Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-01-17
LYON COUNTY.
Her Healthy Condition as Shown
by the Assessors Report to
the SurveyOr-Gene

the best agricultural land in the State,
I2S, 900 acres, of which less than 6, 900
acres was under cultivation in 1884.
Wheat, barley, oats, corn, potatoes, and
in fact all kinds of farm produce can be
grown abundantly and prohtably did the
price warrant it. No land on earth can
produce better wheat than Mason and
Smiths vallies, but the want Of a good
Touring mill and the low price paid for
it t$I.5o per hundred), will not pay for
the production and the expense Of trans
portation to market.
The quantity of hay grown this year
will not compare favorably with former
years. This decrease is caused by the
want Of market and the large quantity
on hand at the beginning Of the year
and for which there was no sale.
This county continues to furnish near
ly all the nut pine wood used in Storey
county and for which a good price is
paid. The hills that were formerly
covered with a thick growth of nut
pine and cedar have been nearly clear
ed Of their timber and are now used as
stock range. Water being plentiful
great number Of cattle, horses and
sheep are kept in this range during a
portion Of the year and then driven to
the counties where they belong and are
assessed.
There has been no material increase
in the number Of horses and cattle dur
ing the past year. 1t is difficult for an
Assessor to render a correct statemen,
of the different kinds Of cattle placed
in the table owing to the conflicting
statements made concerning them.
Apple, peach and other fruit trees
are successfully grown in this county,
Mason and Smiths valleys being espec-
tally noted for their finely favored ap-
piles and peaches.
RAILROADS.
The Central Pacific Railroad has
twelve anil one half miles of main
track running through the county and
is assessed a,sII,5oo per mic.
The Virginia x rruekee has six and
forty-seven one hundredth miles OF nam
track within the county, assessed al
$4,000 per mile.
The Carson * Colorado Railroad has
fifty three and fourth miles OF man
track in the county, assessed at $1,000
per mile.
The J. NJ. Douglass & Co. Railroad
is home enterprise. 1t is five miles
long and extends from Dayton to the
Carson Valley mill on the Carson river,
and is used exclusively in Transporting
taiIings to the Dousla Ass mill at Dayton.
Assessed at So, 900 per mile.
MINING DISTRICTS.
The mining interests of Lyon county
have been languishing for number Of
years.
In former times a great number Of
men were employed in and about the
mines OF Devils Gaze District at Silver
City. Bad management and adverse
circumstances drove away capital until
regular pay days were things of the
past and a system of "gouging" was
resorted TO by the miners. A great
many rich "pockets" of ore have been
found near Silver City within the last
few years by lucky "gouSers" and prob
ably many more remain unbound.
Very little work has been done al
Como during the past year. The ore is
generally so full of the base metals that
it is impossible to work it by ordinary
mill process, although punches or chin
eneys OF good free milling ore have been
found there. A great amount OF money
has been wasted in this dislGict-not
les. than f0e nna,eaMoaSand aoAiays-
and the deepest shaft is less than three
Amdrra feet in 6eplh.
Walker river district, situated about
seven miles north of Cleaver station, on
the Carson & Colorado railroad, has
furnished small quantities of good ore
during the last Two years, and it Is be.
heved that good mines will be develop.
ed there in the near future.
COPPER MINES.
Lyon county abounds in lodges or