The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-12-22

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ih5 Ane New State Of Ne etl.sda.o N
Inc terrltnryrof Nevada, which has gi,ss
oeen admitted to the Union AZ q STATE, bv
president Lincoln, was organized in March
1901. For this purpose about ten thousand
square miles were appropriated from t,a
northern extremity Of California AMI aso,I,
seventy thousand from Western Utah. b At
the time of its Organization the territory
possessed a population of very nearly seven
thousand white Settlers The developnent
OF her mineral resources was rapid and A..
most without parallel, and attracted 4 con.
stant stream of immigration to tbe terr;tcrv
AS the population has not been subiect n
the fluctuations from which other Territories
nave suffered. the grow tn Iof,t Neya, IA yas
peen rapid and steady.'.At thed eere,s,
convention election ,of1s63 nearly aelevan
thousand votes were cast. During the pres.
ent year great accessions tothe population
nave been made. c3t - 1azash 5,ii mcyl
NevadaisprobabIyj the richest STAT 4,
lne Union in respectqto mineral 7res5urces
NO region in the world is richer in arpen.
aierous ne, leads. These leads are found soas-
lmsifey t5456 ttlrncrtaf stasasss
ginia; the Humboldt, tone hundred and sixi
ty miles northeast; the Silver Mountains 'six-
ty miles south; Peayine, thirty miles NORTH
and the Reese river country, one hundred
and seventy miles east noftheast, embracing
MANY districts, and .Hanked by two of more
than ordinary promise 1.-THE Costez, seventy
miles north, and the San Antonio, one hum
dred miles south of Austin, now, the primer
pal town on the Reese riyer..g9 rkin 9iiiIT
A few months ago another deposit. OF
mineral wealth was brought to light, winch
has proved of incalculabe yalue to thesai-
YER miners. This was an immense basind
salt, five miles square, near the sink rofthe
Carson river. i This basin, says gentle
man, who writes from Virginia City, aR-
pears once to have been the bottom oofa
lake, and the salt is found good evenTo, abe
surface. A covering Of about three inches
is loose and Indifferent; but beneath this.
for depth Of fourteen feet, purefock salt
is found as clear as ice, and white sas the
driven snow..' Beneath there IS water,
which seems to be filtered through salt for
an unknown depth. The whole OF the Tour
teen seet in thickness does mot contain a
single streak of any deleterious matter or
rubbish, and is ready for qurrying and
sending to market. The locality is 'ione
hundred miles west of Reese river, and sew.
Eenty IN lies east Of Virginia, onrthe overland
road-..i saoita,ai!cia !S61iuhs sri nGl7Rli,i
In January Of this year there were1ohe
hundred and twenty five quartz mills in op'
Grafton in Nevada, which were erected at
cost ranging from rslo 900 40 $1oo,ooo-
About three -fourths OF the quartz mills pi
Nevada are driven by steam, and the bal
, ance by water power. Of the entire mum
her, four. .fifths are in the vicinity of Virgin
! ia. There is an average Of one hundred
mills in ! constant operation These viii
carry, on an average, ten stamps each, mak
ling one thousand with capacity for crush
ing one thousand tons auer day. This or
I will WELD at the rate Of $50 per ton, givin
!, a daily production Of $sGooO'ot $15,eeC
: 900 per annun. yzotd h.a9" +"
II The Bloomfield Clarion is dead
: and the Guard remarks: -.
=. D1Ep.-On the 2sd ultimo, the Cld,
| ION, Of general debility and constitr
IS tional weakness. For the past twely