, 1864-11-09
Tho Eeyg State Of Eevna..

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been admitted to the Union as a Ssate. Ey
proclamat ation o1 PKesldent Liocoln. was or
gantzed In March, 1861. For thIs purpose,
about ten thousand SOU Ire miles were appro.
priated IRON the northern extremity Of CAN
1ornia, s1d ahout seventy thousand from
Western Utah At the time Of its orssniz1.
tion, the Territory possessed populat1ou Of
very nearly seven Thousand white settlers,
The Development of her mineral resources
was rapid, aad almost Without parallel. and
to the Territory: .As the population 6aa mol
been subject to the fluctuations Eom wh1ch
Other Territories havB suffered, the growth
Of Nevada has been rapid and steady. At
the general convention election Of 1863,
nearly eleven thousand votes were cast:
during the present year, great accssaions to
the population have been made,
TIE SILVER MINES,
Nevada Is probably the richest State In
the Union in respect to mineral Resources.
No region in the world is richer In argenti.
fereua leads. These lends are found scattered
over the entire Washoe country, the richest
OF which IS that known as the Comstock
lead, At Virginia City The localities Of the
other principal mines, in the region east Of
tie Sierra NevRda, are the EsmeraId minsa.
ore hundred miles south southeast Of viz
I gipfa: the Humboldt. one hundred md
sixty miles northeast the Silver Mountain,
sixty miles south; Peavine, thirty miles
! north, I'D the Reese river country, one
hundred and seventy miles esst-northeast,
| embracing many districts. aud hankea ~
Two OF more than ordinary ptomfse-*he
Cortez, se7elty miles north. and the San
Antonio, one hundred miles sonth of Aus
TN, now the principal town on the Reese
river.
Lying eouth ef Virginia, and extending to
tho Carson river, distance of eight miles,
are the Gold Hill, Devils Gate, ana SULPHUR
Springs districts, containing inrumerable
fra NCr. rf r Ia
tatr prospects upon tbeif outcrops, Hers
are scores Of tunnels, some of item 1900 |
feet long, aud shafts without number, yary-
lng In depth ifom fifty. to three hundred |
nuAfENssBAsE OF SALT,
ie* months ago another deposit OF min
eEal wealth vas protgtt to light, which has
proved Ct incalculabie value to the silver
mines. This was an immense basin of gat-
I'VE aifes squore, near the siuk Of the Carson
river. This basin, SAYS . gentleman who
tano M1i1es 3 nom virginia City: appears once to
Is found good even on the surface. a GOV.
e5apg ct anout three inches Is loose and In
different; bat beneath tais, for depth Of
fourteen feet, pure rock salt is found
p7en s'ssl saow s,e.tS ss, and tns1 wn T. as tas
which sesms to be filtered through
salt for an unknown depth. The whoIa or
tne FOURTEEN feet n thickness does not con-
[aln a elrele streax Ct any deleteriousr mat.
[ef OF rubbish and Is readY for
auar1y1ng, and sending to market. Crest !
o!oeks OF tss pure, stuff can be ratscd the
lame as It itwere Ice OF stone; on exDos. Z
ire, however 1t crumofes sufficiently to ad. / I
Dit Of being closely packed In sacks- or 7
wagon boxes Grinding Is necessary to pre- r.
,are 1t ter the table :; otherwise, nature has, ]
done the clean thing" n its preparation,
1rce the loose salt on top is removed, one
nan can quarry and. wheel ont 1--we toms.
ach gay he may work The importance Of d
BIS discovery may be- estimated from the G
let that many hundred tons Of salt are used y
, the mills Of the Territory every month in
sgregating the ore The locality 1s.one Il
undred miles west Of Reese .iye1. and sev.
1ty miles east of Virginia, on: the Overland
QUARTZ MILLS:
In January OF this year there we're one bnn- "a
red and twenty-five quartz mills In opera. u
on in Nevada, which were erected ac cost -
ngtng from $4,000 to 3l0o,OaO. About Y
rec foHtth6 Of the quartz mile Of Nevada
e driven By steam. and the balance b7 wa 70
power. Ut the entire lumber four.ffths IL
e IN the vicinity Of Virginia. The most Of "
EN- receive their supply Of rock from the
aims near that place aud the adjoining -
wn OF Gold Hill. It is calculated that ey, l. l.
= stamp Will cruah ton of rock in twsn- y.
four hours. There is m average of ona Co
ndred e mills In constant operation: These q
u carry, on an average, ten stamps each. PIE
ing one thousand, with capacity far "
1ahipg one shousand tons per days This ! Ia Ia
e will yield st the rate OF ESQ per ton, eiy 90
daily product Of s5o,000, or 515, 100000 v
+ annum. i