of the town mentioned. This ditch will OREGON. Dalles Mountaineer, Aug, 28th: The Caen supply water to 500 acres of greund that] City cerrespondent writes: Within the past will pay from $£to $29 $29 per day to thohand, . few days several of eur prospecting parties The Deer Ledge Independent says: Prouse lave returned, and from their downcast & Co, recently sold their mining property looks it is quite evident that siecess did not at Gold Creek, consisting of two water crown their efforts; nnd the rich gold fields ditches, several niining claims, ete., to the . that lay around Stein’s Mountain faded frem Rock Creek Diteh Co., for $10,000 in gold. ..The James Stuart mill is to commence this week te crush enstom rock..The Hanaucr mill at Cahle is soon to commence werk on custom reck. NEVADA. EEumbotdt, Unienville Register, Sept. 12th: Frem James Dunn, who is just in from Battle Mountain, we learn that Atchison’s mill . will be in operatiou in ahont 10 days; also that Atchison lias made a fortnaate strike in the development of his mine at that place. It promises to snrpass the fumens Little Giant belonging te McBeth & Co. Mr. Munson who has been East organizing a company for the development of his minesin Gold Run district, comes hack, prepared to erect a large mill in the vicinity of the miues, and contemplates goiug immediately to work en his mines at that place. Both our mills are new kept running day and night, reducing ores trom the Manitowo¢e and Arizona inines. A large force of miners are enguyed in taking out ore. S. R. D. Stewart went to Sun Iranciseo Monday last, to purchase a uew mill tor this place. Winnemucca Argent, Sept. 10th: Helt & Elzy have meved the machinery of Holt’s! Winnemucca mill to this distiict and have men excavating a foundatien jor the uew structure. Reese River. Austiu Meveille, Sept. 10th: The mill of the Old Dominion Co. at Hot Creek, which was burned last winter, has been rehuilt, and is now successfully reducing ore from that district as wellas from Reveille aud Morey. Sept. llth: Yesterday afternoon seven hars of bullion, valued at $8,057.59, were hrought into this city. They are the product of White Pine ore reduced at tho Centenary mill in the district of Newark. It is reported that a ledge of rich oro was struck in the Oregon shaft of the Manhat tan Co. yesterday. Itis presumed that the ledge cut is the North Star. Nevada Gazeile, Sept. Jth: We saw yes-. terday at the Union Hotel Saloon a couple of fine specimens of silver ore recently brought from Reeso River by H. L. Dawley. One is from the North Star mine, and though not remarkahly rich, is an elegant specimen fora cabinet. The other specimen came from White Pine, and though net particularly heautiful to tho eye, is very rich, It is of a light greenish cast and assays at the rate of over $23,000 a ton. It is so rich that it cannot be crushed, but flattens out when hammered, and the silver can only he extracted hy smelting the ore. Grass Valley National, Sept. 9th: From a private letter dated Austin, August 24th, direeted to a well kuown citizen of this town, from his hrother, we havo the following conceruing the new minos iu White Pine district, Nevada. Irom the Keystone ledge, or rather deposit, which is immensely rich, the owners have brought in aud had worked here, about 37 tous of ore, which has netted them uearly $1,000 per ton. They have also ahout 50 tons cqually .good on the way in, and this is their second élass. Tirst class is estimated to go from -$8,000 to $10,000 per ton, and I believe they have now 15 to 20 tons of it. The Eherhart ledge or deposit, close by the Keystone, is equally good. It is ail depositsin limestone. They get a great deal of good ore from other. deposits in the neighborhood. It wall soou he overdone like everything else. Washoe. . In the Stock Cirenlar, in another portion of this paper, will be found late mining ‘news from this district. ] NEW MEXICO. The Mazatlan correspondent of the Times of this city, says: Tlie mines are in a little better condition thau a few months ago. Several miners are doing well in this State.

I speak of foreign miners—the Mexican miners almost always dowell. The Tuyo, at Rosario, is probably the best at present; the CosalaS, M. Co., at Cusala, is doing well; and;the Alcaran, at Copala, and the mines at 8. Dimas and Ventanas very well. These are silyer miues. ‘here are no gold mines in this State yet kuown, that would] pay to work. Those that have been worked . at Cohorbatito, Arapahoe, Metates, Ahoys, and Ccsala, proved very well on the sur-. their view, and nothing was to he feuud but vast sago plains, They all jein in pronouuciug Stein’s Mountain a humbug. Vrom Malhenr nothing definite is yet known. The reports are so conflicting that it is impossihle to arrive at anything cenclusive, yet it is believed goed diggings exist in that locality. Rumer says that rich diggings las heen struck on Selvage and Crooked rivers, The new mines recently slruck on Little Pine (reek, are creating a scnsutien. At Marysville there has been some very profituble runs made this season, which is quite encouraging. Mr. Hare «.Co, cleaned up alter seven days’ rau—working but 11 meu—near $12,000; Thompson & Uo, have} also heeu quite as successful. The Roseburg Hesign says: Jesse N. Barker has preseuted us with tho first silver hrick taken from the Bohemian mine. It is w nice specimen of pure shining silver, taken from cnartz first roasted, then crushed and separated trom the rock with qnicksilver, ‘he yield, iu aceordance with this assay, wonld he $1,600 to the ton, and is easily gathered and saved. There is no doubt uow but that Bohemia is one ot the richest districts yet discevered ou this coast, We wero also showu hy him seme fine lumps ef gold from the samo rock. UTAH. A correspondent of the Belmont Reporter writing from Bingham Cation, under date of Aug. 18th, says: Times are improving here very much, although there are not so many miners here as thero were a few months since, yet thoso that are here have good claims, and know how to work, and, consequently, are taking out considerahle goid. One person, who is working just ahove Spencer & Co’s claim, took out, last week, nearly $500. He has four men employed, and is working a drift claim. Resources and Position of Alaska. Several Congressioual documents have reached us, containing valuahle informaon this suhject. The most important isa geographical aud geological report by Prof. Wm. P. Blake, who, at the expiratiou of his engagemeut with the Tycoon’s Government in 1863, accempanied a Russian expedition to that coast, explored many of the harbors, and mado a survey of Stickeen river. It contaius a map of that river, and some illustrations of glaciers. The report furthermore describes the coast of Alaska, in the vicinity of Sitka; the mineral resources, comprising coal, copper, gold aud platina; the ice and glaciers along the coast; the Stickeen river conntry; currents and navigation; the gcology and mineralogy of the conntry; the climate; ‘fish and game; and concludes with a reproduction of his journal up Stickeen river, to which ave appended a tahular exhibit of the fur productions of Russian America, and a list of ITudian geographical words that will be found of use to coasters. N. P. Banks, in his speech on the purchase of Alaska, said: It is at least probuble, if not certain, that if the war in which we were recently engaged there had been a failure ot our Government promptly to maintain its power and position, Kussian America might in the eud have gone to England, Mexico to France, and the Pacific coast would have been divided between them, as events might have allowed their great objects to haye been accomplished. * * * Gov. Simpson said in reference to this strip of Russiau America which had been leased by the Hudson Bay Company from the Russian Government, that without it the British possessions on the Pacific would be eomparatively worthless. It was leased upon that view by the Russian Government ovt of regard for the English interest on that coast. * * * Napoleon said the art of war should be chauged every ten years. Eiyery twenty or thirty years uew ideas appear, new principles are aunounced. The government of the world changes once or twice every ceutury, and the theater of hu-. man history is transferred to different parts . ot the globo in the course of one or two centuries. A change of this character is now dawning upon us. Hitherto the At: power and its triumphs, It has been the great ocean of the world, hose en one sido and those ou the other mado it whatever they ehose. They gave to it law, It was in fact an European sea. The control of the world hitherte has heen in Europeau hnnds, hecause Eurepe was the severeign of this great sea, Se longasthe Atlantic ocean controls the destinies of men, se long the destiny and the idea of that centrol will he Enropean, and so leug as it is Europeau it will stand iu the way of the progress of vivilizntion and har the movements ef the peepte to the acquisition or the resumptien of the pewer that by the laws of natnre helongs to them. How can it be changed? Gy interventien, by war? No sir. The providence ef God arranges other means fer the control of the great families of meu than such methods of yielenee. The changes iu the theater of operation poiut ont new fields, new pastures, green and heautiful, to which the children of creation may go. They come from the Atlantic, and they take their pesition upon what is called the great ocean of the world—the Pacifie ocean, That with the Indian ocean, which is part of the Pacific, so speken ef hy geographers, covers ene hundred million squaro miles, and rolls between six hundred milliew peoplo (Asiatics) ou one side and about three hundred millien (Americans and Enropeans) on the other. ‘hut ocean will he the theater of the triumphs ef civilization in the future. It is on that line that are to he fought the great battles of the hereafter, Jt is there that the institutiegs of this world will he fashioned and its destinies decided. If this transfer is successful, it will no longer be an Enrepean civilization or an Burepean desliny that controls us. It will he a higher civilization and a nobler destiny. It may bean American civilization, an American destiny of six hundred million souls, Across that great ocean of the future there is not one that is not a friend of this country, nor a government that is not willing to strike hands with us in any just movement for any just purpose. Russia, China, Japan, India—so far as she is left to herself{—even Turkey, the whole of these powers have heeu and are and still may be, even to the end, friendly to us. As for ourselves wo have nothing to fear from Europe. In this future and in the presence of these powers Europe loses, as every nation in time loses, her prestige and becomes suhordinate to the new powers in the progress of human civilization and the destiny of natious. Zino From Missourr.—Missouri has not only her mines of iron ore, her veins and placers of galena extending over some 6,000 square miles of territory, 26,000 square miles of coal area, and croppings of rich copper ore that haye been discovered in some fifteen counties; her rich ores of zine, carhonates and silicates, oceupy no subordinate position in her mineral treasures, The time, itseems, has arrived, when ingots of metallic zine can bear substantial testimony to the opening up of anew industry. The new works are located at Potosi, a short distance from St. Louis. The supply of zine ores in Missouri is said to be immense. Capital has been successfully invested in them, and we may hope, for tho development of an industry that will not only make itself felt through the whole country, but also give to the State eveutnally a prominent position as regards the zine trade of the world. The Missouri cohalt and nickel mines are still unworked. CuinsMen As Printers.—The Hong Kong Press and China Mail are owned and edited by Englishmen, while the compositors, pressmen, mail clerk, ete., are Chinese. There are some twelve or fifteen of them employed in the composition room of the Press office, who set six to nine thousand ems per day each. Notwithstanding these compositors set type, not a single one of them understands a word of English, and they have not the faintest idea of what they are placing in type. They set manuscriptwith as much facility as they do reprint, and but few American printers set type faster, or with less errors. These printers consider themselves well paid when they receive $15 per month. —Echange. Norte Sore or Lake Svurrrron.—A new mining corporation has been organized to prosecute work on a gold and silver vein near Encampment Island, on the north shore of Lake Superior, thirty miles northeast of Snperior City. A force of miners are at work developing the property under the superintendency of Prof Eames, lute geologist of the State of Mimnesota, assisted by Mr. Mayhew, a practical mining superiuteudent, who was formerly employed by one of the Vermillion gold mines. The vein shows well, being 80 fceetin width, ace, but worthless at a very little depth. . lantie ocean has heen the theater o. its . N. W. by 8.