Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-06-01

NEVADA AND HER MERITS.
Yhe State of Nevada is under a tenn
porary cloud; but there are some things
about it which must not be forgotten;
some things, says the Salt Lake Tribune,
which sharp business men should always
keep in sight. It has not yet been a
State 20 years; it has never contained more
than 65, 600 people; it has been discrim-
mated against and robbed by t%ransporta-
ton companies as no State ever was be-
fore; but it has yielded more gold and
silver, and paid more dividends from its
mines than any other three or four
States or Territories combined. except
California. Its people have purchased
from other States and Territories more
material than the same number Of men
ever purchased in the same length Of
time. And it has paid in gold and sill
yer for all that it has bought. The bull
ion of Nevada, between 1860 and 1854,
acting as q lever in the national finances,
did more to uphold the credit of the
country than did the product of the
most powerful Eastern State; and be-
cause of that product and the product OF
California and these interior Territories,
those in power had the material with
which to meet the country's interest OBJ
legations; the courage to commence to
pay the mighty debt, and finally to
bring around resumption and a reduc-
tion of so per cent in the rate of interest
A State which has been 80 important,
which still remains with but two or
three exhausted mines, and with plenty
of others which have never yet been any
more than surface-scratched should not be
dismissed with q sneer. 1t must be
borne in mind, too, that a great many of
the camps of Nevada have been worked
from 100 to $50 miles from the railroad,
and that when the railroad was reached
the fare was eight cents . mile and
freights were in the same ratio. Nevada
has no terminal points, and hence it
costs three times as much to send any
thing to any point in Nevada as it does
300 miles further east or west. If
under such circumstances Nevada has
been made to pay, there must be
some unusual merit in it's mines, and
the promise of what is to accrue to the
first railroad that penetrates its southern
districts is q matter which sharp railroad
men should keep in mind. Its gold and
silver are not its only minerals. We of
this place are rather proud Of the fact
that by cvaporating the water from six
or seven barrels filed from Salt Lake
there remains . barrel Of salt. In South
ern Nevada there is . mountain Of solid
salt, from which the moisture was long
ago evaporated, and it is as white and
pure a. the c~leanest Eastern table salt.
There are besides vast beds Of iron,
borax, gypsum. sulphur, copper and
other minerals which are more used than
either silver or gold. And two.thirds Of
al that region Of more than 90, 700 square
miles il naturally tributary to this city.
II none Of the existing railroads are
ready to begin the work Of extension
into that region, the men Of this city
should commence q narrow.gauge road to
the southwest. One million Of dollars
would built the first 100 miles. This
could easily be mortgaged for enough to
build 100 miles more. That much road
would command Deep Creek. Osoeols,
Phoebe, Bristol. Ward, Taylor District,
White Pine. Rsveille. Hot Creek, Typo
and Belmont. and ~ many more smaller
districts, al Of which want cheap ma.
cheap fuel, cheap labor and
cheap supplies Of all kinds. Twenty per
cent on the cost would be $500, 900 per
Annum. or . trifs over $1,000 per day.
Ten car loads Of freight At SO per ton
and 20 passengers per day at three cents
per mile would Be ample to pay expenses
and give 10 the owners 10 per cent on
their Investment. The truth il. such .
road would 81 fair rates pay for itself,
clear Of expenses, ono Ia every three
years. Our sharp men should make =
note Of these facts. and the holders Of
real estate should not forget that the
road, II built, would have the effect to
Just about double the real value Of their
property.