Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-16
The New state OF Nevada.

| The territory of Nevada. which ha.
Ijust been admitted 10 the Union as :
State by President Lincoln, was or
ganized in March, 1861. For ,hi,
purpose about ten thousand square
miles were appropriated from thC
northern extremity of California, and
about seventy Thousand from Western
Utah. At the time ofits organization
the territory. possessed a population
of very nearly seven thousand white
settlers The development OF hel
mineral resources was rapid and al,
most without parallel, and attracted
a constant stream of immigration, 10
the fluctuations from which other ter
ritories have suffered, the growth q:
Nevada has been rapid and steady
At the general convention election of
1863, nearly eleven thousand votes
were cast. During the present year
great accessions to The population have
been made
Nevada is probably the richest State
in the Uuion in respect to mineral re-
sources. No region in the world is
richer in argentiferious leads These
leads are found scattered over the en-
tire Washoe country, the richest of
which is that known as the Comstock
lead, of Virginia City. The localities
of the other principal mines in the re-
gion east of the Sierra Nevada are the
Emerald mines, one hundred miles
south cast of Virginia; the Humboldt,
one hundred and sixty miles north
east; the Silver Mountain, sixty miles
south; Peavine, thirty miles north, and
the Reese River country, one hundred
and seventy miles northeast, embrac-
ing many districts, and danked by
two OF more than ordinary promise
the Cortez, seventy miles north, and
the San Antonio, one hundred miles
south of Austin, now the principal
town on the Reese River
A few months ago another deposit
of mineral wealth was brought to
light, which has proved of incalcula-
BILE value to the silver miners. This
was an immense basin of salt, FIVE
miles square, near the sink of the Car
son River. The basin, says a gentle
man, who writes from Virginia City,
appears once to have been the bottom
Of lake, and the salt is found good |
even on the surface. A covering of
about three inches is loose and indif- |
ferent; but beneath this for depth of |
fourteen feet, pure rock salt is found
IS clear as ice, and "as white as the
driven snow" Beneath, there is wa
ter, which seems to be filtered through |
salt to an unknown depth. The whole
IF the fourteen feet in thickness does
not contain single streak of any del
,terious matter or rubbish, and is
-eady for quarrying and sending TO
market. The locality is one hundred
niles west of Reese River. and seventy
niles east of Virginia, on the over
and road. ssFeE o1E
In January Of this year there were
25 quartz mills in operation in Ne
ada, which were erected at cost
angling from $4,000 to 100000
about three-fourths Of the quartz
Mills of Nevada are driven by steam,
md the balance by water-power. Of
he entire humber, four-fifths are in
he vicinity of Virginia There is an
Iverags of 100 mills in constant op-
ration. These will carry, on an av-
rage, 10 stamps each, making 1000,
With capacity for crushing 1000 tons
er day. This ore will yield at the
ate of $50 per ton, giving daily
PRODUCTION of $4,000, or s15,0OO,O00
or annum. s.- ...