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north. How far it extends into the Ophir ground, 

 time and the honest miner can alone determine. It 

 is conceded, however, that the ore body cannot be 

 less than 1,200 feet in length. The great -fissure in 

 which this large bonanza of ore rests appears to have 

 expanded at this particular point in the course of the 

 vein in order to form for it a cradle suited to its 

 giant proportions. Measuring across from the true 

 " west country " rock to the true "east country" 

 rock, the distance is from 1,000 to 1,200 feet. _ The 

 space between the east and west country rock is the 

 fissure iu which lies the body of ore, which of late 

 has so startled and bewildered all of the " experts " 

 and the whole " mining world " of the Pacific coast. 

 The great fissure is filled with what our mining men 

 call " vein-matter," or gangue, a mixture of quartz, 

 clay, or porphyry. Here, in the midst of this vein- 

 matter or gangue, which fills the vast fissure from 

 side to side, has formed and is now found the huge 

 mass of ore which runs through the three mines 

 mentioned above. The California cross-cut is not in 

 the 'California ground, but is fourteen feet south of 

 that company's south line. It is here, in this drift, 

 that the wonderfully rich ore, of whicn BO much has 

 of late been said, was found. The ore is moderately 

 rich where it was first cut by the drift, but it rapidly 

 grows richer, and within a few feet it becomes a 

 mass of glittering sulphurets and pale-green chloride 

 ore. The drift has now penetrated this mass of ore 

 a part of the great whole a distance of about twenty- 

 five feet. Look where you may at the bottom, the 

 top, or the sides of the drift it is everywhere the 

 same. This ore yields an average assay of $600 per 

 ton 1 It would be an easy matter to get samples 

 of ore in this drift that would assay far up into the 

 thousands; indeed, in taking a sample the trouble 

 would be to avoid getting hold of this very rich ore. 

 This is the famous drift which seems to tell the 

 story of the fabulous wealth lying near at hand in 

 the California. 



Later advices represent the above accounts 

 to have been exaggerated ; but what are the 

 true nature and value of the newly-discovered 

 mines is not accurately known. 



The total receipts into the State Treasury 

 during the year ending December 31, 1874, 

 amounted to $570,277, of which $527,547.64 

 was in coin, and $42,729.26 in currency. The 



chief sources of revenue were as follows : 



a* o* n Republican majority... 9 12 21 



Property tax $275,369 y J J 



Tax on proceeds of mines '. 163,114 



state i poll-tax 25,196 The present State government is as follows: 



m^^ C ^^\\^"":::^.\\\'^'::^."\'. 'S Governor, Louis E. Bradley, Democrat; Lieu- 

 state-prison'.'. '!'.!'.'."'.'.'.!!!!.".'.'..'!'.'.!"!.'! '. 21,701 tenant-Governor, Jewett Adams, Democrat; 



Sales of state dands 42,480 Attorney-General, John R. Kittrell, Democrat ; 



The total expenditures amounted to $641,- Secretary of State, James D. Minor, Repub- 



856, including $629,833 specie and $12,023 llcan ; Controller W W Hobart, Republican ; 



currency. The following were the most im- Treasurer, Jerry Schooling Democrat ; Sur- 



portant items veyor-General, John Day, Republican ; State 



Salariesand contingencies of Executive Depart- Mineralogist HR Whitehall Republican ;Su- 



ment $61,012 penntendent of Public Instruction, S. P. Kelley, 



Salaries and contingencies of Judicial Depart- Republican. 



s tSibrary' '. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! '. ! ! ! '. ! ! ! '. ! '. '. ! ! '. '. '. ! ! ! ! .' ! ! ! ! '. ^eoi NEW HAMPSHIRE. The Republican par- 

 Support of state-prison, including salaries of ty of this State met in general convention at 



c^^^^^l:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SjS concord, on the 7th of January W4, for the 



Including for State Orphans' Home 12,121 purpose of nominating their candidates tor the 



" Support of indigent insane 25,429 offices of Governor and Railroad Commissioner. 



state CapitoL.. e '!" ^"":\"'.'. 15,464 Six hundred and eighty-six delegates from all 



Support of schools so,5io parts of the State attended the meeting. The 



Interest on State bonds :...., 64,304 tpsnlr nf tTiA nr>Tninfltir>ns was is follows- For 



Purchase of United States -old bonds for invest- 

 ment 271.783 Governor, Charles H. Bell, of Exeter, received 



Construction of new prison at Reno 50,601 2 62, and Luther McCutchins, of New London, 



State University 1,479 . ___' ., i ,., i i 



Miscellaneous purposes ; 15,652 320, votes, whereupon the latter was declared 



The balance in the Treasury, December 31st, 

 was $518,71.2, of which $489,177 was coin and 

 $29,540 currency. The State debt at that 

 date amounted to $733,528, viz. : 10 per cent, 

 bonds, due April 1, 1881, $160,000; 9iper cent, 

 bonds, due March 1, 1882, $120,000; 9 per 

 cent, bonds, due March 1, 1887, $380,000 ; out- 

 standing warrants, $73,528. The assets were 

 as follows : State bonds belonging to school- 

 fund, $104,000 ; United States bonds belonging 

 to school-fund, $146,000 ; United States bonds 

 belonging to sinking-fund, $100,000; United 

 States bonds belonging to University-fund, 

 $10,000 ; balance in Treasury, $518,717: total, 

 $878,717. 



The assessed value of property for 1874, ac- 

 cording to the report of the Controller, was : 

 real estate, $14,125,578; personal estate, $12,- 

 504,701: total, $26,630,279. The State tax 

 ($1.25 on $100) amounted to $332,878; county 

 tax, $562,555: total tax on property, $895,- 

 433. Besides this, a State tax is levied on the 

 proceeds of mines, at the same rate as the 

 State tax on property. A poll-tax of $4, one- 

 half for State and one-half for county pur- 

 poses, is also levied on each male resident be- 

 tween twenty-one and sixty years of age. 



At the November election, L. R. Bradley 

 (Democrat) was elected Governor by a ma- 

 jority of 2,585 over his Republican opponent, 

 Hazlett. The total vote was 18,093, of which 

 Bradley received 10,339, and Hazlett 7,754. 

 William Woodburn (Republican) was elected 

 to Congress by a majority of 750 over Adrian 

 Ellis (Democrat), the vote being: Woodburn, 

 9,317; Ellis, 8,567. The Legislature for 1875- 

 '76 is classified as follows : 



Republicans.. 

 Democrats . . . 

 Independents. 



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