TACTS IX AMERICAN MIXING. So 



Taxes on mining industry are very equitable in their character 

 — half per cent, is paid on bullion ; every miner earning over 

 £200 a year pays- £2 to the revenue. 



In conclusion, the present paper has aimed at making known 

 some of the facts connected with American mining, showing its 

 progress in a remarkably short and recent period. The material 

 possesses no claims to interest, beyond that connected with the 

 information it may convey. 



It appears from the researches of the United States Geological 

 and Survey Departments that the locale of all the valuable 

 minerals as at present known are well mapped out, while the 

 geology in each case is indicated, and even the variations in the 

 different classes of minerals indicated by changes in the lithologi- 

 cal character of the ground. To the intelligent miner who avails 

 himself of such information the value must be incalculable. The 

 record and publication of all the improved processes introduced, 

 as also the analysis and exposition of work performed, showing 

 under what condition it has been attended with success, or other- 

 wise, are no less so. Surely the adoption of a similar course — in 

 any country possessing a sufficient population to justify the ex- 

 penditure, and looking to its minerals as a source of national 

 wealth — would be desirable. And in cases where the population 

 is sparse, I can scarcely imagine any procedure more likely to 

 attract immigration. Here we have no such advantages ; and 

 any prospection having for its object such discoveries must be 

 made by private enterprise and at private expense, while there 

 are no means of recording and mapping the results for general 

 use. Very little Government aid and encouragement have 

 stimulated the enterprising Americans as individuals to risk much 

 and achieve more, and we may reasonably hope that the same 

 results would be obtained in this country. 



