Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-20
NEVADA'S MINERAL WEALTH.
A Visit to the Office Of the state
IfneIalOgist.
Correspondence of the S. F. Bulletin
Carson, New. February IA

OF Inc ONCE HAS Ottu tle Va S"NA
ering one of the finest collections OF
mineral specimens on the Pacific coast
The collection contains nearly lo,ooo
specimens, of which 1,o0O are properly
classified according to Dana's system OF
mineralogy. The specimens are repre-
sentatives of the mineral wealth of the
State They consist principally OF oil-
Yer, gold, sulphur, coal, bora1, SAT-,
soda, antimony. copper and iron. New
ada has been Very properly named the
Silver State, but it is almost mistake to
suppose that silver Is the only mineral
found in abundance, or that the Com
stock is the only sllvtr-produclnS DIS
trict in Nevada.
Silver is the precious metal that has
been more developed than any other
mineral of the State. 1t Is found to
use a general phrase i'll three kinds OF
ores. These are milling. roasting and
smelling. The free milling ores are
those which are crushed by wet-proccss
and the bullion extracted hy the process
OF amalganation The milling districts
are chiefly along the line Of the Com
stock, White Pine, and Phoebe. The
large a percentage of base metal that
while being composed OF too much quartz
silica to admit of reduction 10y smelling,
must be chlolidized by the action OF hle
, to prepare them for anna Sanatlon, ana
consequently are crushed dry. he roas-
ting ores are found ia large quantities
in Humboldt. Belmont Nye county,
and Reese river Lander county district
The smelling ore districts are Eureka,
Tybo I'm Nse county and W hlte Pine.
! There are also from ouo to ouu other
mining districts where sllver-bearlng ore
have been found at various times, but
either too far distant from the means OF
transportation or not yielding suihcent
bullion to be profitably worked. There
are, however. smaller districts, such as
Railroad and Cornucopia districts, IN
/ Elko county. and Cherry Creek ana
| Robinson districts III White Pine county
where ores OF all kinds are probably wor-
| ked. Ia fact. it is the unanimous opln-
ion of several old prospectors with whom
! I have couversed that between the Wa
| sateh range of Utah and the Sierra Neva-
{ d., there Is not mountain range which
does not contain ores yielding more or
| less of silver The richest specimen OF
silver ore in the Nevada State collection
is from the Eberhardt mine III W AIte
Pine county -chlonde OF silver, and as
saving $4,000 TO the ton. The richest
silver and gold-bearing quartz Is from
the Cola Mountain district IN EsmerIida
county assaying $4,000 to the ton
GOLD.
Gold-mining does not form an extern
M u
rlaces where gold-mining is carried on
are in the Mountain City District ofElko
county. and IN the extreme south OF Is
meraida.
There are good indications Of coal in
several pats of the state The coal Is
generally OF the ignite kind but lnEure-
ka it has been found to answer for smel-
ting purposes. Coal is also found III r.
| Dorado Canyon, Lyon county. and near
Carlin. on the line of the Central Pacific
and Ill the southern parts Of Lincoln.
LEAD.
The base metal district ofEureka turns
out occasionally some hundreds OF thou
sands of tons OF base bullion. lhe aver
AGE Weld Of the ores is one ton OF base
metal 10 >. 10 IONS Vi OlC' L hc SoA4'i 'S
ton of the Eureka and Pallisade marrow
gauge railroad is doing much toward the
DEVELOPMENT of this district. The base
metal at present is sent East or TO San
Franchises for separation but the Rich
mond Company are now erecting woIb
at Eureka for the separation OF the lead
from the more valuable produce-silver
BoRAI.
This mineral deposit. which some
two wears ago bid fair to become one
of the important Industries OF the
State, has within the past year be-
come depressed on account OF redue-
ton in the market price of the article
The borax country it found principal.
in Churchill country IN the alkali, mars
by flats which are too prevalent III tina
section.
SALT.
There is salt enough III Nevada to sup
Div the whole world for some Years Il
come, at the present rate of consunp
, tiun. This mineral Is found all over the
State, from Humboldt III the north t.
Lincoln county in the south, but th'
, largest deposits are located so far from 1
, line railroad that the cost of transporter
, xould he ten times more than the mar