Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-31

while she ctsu O.
two In the Senate ~.
t7a inhabltanu Is t~hirty.nu
two houses Of the National Legisla...,.
Each vote has behind u 1925 people.
Each Of Nevada's three votes has
behind IL olly 2o.77s people. The inhab-
itanh Of Nevada may therefore DO said TO
exercise seven times - much power IN the
business Of l~egislating for the United
States - enc inhabitant VI New York.
This 10 Q curious anomaly. but there 10 no
remedy for Il. Nevada is'a sovereign
STATE, and her autonomy cannot b taken
from hsr without the consent Of her peo-
pie. which 10 not likely 10 DO given. I'm
fortunately, there 10 no prospect that the
State will increase it, ratio Of decennial
growth. Her wealth 10 nearly all under
ground. and the great mining activity Of
the last few years precludes the idea that
there exists on her tsrritory any very i'm.
portant amount Of undiscovered mineral
wealth which may attract additional popu-
lation when developed.
It ID true that . considerable degree Of
depression has fallen upon the brilliant
prospects Of eur Aourishins State. The
decline has been principally in the min
ing interest. owing TO the great falling
Of In the bullion production OF the
Comstook and elsewhere. yet there 10
no reason for the conclusion arrived at
BY the Tribuns. that the mineral re-
sources Of the State are so fully devsl-
oped that there IL little chance for new
and valuable discoveries in that line.
On the contrary. our mineral resources
are not fully developed BY any means.
large actions Of the State being COM
parstively lneIplored.
Even now. the Carson and Colorado
Railroad il being carried southwark
through and toward . very extensive re-
giou OF country which ID known to
abound in rich mines Of copper. gold.
silver and other minerals. The Nevada
Central will open up . similar section
to the southwark from Austin, and the
Reno and Oregon. just commenced. will
pass northwest through n Of the most
promising portions Of the State. rich in
mineral, agricultural and timber lands
It IL only through railroads that these
sections can be opened up and dsvsl.
oped to any advantage at all. and al
though the old. FIRST discovered mining
localities have fallen Of in their long
continued yield. yet there is every req
son for believing that tho new sections
and new mines being developed will
eventually more than compensate for the
present falling Of and depression. Two
years from now will tell . very different
story.
Moreover. Nevada should not be
judged solely by her bullion yield. HeI
agricultural u are being bette,
attended to and developed, and her i'm
menss shipments Of cattle daily to Cali
iornia aud also TO the East, show how
another Of her latent resources has. beer
increasing in importance and develop
meut within the last lev years. Nsvsd'
II not all mineral aud desert land by any
means, and whea with better encourage
msut to the mining interest. more ant
perhaps better mines than ever may b
developed and railroads encouraged
to lend their aid to the fullest extent
opening up new and valuable sections o
the State. then It may be found that Ne
vsda's most permanent future prosperit,
lies - much In her agricultural as in he'
mineral resources. The Tribune vii
record . much more favorable opinion o
Nevada ten years from now.