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THE USES OF THE CAMEL. 



through which the Pacific Railroad will pass, many rich veins 

 have been found, and it is estimated, by persons familiar with 

 the subject, that if the mines now opened there were supplied 

 with the proper machinery, they would yield ten millions of 

 dollars per month. When we reflect that the region of country 

 in which deposits of the precious metals abound, includes large 

 portions of three States and six Territories, and that the richest 

 veins of ore heretofore discovered are as yet but slightly de- 

 veloped, while new discoveries are constantly being made, it 

 will be perceived that the annual product of the mines in the 

 United States must soon reach a magnitude without precedent 

 in the history of mining operations." 



And again : — " The mines of New Mexico and Arizona are 

 probably not inferior in richness to any within the limits of the 

 United States. Owing to their inaccessibility they are indiffer- 

 ently wrought ; all efforts to make them available must neces- 

 sarily be feeble, and attended with but partial success, until 

 roads shall have been constructed through those Territories from 

 the Atlantic States, or from the navigable waters of the Pacific. 

 The benefits resulting from such roads would not be confined 

 to the product of the mines. A new highway, at all times ex- 

 empt from obstruction by snow, would be open to the Pacific. 

 Passing by the valley of the Rio Grande to El Paso, it would 

 receive a large portion of the rich commerce of Central and 

 Western Mexico." 



Here is food for consideration. The country teeming with 

 precious metals, and gold at one hundred per cent, premium in 

 its great commercial mart ! ^^^ow, it must be evident to all, 

 that one of the principal means to be used for restoring the 

 national credit, and thereby putting the crowning cap-stone to 

 the nation's triumph over its enemies everywhere, is to facili- 

 tate emigration and cheaper transportation to the mining re- 

 gions. And as an adjunct in this movem-ent, I respectfully pro- 

 pose the Camel. I do most earnestly believe, and it is a convic- 

 tion forced upon me after long study and observation of the sub- 

 ject, that the introduction of the camel into our western States 

 and Territories, on a scale of sufticient magnitude, will furnish a 

 cheaper, speedier, safer, more regular and reliable mode of 

 travel and transportation than any which now exists, or will be 

 substituted until the iron horse snorts defiance to all com- 

 petitors. 



