Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-08-16
Nevada.

"cria:s ous -*.d4:.. having Dt5n dcb-r-c. ~.
rucn Information a4fi@s the past four JsRrs,
vSuia like 20 hehr -,n.e:hins Of Eecad... The
Aish.J land Of silvs. tie 81. s:ste a:ideV - tse
:., er4,;ea OF tie Uoitta S..:es .: A.re.;aa. IL
.hil y-sirth .t.7 uf tha t-:a' .,a,.;i... coz
,.l .sisa. F.r,. 7sasi ~ IL, p:c:eIt Sts;e
.F N=vadGlNas osly;5es County in " Wsstsrn
Cts:; now 1t is grea., We NJ, and legit;ia%tcly
recognized member Of Ii, snitcd Statcs Gavorn-
msn', having been admit: into tho Ua!"n in
1864 This new and vas STAT, occupies IN els
waited plateau between tGt Terra Nevada Mcun-
taius, separating It trcp, .::ornia, on tho Wost,
snd -, Wshsateh, q sPtr of The Rocky Noun
tains, sera-sting it from Utah, the land Of Brig
hxn Young and his many wives, on the East. Ht
mas rho .State Of Oregon ON its North, and The
.-;i;:ly Of Arisuns on it's South. Its greatest
nth from North to South is throc hundred
L. IS. and from East to Vest two hundred and
& niles. It is;.a land 'ofSrggea mountains
e:.ersll valleys, WITH hofe sri there wide
, of swful sicrility. in gl..:.- no drop Of
gaze. OF living thing Gun be found Silver WAS
he yiSilying power that causca tins ncH State to
ss.ius sorth' 20, saddsn's. In 1859 silver was
diseoyersi upon spot IA the mountains where
new stands Virginia CITY, the metropolis Of the
S;atc-alie g. sbs fi;og & -tosns Of sfonS ana
brick esiScss, contsiuieg more than 70 600, IL
habitauts, with theatrss, churches, public halle,
tbres dajlypapers, and many other public I'M
prvvsneuts and advantages. In. 1851 esponsiYo
toll roads over the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
which separate Nsssdaa FROM California, were
completed; mills erected, muchinery tran postcd
from San Ftapcisco and sacramento City: End
tho forndfaions cf Nevada pernsncaf1yy lil,:
The freight alone on soedsva and machinery, beul.
ed across the Slerra Nsvada. Mountains in the
year Issa, amounted to Sf8,Oo0,OOO in gold. II.
is said 57 ,atatisteiaps who, hare lately visited
Nevada that she wal pour from S236Oo;0 OQsto
$50. .ooaooe 0f, silver ipte tho treassry Of tho;
world during the year 1865. And when the oosn-.
p,etioa ofthe great Central Pacific Railroad, ton
point near Virginia City shsH sFord facilities for
chesp transportation, which will Justify fcrvurd-.
ing the lower, grade Of silver ores to the Sierra
MOustaios for reduction, the prcssntappuai sieid
Of silver siI be treblod. Tbero aro hundreds of
ininss in the mining Districts, capable of yielding
NJ aay million tons Of ore that will prSdu5c 90 or
%: Surt,s II slssr 10 The ton, s.flsing idls:and
unuorsea Besides Tlseinis City tisaS nfe al-
reesy number uf'oseas lasgs md 'i,dyott4n,
t.uns. Austin in Lander County, $50 miles east
.f Virginia City, and Aurora in Esmeralda Coun-
~. 1.o miles south Of Virsinia city. are each Of
abou. B. 900 Inhabitants. Carson City, the state
e.pi;sls seonlstna ,ss.6as iphaLissnts Coll -Hin,
,vry near viisiniaeh yss-has- G,o00;, whiie Bay
ter, Wdshue City. Star CITY. ypioayi,lc- and ssk
s., CITY hare fio.G 1900 u s5ro aeS. e., - :
Nor uiiksi.vcfHnl Ssidhrt the only exports of
this State uLan tho Paci1c Isilrsad sholl have
hown I,r hs- highTsy tetho res: Of the World
ssSess. nl:niss II ns& ,unplyiag hef people
with 6e;;,.tE9 tho rrry / airst e,.araetcr, found
in an ~, ~. bed. hunlrsd' u res '.aSteuf, :
nb.:. II Iy-ns;los fsens vifgi,;a - This sal,
i. Va. j: = --s s.-.e .,2.f.st. ',::: 80 is.s
u.yle z. o;L-t t1sassstisafo: u, as
,he, c.i fats sea-. tSsrIsn.s 5ydg z1-.t -:...tays.
ae :4.b, suiRbt:. srl SLIM, rsrsejly bdss st3 r
ready eerpse,i pave bsfp. disstxerel inra jeu.,..
D.r ;ione ~ Contrai Nerado. liituninoHs coal of
;. very fair character has siso been recently dis
i. cred in screrL localities. and but lffIo doubt