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Show I 23 J 36 We continued our northern course across the mountain, and soon ~ commenced to descend, and in our route stopped at Mr. Campbell's gold mine. Here the ore is composed of a very porus and vesicu~ . Jar rock, that crumbles with a slight blow, and one can easily break off pieces with the hand from the roof anrl sides of the mine,. The vein is nearly horizontal, and its bearing a little north of west, {N. 50° W.,) anrl runs through compact lim.est~ne. The sides of the mine are full of pockets and rounded proJ echons. Mr. Campbell says that ore found near the surface of the earth proves the richest, and that he .finds the gold does not defray his expenses when he penetrates to a great depth. Here, too, we .finrl carbonate of lime; . it occurs in rhombohedral crystals. These mines are much more extensively worked than those of Real Viejo, and, notwithstanding the scarcity of water, I have been told by several persons that not less than 2,000 people congregate here in the winter season, when they can get water from the snows. These wo-rkers spend the greater part of their time under ground; living on "atole," a dilute kind of corn mush; sometimes coming forth to the light of day, when they wish to sell the product of their labor. The value of these mines cannot very well be estimated now, as the.re have been many improveme~fs in the methods of working gdld, :Which? when adol?ted .at these mmes, may produce a great increase m the1~ annual yield. At present~ none of the owners of these( gold mmes have ever become wealthy by their mining operations, and I have met several who have sunk all they had in searching · for gold. • · Mr. Campbell tells me that he got from his wells one piece worth $7<>0, and, at another time, a piece worth $900· these were at first carried off by the workmen, but were of such ~alue that the whole truth, with reference to the theft, was exposed and our host re-covered his property. ' The raising of sh~ep would be much more profitable if it were. not for the ~epredahons of th~ Navajoes. Even now great numbers are raised, whose flesh 1s as fine as any I 'have ever tasted. Some of the "Ricos" on the Rio del Norte are said to own 40 000 ~beep. Woql .is not considere.d very .valuable, and can be bo~ght f?r 4 cents a fleece, or a propnetor wdl permit any one to shear hts sheep for $1 the hunared. The houses throughout the country are furnished with mattresses, doubled up and arranged cl~se to the wa,lls, so as to answer for seats; these are covered With beautiful Navajoe blankets, worth fro~ 50 to 100 dollars. The walls, mid way np, are covered with. cal~co, to prevent the whitewash rubbing off; and the whole inteno~ of the h~uses of the wealthy is covered with mirrors. All the h1dalgo.s pnde themselves on al·lowing nothing but silver to appr. oac? theu tables; even the plates are of silver. .But, with all th1s au of wealth, true comfort' is wanting· and very few of our Mbles~ed land would consent to live like the'wealthiest Rico in New eXlCO. · While we were a t T uerto t h e following notice was received, . 37 [ 23] which, as it gives .a view of the civil officers appointed for this territory, may be of mterest: "Avxso." "Hallandome debidamente autorizado por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America, por la presente, hago los siguientes nomb.ram·ientos, para Ja gobernacion de Nueva Mejico, Territorio de los Estados U nidos. "La's empleados asi nombrados seran obedecidos y respetadas $egun corresponde." CARLOS BEN·T, sera DON ACIANO VIGIL, " RICARDO DALLUM, " FRANCISCO P . .BLAIR, " CARLOS BLUMMER, " EUGENIO LER TENSDORFER, " Gobenador. Secretario del Territorio. Eskerif Mayor ( .IJ.lquacil.) Promoter fiscal (Mayor.) Tesorero. Yntendente de cuentas p~blicas. Joab Houghton, Antonio Jose Otero, y Carlos Bavbien, seran jues de la suprema corteda de j usticia, y cad a uno en su districto, sera jues de circuto. · "Dado en Santa Fe, capital del Territorio de Nueva Mejico, esta .dia a 22 de Septembre, 1846, y el 71° de le independencia de los Estaclos U nidos." S. W. KEARNY, General de Brigada del Egercito de los Estados Unidos." October 2.-This day we left our kind friends, and Senora Campbell bade us adieu with the greatest reluctance, assuring u~ that her house, and all it contained, were evet at our disposal; and alt~ o~gh poor, yet we would never find that her hospitality was limited by the narrowness of her circumstances. In vain we pressed them to allow us to compensate them for their trouble; they would not recei,ve any remuneration. We now travelled rapidly, in order to reach Santa Fe before da.rk; our mules, well laden with specimens, trotted along quite b.nskly; we soon reached Rio de Galisteo; on one of its tributanes we found evidences of coal, and the bed of the main creek was whi~e with saline efflorescences·. Crossing the c'reek we entered a httle vale, traversed in various directions by walls of trap; at one place we saw a wall that looked, at a little distance, as if made by human art; it was pierced as if for windows and doors. A stranger whom we met insisted that this dike was one of the vestiRes of the "Indios," who lived here long long ago. But the Cyclops alone could have worked with such vast materials as these .. The planes of the joints and cleavage have formed the :ass m fra~me·nts, consisting of rhomboidal prisms, whose axes re perpend1cular to the cooling surfaces. As we neared Santa Fe, we overtook a carreta loaded with little crates filled with grapes· we bargained with the Pueblo ,Indians, who we~e driving, and lor a "media" procured as many bunches as we Wished; these, with some Spanish bread, formed our noon. |