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Show m , SQ?'E HIMTS. A largo number of men are just now interested iu mining in various places around- Silver, copper, lead and iron have been discovered, an I some of them have been successfully worked. Some men will make money at it; some will lose, and others by hard work will earn a living. Without doubt when means of reducing ores are convenient, lodes may be profitably worked that now are comparatively valueless. From the best authorities on mining and oi. the discoveries made iu this Territory wiili whom we have conversed, lead an I copper predominate predomi-nate and are Lkely to be the principal stay of mining in the Territory. These give permanent, work. They entail luueh toil, and men are not apt to go mad with excitement over th-. in. They generally yield steadily, and in places which we have known, the saie men have worked for many years iJ3 the same mines. Now, all the men at present engaged i in mining and those who are likely" to I be, will have to be fed and clothed just the same as if they were engaged j at other kinds of employment. So will their families, and numbers of them are blessed with families; and here is the place where their food should be produce 1, and their clothing manufactured to a great extent. Of course heavy importations will continue con-tinue uitil manufactures' have become largely developed in this region; but our woolen factories, our boot and shoemakers, shoe-makers, tailors and persons engaged at scores of other occupations can be profitably employed meeting the home demand. We would invite men who work at these trades to carefully figure their time anl cost of living, and put their prices as low as they can so that they can live, and increase the demand for homo-made articles; and we would invite buyers to compare the quality of the articles offered for sale, -and not grumble if they have to pay a little more for bome-made goods than for those imported, if the former would outwear the latter double, which often is the case. This, however, is getting away from the point, which was to show that men who are totally ignorant of mining, and who would hardly know a piece of galena ga-lena ore from a chunk of Portland stone, would act wiser and do bctkr to remain at their ordinary occupations, if they have employment, than to prospect for minerals of the va ue ol which they wovld have no idea when they found them. This is no reflection on their capacity or ability. Their skill runs in another channel. And though men must ain an acquaintance acquaint-ance with mining some time, if they ever obtain it, there are circumstances which compel them to gain that knowledge know-ledge at considerable expense, which do nc t apply to farmers and mechanics mechan-ics here who have employment, even if the grasshoppers have eaten most of the crops in places. |