The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-12-23
The New State Of Nevada.

lOe 1eFTltOfy OF NeVhOh, WDlcn mas
ast been admitted to tie Union rs State,
by Proclamation Of President Lincoln,
was organized ia March. 1861. For this
purpose about ten thousand square miles
we're appropriated from the northern ex
tremity Of California, and about seventy
thousand from Western Utah. At the
time Of its organization the Territory pos.
sessed population Of very nearly seven
thousand white settlers. The develop
ment Of her mineral resources was rapid
aRd almost without parallel, aud attract.
ed constant stream oil immigration to
tie Territory. As the population has
no; been subject 10 the fluctuations from
which other Territories have suffered The
growth Of Nevada has been rapid and
steady, Al the general convention cleo
ton OF 1868 nearly seven thousand votes
were cast. During the present year great
accessons TO the population have been
made.
THE SILVER MINES.
Nevada is probably the richest State in
the Union 10 respect to mineral resources.
No region in the world is richer in al
genlierous leads. These leada are found
over The entire Washoe country. the rich.
es' OF which Is that known as The Com
stock lead, at Virginia City. The local
tiles OF the other principal mines 10 the
region east OF the Sierra Nevada, are the
Esmerald mines, one hundred miles
southeast Of Virginia City. the Humboldt
one hundred and sixty miles northeast; |;
the Silver Mountain, sixty miles south
Peavipe, thirty miles north, and the Reese
River country, one hundred and seventy
miles east of northeast, embracing many
districts, and flanked 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 towns on the 1tees River.
Lying south OF Virginia City, and ex-
tending TO Carson River, a distance Of
eight miles, are the Gold Hills. DEVILS
Gate and Sulphur Springs districts, con-
tanning innumerable lodges, many Of them
large, and exhibiting lair prospects upon
their outcrops. Here are scores Of tun.
nels, some OF them two thousand feet
long: and shafts without number. vary.
ing 10 depth from fifty to three hundred
feet.
.- IMMENSE BASIN OF SALT.
A few months ago another deposit Of
mineral wealth was brought to light,
which has proved Of incalculable value
to the silver miners. This was an im.
mense basin Of salt. FIVE miles square,
near the sink Of The Carson River
This basin, says gentleman 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 COW
eringoi about three inches is loose and
Indifferent; but beneath this, Tor depth
oil fourteen teet, pure rock salt is iound
as clear as ice, and "while as the driven
snow" Beneath there ia water, whicl
seems to be filtered through salt of al
unknown dep'h, The whole OF The four
single streak OF any deIeterious matter OIL
rubbish, and is ready Tor quarryng and
sending 10 market. Great blocks ol pure
stuff can be raised the same as II it were
ice and stone: on exposure. however, il
crumbles sufficiently TO admit OF being
closely packed in sacks and wagon boxes.
Grinding is necessary 10 prepare il for
the table; otherwise nature has "done
the clean thing" in its preparation. Once
the loose salt on top is removed ,one man
can quarry and wheel out five ions each
day he may work. The importance oI
this discovery may be estimated from the
fact that many hundred tons Of salt are
used by the mills of the Territory every
month in segregs,ing the ore. The 10.
call,y is one hundred miles ives, OF Reese
River, and seventy miles east of Virginia
City, on The Overland Road.
QUARTZ MILLS.
In January oil this year there WAS one
hundred and twenty five quar'z wills in
operation in Nevada, which were erected
at cos, ranging from 10000 10 500,
600. About three tourths of the quartz
mills Of Nevada, are driven by steam, land
the balance by water power. OF the en-
tire number, four.filths are in the vicinity
of Virginia, The most OF them receive
their supply Of rock from the claims near
that place, and the adjoining town of Gold
Hill. IL is calculated that every stamp
will crush a ton of rock in twenty tour
hours. There is an average Of one hun.
Gred mills in constant operation. These
will carry, on al average, ten stamps
each, making one thousand tons per day
This ore will yield al the rate of $50 pei
ton. giving daily product OF $50, 900 OF
$l5 900 600 per anuum.
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