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Excerpt from The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, Vol. 8: July, 1855 General Rafael Espinosa, Governor of Lower California, has recently discovered rich gold and silver mines near San J ose, Lower California. One silver mine of immense richness is Spoken of, the mouth of which was closely covered with decayed wood, showing that it had been worked at some remote period. Near the mine stands an old dilapidated house, the walls of which are ornamented with specimens of antique painting in Indian colors, and inside the walls is a huge tree, towering in solitary majesty. A coal mine of uncommon richness has recently been discovered this side of Cape St. Lucas. The discoverer is taking steps to secure it from the Mexican govern ment, when he proposes to form a company for the purpose of working it. It is within eight days' sail of San Francisco, and near a good landing. From the preceding table it will be seen that up to the beginning of 1854 there had been deposited in the United States Mints the following amounts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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