The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-01-28
sr.rr m1NERALoG1sT's REPORT


loved the privilege, after its completion,
of thoroughly studying and examining
it before it was surrendered by its author.
Our interest was deeply elected in its
perusal; and we believe that the public
at large will b. gratiied and have rich
cause for congratulation in the possession
of the forthcoming volume which en-
braces so large variety of interesting
and useful information. It must. at
least, prove highly valuable and instruc-
tive to those that are DESTROYS of making
themselves familiar with the resources OF
our State, as they will find in it more
nearly complete history of the various
localities and industrial operations OF
Nevada than has ever been written before.
The authors style is lucid and easy, and
at no point encountered with heavy, in
yolved sentences. He has studlousiy
avoided the use of hard stilted phraseol-
osy, end superfuous scientific terms;
although when unavoidable, for the sake
Of expressing facts beyond the reach OF
common parlance, technicalities are not
rejected but skillfully employed by Mr..
Whitehill, showing that he IS ut home
in his specially -mineraiosy-an 'ne
sciences correlated Herewith. Some
sections in his report possess almost the
fascination of romance. even the arld
mountains and alkali flats traversed by
| him on his tour of exploration, and SIM
ilarly dry subjects, are restored 10 inter
It by the graphic touches OF his sclentlnc
pen. II
c osely written legal cap, 1t would De I'M
D ~sible to give any adequate idea OF It's
c ,utents in an abridgement. Inc intro
iuction is devoted to an admirable ana
comprehensive description OF the Colo
rldo basin, wherein its geological, miner
illogical, and climatic features are sue
c,nctly set forth; it embraces also, u
graphic narration of the settlement anc
subsequent abandonment OF that section
of the State by the Mormons, and al
acco ant OF the s,r ange move m mt, when
it will lie remembered. was IN ,de ms
people in the Spring OF 1871. The ood!
OF the report is divided into sections
headed by the names OF the variou
,unties; under these captions Will D.
found descriptions of the different min
. ING districts and mines: every resource
of each county being fully treated upon
in regard to their mineraloglcal as wei
: as agricultural and other products.
The dissertation on borax. Its occur
, renee. uses and manufacture, lncludln
a description of the grounds In Church,l
and Esmeralda counties whence it is Oh
!, tanned, is exceedingly instructive. Ill
remarks upon sulphur and antlmons
/, o I'd the history of the mining districts
I Phoebe and Eureka and other new one
e valuable contributions to science an
to the knowledge of our own State. W
e limited space precludes us the pleasul
X # making any lengthy extracts from IN
report. A sufficient number of cople
i We presume, will be printed to supply a
: those who have desire to read 1t. III
writer's recapitulation in concladin;
however, is so elegantly put that we cal
g not refrain from quoting from 1t as 10
Ii lows:
I'm the foregoing pages it has been II
object to set forth rs clearly and as col
r. cisely as possible the nature and chara
l., ter Of the mines in the various sector
in our State; to put in readable Tor
n some of the facts connected with II
er history of each one of the mining NJ
agricultural districts, so as to lay befo
your Honorable body a comprehend
Id view Of the resources of our State al
no of their development during the past t'
wears, without entering into what won
rk be here, useless discussion Of theorl
tv pertaining to geological and mineralogle
causes or results in this or that quart
IS of our State domain. It has been
or andeayor. rather, to show that the me
our resources are developed, the me
~ fully we learn to realize the fact tn
81. Nevada instead of being made up OF t
:. refuse materials of creation and pr
:" into a disordered, chaotic mass regardlt
ed Of fitness and affinity-as one often hes
nd remarked by thoughtless persons
marvelously made; We see that the sal
on inscrutable care and SURPRISING wlsdt
all have been exercised here by the gr'
~ Creator. for the perfect mutual adap
ton of the means to the end, that
ne observed in other countries WHIT
the external aspect of nature
more pleasing; that although the
ne in many portions of Nevada is barren
or those elements out of which are form
ion productive fields and rich pastures;
that for all there is great want OF
we ing streams of pure water and fore
as clothed in refreshing green, still we h,
buried in the depths Of nearly every
and mountain, '. ms of bright silver
ing yellow gold, iodes of iron, copper, lie
sntimony and of nearly all the exist
metals. Our dreary looking plains
valleys yield inexhausible supplies
age salt, soda, borax, sulphur, alum and g
. n sum: besides that sufficient Of the
can be utilized for agricultural purpo
&C. to supply all our own wants with but
for tie trouble; while the bunch grass
liz white sage growing from our myriad J!
A'S and valleys furnish the most nutriti
eg iced for our own, and for the herds
her docks of our neighboring States
Territories. During the past two y
'res more real confidence has been establ
led; I'd in the permanency of our mines
late was ever felt before; greater activity
.n been displayed in the extension OF D
the ness operations than has ever been n
her Tested in the previous history OF
Tho State; the influx of population IS
:. stantly on the increase. The bull
der product of Nevada for 1872, If ain