Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-05
NEVADA.
Letter from an old Resident
sAx FnAxcIsco, Sept. /, 1874.

years, a resident Of the State Of Nevada,
II il but natural that I should look quite
Often in the various papers published
there for items pertaining to its welfare
and prosperity. Although not at pres
emit directly interested in any OF its
enterprises, great or small, ! still, in
common With many others. feel NO little
State pride in all that transpirss there.
Possibly this feeling 10 the more intense
from q consciousness that these ten
wears included the time which 10 gener-
ally conceded to be the ''prime OF ones
life" Though I did not, like Thousands
of others, amass q fortune while there.
I still have great confidence In the vast
resources OF its mineral deposits. Since
my return from n long visit to the At
lantic States. and during a short sojourn
In this city. I have endeavored TO post
myself as well as possible on all matters
relating to Nevada at the present time.
In doing this l am confident that to no
one source Am ! so much indebted for
valuable information as to the GoLp
HILL News, which I find is we'll appre-
ciated here, and which is admitted BY
all Nevadans with whom / am at pres
ent conversant, to truly and faithfully
represent the best interests Of that
young State.
what Is Thought OF Nevada la the
ICilhlf5h Easi. lt1jN
My object in writing this letter Is to
show some Of the opinions held at the
East in regard to Nevada, rather than an
attempt to snlishtsn your readers upon
subjects which they are so much better
qualified than I TO judge for themselves.
However much the people Of this coast
may boast Of their agricultural great
ness-and with good reasons, too.-
they must still remember that a large
proportion OF their productions either
belong to the p~erishabls order. or to u
class that many sections besides our
ewn q also produce in great
abundance. Not so, however, with our
mineral productions. But few sections
OF our vast country can begin to COM
pete with the mines Of Nevada. For
more than twelve ysars she has csntin-
usd TO pour her millions into the public
and private Golfers. with no signs Of
abatement for the future. but on the
contrary, with every indication OF .
constant increase. This Is no fancy
sketch, but q truth, ~sslf.svident to oil
intelligent residents of the coast. I
claim, then, that Nevada, with its rug
ged mountains. its s~age-covsrsd hills,
barren slkali plains and uninviting eli
mate. 10 to-day o very important auIilia-
~ Of our country, and is destined in o
few Year, to outstrip In wealth several
Of the older States OF our Union. Nor
are We Of Nevada alone in this belief.
Often during my stay East did I hear
this discussion, together with such sx-
prsssions a. ''what wondrous wealth."
''Look at the figures" Think OF silver
by the toni ~
..nuiiion by the Carload"
a 'sNilionaires Of only ten years stand
ingv' These were some Of the express
sions that greeted my oars on several
occasions and at various places. I re.
membered them from the fact that /
pridsd myself Of hailing from that State.
Since my return to this coast I have
often heard the remark, ''Ssn Francisco
10 the only decent place in which to live
on the whole coast" While I cannot
agree with him on this point, ! admit
some OF its advantages, but glory in in
forming them that they overlook the
sources from whence spring many OF
their blessings. II / remember Alright,
at about the time Of the discovery OF sill
yer in Nevada, tho future prospects, OF
this coast we're not &C very fiattering.
The hsighth Of the California gold ex-
element had ebbed and flowed. Its
dormant agricultural were I'M
known, at least to their full extent, be-
cause unsought or uncallsd for. The
gold taken from its hills and gulchss had
taken wings and flown to all parts Of
the world. Money was scarce, business
dull and everything betoksned retro
erosion, or anything but advancement.
At that time nc thousands peopled Ne.
vada's barren surface, creating 4 sweep
ing demand for produce, thus building
an extensive market for CALIFORNIA; dull
commerce at her very doors, al Is now
the case. The discovery OF these rich
depositsi in Nevada and their subsequent
development, gavsa
New Impetus 10 All Kinds OF En-.
tsrprises
On the whole coast. Where else could
California have found 80 great q de-
mand for her productionsi And what
would San Francisco have been to-day
Certainly not the proud, busy city we
ind her now. She owes much OF her
present greatness to Nevada, which may
well Be called the great graaary Of the
precious metals. But for this oppor-
tune discovery OF untold wealth. Cslifor-
mia would hardly now be supplying Eng
land with nearly half Of her largo de-
mands for imported bread-stufs; nor is
at all probable that the world-renown-
Cd Pacific Railroad would have yet been
For all q great many East
ern capitalists have invested in certain
mines in Nevada without once having
q dividend, and in some cases
Ito my certain knowledge) failed OF
getting back q dollar Of their orig
ina capital, they still admit the rich
ness Of many Of It's loading mines. And
when the unsuccessful have such an
faith in the future Of Nevada,
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