It is, indeed, exceedingly difficult to speculate
prospectively upon the consequences of the discovery, but one thing
may be positively maintained- that the announcement of the discovery
six months ago would have had material influence in regard to the
settlement of California.
In Europe, as yet, the most noticeable results have been a rise of
two hundred per cent. in the price of lead, and nearly twenty-five per
cent. that of silver.
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