The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-28

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county 70 a very great extent.
V GISgA AND rRUCkEE RAILROAD.
The Virginia and Truckce Railroad
Company have added TO their line of
road within the county about two miles
during the past year, II are now DONG 4
large business in transportation, having
Transported Eel their road from NoFtul-
Der I~t. 1870. to November lst, 1871, seven
" thousand three hundred and forty
three cords OF wood. and sixteen millions
three hundred and twenty-five thousand
feet OF lumber and timber They have
also carried to the various quartz mills
along the line Of the road. from the StO-
rev county mines upwards OF n nun
dred aEd t~wenty-seVen thousand tons OF
ore: the road now being in almost con
slant Use day and night
The burden oil taxation that rests so
heavily upon the people of this county,
has been essentially lightened 10y the
action OF the company, in willingly sub
hitting to "A liberal assessment ON their
property, being nearly eighteen thou
sand dollars per mile on their track, IN
GLIDING rolling stock and appurteuanceS
belonging to the railroad, n is an earn
est on the part Of the managers OF the
company. that they will render reason
able aid III l~iquidating the Indebtedness
OF the county.
The whole extent of their road within
the county now is thirteen (l3D miles. and
in a few f4ORths, they will add some four
a or five ~ miles more, as they com
plete the read from Carson CITY in this
county TO the Central Pacific Railroad.
connecting at Reno, in Washoe county,
This work when completed, will glSe US
an unbroken line sf railroad co1nmunl-
cation with the great martS OF both the
east and west, and will no doubt d
materially to the interest and conve-
nience OF the people OF this county.
WOOD AND TIMER FLUaES.
The weed and timber fumes running
from nlr ii m her lands in the mountains
to points adjacent TO the Virginia and
Trutkee Railroad nave been successful in
supplying the market with large quantl-
ties of wood and timber at paying rates,
but have rapidly diminished the asses
sable value of those lands that have been
stripped of their timber during the past
year.
Ierington & Co. have now on hand
about three thousand cords of wood IN the
hills and about twenty-seven thousand
cords ut the mouth of their Hume.
Chamberlin & Co. have about one
thousand cords of woOdi in the hills, about
mouth of their 1ume, and have during
the year SGld and delivered about SIX
thousand five hundred cords in addition
thereto.
Tue summit Flume Company, owned
by the Elliott Brothers and Spooner,
Jockey 4 Co., running from the north
western part of Douglas county, in this
state, to a point on the NirginIa and
Iruckee Railroad, ADJOINING 10 ana sOulI
OF Carson City, have delivered at the
mouth OF their tiume during season
about eight thousand cords of wood, and
nine million feet of lumber II timber
This hume has now the capacity TO run
six undred cords of wood or nine mill
lions feet of lumber in t~wenty-four hours
The value Of lumber delivered at the
mouth of their fiumS averages ST. per
Thousand feet. Wood average value So
per cord.
The cost of manufacturing and deliver
ing lum Der at this point is 50 - per thou
sand feet. Cost of 81 10 per cord.
There is o lying along the linz OF thu
fiunle, ready for transportation, forty-tWt
thousand cords of wood, and about ONE
million feet of lumber and timber.
Alpine county, in California, has SEN
into this State, via Carson River, during
the year about twenty thousand cords o
wood, ten thousand cords OF which wa;
landed in Empire City, in this county
and the balance was taken to Dayton, IL
Lyon county.
QUARTZ MILLS.
There has been no additiSn ms to thu
number of quartz mills in u county
ksince my last report, but the workin:
capacity of nearly all OF tneIn have beel
| materially increased.
The scarcity OF water in the Carson
River has caused a great reduction in the
quantity of quartz crushed from that &c
last wear. These mills are all located OIL